"The Happy Idea"

Ademola, Ade (Nigerian-American playwright, screenwriter, jurist, 19__-____), “The Happy Idea,”

a 90-minute drama in eight scenes without intermission, with some music and songs, set in London, England, circa 1980,

2m2f

; • © 2000 by Ade Ademola; • in Ade Ademola’s The Happy Idea (Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.: The Author, 2000); • script/rights available from Ade Ademola, 10 Plaza Street, Brooklyn, New York 11238, U.S.A., telephone (home) 718-789-6928, e-mail ade685@msn.com (if using e-mail, please follow with a telephone call unless you receive reply to your e-mail within 48 hours). • Cited by Ade Ademola, via ftp, March, 5, 2003; Ademola says,

§ Dramatis Personae Angus (m), 60-ish, alleged former actor; Terence Harper (m), 30, handsome, mysterious; Mrs. B. (f), 60-ish, widow, owner of the house; Maple Leaf Macoy (f), 35, nightclub singer.

§ Synopsis “Four disparate souls, one a mysterious stranger, share a house in London, England, circa 1980, each life impinging on the others. Their relationships evolve, disintegrate and mutate. The group includes alleged former actor Angus, writing his memoir; nightclub singer Maple Leaf Macoy, with a past and perhaps a future; Mrs. B., widow, owner of the house; and Terence Harper, handsome, mysterious, who symbolizes what each of the others has lost.

§ Comment “‘The Happy Idea’ begins amusingly, takes unexpected dramatic turns. Music and songs are woven into the scenes. • The single set is a sitting room, nicely furnished, with a mantelpiece, a piano, a drinks cabinet, and a few assorted chairs including an easy chair.

§ Themes age, badinage, beauty, desire, emotional torment, hope, intrigue.

See also Ade Ademola’s

• "Embankment," a 30-minute sardonic comedy-drama, set on a bank of the River Thames, England, night, circa 2000, 1m1f
• "How the Cookie Crumbles," a 4-minute comedic mime of bad manners, set in U.S.A., 1988, 1m1f (variable casting)
• "Misbegotten," a 40-minute drama, in eight scenes, set in London, England, 2003, 2m1f
• "Oluronbi," a 40-minute bare-stage classically-structured poetic drama in English, set in the courtyard of Oluronbi's quarters, in the Kingdom of Ife, in West Africa, ancient times, 1m3f (+ optional extras as supplementary chorus)

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