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The Bride of Brackenloch! A Ghastly Gothic Thriller?

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  8w, 3m

Rick Abbot

Cheerily goofy spoof of all those gothic novels.

The Bride of Brackenloch! A Ghastly Gothic Thriller?

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Parody / Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
In this cheerily goofy spoof of all those gothic novels where the heroine is brought to the ancient manor by her handsome, brooding groom, new bride Daphne is brought to Brackenloch the day after her husband, Jabez Thorngall, lost his first bride to the family curse: any bride at Brackenloch Manor is doomed to die on her wedding day. At the bottom of the bracken-fringed Scottish loch which gives the manor its name lurks “Bracky,” who is not a monster to take lightly. The murder of Jabez’s father six years earlier remains unsolved, and family disappearances create further mysteries. Suspicion and danger are omnipresent, and audiences love every minute of this thriller.
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Performing Groups
JABEZ THORNGALL - moody young Lord of Brackenloch Manor
DAPHNE DIXON - his sweet young innocent unsuspecting bride
COMFORT GRODY - Jabez's former fiancee, a houseguest
GLYNIS PRESCOTT - Jabez's "widowed" sister
LADY ALICIA GODDARD - Jabez's maternal aunt
MAVIS BEAUFORT - chatelaine of adjoining estate
JANET MAGLEESH - housekeeper at Brackenloch
MANOR FANELLA - a timorous housemaid
MRS. MOUSELY - the family's longtime cook
WILBUR YARDLEY - a chief inspector of the Glasgow Police Force
ANDREW MACHANFORD - the gardiner/handyman
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting The parlor of Brackenloch Manor, in a desolate area of the Scottish moors about the mid-1800s.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

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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