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The Farmer's Daughter
From the screenplay by Allen Rivkin and Laura Kerr. Author(s):
F. Andrew Leslie
Katrin Holstrom, in the big city to study nursing, is obliged for financial reasons to take a temporary position as maid in the home of the wealthy and politically powerful Morleys. Mrs. Morley and her son Glenn being political leaders, their home is a gathering place for newspaper people, candidates and party regulars and Katrin, with her encyclopedic knowledge of rural politics, is fascinated by the "inside" goings-on. While serving coffee, however, she also expresses her opinions on people and policies, and soon it is clear that her ideas of how to run a political organization are somewhat at variance with those of her employers. The upshot, after a perfectly logical if uproarious course of events, is that Katrin becomes the candidate of the opposition party--and the battle lines are drawn. But politics can be dirty as well as exhilarating and the introduction of a trumped-up scandal involving Katrin forces her to give up her campaign for the good of the party. It also brings Glenn to her defense, and in the fast-moving climax of the play he proves the falsity of the charges; exposes the other candidate for the bigot he is; and persuades Katrin that if she can't go to Washington one way she should go another--as his wife.
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Genre(s): | Comedy
| Time Period(s): | Not Available | Play Type: | Play | Runtime: | Not Available | Acts: | Not Available | Set Complexity: | Not Available | Set Information: | Not Available | Year First Published: | Not Available | Total Characters: | 14 | Male Characters: | 11 | Female Characters: | 3 | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | Cost: | FEE: $50 per performance Royalty/cost information prone to change. Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | ISBN: | Not Available |
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