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Here Lies Jeremy Troy

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  2w, 3m

Jack Sharkey

"An applauding success! A smashing hit! The audience roared! A rib tickler if I ever saw one!"- Bangor Daily News
"Jack Sharkey has a hit on his hands!" - Kup's Column

Here Lies Jeremy Troy

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
A lawyer who is up for a partnership is visited by a school chum who lives by sponging off classmates. He blackmails the lawyer into putting him up on the very night the boss is coming for dinner whereupon the wife leaves. The sponger discovers that the lawyer's degree is a fraud. A model is hired to play the wife's, a dumb beauty whose attempts to help backfire. More trouble erupts when the wife returns. Fortunately the boss thinks such a devious man would make a good lawyer!

History

Here Lies Jeremy Troy, produced by Elliot Martin, under the direction of Ronny Graham, had its world premiere on August 2, 1965, at the Lakewood Theatre in Skowhegan, Maine.

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Performing Groups

JEREMY TROY - a law clerk.
KATHRYN TROY - Jeremy's wife.
CHARLIE BICKLE - an old friend of Jeremy's.
TINA WINSLOW - an undergraduate model.
SVEN IVORSEN - Jeremy's boss.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Physical Comedy
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Media

"An applauding success! A smashing hit! The audience roared! A rib tickler if I ever saw one!"- Bangor Daily News

"Highly amusing ... loaded with laughs ... rapid-fire comical situations ... steady laughter. During the intermissions, high praise for the new play could be heard everywhere." - Skowhegan Morning Sentinel

"A hilarious farce, sexy but nice...a bright comedy with witty dialogue...one just can't help laughing!" - Syracuse Post-Standard

"Jack Sharkey has a hit on his hands!" - Kup's Column

"A refreshing revelation...clean, sparkling comedy...almost breathless comedy, except the audience needs its breath for the next laugh. Recommended for the whole family. Waves of laughter rolled over the performers on the stage. A five-pointed satellite that promises to sail onto Broadway and shine there for a long time!" - Henderson/Kennebec Journal

Music

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

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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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 Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 to 1955. In mid-1955, Mr. Sharkey enlisted in the Army, serving at Sandia Base ...

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