Go to Home Page of Small-Cast One-Act Guide Online

Brandl, Dave (American playwright, 1957- ____), "The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut,"

a 20-minute comedy in English, set at Mark Twain's home, last century,

1m2f,

©1995 by Dave Brandl, telephone (home) 303-333-7018, e-mail davebrandl@yahoo.com; script/rights available from Eldridge Publishing Company, Inc., P. O. Box 1595, Venice, Florida 34284, U.S.A., telephone 800-HI-STAGE, http://www.histage.com, Cited by Dave Brandl, telephone (home) 303-333-7018, via ftp December 11, 1997; Brandl says,

Comment "Mark Twain battles his conscience. This play comes from the short story by Mark Twain. It is part of a larger work, Twain . . . On Stage, which contains a two-act play, two one-act plays, and two monologues."

Themes Clemens (aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, United States author and humorist, 1835-1910), conscience.

See also Dave Brandl's:

• “Bus Stop Baptism,” a 15-minute comedy set at a downtown bus stop, early evening, 1992, 1m1f
• “An Encounter with an Interviewer,” a 10-minute comedy, in English, set in Mark Twain’s home, the late 1800’s, 1m1f
• “How Can They Call It A Fixed Income When We're Always Broke?” a 25-minute comedy in English, set in Herbert and Emma Swanson's living room, 1991, 2m2f
• “Places, Please!” a 20-minute comedy set at a table in an intimate lounge, evening,1996, 2m2f
• “A True Story Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It,” a 10-minute comedy-drama in English, set at the home where Rachel works, after the Civil War, 1f
• “The Undertaker's Chat,” a 5-minute comedy in English, set at a small town funeral home, last century, 1m

This Website continues under construction and welcomes new citations and comments.

Page updated May 17, 1998, and  June 20, 2000, by the site Webmaster.
 
 

by Lewis W. Heniford
(Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1995), ISBN 0-8108-2985-1, $39.50, plus s/h
Scarecrow Press, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
telephone 800-462-6420 or 301-459-3366, fax 800-338-4550