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The Street of Good Friends
Author(s):
Owen G. Arno
Three vacationing spinster school teachers have arrived in a small Italian town where they are stranded after their bus has broken down. But while Abigail and Grace are philosophic about the situation, Hester--who is irascible and has spoiled their fun from the beginning--creates an enormous fuss. The whimsical Abigail persuades the somewhat more reticent Grace to take a walk with her about the town, but Hester grumpily remains behind. When the two women return, several hours later, Hester immediately senses that something outrageous has happened to them. At first they have no intention of giving Hester an account of their evening, but Hester insists, and Abigail and Grace giddly relate their story. Unwittingly, it seems, the two women wandered into a lovely and friendly little street, appropriately named Via Boncampagni The Street of Good Friends--when suddenly they were arrested. "You see, Hester," Abigail explains, "The Street of Good Friends--is a street for--bad girls." When brought before the judge they were shocked by the news that the fine was 1000 lire for any woman found on the street without a license for "bad girlishness." But then, when the teachers created a fuss over the large sum of money involved, the judge and the policeman came up with a happier suggestion: since a license to become a "bad girl" cost only 500 lire, if they were to buy one the school teachers would be saving 500 lire. So Grace and Abigail bought a license! Hester is appalled beyond belief--particularly when Abigail says that she is seriously considering sending the license back to the U.S. and passing it off as an honorary foreign degree. In a rage Hester rips the license to bits, but the others are not about to forfeit their adventure so easily, and a last minute suggestion from Abigail saves the day.
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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: | 4 | | Male Characters: | 0 | | Female Characters: | 4 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $20 per performance
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Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
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