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PAT COOK
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I got my first taste of seeing my work in print when I was still in high school in Frankston, Texas, writing for the school paper. Then, during the summers, I wrote a column for my hometown newspaper. It wasn't until college, however, when I saw the movie version of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" that I decided to try my hand at writing plays. My first one-act, "The Boys In The Halls", was produced at Lon Morris Junior College in 1968 and has since vanished in some forgotten trash can.After moving to Houston in 1970, I soon found other writing assignments at AstroWorld, educational radio, night clubs and local television. My first play to be published was "Rest in Peace", released in 1976 by Dramatic Publishing in Woodstock, Il. Still, writing was only a sideline along with several other odd jobs, which included playing piano in pizza parlors, acting in local commercials, industrial films and on stage, building scenery and selling pianos and organs. However, more plays got published and along the way, my wife, Rose Ann, taught me the joys of using a computer. This coupled with my conviction to drop everything else and write full time, proved to be a turning point in my life.As of this writing, I have over 150 plays published by nine publishers. Several of these have been translated into Dutch and German. It's like that old saying, "The harder I work, the luckier I get". I firmly believe that everyone has a story to tell, a dream to pursue. And, believe me, if I can do it, anybody can.
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Ax Of Murder
Barbecuing Hamlet
Best Haunted House Ever
Big Bucks
Canterville Ghost
Caught In the Act
Christmas Express, The
Christmas Gazebo, The
Crazy Ladies In the House In the Corner
Csi- Christmas Scene Investigators Or Who Stole Santa Claus?
Cyrano Loves Roxanne Loves Maurice
Dad's Christmas Miracle
Don't Try To Wake Him, Hand Me the Shovel
Dr Jeckyll - No Place To Hyde
First Thanksgiving According To Dwayne, The
Fly on the Wall, A
Frankenstein - Together Again
Ghost Of Christmas Presents, The
Good Help Is Hard Hard To Murder
Great Pandemonium, The
Ho Ho Ho, The Santa Claus Chronicles
Honeymoon At Graveside Manor
If It's Monday, This Must Be Christmas!
If It's Monday, This Must Be Murder
If the Good Lord's Willing And the Creek Don't Rise
Just A Stage He's Going Through
Keepsakes
Last Stop Till Christmas, The
Legend Of Robin Hood, Sort Of
Let's Hang Him And Read the Will
Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus, The
Little Christmas Spirit, A
Little Town Of Christmas, The
Live Onstage!
Luau For King Lear
Madam's Been Murdered, Tea Will Be Late
Mandate For Murder Or Taking A Stab At Politics
Mobile Home Sweet Home
Mother Goose Has Flown the Coop!
Much Ado About Murder
Murder For Dummies
Murder Of Scarecrows, A
Murder's Bad But Monday Can Kill You
Not A Creature Was Stirring Not Even A Moose
One And Only Santa Claus
Paradise Lost and Found
Scrambled
Scrooge Has Left the Building
Somethin' Special For Christmas
Those Crazy Ladies In the House On the Corner
Three Murders And It's Only Monday
Three Musketeers All Swash And No Buckle, The
Titanic Tragedy And Trial
Two, Witches, No Waiting
Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
You Have the Right To Remain Dead
Ax Of Murder
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Someone is murdered on stage and nobody could possibly have done it
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Barbecuing Hamlet
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Rosemary Branch, London 2001
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Stageworks Productions
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Farce
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Best Haunted House Ever
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Two groups of teenagers from different High Schools decide to use an abandoned house for fund raising purposes. they also decide that the best way to get rid of the others is to scare them away
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Big Bucks
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Comedy
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Canterville Ghost
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Based on the story by Oscar Wilde
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Pioneer Drama Service, -
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Caught In the Act
Synopsis:
experience the mishaps and missed cues of playing director and actor from auditions to opening night. a riotous tribute to the gentle art of slapstick comedy. Bare stage set
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Christmas Express, The
Synopsis:
the day before Christmas eve and Leo Tannenbaum turns up out of nowhere at an isolated town. Suddenly things start happening, the carollers can actually sing, a radio that has not worked for years springs to life and the Christmas spirit seems to be everywhere
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Christmas Gazebo, The
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the gazebo in the park is an eyesore and Delia wants to get rid of it. But has she really seen it for what it is?
