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Bullshot Crummond

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  2w, 3m

Ron House, Alan Shearman, Diz White, John Neville Andrews, Derek Cunningham

"Uproarious." - International Herald Tribune

"Marvelous." - London Sunday Telegraph

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Period, Parody / Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

Details

Summary
This parody of low-budget 30s detective movies typifies British heroism at its dumbest. Teutonic villain Otto Von Brunno and his evil mistress Lenya crash their plane in the English countryside and kidnap Professor Fenton, who has discovered a formula for making synthetic diamonds. Bullshot Crummond is called to the rescue by the professor's daughter Rosemary. The two meet at the Carlton Tea Rooms, where Crummond is convinced that their waiter is Otto in disguise. The real Otto shows up, paralyzes Crummond with a fiendish ray and crams a stick of dynamite in Crummond's mouth that will explode when the next person enters the room. Rosemary enters, but the static electricity in her fur wrap averts the detonation. Crummond and Rosemary pursue Otto and Lenya in a hair-raising car chase, only to plunge over a cliff. They survive and sneak into the dungeons of Otto's hideout - where the professor is being tortured. Crummond loses the ensuing saber duel with Otto. Unperturbed, Crummond finally triumphs by shooting the rest of the cast.

If Doubling:

  • First Male plays one character (Bullshot)
  • Second Male plays two characters (Otto) + (Scalissio) in a quick change routine and two characters in simple disguise.
  • Third Male plays SEVEN characters. (Re
  • Features Period Costumes

Media

"Uproarious." - International Herald Tribune

"Marvelous." - London Sunday Telegraph

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Ron House

Ron House started his theatrical career as member of the 2nd City Company in his native Chicago. He then moved to Europe where he lived in Rome followed by Barcelona and finally London, where he founded “Low Moan Spectacular”, the London underground Theatre Company that was r ...

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Alan Shearman

Alan Shearman

Diz White

Diz White

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John Neville Andrews

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Derek Cunningham

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