One Toe In The Grave
by Jack Sharkey

One Toe In The Grave

Synopsis

Jason Kingsley is treasurer of a billion-dollar patent medicine corporation that requires its officers to be married.

Jason claims his wife has a rare disease that prevents her from entertaining or attending corporate functions.

A cure is accidentally discovered in one of the company’s patent medicines, and Jason’s ecstatic boss is arriving any minute with the company doctor to administer the cure and then bask in the publicity.

Jason, however, doesn’t really have a wife, so he cons his fiancée Nicki into pretending to be invalid.

Other imposters appear: Poopsie Magruder, who initially refused, shows up anyhow, and Vonga the Jungle Girl was pressed into service by the helpful housekeeper.

The cure involves a two-inch needle in the armpit, and it develops that the disease is contagious, which only complicates the hilarity.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 7 total roles, 4 female and 3 male roles.

Running Time

The expected performance time is approximately 90 minutes.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1986
ISBN 10
0573618488
ISBN 13
9780573618482
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
98 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCCN
88109450
LCC
PS3569.H3427 O6 1986
DCC
812/.54
Print
One Toe In The Grave is a American comedy / farce play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 1986. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573618482 and an ISBN-10 of 0573618488.
Digital
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