Sheep on the Runway
by Art Buchwald

Sheep on the Runway

Highlights

Present Day Room for Extras Interior Set Comedy

Synopsis

In a sleepy little Himalayan country the U.S. ambassador, a political appointee, is entertaining an antidisestablishment columnist who smells red subversion round every corner.

His reports start the sabers rattling.

Soon the CIA comes to call, as well as a general with a mail-order catalogue of all kinds of armament.

Caught up in the whirlwind is the stupefied prince, a native bandit; the ambassador's radical daughter from Radcliffe, eager to major in guerilla warfare, a native bandit; and a pacification expert who will tell the country how to settle back as it had been once the bomb craters are filled and the reconstruction period is over.

Press Reviews

"Has the great virtue of being genuinely funny, bright and entertaining. A steady flow of satirical hilarity."

— N.Y. Post

"Just about the funniest thing all year. Made me laugh out loud. Go see it!"

— ABC-TV

"Always endearing. It has a genuine undertow of a ridiculously oriented wit. I wholeheartedly recommend 'Sheep on the Runway.'"

— N.Y. Times

"Sharply funny and deceptively good-natured."

— N.Y. Daily News

"Devilishly funny political satire."

— Cue

Characters

Character
Martha Wilkins

his wife

Sam

the Embassy's loyal servant

Holly

the Ambassador's daughter

Joseph Mayflower

the syndicated political columnist

Fred Slayton

Consul at the American Embassy

Prince Gow

Ruler of Nonomura

Colonel Num

Nonomura's Minister of Defense

General Fitzhugh

U.S. General in Charge of Military Aid

Edward Snelling

U.S. Official in Charge of Civilian Aid

Soldiers And Workers
Raymond Wilkins

United States Ambassador to Nonomura

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573615351
ISBN-10 0573615357

Sheep on the Runway is a comedy play written by Art Buchwald and published by Samuel French .

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