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And Then I Wrote...

Mel Buttorff, Jack Sharkey

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Full Length Play, Comedy

4m, 4f

ISBN: 9780573619564

In this riotous showbiz comedy a producer, his secretary and associates try to re write an epic drama by a neophyte playwright into a broad farce.

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Description

Full Length Play

Comedy

Farce, Romantic Comedy

90 minutes

Time Period - Present Day

Settings Of Play - Bronian Pendrick's apartment in New York City.

FEATURES / CONTAINS

Cuttings allowed, Competition or audition material

Interior Set

Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes

CAUTIONS

Alcohol

THEMES

Death, Love

TARGET AUDIENCE

Appropriate for all audiences

PERFORMANCE GROUP

College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Dinner Theatre

In this riotous showbiz comedy a producer, his secretary and associates try to re write an epic drama by a neophyte playwright into a broad farce. A vicious gossip columnist tries to blackmail the producer into marriage while a scatterbrained old character actor erroneously creates the impression that the leading lady has died. The author, also an apprentice mortician, is appalled by the histrionics that accompany the opening of a Broadway show. As the columnist draws mistaken conclusions that this show is really a cover for a bizarre murder cult, the rest of the group foster this impression and substitute a lady undertaker in the role of the much alive leading lady. Mistaken identities, romance, and silly situations combine to keep the audience laughing through three acts of hilarity.
Characters

CASTING

4m, 4f

CASTING ATTRIBUTES

Color blind casting

CHORUS SIZE

No Chorus

BRONIAN PENDRICK - a theatrical producer.
ANNABEL HOLMES - Bronian's secretary.
RORY MADDEN - Bronian's general factotum.
ANDREW KIMMER - a neophyte playwright.
ALISON BLAIR - a well-known actress.
FRIEDA NEBCOTT - a Broadway columnist.
CHARLES CARPENTER - an amiable actor.
V. NELSON SLOMBER - an undertaker.

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MUSICAL STYLE

N/A (Not a musical)

VOCAL DEMANDS

N/A (Not a musical)

Author(s)
Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey (1931-1992) 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 the Creative Writing Field of the English major. After that, he taught school for two years from 1953 to 1955. In mid-1955, Mr. Sharkey enlisted in the Army. He served at Sandia Base, New Mexico as a Special Services worker. He wrote, produced, ... view full profile

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