Here Lies Jeremy Troy
by Jack Sharkey

Name: Here Lies Jeremy Troy
Brand: Jack Sharkey
SKU: 9780573610127
Rating: 4.5 (5 reviews)

Here Lies Jeremy Troy Book Cover — Here Lies Jeremy Troy Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 minsPresent DayInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers love the humor and wit in this play. Many appreciate Jack Sharkey's comedic style, finding it consistently entertaining and enjoyable.

Hilarious and wittyConsistent qualityHighly entertainingNo significant criticisms noted

Synopsis

Farce Characters: 3 male 2 female Complete interior set.

A lawyer who is up for a partnership is visited by a school chum who lives by sponging off classmates.

He blackmails the lawyer into putting him up on the very night the boss is coming for dinner whereupon the wife leaves.

The sponger discovers that the lawyer's degree is a fraud.

A model is hired to play the wife's a dumb beauty whose attempts to help backfire.

More trouble erupts when the wife returns.

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Press Reviews

"An applauding success! A smashing hit! The audience roared! A rib tickler if I ever saw one!"
— Bangor Daily News

"Highly amusing ... loaded with laughs ... rapid-fire comical situations ... steady laughter. During the intermissions, high praise for the new play could be heard everywhere."
— Skowhegan Morning Sentinel

"A hilarious farce, sexy but nice...a bright comedy with witty dialogue...one just can't help laughing!"
— Syracuse Post-Standard

"Jack Sharkey has a hit on his hands!"
— Kup's Column

"A refreshing revelation...clean, sparkling comedy...almost breathless comedy, except the audience needs its breath for the next laugh. Recommended for the whole family. Waves of laughter rolled over the performers on the stage. A five-pointed satellite that promises to sail onto Broadway and shine there for a long time!"
— Henderson/Kennebec Journal

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Kathryn Troy Jeremy's wife.	female	—	Jeremy's wife.
Charlie Bickle an old friend of Jeremy's.	—	—	an old friend of Jeremy's.
Tina Winslow an undergraduate model.	—	—	an undergraduate model.
Sven Ivorsen Jeremy's boss.	—	—	Jeremy's boss.
Jeremy Troy a law clerk.	—	—	a law clerk.