How Does A Thing Like That Get Started?
by David Patrick Cook, Pat Cook

Name: How Does A Thing Like That Get Started?
Brand: David Patrick Cook
SKU: 9780874408263
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

One Act Present Day Exterior Set American Comedy

Synopsis

In this wonderfully convoluted, hilariously funny play, Pat Cook presents us with the anatomy of a rumor.

What starts as a simple exercise in the psychology of rumor-passing quickly develops into small town chaos.

One rumor dies a quick death, another takes off and has the town in an uproar, all the way up to City Hall!

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Maude A feisty, quarrelsome old lady who spends most of her time arguing with...	female	—	A feisty, quarrelsome old lady who spends most of her time arguing with...
Myrtle Another feisty, quarrelsome old lady.	female	—	Another feisty, quarrelsome old lady.
Titus Lydecker A yardstick-straight, tight-lipped man in his early fifties.	male	—	A yardstick-straight, tight-lipped man in his early fifties.
J.C. A man in his early thirties; a regular guy and a park bench frequentor.	male	—	A man in his early thirties; a regular guy and a park bench frequentor.
Harley A man, around forty, who is the implied, self-appointed president of the "Spit and Whittle Club",	—	—	A man, around forty, who is the implied, self-appointed president of the "Spit and Whittle Club",
Efrem A dim-wit in his early twenties.	male	—	A dim-wit in his early twenties.
Beulah Deleplain A pompous hen of a woman, older than thirty but she's not telling how much.	female	—	A pompous hen of a woman, older than thirty but she's not telling how much.
Cy Oglethorpe A store owner in his late thirties.	male	—	A store owner in his late thirties.
Miss Underwood A secretary at City Hall; an attractive woman around twenty-five years old.	female	—	A secretary at City Hall; an attractive woman around twenty-five years old.
Editor Mead A thirty-five-year-old newspaper editor.	—	—	A thirty-five-year-old newspaper editor.
Doc The narrator of our little human comedy, he is a man in his late thirties.	male	—	The narrator of our little human comedy, he is a man in his late thirties.