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Lily, The Felon's Daughter

  • Tom Taggart
  • Short Play, Melodrama, Victorian (British and American)
  • 5M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573602016

Gay Nineties melodramas are always fun for the audiences and actors. This tear jerker tells the sad but silly story of Lily Fairweather, pure as the driven snow; of Compton, her weak but handsome sweetheart -- and how villain Craven Sinclair thwarts their plans for everlasting bliss.

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  • Short Play
  • Melodrama

  • Time Period: Victorian (British and American)
Gay Nineties melodramas are always fun for the audiences and actors. This tear jerker tells the sad but silly story of Lily Fairweather, pure as the driven snow; of Compton, her weak but handsome sweetheart -- and how villain Craven Sinclair thwarts their plans for everlasting bliss.

Compton is corrupted by Craven -- even succumbs to forgery and embezzlement. Our hero flees to the West leaving his father behind to go to jail for his crimes. The same fateful night, Lily's cup of woe -- and the audiences cup of cheer -- overflow. Adding to the merriment are a horse faced suffragette and her titled suitor who is so English it hurts.

The text contains full directions for producing. Suggestions for music, business, tableaux, curtain calls, etc. are included. One school wrote: "We know of no farce funnier than this old time melodrama."

Characters

  • Casting: 5M, 6F

  • LILY FAIRWEATHER - as Pure as the Driven Snow
    BETSY FAIRWEATHER - as Gentle as a Lamb
    COMPTON - her Son, as Handsome as a Greek God
    JONAS FAIRWEATHER - as True as Blue
    CRAVEN SINCLAIR - as Poisonous as a Toad
    MISS OPHELIA - as Plain as the Nose on Your Face
    ROBIN STEEL - as Black as Coal
    MRS. KINGSLEY - as Sound as a Dollar
    MRS. BLOODGOOD - as Mean as Dirt
    MARIE - the Maid, as Busy as a Bee
    LORD MONTMORENCY - as English as an Englishman

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    Gay Nineties melodramas are always fun for the audiences and actors. This tear jerker tells the sad but silly story of Lily Fairweather, pure as the driven snow; of Compton, her weak but handsome sweetheart -- and how villain Craven Sinclair thwarts their plans for everlasting bliss.

    Compton is corrupted by Craven -- even succumbs to forgery and embezzlement. Our hero flees to the West leaving his father behind to go to jail for his crimes. The same fateful night, Lily's cup of woe -- and the audiences cup of cheer -- overflow. Adding to the merriment are a horse faced suffragette and her titled suitor who is so English it hurts.

    The text contains full directions for producing. Suggestions for music, business, tableaux, curtain calls, etc. are included. One school wrote: "We know of no farce funnier than this old time melodrama."

    		$24.95

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