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Pardon Me, Prime Minister

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5f, 4m

Edward Taylor, John Graham

Pardon Me, Prime Minister
by Edward Taylor and John Graham

The Prime Minister and Chancellor are preparing a puritanical budget taxing amusements such as bingo, gambling and night-clubs out of existence. On the afternoon before its presentation, however, each in turn appears to be the father of the pretty Shirley…

Pardon Me, Prime Minister

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5f, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce

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Summary
The Prime Minister and Chancellor are preparing a puritanical budget taxing amusements such as bingo, gambling and night-clubs out of existence. On the afternoon before its presentation, however, each in turn appears to be the father of the pretty Shirley, the result of a post-party conference night many years ago. In an even less expected family bombshell, it transpires that the Prime Minister's deferential Parliamentary Private Secretary, Campbell, is, in fact, his son ...
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A study

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Edward Taylor

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John Graham

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