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Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  7w, 3m

Rick Abbot

Perfect for any performing group, this is the hilarious story of a theatre group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script.

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary
Perfect for any performing group, this is the hilarious story of a theatre group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script. Act I is a rehearsal of the dreadful show, Act II is the near disastrous dress rehearsal, and the final act is the actual performance, in which anything that can go wrong, does. When the author decides to give a speech on the state of the modern theatre during the curtain calls, the audience is treated to a madcap climax and a thoroughly hilarious romp. Even the sound effects reap their share of laughter.
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Performing Groups
AGGIE MANVILLE – a stage manager and prompter
GERALDINE "GERRY" DUNBAR – a community theatre director
HENRY BENISH ("Lord Dudley") – a Character Actor
POLLY BENISH ("Lady Margaret") – a Character Actress
MARLA "SMITTY" SMITH ("Doris the maid") – a supporting player
SAUL WATSON ("Doctor Rex Forbes") – a Villain
BILLY CAREWE ("Stephen Sellers") – a Juvenile
VIOLET IMBRY ("Diana Lassiter") – an Ingenue
LOUISE PEARY – a sound-and-lighting-and-scenic technician
PHYLLIS MONTAGUE – a novice playwright in the community
  • Time Period Present Day, Victorian (British and American)
  • Setting The Stage of a Community Theatre.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes, Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Physical Comedy
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Gun Shots

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)

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Rick Abbot

Rick Abbot
Rick Abbot is one of several pen names for prolific playwright Jack Sharkey (1931-1992). Mr. Sharkey was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He graduated from college with a BA in Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 to ...
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