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Crazy Ladies In the House In the Corner
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the doctor thinks that it would be good for three elderly sisters who live alone to have a lodger. Nurse Jean moves in and very soon the sisters are up to all sorts of mischief
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Csi- Christmas Scene Investigators Or Who Stole Santa Claus?
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the Christmas show at Wendell Wilke High School cannot go on - someone has stolen the statue of Santa Claus that was to be the highlight of the production.
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Cyrano Loves Roxanne Loves Maurice
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Can Cyrano tell Roxanne he loves her? Can Roxanne tell Maurice she loves him? Can Katy tell Cyrano she loves him?
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Contemporary Drama Service, -
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Dad's Christmas Miracle
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all Connor wants for Christmas is a go-cart - but he has been given a bad report card, so his chances are slim.
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Don't Try To Wake Him, Hand Me the Shovel
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From the word "GO," investigative reporters Livermore and Highwater are determined to get the (alleged) spooks at Billingsgate Mansion on the six o'clock news and get the break they need to save their jobs. the featured story: Seeing is Believing. Paranoid, they enter the dreaded Billingsgate mansion in ghost-catching wardrobe and full ghost gear (fatigues and a videocamera). One rat-a-tat-tat sends Livermore running for the exit, "This was a dumb idea, this was a stupid idea, this was a ridiculous idea!" and Highwater avowals, "and all three of them were yours!" ever try to get a ghost on the six o'clock news? Here's what you get: a ghostswept broadcast with a squad of lost cheerleaders, a double-dealing horror movie producer and her secretary, a couple of convicts trying to stash a body in the basement, and a bumbling policeman on the prowl. Nobody can tell the guests from the ghosts and shortly after the news, it's every ghost for himself. Only Pat Cook gives you all the comforts of home in this fast-paced farcical ghosthunt with a ghostbuster named Pookee. One interior set.
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Genre:
Mystery-Comedy Mystery
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Male: 7 Female: 13 Other: -
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Dr Jeckyll - No Place To Hyde
Synopsis:
Dr Jeckyll experiments with a potion and finds he can grow a moustache in an hour and a half
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Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Eldridge Publishing, -
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First Thanksgiving According To Dwayne, The
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Dwayne is asked to explain how the first Thanksgiving came about. But somehow things get jumbled. the turkey was road kill. Hester Prynne with the "a" on her dress turns up together with her sister who has "a+" on hers. then aliens land. . .
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Notre Dame High School, easton, Pa 2003
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Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Fly on the Wall, A
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Emma Starling has a vivid imagination. At least, that what her psychiatrist Phillip Axelrod thinks when she tell him of being involved in bank hold-ups, sighting U F Os and dating Donald Trump. Such outrageous things simply never happen and certainly not in Axelrods world. His is a calm, well-ordered and serene life. At least, it used to be until his office suddenly becomes a nest of loud-mouthed admen, nosy reporters, landlords, mothers not to mention frantic calls from his fiance. As if this werent enough the police show up, placing him under investigation. They want to know about his patients and why? It seems that three other psychiatrists have been murdered. Is he next? Does he know anything more than hes telling? Lieutenant Diana Palmer thinks so as she tries to keep a lid on things. This isnt easy when she finds her back-up, Officer Calvin Thurlow, on a couch spilling his guts to the good doctor. And just when Dr. Axelrod FINALLY clears his office so he can sort out things a suspicious woman shows up, needing his guidance. And just to make her point clear she holds a pistol on him. This could get serious, he thinks. Who is she? What does she want? And just who is killing all the psychiatrists in town? This two act mystery farce will have you guessing until the last patient confesses. And when it all comes to a head, wouldnt you just love to be a Fly on the Wall?
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Brooklyn Publishing. -
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Frankenstein - Together Again
Synopsis:
Helga Frankenstein opens up the old castle to paying guests.
