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A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 4m
Michael Parker
"Its many twists and turns make Never Kiss a Naughty Nanny a classic farce, which is sure to bring a smile." The Citizen, Clearwater Mr. Broadbent, a developer and builder, has created "THE HOUSE OF THE FUTURE". The house, however, has remained unsold for four years, probably because, as we see in the course of the play, most of the innovations of the future fail to work properly. He has, at last found prospective buyers, Fred and Gladys McNicoll, and invites them to stay in the house. He is determined to offload this huge "White Elephant" - by any means necessary.
Mr. Broadbent, a developer and builder, has created "THE HOUSE OF THE FUTURE". He has filled it with gadgets such as: self lighting fire places, a self cleaning bathroom, central trash disposal units, automatic closets, hidden telephones, and his masterpiece "The Personal Ion Chamber". The house, however, has remained unsold for four years, probably because, as we see in the course of the play, most of the innovations of the future fail to work properly.
He has, at last found prospective buyers, Fred and Gladys McNicoll, and invites them to stay in the house. He is determined to offload this huge "White Elephant". He bribes two members of his staff, Casey Cody and Ben Adams, to pose as a married couple, who are renting the house. They are to extol its virtues and explain how everything works. He is pulling out all the stops. The fridge is full of expensive wine and he has hired a chef to prepare a gourmet meal. Unknown to the McNicolls', he even has his maintenance man Eddie Cott on hand to make running repairs. He thinks he has all the bases covered.
When Gladys hears Casey refer to Mr. Cott by name, the cat seems to be out of the bag, but Casey quickly recovers by saying she didn't say "Mister Cott" but "Ms Turcotte", the children's nanny. Eddie Cott now spends the rest of the play as Nanny Turcotte. A surprise visitor, Mr. Brooks, takes an almost insane fancy to "Nanny" who now has to defend 'her' honor, as well as fix the gadgets, all of which, without exception, misbehave.
First produced at The Early Bird Dinner Theatre, Clearwater, Florida, in November 2007.
BEN ADAMS - age 21-30; a real estate salesman employed by Mr. Broadbent; young, naive, likable, always confused and in trouble, but honest and sincere MR. BROADBENT - age 50-70; very much a self-made man; blunt, rough around the edges CASEY CODY - age 20-30; Mr. Broadbent's secretary; competent, resourceful, and quick thinking, with a wonderful sense of humor SUE JOHNSON - age 20-25; a recent graduate of the local culinary institute; a walking, breathing, living disaster area; loveable, laughable, and endearing MR. COTT - age 40+; the central character in the play, and he, of course is Nanny; down to earth, gruff, but very, very funny GLADYS MCNICOLL (age 40+) - the prospective buyer of the house of the future; totally dominates her husband, and indeed all those around her; loud, aggressive, and overbearing FRED MCNICOLL - age 40+; the hen-pecked husband of Gladys until he turns the table on Gladys at the very end of the play; Meek, mild, and good-natured, WALTER BROOKS - age 40+; a surprise visitor; develops an almost insane infatuation for Nanny, and will not be discouraged; single minded and not very likable
Male roles can be expanded to 5 parts.
"In this play, technology that doesn't work is just plain fun. Two hours of enjoyment and laughter." - The Seminole Beacon, Tampa
"I was laughing so much I could barely hold the camera still." - WVTV Fox 13, Tampa- St. Petersberg
"Its many twists and turns make Never Kiss a Naughty Nanny a classic farce, which is sure to bring a smile." The Citizen, Clearwater
Michael Parker (1935-2019) was active in the theatre almost all his life. At age 14, in England, where he was born and raised, he won the title role in a regional production of Terence Rattigan’s play The Winslow Boy, for which he received a Best Actor of the Year award. By a ...