Taken in Marriage
Thomas Babe
Subject to Change
by Jules Tasca
Synopsis
First produced at the Pheasant Run Playhouse in Chicago, with Phyllis Diller featured as Madeline Basset.
The action takes place in a two story residence in suburban New York.
The play concerns the two Bassett sisters.
Gertrude is prudish, capable and hardworking, and says only “Oh, fudge,” when she’s upset.
Madeline is completely dependent on her.
Madeline is sloppy, fat, cunning, and sounds like a plumber who has lost his number four wrench.
When Gertrude decides to marry, leaving Madeline to fend for herself, the situation becomes traumatic.
In an attempt to break up Gertrude’s romance, Madeline runs the gamut, making obscene telephone calls to the bridegroom’s 80 year old lush of a mother, outrageously insulting the groom to be, sneaking off to New York to trip on LSD, and finally sneaking back home to live in the attic and sulk.
When all efforts fail, she feigns a stroke.
Press Reviews
"Screamingly funny fun.... Tasca, who is listed as the author of this madness, may be the same gifted lunatic who wrote Diller's old night club material."
— Chicago Tribune
"Audiences complain happily about sore stomachs, all from laughing."
— Daily Journal
Publication
Subject to Change is a comedy play written by Jules Tasca and published by Samuel French .
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