“Belinda's Blind Date”

Yancey, Dwayne (American playwright, journalist, 1958-____, “Belinda's Blind Date,”

a 30-minute comedy in English, set in a house or apartment, early evening, 2003,

1m1f

; • © 2003 by Dwayne Yancey; • in Dwayne Yancey’s Belinda's Blind Date (Fincastle, Virginia, U.S.A.: The Author, 2003);  •  script/rights available from Dwayne Yancey, 1791 Mount Pleasant Church Road, Fincastle, Virginia 24090, U.S.A., e-mail dwayne.yancey@roanoke.com, telephone (home) 540-473-3313, (work) 540-981-3113. • Cited by Dwayne Yancey via ftp November 11, 2003; Yancey says,

§ Dramatis Personae Joe (m), the blind date; Belinda (f), a young woman expecting her blind date to arrive.

§ Synopsis “Belinda dreads her blind date with Joe, anticipating an awkward, predictable evening of the same old thing—dinner and a movie. She sets out to change all that. When Joe arrives, she masquerades as her phantom twin sister Melinda, who proceeds to talk Joe into changing his plans for the evening into something Belinda will find a lot more interesting, and Joe will find a lot more expensive.

§ Comment “This requires a strong female. • Minimal set requirements: a sofa, some chairs, a simple divider between bedroom and living room. • Note: This is similar to another play by the same author, “Belinda’s Blind Date,” which has a larger cast.”

§ Themes blind date, courtship, mendacity.



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