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Sleeping Beauty or Coma

Short Play, Comedy  /  2w, 6m

"A compendium of every movie made in the 60's [...] Captures their spirit, mood and style with delicious humor." - N.Y. Nightlife

Sleeping Beauty or Coma

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    40 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Period, Parody / Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
The fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty set in the swinging mod London of the 1960s. Sebastian Lore, a flamboyant megalomaniacal fashion designer, "discovers" a young, mod temp receptionist, Enid Wetwhistle, and tries to turn her into a high fashion model. She rebels and finds refuge with a wacky young fairy godmother of a struggling fashion designer, Fauna Alexander, and her photographer boyfriend, Ian. The three become huge stars in the new mod era, with Enid now transformed as "Rose," and proclaimed as "the face of the sixties." Sebastian Lore plots his revenge on the trio and slips some bad LSD into Rose's drink. She lapses into a twenty-year coma. In the eighties, a handsome nutritionist named Craig Prince revives her and they all live happily ever after. Published along with Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. 
History

Sleeping Beauty or Coma was first performed at the Limbo Lounge in October 1984.

MISS THICK
ENID WETWHISTLE
SEBASTIAN LORE
FAUNA ALEXANDER
IAN MCKENZIE
ANTHEA ARLO
BARRY POSNER
CRAIG PRINCE

The roles of Fauna and Miss Thick were played by male actors, but that is not necessary.

  • Time Period 1960s
  • Setting In and around London, 1960's
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 40 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Drugs
    • Mild Adult Themes

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REVIEWS

"A compendium of every movie made in the 60's [...] Captures their spirit, mood and style with delicious humor." - N.Y. Nightlife.

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Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $75 per performance
    $125 with other plays in collection

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Authors

Charles Busch

Charles Busch is the author and star of such plays as The Divine Sister, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset, The Confession of Lily Dare and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom; one of the longest-running plays in the history of off-Broadway. His play The Tale of the Allergist’s ...

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