The Case of the Curious Locks
by Murray Spitzer

The Case of the Curious Locks

Highlights

Present Day Expandable Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Something mysterious is going on at the high school.

Someone's learned how to open all of the school's official combination locks.

Security officer, Bert Hubbard, can't believe it as the combinations are secure in his safe, untouched.

Betty Foster, the school's newspaper editor, discovers the dilemma and asks Bobby Martin to help solve the mystery, as he's the school's electronic wizard.

Nothing's safe from the mysterious intruder, and first the kids have to find what he's really after.

Betty has another proble, the new Federal law says you can't discriminate against girls in the school's athletic budget.

And Fred Ryan, the athletic coach, won't talk to her about the law

So the girls on the newspaper carry out comic stunts to "persuade" Ryan to give them their story.

Before they're finished, he wishes he had!

Characters

Character
Nick Jones

a star high school athlete

Betty Foster

editor of The Jumping Frog, the school newspaper

Bert Hubbard

security officer of the high school

Janice Turner

principal of Samuel Clemens Senior High School

Adele Coffman

music director of the school

Jean Singleton

a reporter for The Jumping Frog

Bobby Martin

president of Electrons, Unlimited!, a school club

Pam Rogers

Nick's girlfriend

Beth Wilson

a mathematics teacher

Charlie Allison

a football player

Fred Ryan

athletic coach at Samuel Clemens Senior High School

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573607462
ISBN-10 057360746X

The Case of the Curious Locks is a comedy play written by Murray Spitzer and published by Samuel French .

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