Cry Havoc
by Allan R. Kenward

Name: Cry Havoc
Brand: Allan R. Kenward
SKU: 9780573630033
Rating: 2.92 (12 reviews)

Highlights

Female

120 mins 1940s/WWII All Women Interior Set Period Costumes

Synopsis

Hailed as a female Journey’s End , this classic play – the story of nurses serving on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines during WWII – is a compelling, caustic revelation of human beings under fire.

In a makeshift dugout, subjected to gunfire, thirteen very different women emerge to offer a collective reaction to war.

These include the strong-minded doctor, her restrained and poised assistant, and the volunteer nurses: a vacuous Southern girl, a swaggering bully, a couple of timid aesthetes, an ex-burlesque performer and the inevitable spy.

They get on each other’s nerves, arrest the wrong person for spying, and ultimately confront the real traitor.

In the end, they are rescued from their buried dugout – only to face the firing squad.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
DOC MARSH An elderly woman of great activity.	female	—	An elderly woman of great activity.
SMITTY A handsome girl in her early thirties. Lean, competent, thorough and cool.	female	—	A handsome girl in her early thirties. Lean, competent, thorough and cool.
FLO HARRIS A big girl – the kind we see grining at us from news-reels as the winner of a corn-husking contest. Slow of speech and action, she is a bit of a philosopher in her own way.	female	—	A big girl – the kind we see grining at us from news-reels as the winner of a corn-husking contest. Slow of speech and action, she is a bit of a philosopher in her own way.
PAT CONLIN A fiery little pug-nosed girl with a good consignment of freckles, who has a bit of a swagger about everything she does.	female	—	A fiery little pug-nosed girl with a good consignment of freckles, who has a bit of a swagger about everything she does.
GRACE LAMBERT A well-formed and attractive girl of medium height.	female	—	A well-formed and attractive girl of medium height.
HELEN DOMERET A lovely statuesque blonde, who carries herself like a model and whose thoughts continually run to men.	—	—	A lovely statuesque blonde, who carries herself like a model and whose thoughts continually run to men.
NYDIA JOYCE A cute little literal-minded Southerner.	—	—	A cute little literal-minded Southerner.
SUSAN and	—	—	and
ANDRA WEST Auburn-haired English girls. Susan, the elder, is the leader, continually protecting and looking out for the more fragile Andra.	female	—	Auburn-haired English girls. Susan, the elder, is the leader, continually protecting and looking out for the more fragile Andra.
CONSTANCE MARKS A Dresden-doll of a girl, beautifully turned out, delicate and, one might think, too fragile for the work ahead.	female	—	A Dresden-doll of a girl, beautifully turned out, delicate and, one might think, too fragile for the work ahead.
STEPHANY FOLDEN (STEVE) A large, raw-boned, muscular gal who carries herself like a man.	male	—	A large, raw-boned, muscular gal who carries herself like a man.
SADIE A substantial middle-aged woman.	female	—	A substantial middle-aged woman.