FOR WHOM THE SOUTHERN BELLE TOLLS

Genre: Comedy

Cast 2 male 2 female

Length Short

Set Interior

Licence UK & Ireland only

ISBN

In this parody of THE GLASS MENAGERIE, the fading Southern belle, Amanda, tries to prepare her hyper-sensitive, hypochondriacal son, Lawrence, for “the feminine caller.” Terrified of people, Lawrence plays with his collection of glass cocktail stirrers. Ginny, the feminine caller, is hard of hearing and overbearingly friendly. Brother Tom wants to go the movies, where he keeps meeting sailors who need to be put up in his room. Amanda tries to face everything with “charm and vivacity,” but sometimes she just wants to hit somebody. Part of the collection of short plays entitled DURANG/DURANG.

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