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MAURICE HILL
Nationality: USA
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Maurice Hill's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Large Window On A Small World Wind Between the Houses, ALarge Window On A Small World
Synopsis:
Still living with his widowed mother, at an age when most of his contemporaries are well settled into married life, Tad Snow is satisfied to pursue his job with a toy company, his chemical experiments and his busy correspondence with a sympathetic young French girl. But the time has come to exchange photos and Tad, conscious of his own rather unimpressive physique, sends off a picture of a muscular male model who lives nearby. So far so good-until his beauteous pen pal suddenly arrives from France to participate in the Miss World Subway contest, and rushes over to meet Tad in the flesh. Mistaken identity, the suspicions of a possessive mother and the disastrous efforts of well-meaning friends all contribute to the antic events that follow-but somehow things do ultimately fall into place, and all emerge happier (or at least wiser) in the end.
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Dramatists Play Service, NY, -
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 4 Other: -
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Synopsis:
Gracie Martin is a dear little old lady who has found consolation after the death of her beloved husband, Henry, by placing his urn of ashes on the mantelpiece and chattering away to it as though Henry were still with her. This eccentricity is accepted easily by her old friend, amelia, a garrulous neighbor who always says good morning to Henry when she visits. Not so, however, with Gracie's two selfish children, John and Sheila, who fear that gossip about Gracie's behavior will ruin their social and political futures. Matters are brought to a head on a Sunday visit when a little boy passes by to look at the "looney" he's heard lives there. John and Sheila concoct a plot to get rid of the ashes with a shocking act that plunges Gracie into tragic despair. Sheila, brought to her senses by the realization of the wicked thing she's done, devices a wild but effective scheme to remedy the situation and the final curtain descends on a radiantly happy Gracie.
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1st Produced:
Don Juan Playhouse, Santa Fe, New Mexico -
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, -
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 5 Other: 1b
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