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Murder at the Howard Johnson's

Murder at the Howard Johnson's
Your Price: $18.95 CDN
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Author: Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick
Publisher: Samuel French (cover may change)
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 71
Pub. Date: 1980
Edition: Acting
ISBN-10: 0573612021
ISBN-13: 9780573612022
Cast Size: 1 female, 2 male

About the Play:

Murder at the Howard Johnson's has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Female/Female Scenes, Female/Male Scenes, and Three-Person Scenes.

Murder at the Howard Johnson's is a full-length comedy by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick. Three people with murderous intent occupy three rooms in a Howard Johnson's motel. All is fair in love? Even murder? That's the question posed as this madcap love triangle plots three different murders. Only problem is, they're no good at it. Their bungled attempts will keep your audience in stitches!

Murder at the Howard Johnson's unleashes an hilarious set of events that span three different nights at the same hotel room as a volatile love-triangle goes awry. Arlene is bored with her husband Paul, who is dull and petty but adores her. Paul is embittered after a lifetime of disappointment. Their dentist Mitchell inexplicably fancies himself an irresistible ladies' man. In the first act, Mitchell and Arlene have checked in at Christmas time and together they lure Paul to the Howard Johnson's in an attempt to murder him. That plan goes so awry that by the second act, on the Fourth of July, having discovered that Mitchell has been having an affair with another woman, Arlene allies herself with Paul to do away with Mitchell in the same hotel room. In the third act, on New Year's Eve, the two men, feeling foolish and betrayed themselves, team up and try to "off" Arlene. There's no telling who will end up dead or who will end up with who…

Murder at the Howard Johnson's premiered in 1979 at the Golden Theater on Broadway in New York City. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and has since gone on to be a community theatrical staple, constantly performed worldwide.

Cast: 1 female, 2 male

What people say:

"Enough laugh lines, mirth provoking situations and extravagant sight gags to outfit two rapid fire farces of the absurd." — Variety

"A holiday of laughter...Beautifully polished, very funny very American comedy." — WNBC TV (New York)

About the Playwright:

Ron Clark is a playwright and screenwriter. Born and educated in Montreal, he started writing songs and sketches while at McGill University. He then headed for New York City where he spent several years writing monologues for dozens of stand-up comedians of the period. He later moved to Los Angeles where he wrote for numerous sitcoms. He is best known for several plays that he co-wrote with Sam Bobrick and for co-writing the screenplays for the films Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and Life Stinks with Mel Brooks, as well as Revenge of The Pink Panther, Peter Seller's final movie as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau.

Sam Bobrick (1932-2019) was an American author, playwright, television writer, and lyricist. He honed his craft writing for such iconic television comedy shows as The Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, Get Smart, The Flintstones, and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He is best known for creating the short-lived syndicated TV series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was resurrected by NBC as the long-running hit show Saved By The Bell, and for his numerous plays, many of which were co-authored with Ron Clark. He won three Writers Guild of America Awards for his television work and was nominated for an Emmy.

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