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Thar's Gold in Them Hills by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Characters are adults plus one child (to be played either by teenagers or a mixture of adults and one or more children). Whilst there isn't a chorus specified, there is scope for extras. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | The clash of innocence and villainy and the 19th century setting bring this close to melodrama, from where it is diverted by a large volume of preposterous jokes! Single (California gold rush saloon) setting. Simple props include a cougar's ear! |
Synopsis | Howard Huff and Betty Bristle are the villainous owners of the Shotgun Saloon in Sonora, California. Their ambition is to get rich fleecing the miners in the late days of the California gold rush, but it doesn't seem to be working. Into the bar walk Mary Ann and her daughter, Goldie, looking for work. Goldie immediately displays comic talent and the villains set about disposing of the mother and exploiting the innocent Goldie… Corny jokes and a happy ending ensue! |
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The Three Wishes by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act cautionary tale for children with a single setting. |
Synopsis | Martin McMudd is an impoverished peasant who makes a Faustian pact with Lucifer to escape the poverty he and his wife have to contend with. In quick-witted and amusing ways Martin is eventually able to outsmart the Devil. |
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Wuthering Heights by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy with minimal settings, adapted from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. |
Synopsis | A duo of comic narrators guide us through the familiar story including all of the important characters with the exception of Heathcliff who unfortunately could not attend. His last minute replacement - Tarzan! - admirably fills his shoes. |
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