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Eldridge Publishing, -
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Ghost Of Christmas Presents, The
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Taylor works at the exchange/complaints department of a large store. It is the week before Christmas and already people are bringing back unwanted gifts. It is all to much for Taylor
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Pioneer Drama Service, -
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Good Help Is Hard Hard To Murder
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James Lee Community Center Theater, Falls Church, Va Mar 2007
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Great Pandemonium, The
Synopsis:
the "Tech" run through of the High School play - "Richard 3rd". Several members of cast are missing because they have been grounded. the assistant director is trying to take over. the headmaster arrives wanting to know why they are not doing "Grease"
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Ho Ho Ho, The Santa Claus Chronicles
Synopsis:
Ever wonder how Santa Claus does it year after year? How does he make that midnight flight? How does he know whos naughty and nice? Or whats his favorite food? Heres your chance to find out as we meet just some of those people who keep his workshop running smoothly. Starting with a press conference where his press secretary can finally answer some of the questions wed all like to know. Such as when one reporter asked why he didnt get that pony he asked Santa for when he was a kid. Wasnt that the year you painted the family cat? the secretary shoots back. Meet the elves who take care of the reindeer, Eeny, Meeny, Miney and Sol. And meet the elf who takes care of the elves who take care of the reindeer, Sarge. Its his thankless job to keep his troops in line. No, he explains, you cant have Christmas Eve off this year! From the passers-by in the park to the elves who run the North Pole Hot Line for late shoppers, we get a better picture of just how the North Pole citizens do their part to help out the big gift giver. But were not the only ones with questions. Santa himself would like to know one thing himself. Where is Mrs. Claus? Just what is she up to? Find out in a surprising twist which answers yet the biggest question of all. This easy-to-stage show is just the stocking stuffer to put your audiences in the mood as they find out just why the jolly old elf is always giving out, not only with the presents but with the HO HO HO.
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Honeymoon At Graveside Manor
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the bride is less than happy when she finds that the honeymoon hotel had once been a mortuary and someone has escaped from the local asylum
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Dramatic Publishing Company, -
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If It's Monday, This Must Be Christmas!
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the fifth play in the Harry Monday trilogy! Christmas time rolls around and down-and-out gumshoe Harry is short of cash as usual. He's down to walking dogs for a few bucks when Harrigan's department store has its payroll stolen. Loretta Mondello, the store manager, has complete faith in Harry solving this one - after all, she's his mother! But not only is the payroll missing, somebody kidnapped Santa Claus! he store's Saint Nick has gone missing along with the money and bonuses. Is Scarlet Kloontz, the all-too-friendly clerk, behind it all? Or maybe Carson Page, the newest member of the Harrigan staff, who is also in love with the boss's daughter? and why did Mildred Wolensky, owner of a rival store, suddenly show up? Or Trixie O'Brien, an elf who was the last one to see Santa before he vanished? Maybe that old con-artist buddy of Harry's, Louie Grandville, has pulled another gig? as if clues weren't hard enough to find, Lieutenant Brogan shows up, along with his 9-year-old daughter. Wise cracks and plot twists fly faster than Santa's sleigh in this yuletide whodunit. Single Interior set - Runs about 100 minutes
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Male: 5 Female: 6 Other: 1 Boy, 1 Girl
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If It's Monday, This Must Be Murder
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Harry Monday, the private detective has a new case. When he arrives at the Shady Meadows Country Club he is mistaken for a psychiatrist
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If the Good Lord's Willing And the Creek Don't Rise
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This zany comedy, in the spirit of Kaufman and Hart, centers on Doc, an eccentric old man whose house caters to all sorts of characters. Now a retired judge, he spends his days "enjoying life." When he's not flying around the countryside in his balloon or fishing in a nearby dry riverbed, he works on his books of nonsense. This prompts his daughter, Charlotte, to decide he's lost his marbles. So, conspiring with a sly lawyer, she plans to not only become his guardian but also sell his house and property. Throw in a psychologist on her first case, love sick teenagers, an irate school bus driver and an occasional artist or two and it's a madhouse! Will Doc be committed or not? Of course he offers his own defense. "You ought to try tilting at a windmill every so often," he philosophizes. "It's great exercise and a nice breeze goes with it." When he shows up at his sanity hearing dressed as a magician, his daughter and her lawyer think they have it all sewed up. However, Doc has a few surprise rabbits to pull out of the hat. This tour de force is appropriate for schools, churches, dinner theaters and all audiences. Can Doc pull it off? as Leo says, "there is method to his madness." and Doc shows one and all what a little nonsense can do "If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise."
