The Invention
by Merritt Ierley

Name: The Invention
Brand: Merritt Ierley
SKU: 9780573701740

The Invention Book Cover — The Invention Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins 1920s Expandable Casting Interior Set Period Costumes

Synopsis

The inventor is Thomas A. Edison; the invention, a little known idea of his to build a device for communicating with the next life, a proposal he actually broached in Scientific American magazine.

Bizarre but true.

That is the story behind this drama, which intersperses events in Edison's life with visits by such historical figures as Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and Matthew Brady, whose lives intersected with Edison's.

The human side of Edison comes to life.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Spectators Men and women	—	—	Men and women
Young Edison Age 31	—	—	Age 31
Assistants In Edison's laboratory	—	—	In Edison's laboratory
Matthew Brady The photographer, age 55	—	—	The photographer, age 55
Levin Hardy Brady's assistant	—	—	Brady's assistant
Photograph Recorded sound (voice, etc.)	—	—	Recorded sound (voice, etc.)
Mina Edison Edison's second wife, age 54	female	—	Edison's second wife, age 54
Henry Ford The auto maker, age 57	—	—	The auto maker, age 57
Harvey Firestone The tire manufacturer, age 52	—	—	The tire manufacturer, age 52
Sato Japanese chef	—	—	Japanese chef
John Burroughs The naturalist, age 83	—	—	The naturalist, age 83
Attendants At campsite	—	—	At campsite
Voice Offstage	—	—	Offstage
Narrator Epilogue only	—	—	Epilogue only
Thomas A. Edison The inventor, age 73	—	—	The inventor, age 73