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JOAN SWEEN
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Murder by Accident Southern Surrender - or - The Twain Shall MeetMurder by Accident
Synopsis:
Elaine has had enough. Ralph, her exasperating, risk-taking husband, has got to go. With the help of Pookie, her younger sister; Anthony "Prettyboy" Ferrari, her father; and Rudy Gambruzzo, her father's personal assistant, Elaine sets out to stage an accident that will rid her of marital stress. In the space of one morning, Elaine accidentally gets the pool guy and the mailman killed before finally clobbering Ralph. Then she learns that Ralph must be alive that afternoon to sign a vital contract or she will be not only happily widowed, but unhappily bankrupt. Pookie and Elaine lash Ralph's inert form into a wheelchair and frantically hide him until he is made to appear to sign the contract. Then she discovers that Ralph was merely passed out and her third murder victim was actually the meter reader. Will her dreams of widowhood ever come true?
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Genre:
Farce
Parts:
Male: 10 doubling possible Female: 6 Other: 0
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Synopsis:
Aurelia Archibald, a Southern widow, and her four daughters are all that remain on Archibald Plantation when it is taken over by Union forces. Expecting Northerners to be heartless brutes, they are confounded when the Yankees treat them courteously. The villain of the piece - actually a villainess - is the beautiful but treacherous Gardenia Galsworthy. She is determined to save her plantation from destruction by revealing to the Yankees where the Archibalds have hidden their jewels. Little does she realize they are also hiding Beauregard Burnside, a Confederate soldier who has been separated from his unit. The jewels pass from place to place with Gardenia hot on their trail. Beauregard is also concealed in one place after another -- the linen closet where his fingers get smashed in the door, behind the draperies where his feet get stepped on, to finally wearing ladies garments over his uniform! And the Yankees continue to miss him. All ends happily, and somewhat romantically, when a courier arrives with news that the war ended the day before!
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Genre:
Melodrama
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 6 Other: 0
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