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Gall-Clayton, Nancy J. (American playwright, writer, writing instructor, February 6, 1946-____), “The End of My Life as a Back Porch Beautician,”

a 6-minute comedy, set in a nearly-empty back porch beauty parlor, U.S.A., 5:00 p.m., Friday, November, 2002
 

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  •  © 2000 by Nancy J. Gall-Clayton;  •  in Nancy J. Gall-Clayton’s The End of My Life as a Back Porch Beautician (Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.: The Author, 2000);  •  script/rights available from Nancy Gall-Clayton, 1375 South Second Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40208-2303, U.S.A., e-mail nancygallclayton@earthlink.net, telephone (home) 502-636-5836, fax 502-634-8751.  •  Cited by Nancy Gall-Clayton via ftp December 22, 2002; Gall-Clayton says,

  §  Dramatis Persona Ruth Ann (f), 65, a female beautician.

  §  Synopsis “Ruth Ann, who has a back porch beauty parlor, is telling all to her last customer ever before her retirement party ‘down to the Days Inn’ in a just a few hours. (Among the secrets is that Ruth Ann and her husband stopped talking to each other about five years ago, but have written notes instead.) Ruth Ann unveils a surprising new hairdo.

  §  Comment “Only a chair and a pair of scissors are necessary.”

  §  Themes beauty parlor, communication, hair cut, retirement, scissors, widowhood.

See also Nancy J. Gall-Clayton’s

 

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“Don't Call Me Loretta,” a 10-minute comedy in English, set in a diner, Friday evening, 11:45 p.m., 2001, 1m1f

“Felicity's Family Tree,” a 15-minute drama in English, set in a small, shabbily furnished apartment, Saturday afternoon, 2001, 2f

“The Fish in the Dumpster,” a 15-minute drama in English, set outside an expressway gas station, 2:00 a.m., late fall, 2000, 1f

“It’s So Me, Mom!” an 8-minute comedy in English, set in a living room, spring, 8:30 p.m., 2001, 2f

“The Jar,” a 6-minute drama in English, set in a nearly empty living room, 8:45 a.m., 2001, 2m

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“A Man Named Mack,” a six-minute comedy in English, set in a business office, U.S.A., 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 8, 2002, 1f

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“Special Delivery,” a 20-minute comedy in English, set in the reception area of a new-age medical clinic, weekday, 1998, 2m2f

“A Valentine’s Day Sale,” a 15-minute comedy in English, set in a discount computer store, evening, Valentine’s  Day, 2001, 1m1f

“Wrinkles,” a 15-minute dark comedy in English, set at a park bench, a sunny afternoon, summer, 2001, 2f

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