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No, No, A Million Times No! (Only a Farmer's Daughter.)

Short Play, Melodrama  /  8w, 4m

Eskel Crawford, Bud Tompkins

Book by Eskel Crawford
Lyrics and Music by Bud Tompkins

A wildly hilarious old time melodrama with music! You'll get a good idea of the hilarity by reading over the list of songs which include: "No Mother to Guide Her" and "The Villain Still Pursued Her." Stafford Blackman lures Nellie Quackenbush, innocent farmer's daughter, to the big city for the purp…

No, No, A Million Times No! (Only a Farmer's Daughter.)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 4m

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Summary
A wildly hilarious old time melodrama with music! You'll get a good idea of the hilarity by reading over the list of songs which include: "No Mother to Guide Her" and "The Villain Still Pursued Her." Stafford Blackman lures Nellie Quackenbush, innocent farmer's daughter, to the big city for the purpose of wedlock (so she thinks!). But when Nell gets there, she senses he "won't do right by Nell" and flees while she is still "pure as the driven snow" returning to the farm and the arms of her country sweetheart, Noble Hart. There's several sub romances running through the story. It's all screamingly funny, easy to cast and produce.

A ideal feature item in a variety show or revue. Each book contains the full text with stage directions and the piano score of all the music (No orchestrations available).

Cast Attributes

AMOS (PAPPY) QUACKENBUSH - a farmer

NELLIE QUACKENBUSH - the farmer's daughter

BIRDIE SEED - the farmer's housekeeper

EMMELINE - the farmer's hired gal

NOBLE HART - the farmer's neighbor

IFFY CANN - a young country boy

STAFFORD BLACKMAN - a city slicker

GWENDOLYN FINEFEATHERS - his lady friend

DELLA - a young city girl

ELLA - a young city girl

KATE - a young city girl

DUPLIKATE - a young city girl

CHORUS - modern boys and girls, old fashioned milkmaids, and farm boys

  • Setting Pappy Quackenbush's farmhouse, somewhere in the country, on a summer's day in yesteryear.
  • Additional Features Play w/ Music
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Eskel Crawford

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Bud Tompkins

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