The Ballad Of Soapy Smith
by Michael Weller

Name: The Ballad Of Soapy Smith
Brand: Michael Weller
SKU: 9780573619700
Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

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120 minsWild WestReduced Casting (Doubling Possible)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod CostumesAmerican Comedy

Synopsis

Col. Jefferson Randolph Smith, known as "Soapy" to friends and foes, is a notorious con man whose reputation has, alas, preceded him to the Alaska Gold Rush town of Skagway in 1897.

Still, this charming gentleman starts a protection racket that brings law and order, a church, and an infirmary to the town.

Soapy, the criminal, becomes a force for moral good until the town's hypocrisy and vicious self-interest bring him down.

He falls, a victim of the cardinal sin of believing in his own con.

Press Reviews

"A rousing epic."
— The Associated Press

"Michael Weller deserves praise for a historical play with contemporary relevance, daring to accost a large canvas. The protagonist is a complex and absorbing creation. I left the theatre, for once, thinking rather than trying to forget."
— New York Magazine

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
PAUL ANTHONY McALEER	—	—	—
TRIPOD SCHULTZ	—	—	—
JEFFERSON RANDOLPH (SOAPY) SMITH	—	—	—
GEORGE WILDER	—	—	—
FRENCHIE VILLIERS	—	—	—
MAJOR JAMES STRONG	—	—	—
FRANK REID	—	—	—
MICHAEL C. SHERPY	—	—	—
WILLIAM WHITMORE	—	—	—
CALVIN BARKDULL	—	—	—
KITTY CHASE	—	—	—
MATTIE SILKS	—	—	—
BURKE GALLAGHER	—	—	—
CHARLIE (THE REVEREND) BOWERS	—	—	—
WILLIAM H. (DOC) JACKSON	—	—	—
SYD DIXON	—	—	—
RED GIBBS	—	—	—
REVEREND DICKEY	—	—	—
FRITZ	—	—	—
TAGISH SAM	—	—	—
JENSEN	—	—	—
MOLLIE FEWCLOTHES	—	—	—
CORPORAL EGAN	—	—	—
COMMISSIONER CHARLES A. SEHLBREDE	—	—	—
GOVERNOR BRADY OF ALASKATOWNSPEAOPLE, PROSTITUTES, DANCE HALL GIRLS, MILITIAMEN, OTHER VIGILANTES, MRS. DICKEY, MRS. WHITMORE, MRS. BARKDULL, FRANK CLANCY, OTHERS.	female	—	—