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Shall We Join the Ladies

Short Play, Comedy  /  8w, 8m

J.M. Barrie

The frivolous and gay air at a well-to-do dinner party is shattered rather suddenly when the host announces that all thirteen guests were at Monte Carlo several years ago on the night when his brother was murdered.

Shall We Join the Ladies

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 8m
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Suggested Use
    • UIL Approved
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
An absorbing mystery, with just a pinch of incisive English wit to give it the proper savor. The action involves thirteen well-to-do people attending a dinner party. The frivolous and gay air is shattered rather suddenly when the host announces that all of them were at Monte Carlo several years ago on the night when his brother was murdered. Then the host proceeds to implicate one after another of his guests, making them stumble into pits he has carefully laid in his speech. He is cool, patient, and witty as the frightful tension increases and his guests drop their masks.
History
Shall We Join the Ladies? was first presented at the opening of the Theatre of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, on May 27, 1921.
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Performing Groups
SAM SMITH
LADY JANE RAYE
LADY WRATHIE
SIR JOSEPH WRATHIE
MRS. PREEN
CAPTAIN JENNINGS
MRS. CASTRO
MR. VAILE
MRS. BLAND
MR. GOURLAY
MISS ISIT
MISS VALIE
A POLICEMAN
LUCY (MAID)
DOLPHIN
  • Time Period 1920s
  • Setting The dining room of Sam Smith's country house in the late evening.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Mild Adult Themes

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J.M. Barrie

J.M. Barrie

All children, except one, grow up

James Matthew Barrie was born in the small weaving town of Kirriemuir, Scotland, on 9th May 1860, the ninth of ten children of a handloom weaver. For the first six years of his life, James lived in the shadow of his mother’s love for his older ...

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