Rock 'N' Roll (Fingerut-Cothrell)
Michael Fingerut
Long Live Rock And Roll
by Cynthia Mercati
Highlights
Synopsis
Return to those happy days of yesteryear - the 1950's to be exact.
Ike is in the White House, Willie Mays is on the ballfield, Ed Sullivan is on the television - and the biggest problem is that crazy fad called Rock and Roll!
Into the serenity of the Gordon Girl's Academy comes the Elvis-like Eustace Early and his Early Birds, as introduced by DJ King Kenny Cool: "And now that thrivin', jivin', man alivin' sound will melt your fears and cheer your ears!
The group that has everybody all shook up - Eustice Early and the Early Birds!" All that was calm at the Academy is overturned with the sounds of rock 'n' roll.
By the end the very square, very stuffy, and very rich, Hermione Van Pelt, the school's benefactor, takes a leap along with everyone else in the cast and dances to Eustice and his Early Birds.
This is a fast paced energetic farce, but also a tribute to the first Rock 'n' Roll songs, and simpler times.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| GILLIAN GORDON The typical 50s heroine, spunky, pretty, and the kind of girl you'd take home to Mom. Headmistress of Gordon Girl's Academy. |
| EUSTICE EARLY A rock and roll singer. He may look like Elvis, but his heart is pure Pat Boone. |
| AUGUSTA SMOOT Teacher of "physical culture" at the Academy. |
| MAUDE SNEAD Another facult member, old- but very spry. |
| KING KENNY KOOL The hippest, slickest DJ of them all. |
| HERMIONE MACKLUCKNEE VAN PELT Very rich, very stuffy, and very square. |
| HUGHIE VAN PELT Her downtrodden husband. |
| MA Straight from the hills of Tennessee. |
| THELMA JEAN Her daughter, strong as an ox with a nose like a bloodhound. |
| CALHOUN Her son, definitely the strong, silent type. |
| SGT. THURSDAY A terse and deadpan police officer. |
| OFFICER TRENCH Thursday's equally terse and deadpan partner (May be played by either a man or a woman). |
| CORLISS A typical 50s teenager. |
| STRETCH Her typical 50s steady. |
| WILHELMINA The terror and a fervent follower of that 50s phenomena, UFOs. |
| RAMONA The fainter. |
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1981
Pages 132
Language English
ISBN-13 9780874400847
ISBN-10 0874400848
Long Live Rock And Roll is a American comedy play written by Cynthia Mercati and published by Samuel French (1981).
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