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Penny Wise
Author(s):
Jean Ferguson Black
Penny Wise Farm is the home of Gordon Chase, playwright, and Penny, his adoring wife. And there is Jeff who lives with them, Gordon's brother, blissfully unemployed. Gordon is devoted to Penny. Twice in the course of their marriage he has made romantic excursions "elsewhere," but neither affair proved an important threat to Penny's happiness, and each of the ladies involved has slipped into the role of "family friend." Knowing that Gordon is becoming involved with Katherine Drake, Martha and Tina rush out to Penny Wise to prevent disaster. Their efforts are complicated by Katherine, who comes at the seemingly innocent invitation of Penny. Martha and Tina decide to persuade Katherine to withdraw for Penny's sake, but they only succeed in crystallizing Katherine's determination to tell Penny of her "great" love for Gordon. Gordon is as unhappy as Martha and Tina: He hadn't intended to allow this affair to take on serious proportions. He blames Martha and Tina for the crisis. Penny's resourcefulness is demonstrated, and she deftly sidesteps the implications of Katherine's "confession," and at the play's end we see Katherine definitely relegated to the ranks of "family friend."
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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: | 7 | | Male Characters: | 3 | | Female Characters: | 4 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $40 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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