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Neglected Husbands Sewing Club

Short Play, Comedy  /  5w, 6m

Peg Lynch

Based on the Ethel and Albert TV series.

When a wife is too busy with bridge clubs and bazaars to sew buttons and mend rips, a man feels neglected. Albert forms a sewing club with other husbands-- and they think they are pretty funny discussing hairdo's and calories while they thread needles and darn socks. The joke backfires when the wome…

Neglected Husbands Sewing Club

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Adaptations (Stage & Screen)

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When a wife is too busy with bridge clubs and bazaars to sew buttons and mend rips, a man feels neglected. Albert forms a sewing club with other husbands-- and they think they are pretty funny discussing hairdo's and calories while they thread needles and darn socks. The joke backfires when the women overhear and prove that two can play at this game. Five husbands and five wives meet on the battlefield of home repairs.

ETHEL
ALBERT
GRACE
GEORGE
JOE
DOTTIE
FRED
EDITH
MR. BROWN
MR. SMITH
MRS. BROWN

  • Setting The living room of Ethel and Albert's home.
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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Peg Lynch

Peg Lynch
Margaret Frances “Peg” Lynch, born November 25, 1916, in Lincoln, Nebraska--is the creator, star, and sole owner of the radio and television comedy series Ethel and Albert. Ethel and Albert (originally The Private Lives of Ethel and Albert) centers around the day to day life ...
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