"The Glover's Mange Cure Caper"
Bottrell, Louise (American
playwright, retired secretary, 1936-____), “The Glover’s Mange Cure Caper,”
set in the family living room and in a general store, a Midwestern town,
U.S.A., early fall, 1949,
a 25-minute youth comedy
in English, set in a family living room and in a general store, a Midwestern
town, U.S.A., early fall, 1949,
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• © 2002
by Louise Bottrell; • in Louise Bottrell’s The Glover’s
Mange Cure Caper (Walker, Minnesota, U.S.A.: The Author, 2002);
• script/rights available from Roy
C. Booth, P.O. Box 512, Bovey, Minnesota 55709, U.S.A., e-mail roycifer@yahoo.com;
contact Louise Bottrell, P.O. Box
1163, Walker, Minnesota 56484, U.S.A., telephone (home) 218-547-2180, e-mail
bottrell@djam.com. • Cited by Roy C. Booth, via ftp, February
13, 2003; Booth says,
§ Dramatis
Personae Mr. Hart (m), 42, the local general store owner; Darlene (f),
13, a precocious junior high student; Caroline (f), 13, Darlene’s best
friend, a fellow student; Jennie (f), 10, Darlene’s little sister.
§ Synopsis
“Darlene and Caroline, two junior high students in 1949, use a ‘mange cure’
to remove dandruff in order to become more popular at school. Disaster
results. Also, Mr. Hart's antic in the backyard with a steak in hand .
. . .
§ Comment
“Four scenes, three in a basic living room, the other in Mr. Hart’s store
(original production used a counter framed by a spotlight). Basic
pulled set. Special Requirements: 1949 costuming, hairstyles, make-up,
props, and a few magazines. • Premiered by the Grand Rapids
Players (Minnesota) in the fall of 2002 under the direction of Roy C. Booth.
Performed at the Bigfork Village Hall, October 15, 2002; the Sawmill Inn
(Grand Rapids), October 18, 19, Hill City High School, October 23; the
Greenway Auditorium (Coleraine), October 24; and back at the Sawmill Inn,
October 25, 26; an encore performance was given at the Myles Reif Arts
Center (Grand Rapids) on November 30.”
§ Themes
adolescence, dandruff, disaster, mange, misunderstanding, nostrum, popularity,
youth theatre.
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