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The Savage Dilemma

The Savage Dilemma
Your Price: $18.95 CDN
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)

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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