Safe Harbor
by Douglass F Parkhirst, Douglass Parkhirst

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Highlights

One Act 30 mins Present Day Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Synopsis

When a sea captain's beautiful daughter, Carrie, learns her father's ship has gone down, she refuses to believe her beloved Michael, the handsome seaman to whom she is betrothed, will not come back to make her his bride.

The years slip by and Carrie's faith becomes an obsession until, one day, Michael does return-- carrying her off to a safe harbor.

Characters

Character
Carrie

20, blonde, very pretty, dressed in a simply frock of 50 years ago.

Michael

a handsome Irish seaman of 23. Black, curly hair and mischievous, brown eyes.

Howard

50, with the browned, healthy ruggedness of a sea captain.

Ben Sloper

75, a gnarled, alert fisherman.

Mrs. Worthing

a pleasant social-worker.

Carrie

70, wrinkled, worn, eyes weak from strain, unkempt white hair, threadbare clothes and weather-worn. Still there are traces of a soft, lustruous beauty.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1958
Pages 23
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573624544
ISBN-10 0573624542

Safe Harbor is a American comedy play written by Douglass F Parkhirst and published by Samuel French (1958).

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