FULL[PLAY] Bride and Groom by Walter Ben Hare - rr

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jennlea
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Bride and Groom, by Walter Ben Hare (1880 - 1950)
The young Dr. Bancroft has unsuccessfully been trying to establish his practice. Thus, a scheme to make him seem like a very busy doctor is devised in order to impress his bride who is coming for a visit. With a fake doctor, robbers, and a cast of colorful characters, plenty of entertaining shenanigans occur. But the real question is will the bride and groom get married despite it all? (Summary by Jenn Broda)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/bridegroomfarcei00hare/mode/2up
Alternative Text(archive copy has some smudges in places): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112041573723&seq=5

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Genres for the project: Plays/Comedy

Keywords that describe the book: marriage, farce, robbery

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Post by jennlea »

I will be reading the role of Maggie.

Lora (ADKreader1122) will be our amazing DPL for this project.

Please feel free to claim roles before the MW is in place :)


Early Claims:
Maggie: jennlea
Miss Eudora Dodge: mleigh
Stage Directions: AgnesRobert
Wallace: alanmapstone
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Post by mleigh »

Could I attempt Miss Eudora Dodge?

Thanks,

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Post by jennlea »

Absolutely! Thank you!
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Post by AgnesRobert »

Is anyone signed up for stage directions yet?
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Post by jennlea »

AgnesRobert wrote: March 9th, 2024, 11:51 am Is anyone signed up for stage directions yet?
Nope! And I’d be very happy to have you read them!
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Post by AgnesRobert »

jennlea wrote: March 9th, 2024, 11:54 am
AgnesRobert wrote: March 9th, 2024, 11:51 am Is anyone signed up for stage directions yet?
Nope! And I’d be very happy to have you read them!
I would like play stage directions then :D
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Post by jennlea »

AgnesRobert wrote: March 9th, 2024, 11:57 am I would like play stage directions then :D
Wonderful! Thank you!
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Post by alanmapstone »

May I read Wallace?
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Post by jennlea »

alanmapstone wrote: March 9th, 2024, 1:24 pm May I read Wallace?
Perfect! Thank you, Alan!
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Post by redrun »

I'll be glad to join as your MC! Getting the Magic Window set up now.

Update: MW is in place. :thumbs:
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Post by jennlea »

redrun wrote: March 9th, 2024, 2:34 pm I'll be glad to join as your MC! Getting the Magic Window set up now.

Update: MW is in place. :thumbs:
How lovely! Thank you!

I think I've got the MW all sorted out and we are ready for your MC magic to fly us over to the drama forum.
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Post by WiltedScribe »

Hi Jenn,

May I play Jerry?
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WiltedScribe wrote: March 9th, 2024, 4:48 pm Hi Jenn,

May I play Jerry?
Most definitely! Thank you, Tomas!
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