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Just A Stage He's Going Through
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Drama One act
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Keepsakes
Synopsis:
ever look at a family portrait and wonder what those people, posed and smiling, are really like? This family portrait shows you the inner workings of the Rogers family - how they deal with everyday things, how they deal with both happy and sad events which effect each and every one of them. these funny, poignant and all-too-human characters go through life the best way they know how. austin does his best to keep the house running smoothly, unless he has to take Pawpaw's trunk out of the basement. Mary Jo is outwardly pleased when son Mitchell gets engaged to Tish but explains they're too young! Her sister, Brenda, helps out by saying Not any younger than you were when you got married. Brenda's husband, Dale, has his own advice for young Mitchell - Marriage consists in large part of just giving up! and Pawpaw keeps hearing voices and seeing people who aren't there. the very fabric of the family unit meets it's ultimate challenge when Brenda and Dale have to move in with them. Daughter Jan has to put up with a whiney dog, Mitchell and Tish can't seem to find time to talk about their upcoming marriage and everyone is bunking up with everyone else, leaving the men to sleep on the couch - any of this sound familiar?
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Last Stop Till Christmas, The
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angela tells the people waiting at the bus stop if they place an ornament on the Christmas Tree and make a wish it will come true.
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Male: - Female: - Other: 20 parts plus extras
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Legend Of Robin Hood, Sort Of
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Little John is sent out to recruit more men and comes back with an army of women.
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Let's Hang Him And Read the Will
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all is not well in the little burg of Beautyrest Springs. It's most prominent (and hated) citizen, F. Mycroft Tanner, did himself in. at least, that's what Sheriff Harold Tyred reports in between his visits with Martha, the maid, who was also seeing Percy, the gardener, who is sweet on Freida, the reporter, who really wants the inside scoop on Mycroft's death (and his rather plush will). It is up to fat cat attorney, Lamar Lee Rascal, to unravel all this and find the missing will, Mycroft's diamond ring, and the misplaced family scrapbook. He is distracted, however, by running into Mycroft's daffy sister, Jemmy Jean, who he left at the altar some twenty-five years ago. If you think it's all too confusing, wait until two people show up claiming to be the same long-lost daughter, the murdered maid's older sister puts in an appearance and a tour guide starts bringing groups through the scene of the crime. This riotous spoof is full of soap opera-isms and will keep you guessing until the last suspect you suspected is no longer a suspect. Interior set.
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Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus, The
For those who have wondered where Santa Claus came from
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Little Christmas Spirit, A
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J D Morse is looking for a Christmas present but with no luck. In desperation he goes into Nick's Emporium. Nick finds just what he wants. Morse goes back to his car to get his wallet. He is approached by a policemen who tells him the shop closed down twenty years ago
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Little Town Of Christmas, The
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Live Onstage!
Professor Featherflowers comes on stage and begins her lecture, How to Write a Play. You're snoring already, right? That's exactly what the Stage Manager is worried about when he peeks through the curtain and tells the Professor to jazz it up, that she needs to open with a joke. the professor then tells him she did. You see, she says, You don't really exist I made you up. YOU are my opening joke! Needless to say, he doesn't believe her and calls for his sound person, Shirley, to come out. the Professor then tells them both that they aren't real and simply characters she invented for to demonstrate her speech. From there on out it's all a question of what is real and what isn't as they are then joined by the Director, a Southern Belle, a Shakespearean Lord and a tap-dancing chicken. also, a silent woman keeps bringing out props as the Professor makes notes in her speech. Is the Professor making all this up? If so, has she lost control of her characters? Why won't the woman speak? What is real and what isn't? This farcical existential spoof is full of deeper meanings. at least, that's what the Director believes. Maybe we all represent the planets? he questions. Maybe we're the Great Lakes! yells Shirley, and you're erie!
