Weekend Comedy
by Jeanne Bobrick, Sam Bobrick

Weekend Comedy Book Cover
Weekend Comedy Cover

Highlights

90 minsPresent DayStrong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)Interior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmericanComedy

What readers are saying

Readers love the humor and lightheartedness of the play, appreciating its amusing story and simple staging. Many find it thought-provoking and especially enjoy the P.G. Wodehouse adaptation elements. Overall, the experience is described as fun and engaging, with standout performances noted by the audience.

Hilarious and entertainingThought-provoking storySimple and effective stagingOne mild note on pacing

Synopsis

Comedy / Characters: 2 male, 2 femaleScenery: InteriorThe celebrated co authors of such classics as Norman, Is That You?, Murder at the Howard Johnsons and Wally's Cafe and his wife have created another sure fire winner in which two couples rent the same Catskills cabin for the same weekend by mistake.

One couple is staid and middle aged; the other free wheeling and young.

They decide to share and before the weekend is over the youngsters have learned how to add stability to their relation

Press Reviews

"Thoroughly enjoyable... A steady rat a tat of laugh lines."

— Kansas City Star

"Contemporary and spunky... It's home spun humor strikes chords regardless of a viewer's age and the laughter it kindles is as warm and spontaneous as the play's dialogue and situations."

— Calgary Sun

"Laughs are 24 karat gold"

— Calgary Sun

Characters

Character
FRANK & PEGGY

A couple in their late forties - early fifties

JILL & TONY

A couple in their mid-late twenties

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year1987
BindingPaperback
Pages90
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573690228
ISBN-100573690227
LCCN89220165
LCCPS3552.O259 W4 1987

Weekend Comedy is a American comedy play written by Jeanne Bobrick and published by Samuel French in New York (1987).

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3.3

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Samuel French · 1987 · 90 pp

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Fee:Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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