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A Jolly Sinister Jape

Short Play, Comedy  /  2w, 2m

David Tristram

Lord Stubbs, Biffy Trubshaw and his actress wife Ophelia are stranded by a collapsed bridge in a mysterious house in a thunderstorm. As romance blossoms, someone locks the front door, trapping the three unfortunates. Who else is in the house? A fast-moving, madcap comedy, set in the 1920s, with a liberal sprinkling of hilarious period slang, along with mystery and thrills.

A Jolly Sinister Jape

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller, Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary

Lord Stubbs, Biffy Trubshaw and his actress wife Ophelia are stranded by a collapsed bridge in a mysterious house in a thunderstorm. As romance blossoms, someone locks the front door, trapping the three unfortunates. Who else is in the house? A fast-moving, madcap comedy, set in the 1920s, with a liberal sprinkling of hilarious period slang, along with mystery and thrills.


Keywords

M2 (young, 30s) F2 (young)

  • Time Period 1920s
  • Setting

    An entrance hall

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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David Tristram

David Tristram

Nominated as one of Creative Black Country's prestigious 100 Masters, David Tristram is one of the UK's most popular and performed comedy playwrights. On average, one of his 29 published comedies is being performed somewhere in the world every single day. His work has been tr ...

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