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Steel Magnolias

Author(s):
Robert  Harling

The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength--and love--which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

Play Details:
Genre(s):	Comedy Drama
Time Period(s):	Not Available
Play Type:	Play
Runtime:	Not Available
Acts:	Not Available
Set Complexity:	Not Available
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Year First Published:	Not Available
Total Characters:	6
Male Characters:	0
Female Characters:	6
Androgynous Characters:	Not Available
Minimum Cast:	Not Available
Maximum Cast:	Not Available
Cost:	FEE: $60 per performance Royalty/cost information prone to change. Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information.
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