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The Wonders of the Invisible World Revealed

Short Play, Dark Comedy  /  1w, 1m

Don Nigro

A young housemaid is fascinated by a bad tempered and impatient yet compelling lodger whose room is full of strange bottles. Wrapped in bandages with no flesh showing, he tells her he is invisible. She thinks he must be a dangerous lunatic until he describes some private moments in her bedroom.

The Wonders of the Invisible World Revealed

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
A young housemaid is fascinated by a bad tempered and impatient yet compelling lodger whose room is full of strange bottles. Wrapped in bandages with no flesh showing, he tells her he is invisible. She thinks he must be a dangerous lunatic until he describes some private moments in her bedroom. By turns funny and frightening, this dark love story reveals the wonder of many kinds of invisibility. In The Great Gromboolian Plain & Other Plays.
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Performing Groups
MILLIE - a young housemaid
GRIFFIN - a man in his forties
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

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Don Nigro

Don Nigro

Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written ...

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