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Dead Dad Dog

  • John McKay
  • Short Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 2M
  • ISBN: 9781854590176

An offbeat comedy with a political edge.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Published in volume Scot-Free

A short, witty, comic nightmare in which an unemployed, trendy young Scottish man is dogged by his deceased father, who was a Hoover salesman in his prime. An offbeat comedy with a political edge.

John McKay's short play Dead Dad Dog was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in May 1988, and then at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 1988.

Premiere Production: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, & Royal Court Theatre, London, 1988
  • Casting: 2M
  • Casting Attributes: All Male