Alligator Man
by Jack A Kaplan

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Synopsis

THE STORY: For years the alligators of the Grand Cheniere swamp have stood idly by while gator men have invaded their territory in search of hides, fortune and fame.

But when Telesphonte Broussard, proudest member of the parish's notorious gator-poaching family, kills the girlfriend of Gruesome Gator the years of apathy end.

Unaware that vengeance stalks his footsteps, Les goes about his business while his scaly adversary, armed only with his wits and “poetic license” secures a weapon and a confederate—Les' own prudish sister-in-law, Georgiana.

Her staged “kidnapping” lures Les to the swamp and a fatal fight amidst a raging hurricane.

In the end “justice” triumphs, and the alligator launches his career as a Broussard—dedicated to supplying the Cajun community with all the “albino” gator hides it can use.

Press Reviews

"This atmospheric “folk tale” comes straight from the backwater of Louisiana's fabled bayou country, where alligators make their home and alligator poachers make their living. The fact that the alligators are played by black actors and the humans by white leaves the audience to draw its own conclusions. “(An) amusingly allegorical premise carried to the limits of its fantasy."

— Backstage

Publication

Year 1975
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822200208
ISBN-10 0822200201

Alligator Man is a American comedy play written by Jack A Kaplan and published by Dramatists Play Service (1975).

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