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OWEN CRUMP (1903 - 1998) |
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Plays by Owen Crump |
Southern Exposure | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1950 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1951 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8403 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | It's azalea season in Natchez, Mississippi, and the annual pilgrimage of tourists are swarming through the historic mansions. In Mayweather Hall, Penelope Mayweather, a once beautiful Southern belle, is horrified by the tourists who are led through her home by an energetic guide at fifty cents a head. But the money isn't enough to keep Penelope from the clutches of those "Dawnyankees" down at the bank. Thus when a young author, John Salguod, turns up, she is persuaded to take him as a roomer. However, it develops that John is visiting under an assumed name because he has written a book banned in Natchez. The locals consider it a gross libel on their way of life, but it is a bestseller everywhere else. Penelope's frantic efforts to keep him hidden from her neighbors are frustrated when Carol, her soon-to-be married, pretty young cousin, comes to spend the night. When her parents discover she stayed a second night, scandal looms. The irate parents, blaming Penelope, threaten to take over Mayweather Hall, which | |||||
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