Idiot’s Delight
play by Sherwood
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"Idiot's Delight" is a play by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood, written in 1936. The play features characters who begin as detached cynics but eventually recognize their own flaws and make sacrifices for others. This theme of finding significance through self-sacrifice for fellow humans is a recurring motif in Sherwood's work, as seen in plays like "The Petrified Forest" and "Abe Lincoln in Illinois."1
The term "idiot's delight" can also refer to various solitaire card games.2
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