Opened at the Booth Theatre on January 26, 1927. Closed October 22, 1927 after 315 performances — 9 months. Saturday's Children is a 1926 play by Maxwell Anderson. It is a three-act comedy with as many settings, and seven characters. The action of the play takes place over six months time in New York City. The story concerns a young woman who follows her older sister's advice on how to trap a young man, but finds marriage difficult on $40 a week. The title comes from a line in an English folk song suggesting Saturday's Children must work hard for a living. Wiki link