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See How They Run!

  • Philip King
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, 1940s / WWII
  • 6M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573014031

The Rev. Lionel Toop's wife, Penelope, is an ex-actress. While Lionel is away Clive, an actor, calls. He invites Penelope to dine in town which is out of bounds to servicemen.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
The Rev. Lionel Toop's wife, Penelope, is an ex-actress. While Lionel is away Clive, an actor, calls. He invites Penelope to dine in town which is out of bounds to servicemen. He dresses in Lionel's blacks. Miss Skillon, a parishioner, sees the couple repeating one of their theatrical scenes and draws the wrong conclusion. Matters become highly complicated when Lionel arrives, followed by the Bishop of Lax and a German POW disguised as a vicar!
REVIEWS:

"Breathless show, fast tempo, plenty of laughs."

 Variety

"A positive riot, in all my fifty years in the theatre I've never heard such laughter."

 Bernard W. Suss, Elitch Gardens, Denver

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 3F

  • IDA - a maid
    MISS SKILLON
    THE REVEREND LIONEL TOOP
    CORPORAL CLIVE WINTON
    THE INTRUDER
    THE BISHOP OF LAX
    THE REVEREND OF ARTHUR HUMPHREY
    SERGEANT TOWERS

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    The Rev. Lionel Toop's wife, Penelope, is an ex-actress. While Lionel is away Clive, an actor, calls. He invites Penelope to dine in town which is out of boun's to servicemen. He dresses in Lionel's blacks. Miss Skillon, a parishioner, sees the couple repeating one of their theatrical scenes and draws the wrong conclusion. Matters become highly complicated when Lionel arrives, followed by the Bishop of Lax and a German POW disguised as a vicar!

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