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The play takes place in the 1950's. The extremely impoverished town of Guellen prepares to welcome home Claire Zachanassian, quite possibly the richest woman in the world, who was born in the sleepy Guellen but moved abroad years before. They intend to woo her with fond memories (since they place wasn't such a sty back then) and have her ex-boyfriend, Alfred Ill, try to woo her into giving them $100,000. She offers '''one billion''', half to the town itself and half to be given out between the people... [[Deal with the Devil|if the villagers can set aside their morals for her.]]

The play, together with ''[[The Pirate Jenny]]'', inspired ''[[Dogville]]''.

 

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* {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guy Wins]]. It was inevitable by the end.}}

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Claire knew the town needed her money {{spoiler|because she set it up that way herself.}}

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Claire's deal is close enough. Sure, you can have your money... {{spoiler|if someone kills Ill.}}

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Most of the townsfolk go unnamed and are only known by their professions. Matilda, even though she is named, is called Mrs. Ill by the script.

* [[Living Prop]]: Literally, the trees in the forest are actually actors with their arms held out (going by the stage directions).

* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Another major plot point. Guellen ''needs'' money...but what are they willing to do for it?

** [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: The towns people's stance, which starts to break down {{spoiler|and eventually stops.}}

* [[Serial Spouse]]: Claire. She arrives to Geullen with her seventh husband, divorces him and marries a film star, then divorces him too, and prepares to marry a Nobel Prize-winner.

** To be fair, he did a very [[Jerkass]] thing in the past.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Everyone sees Ill as this to the fabulously rich Claire, though they point out that if she'd married him she'd be as poor as the rest. {{spoiler|Except she wouldn't, since it was Ill refusing to take responsibility for impregnating her that set her on the road to her vast wealth...which ''she'' used to ruin Guellen.}}

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