Warburton's Cook
- Short Play, Dramatic Comedy, 18th Century
- 1M, 2F
- ISBN: 9780573627200
John Warburton was an English antiquary who possessed many rare Elizabethan and Jacobean scripts, including the only extant copies of several plays said to have been written by Shakespeare. These manuscripts were lost forever when his illiterate but devoted cook, Betsy Baker, burned some and used the rest to line pie bottoms.
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Description
- Short Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- 10 minutes
- Time Period: 18th Century
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
John Warburton was an English antiquary who possessed many rare Elizabethan and Jacobean scripts, including the only extant copies of several plays said to have been written by Shakespeare. These manuscripts were lost forever when his illiterate but devoted cook, Betsy Baker, burned some and used the rest to line pie bottoms. This funny and powerful ten minute play takes place at the moment Warburton discovers what happened to his manuscripts. Includes dramaturgical note.
In Tales From The Red Rose Inn & Other Plays.
In Tales From The Red Rose Inn & Other Plays.
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 2F
DORRY ROACH - a housemaid
BETSY BAKER - a cook and a housekeeper
JOHN WARBURTON - an antiquarian
