The Return Of Herbert Bracewell Or (Why Am I Always Alone When I'm With You?)
by Andrew Johns

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Highlights

90 mins Interior Set Comedy

Synopsis

THE STORY: It's 1909 and Herbert Bracewell has retired to the attic of his New York home with plans to stage a comeback in a one-man review of his long, if undistinguished career.

He assembles five antique match-lit footlights to mark a playing are

Press Reviews

"A delightful, nostalgic tale of a lovably senile turn-of-the-century character actor planning a comeback and his long-suffering wife, an actress with a comeback scheme of her own. “…a superbly realized two-character play…ideal for dinner theatres and amateur groups."

— Variety

Publication

Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822209461
ISBN-10 0822209462

The Return Of Herbert Bracewell Or (Why Am I Always Alone When I'm With You?) is a comedy play written by Andrew Johns and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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