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Luau For King Lear
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Peaceful Glen Memorial Players - the group who did "Twelve angry Men" with a cast of seven plus five shop dummies now turns it's attention to "King Lear"
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Madam's Been Murdered, Tea Will Be Late
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a murderer is loose at Houndstooth Manor and the only witness is a ghost
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Mandate For Murder Or Taking A Stab At Politics
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a candidate in an election throws a joint celebration and birthday party. But one of his aides turns up with a knife in his back
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Mobile Home Sweet Home
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Howd you like to be on television? This question, posed by future daughter-in-law Anne, takes Loff DuVall by surprise. After all, he and May June had been running the Hampton Court trailer park for more years than either would care to admit. The last thing hed want now is to be in some reality TV show. In fact, he was hoping he and May June could get away for a while, take a long vacation from the place. He wouldnt have to listen to Goose Halfords long stories, such as how he grandpa has a metal plate in his head. The kids used to catch him asleep and put frigerator magnets on his forehead, he confides in Loff. Or having to help Lydia Spagways grandkid who just got her hand caught in a toilet. Add to this Rhonda DeFalcos gossip, Vonell Raffrerty looking for buried treasure with her metal detector and Etta Frobishers threat to close down his business, hes really at the end of his rope. But Annes idea, coupled with the fact shes practically engaged to son, Larry, shows Loff a way out. Except that, for the show to succeed, Loff cant leave! Throw in a conniving producer, a retired lieutenant colonel and everyone showing up looking like run-over hillbillies and Loff or May June just dont know whats to become of them, their tenants or the trailer park. This two-act comedy is full of oddball characters and will have your audience laughing and falling in love with all those at Hampton Court Trailer Park.
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Mother Goose Has Flown the Coop!
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Why are the sheep in the meadow and the cows in the corn? Why have Jack and Jill gone up the hill? and where is Mother Goose?
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Much Ado About Murder
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Carlton Laraby invites his family for a Halloween party. they must come as their favourite Shakespearian character. But he is found dead when the guests get there
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Murder For Dummies
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So you want to commit a murder. This is the first line in a book purchased by Myron Bernhart. And heres a guy who knows his books since hes collected some rare ones and proud of it. That is until his nagging wife, Marge, decides to sell them. He tries to reason with her but is argued down, not only by her but the Womens Arts League, her cronies who, of course, meet constantly at their house. When all else fails Myron realizes its time to take drastic action and plans it all out. Of course, his imagination tends to wander a bit - from German psychiatrists to C. S. I. investigators to hard boiled 1940s type detectives. So he sets up the perfect murder. His wife is home alone, he has an airtight alibi and he prepares his victim a special glass of tea. Everything is working, just like the book said. Marge takes the glass of tea, sits on the couch and quietly brings the glass up to her lips&when the doorbell rings. From here on it seems as if everybody shows up! Marges womens club, a rare book collector, Myrons buddy Jack, and, worst of all, Marges domineering sister! And in the midst of all the confusion the wrong person drinks the special glass of tea&and dies! What follows is a parade of policemen, blackmailers and in-laws as Myron wonders just what went wrong. And you will too in this fast-paced comedy mystery where nothing seems to go right, even when you go by the book. Of course, thats when the title of the book is Murder For Dummies.
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Murder Of Scarecrows, A
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When they bought their country house there was a scarecrow in the front garden - it had been there for umpteen years. On the night of a Halloween party it goes missing until someone turns the lights out
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Murder's Bad But Monday Can Kill You
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Harry Monday investigates a murder at a psychiatric hospital. He is hampered because all the patients have multiple personalities.
