Micci, Ronald, Ronald (American playwright, advertising proofreader-editor,
1948-____), “Dink Fast, Harry!”
a 10-minute detective comedy-melodrama in English,
set in Harry Dinker’s dumpy office, daytime, 1998,
2m1f
;
• © 1998 by Ronald Micci, scripts
and rights available from Ronald Micci,
75 Vreeland Avenue, Rutherford, New Jersey 07070, U.S.A., phone (home)
201-438-3267, (work) 212-297-7290, e-mail RVMicci@comcast.net.
Cited by Ronald Micci via ftp, May 12, 2001; Micci says,
§ Dramatis Personae Harry Dinker
(m), a real tough gumshoe, ’cause he likes it that way, see?; Dora (f),
a honey of a hunk of a dish and just wild about Harry; Messenger Boy (m),
19, for Western Union, or Western Onion, who carries a little bell.
§ Synopsis “Harry Dinker, entwined
in the arms of his sweetie Dora, is interrupted by the arrival of a bell-ringing
messenger boy from Western Union. He signs for the message, which is a
note from his ex-wife informing him he has fallen behind in alimony payments.
Only there is no ex-wife. So what's this all about? It’s a plot to shake
down Harry, only he isn’t biting. He and Dora together extract a confession
from the Messenger Boy, and once again things are hunky dory in Dinkerville.
§ Comment “Unit set. Desk. No props
to speak of. Like all the Dinker installments, this script contains a couple
of phrases in Harry’s opening monologue inappropriate for younger audiences:
he says, ‘I’m Harry, wanna see?’ And when he mentions he’s a private dick,
he says, ‘’Cause I like it that way, see? Privacy, a dick.’ •
This is the second installment in the Harry Dinker series. This one was
read at First Stage a couple of years ago, and thanks to the wonderful
direction and acting of Robert DiTillio, and a friend of his who was absolutely
super as the Messenger Boy, it went beautifully.”
Addendum 020312: “Dink Fast, Harry! (2m,1f)
(10 min.)
A greedy messenger boy tries to put the bite on Dinker
under the
pretense of collecting alimony payments for his wife.”
§ Themes alimony, blackmail, crime, detective
business, ex-wife, hot woman, kissing, lust, messenger boy, onion, private
eye, telegrams, Western Union.
See also Ron Micci’s:
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1f
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“Attack of the
Radar People,” a 15-minute radio farce, set in an old-time radio broadcast
studio, 1950s, 2m1f (or 3m1f)
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“Biff Bang, American
Hero,” a 10-minute comedy spoof of radio cliffhangers in English, set
in the cockpit of Biff’s fighter bomber, 1998, 2m1f
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“Dark Snow,” a
10-minute melodramatic monologue in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s
home in the New York woods, 1997, 1f [see items below for 2f versions]
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“Dark Snow,” a
5-minute melodrama in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s home in
the New York woods, 1997, 2f [see above for 1f version]
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“Dark Snow, Evening,”
a 10-minute melodrama in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s home
in the New York woods, 1997, 2f [see above for 1f version]
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“Dark Snow, Morning,”
a 10-minute melodrama in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s home
in the New York woods, 1997, 2f [see above for 1f version]
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“Dark Snow,” definitive
version, a 20-minute melodrama in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s
home in the New York woods, 1997, 2f [see above for 1f version]
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“Director's Cut,”
a 7-minute film noir, set on a Hollywood set, 1940s, 2m
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“Flying Medusas,” a 10-minute contemporary
farce in English, set in the theater of the absurd, at no specified time,
1m1f
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“The Grackle,” a 10-minute radio melodrama-farce
in English, set in a radio broadcast studio, 1930s, 2m1f (but could be
played with any combo of m/f)
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“Happy Endings,”
a 15-minute comedy-fantasy in English, set in
the living-room of Cornweevil homestead in Midwest, 1996, 2m1f
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“Harry Dinker,
Private Eye,”a 10-minute detective parody in English, set in Harry
Dinker’s office in the “downtown section of a grimy city nobody has any
use for,” afternoon, 1998,1m1f or 2m
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“Heat Lightning,” a 15-minute comedy-melodrama
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mansion, on a stormy night, May, 2001, 1m1f
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“Herman,” a 10
minute comedy in English, 1m3f
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“High Concept Harry,”
a 20-minute dark comedy in English, set in Harry Fleck’s literary/talent
office in Hollywood, afternoon, 2000, 2m
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“I, Dadius,” a
15-minute comedy-drama in English, set in the living room of a cozy suburban
home, winter, 2000, 1m
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“I Sing to You
of Robin Hood,” a 15-minute comedy in English, set in a tavern in Nottingham,
12th century, 3m1f
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“Kid Valium,”
a 15-minute comedy in English, set in a big city gymnasium, the day of
the big title fight, 2000, 3m1f
“Love’s Cousin
in the Carolinas,” a 13-minute romantic comedy in English, set at a
park bench in the suburbanNortheast, U.S.A., a Saturday afternoon in late
summer, 1998, 1m1f
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“Moonlight’s Little Madness,” a 40-minute
drawing room farce in English set in the parlor of the Prescott country
estate, England, a spring evening during the Victorian Era, 2m
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“Mr. Gilkey’s Flagpole,”
a 15-minute comedy in English, set on the lawn of Mr. Gilkey's home in
England, afternoon, 1998, 1m2f
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“November,” a
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a house on a lake in the Northeastern United States and (2) on the lake,
a November afternoon, 2000, 1m1f
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“Parasites of Ol’
Broadway,” a 15-minute comedy/melodrama in English, set in an alleyway
on Lower Broadway, October, 1997, 2m1f
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“A Public Service
Announcement,” a bare-stage 5-minute contemporary surrealist farce
in English, set in an abstract area, daytime,
2001, 1m1f
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“Rough Cut,”a 10-minute
comedy/melodrama in English, set in a men's haircutting salon (barber shop)
in Beverly Hills, October, 1997, 3m
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“Tea Cozy,”a 12-minute
melodrama, in English, set in The living room of a suburban home, midday,
1998, 2f
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“Thank You, Charlie
Chan,” a 10-minute crime melodrama. set in a hotel room in midtown
Manhattan, night, 1930s, 3m
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“Thebes Like Us,”
a 10-minute spy parody in English set in a cafe on the Nile, 1996, 2m1f
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“Thin Laughter in Heaven,” a 10-minute bare-stage
melodrama in English, set on a cliff overlooking a lake, May, 2001, 1m
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“Tragic &
Trapped in Teaneck,” a 13-minute comic melodrama in English, set in
the parlor of a home in Teaneck,New Jersey, U.S.A., afternoon, turn of
the last century, 2m1f
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“Wild About Harry!” a 15-minute detective
farce in English, set in a sleazy gin joint; later, Harry’s apartment,
night, 2001, 2m1f
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