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Nobody Sleeps

Short Play, Comedy  /  4w, 1m

Guernsey LePelley

Winner of numerous play competitions, this is a bright and breezy farce about a very calm family of very odd habits. Sixteen year old Daisy comes across Spike, a burglar, rifling through the contents of a desk. "You'll never find anything in that desk. We never can..."

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
Winner of numerous play competitions, this is a bright and breezy farce about a very calm family of very odd habits. Sixteen year old Daisy comes across Spike, a burglar, rifling through the contents of a desk. "You'll never find anything in that desk. We never can." Daisy would just as soon have Spike take her sister's money. She's saving for a guitar and the whole family dreads the results. Then Ada suggests that Mother ought to meet Spike as she's writing a mystery and wants to get to know a good burglar. But Mother is full of criticisms: "Why aren't you wearing gloves? What would you give for an alibi? Where did you park your car?" A lively, extremely funny concoction.

History
Nobody Sleeps was originally presented at the Gila Junior College Little Theatre in Thatcher, Arizona. It was directed by W Clayton Kauffman. 
Keywords
SPIKE - a burglar, and not a very good one, about 40. 
DAISY BUSBY - 16. 
ADA BUSBY - 18, Daisy's sister. 
GLORY BUSBY - 20, sister of Daisy and Ada. 
MRS. BUSBY - mother of theg irls; a would-be novelist. 
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting The library in the Busby home; midnight of the present year. 
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 30 minutes

Music

  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Guernsey LePelley

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