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OWEN G ARNO |
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Plays by Owen G Arno |
Once for the Asking | ||
| 1st Produced: | Booth Theatre, New York | 1963 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in manuscript, Dramatist Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1104 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 6 | ||
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Notes: | Original, Broadway | |||||
Synopsis: | Life has been good to Ashley Robbins, but there are problems too. Living on Long Island's North Shore is not cheap, and unless he comes up with some outstanding new advertising copy Ashley may be out of a job. So he is not in the mood for eccentric neighbors, especially the newest one, Mrs. Goolsby, who claims that she is a genuine fairy, and who comes calling with a pocketbook full of crumb cake and magic powder. There are no takers for the cake, but Ashley ends up being a guinea pig for the magic powder, which she claims can make a person realize his most cherished fantasy for twenty-four hours. And much to his amazement, Ashley becomes the world's most persuasive copywriter. He devotes his twenty-four hours to turning out new copy for every major account in the business, and his boss is so delighted he may even give up therapy. But that evening at a "victory dinner," Mrs. Goolsby stops by and, after some bourbon, dispenses her magic power to all. Before Ashley can stop her, she has sent his best friend's w | |||||
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Other Player, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1105 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Corlin, a wealthy businessman, returns to the prep school where his son, Jeffrey, has drowned quite suddenly in a freak accident while taking part in the school's swimming tournament. Guilt-ridden over his possible rejection of his son, Corlin seeks not only to gather Jeffrey's belongings but to find out what his son was really like. He is assured by the school's headmaster that Jeffrey was popular and amiable and that he delighted the school with his athletic prowess. But then Corlin is visited in Jeffrey's old room by one of his son's classmates, a somewhat shy and strange boy named Peter Cross. Peter tells Corlin that he has come to the room to reclaim a tennis racquet which, as he gradually reveals, Jeffrey stole from him. Stunned by the accusation, Corlin demands to know more, and Peter's story is both shocking and bizarre. If what Peter is saying is true, Jeffrey was something of a monster, who terrorized the entire school. At first Corlin does not believe Peter, though gradually the realization that th | |||||
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Street Of Good Friends, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1106 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three vacationing spinster school teachers have arrived in a small Italian town where they are stranded after their bus has broken down. But while Abigail and Grace are philosophic about the situation, Hester-who is irascible and has spoiled their fun from the beginning-creates an enormous fuss. The whimsical Abigail persuades the somewhat more reticent Grace to take a walk with her about the town, but Hester grumpily remains behind. When the two women return, several hours later, Hester immediately senses that something outrageous has happened to them. At first they have no intention of giving Hester an account of their evening, but Hester insists, and Abigail and Grace giddly relate their story. Unwittingly, it seems, the two women wandered into a lovely and friendly little street, appropriately named Via Boncampagni The Street of Good Friends-when suddenly they were arrested. "You see, Hester," Abigail explains, "The Street of Good Friends-is a street for-bad girls." When brought before the judge they were | |||||
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