
Not Herbert
Howard Irving Young
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
"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
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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