Silent Laughter
by William Van Zandt

Silent Laughter Book Cover
Silent Laughter Cover

Synopsis

New York audiences went wild for this gag-filled water sloshing, bed crashing, pie throwing craziness.

Performed in black and white with title cards projected over the actors' heads, and a live theatre organ accompanying every doubletake, this comic tour de force stars a dashing hero who overcomes jail, poverty, World War I and a dastardly villain, Lionel Drippinwithit, to win the girl of his dreams.

She is the heiress to the Thickwad Screw Factory, a firm that has been "Screwing the American Public since 1861."

The biggest pie fight the theatre world has ever seen caps the silent action.

More than a tribute to the slapstick antics of Chaplin, Keaton and Arbuckle - this is a reverential recreation of a bygone era.

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 10 total roles, 2 female and 8 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
2004
ISBN 10
0573602808
ISBN 13
9780573602801
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
70 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCCN
2006462604
LCC
PS3572.A64 S55 2004
DCC
812.54
Print
Silent Laughter is a American vaudeville / folk play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 2004. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573602801 and an ISBN-10 of 0573602808.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle.

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