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Synopsis:
Cindy Lou Bethany is a Southern lamb in a houseparty of cynical, cold Northern wolves. She confidently expects to be chosen for the role of Velvet O'Toole in the movie version of the novel, "Kiss the Boys Good-Bye," a popular Southern tale that has swept the nation. (A not-too-subtle reference to "Gone with the Wind.") After making a spectacle of herself, Cindy Lou wakes up to complete disillusionment, but not to defeat. Visions of the shame of General Sherman and a long line of Southern gentlemen and ladies will not permit her to accept defeat at the hands of Damn Yankees. Cindy Lou learns she has been brought to see the film's famous producer as part of a plot by the director, who wants to cast an actress friend in part of Velvet, and hopes that the contrast between that actress and the inept Southern belle will do the trick. But Cindy Lou brings all her charm to bear, and precipitates amazing crises. And as a result the blasé house guests learn a few things, and the Northerners are completely routed. In the end, Cindy Lou finds she may have anything she wants, and she is not slow to make her choice.

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The Nazi Consul in New York is so odious that he tries to force his secretary to commit suicide so that he will not reveal the Consul's theft of funds. Certain facts of importance to the German government have been leaking out of the Consul's office, and he is being recalled to Berlin. Knowing of his wife's affection for an American newspaper man, the Consul suspects her of being the informer, and he threatens to deport her to Germany unless her lover brings out new headings in his favor. In addition to the stolen funds, The Consul has accepted bribes from a Dr. Jennings, whose daughter and son-in-law are in a concentration camp, supposedly to set them free. When the Doctor finds the Consul has failed to keep his promises, (his daughter has died and his son-in-law has gone insane) he shoots the Consul as he sits listening to a blaring radio speech of Hitler's. All of the other's in the room had their backs to the Consul so no one saw the crime committed. As he attempts to solve the crime a vastly entertaining Jewish policeman slips in some of the shrewdest and most humorous ribbing you will find anywhere. To add to his bewilderment, it is revealed that the Consul has also been stabbed and poisoned!

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First published in Life Magazine under the title A DOLL'S HOUSE 1970. Inspired by Ibsen's classic drama, which foreshadowed today's women's liberation movement in its powerful study of a woman determined to establish her individual identity at any cost. Mrs. Luce's imaginative retelling brings fresh insights and pertinence to this timeless theme.

Synopsis:
The scene is a suburban living room, where husband Thaw Wald is watching television, oblivious to the fact that his wife, Nora, has suddenly appeared, suitcase in hand, with the firm intention of leaving him. Her request for "severance pay" shocks him to attention, but despite her careful recital of her reasons for deciding that the time has come to seek her own life and identifyThaw cannot grasp the thought that his wife could be dissatisfied. The ensuing conversation makes it clear that the real villain is society, and the outmoded, limiting concepts to which it so often clings, but the die is cast. To Thaw's disbelief Nora leaves, but she "slams the door softly"for there is still love between them and perhaps, if both try, a meaningful and relevant relationship can yet be found.

The Heights Players, NY

2005

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The author carries us through a number of varied scenes and shows us not only a somewhat unflattering picture of womanhood, but digging under the surface, reveals a human understanding for and sympathy with some of its outstanding figures. The plot involves the efforts of a group of women to play their respective roles in an artificial society that consists of vain show, comedy, tragedy, hope and disappointment.