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The Savage Dilemma
The Savage Dilemma
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Author: John Patrick Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 71 Pub. Date: 1972 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0822209896 ISBN-13: 9780822209898 Cast Size: 6 female, 4 male (plus one very brief part for a boy)
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About
the Play:
The Savage Dilemma is a full-length comedy by John
Patrick. The lively sequel to The Curious Savage, one of
the most beloved and widely performed plays for regional and
community theatres. All the wonderful, zany characters of the
original play are together again and involved in a delightful new
series of hilarious misadventures with, as before, the indomitable
Mrs. Savage saving the day. The Savage Dilemma is a sequel to John Patrick's
comedy, The Curious Savage. Depressed and world-weary, after
extensive travels, the reputedly wealthy Mrs. Ethel Savage returns to
the sheltered precincts of a
private country club-like "sanatorium" called The
Cloisters, seeking refuge among her former fellow patients. But The
Cloisters is on the verge of closing due to lack of funds, and as
Mrs. Savage's fortune is now in the control of her greedy
stepchildren, she is powerless to help. Until, that is, a young,
grungy couple storm in bent on robbery – and Mrs. Savage persuades
them to "kidnap" her, with her share of the ransom going to
the sanitarium. From then on the plot twists and turns delightfully,
as one hilarious event follows another, leading in the end to a
heartwarming lesson in the essential goodness that lurks somewhere
even in the worst (and sanest) of us.
The Savage Dilemma was first presented in 1972 by Long
Beach Community Theatre in Long Beach, California. Ideal
for any high school or community theatre group looking for something
amusing and "different."
Cast: 6 female, 4 male (plus one very brief part for a boy)
About the Playwright:
John Patrick (1905-1995) was a prolific American playwright
and screenwriter, writing more than a dozen screenplays and some 30
plays. He had several Broadway successes, most notably Teahouse of
the August Moon (which was awarded a Pulitzer, a Tony and a New
York Drama Critics Circle Award) and The Hasty Heart. His
movie scripts are impressive with Three Coins in a Fountain, The
Shoes of the Fisherman and The World of Suzie Wong as well as
adaptations of the two plays mentioned above. His "Opal"
series of plays remain popular with high schools and
community theatres.
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