Soapy Murder Case, The
- Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
- 5M, 5F
- ISBN: 9780874405910
A Who Dunit Soap Opera Farce. Life in a soap opera meets life in a New York City penthouse with hysterical results!
Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- Time Period: Present Day
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
Crusty Horatio Tucker, sponsor of TV's most popular soap, receives a mysterious note saying the clue to his killer will be found in the next episode. He invites the cast to his place and forces them to act out the episode. Soon there's murder and chaos. A nasty network executive is dead and so is Dr. Rittenhouse. Then, Tucker is dispatched via chicken soup from the soap's saintly mother character.
With characters slipping in and out of their roles and plastic surgeons, welfare cheaters, theatrical hams and assorted zanies running loose the action is alive with marvelous surprises, gags and delightful dialogue.
Characters
- Casting: 5M, 5F
MRS. NAUGAHIDE - his housekeeper
IVY M. ROBESPIERRE - a television executive, cold, efficient, a person you love to hate
LINK KENNECOTT - television director, young and outgoing
DOTTIE DUNCAN - pretty young actress, not too bright, harbors a strange secret
JESSICA COURTNEY - a glamorous actress who lives in fear of Ivy
DR. BROCK RITTENHOUSE - a television actor who lives his part day and night
DAVID SOMERSET - an actor with a cop's personality
MONA LA MOOCH - a "saintly mother" actress
PHIL REINHOLT - a "Joe College" type
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Soapy Murder Case, The Script
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Life in a soap opera meets life in a New York penthouse, resulting in a lampoon with wild madness. Crusty Horatio Tucker, sponsor of TV's most popular soap, receives a mysterious note saying the clue to his killer will be found in the next episode. He invites the cast to his place and forces them to act out the episode. Soon there's murder and chaos. A nasty network executive is dead and so is Dr. Rittenhouse. Then, Tucker is dispatched via chicken soup from the soap's saintly mother character. With characters slipping in and out of their roles and plastic surgeons, welfare cheaters, theatrical hams and assorted zanies running loose the action is alive with marvelous surprises, gags and delightful dialogue. |
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