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Not A Creature Was Stirring Not Even A Moose
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the editor of the Herald Tribune is about to expose a crooked mayor but a letter from a little boy changes things
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One And Only Santa Claus
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Yul Tide the host of the television programme "American Profiles" is trying to do a programme about the elusive Santa Claus
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Paradise Lost and Found
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Just about everything shows up at the Lost and Found department of the Paradise Bus company, everything from tiaras to tubas. So what do you do when a 9 year old girl winds up there? "This is Lost and Found, isn't it," she asks. "Well, I guess I'm lost." But maybe she knows more than she's telling. That's what Mavis, Regan and Coop have to deal with. On top of this Gillis, the janitor, has a rumor running wild that big shot B. F. Crandall is due for a visit! "I just wanted to get Krolik off our backs!" he explains. Mrs. Krolik, who's the company manager, suddenly changes from being a tyrant to a real pussycat. However, the rumor takes on a life of it's own when it turns out that everyone at the company is suddenly running at top speed and nervously awaiting the arrival of their potential new boss. Everyone, that is, but those around Lost and Found. Regan and her boyfriend, Richard, are continually fighting, Mr. Benjamin keeps hanging around, looking for his lost valise and Mrs. Wallingford, the owner even shows up. She usually stays away since her husband passed away as the place now makes her sad. Rumors keep flying and growing out of all proportion. "I HATE it when people keep adding their OWN rumors to my rumors!" Gillis moans. Fast lines and even faster twists speed this comedy to its surprising and heart-warming conclusion as everyone learns what it's like to run the Paradise Lost and Found.
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Scrambled
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Purdy, who runs her Showtime Cafe famous for such dishes as "Fistful of Dollar Pancakes" and "Who's afraid of Virginia Ham," is getting ready for a food critic, hoping for a great write-up. But that's the least of her worries when she learns her old boyfriend is back in town. She and austin made a pledge that if they weren't hooked up with anyone else in twenty-five years they'd get together. amelia and Celia, two gossips, have it all over town in no time! Jeanie, the teen who works for Purdy, thinks it's so romantic and soon she and Cody Barnes get engaged! Cody's not too sure how that happened, and he's been acting like a zombie ever since. Suddenly everything is in a twirl. Will the teens really get married? Will Purdy and austin get together? and will the critic -- if he ever shows up -- love the cafe's food? Oracle, almost a fixture at the place, says, "You know, people in love. they walk around in a daze, never know what's going on. My dad had a word for them: scrambled!"
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Scrooge Has Left the Building
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an old man sits alone in his room eating porridge. the ghost of Marley enters not knowing that Scrooge moved months ago and it is not even Christmas eve
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Somethin' Special For Christmas
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Christmas in West Texas is not easy. the cowboys even have to decorate cactus plants because there are no Christmas trees
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Those Crazy Ladies In the House On the Corner
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Three elderly sisters live in the house they grew up in. their doctor worried about their ability to look after themselves arranges for a nurse to live with them as a lodger. Meanwhile the son of one of the sisters is conspiring to get the old women out of the house so that he can turn it into a b&b
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Three Murders And It's Only Monday
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there have been so many murders at Peaceful Pines Sanatorium that the police no longer bother to come and investigate
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Three Musketeers All Swash And No Buckle, The
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D'artagnan has only been in Paris ten minutes and has managed to upset the Three Musketeers.
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Titanic Tragedy And Trial
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First act is events on board Titanic as told by survivors. Second act the enquiry into the disaster
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Two, Witches, No Waiting
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Arlene Marcus and her sister Elzbeth are known far and wide in South Texas as friendly, charitable and a little eccentric. This is understandable because it is also known that they are witches. At least, thats the story. Especially the one spread by housekeeper Opal Dunn, just before she vanished with no trace. Sheriff Jeb Abercrombie seems a little shy about investigating for some reason, which bothers Elzbeth, who has a crush on the lawman. Arlenes son, Jeremy tries to keep a lid on things by trying to get the sisters to sell their house. And who wants desperately to buy the property? His fiancé Kits father. And whatever Kit wants she gets, he informs the sisters. Of course, he didnt reckon on dealing with people who read bumps on his head, a recipe book full of spells and potions and getting lost in Elzbeths mystery room. Jeremy already has his hands full so what happens when he seems to be falling in love with Bonnie, the new housekeeper. And just who is she? And why does she keep making reports to someone over her cell phone? Its heady brew of twists and turns, where barn owls spy on people through windows, closets fly open and even the house itself seems alive. Of course, its all par for the course, especially when you have Two Witches, No Waiting.
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Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
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You Have the Right To Remain Dead
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the audience arrive for what they think is an audience participation murder mystery. the narrator explains the do's and don'ts and the play starts. the stage manger rushes on stage to say someone has murdered the narrator.
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