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The Nutt Family

Short Play, Comedy  /  9w, 4m

Walter Blake

Loaded with funny situations---a real audience pleaser. Crestdale, a large summer home, was formerly used by Dr. See as a sanitarium for his patients suffering from nervous ailments. It is for sale. And who moves in? The Nutt family! P. Nutt is the father. Meta Nutt, his wife, raises a pet snake...

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    9w, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce

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Loaded with funny situations---a real audience pleaser. Crestdale, a large summer home, was formerly used by Dr. See as a sanitarium for his patients suffering from nervous ailments. It is for sale. And who moves in? The Nutt family! P. Nutt is the father. Meta Nutt, his wife, raises a pet snake. Wall Nutt, their son, is fascinated by fish. Ima Nutt is their charming daughter. When several of Dr. See's former patients arrive and the fun begins. Larry Smart falls in love with Ima and thinks she's a real nut. He is in a peck of trouble and to remain near Ima---he pretends that he's a nut. He's confronted with a girl who claims to be his wife, yet he's fallen for a girl who he believes is a sanitarium patient.

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Walter Blake

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