Four Little Words
by Edward Finnegan

Four Little Words Book Cover
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Highlights

One Act 30 mins Present Day Features Children Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Synopsis

Douglas Fidgit, Broadway producer, is seeking an actress for a one-line part.

Actresses storm his office.

They range from a fading First Lady of the Theatre to a forlorn little person who speaks a strange language.

They give their own interpretations of the four little words, "Your taxicab is waiting," leaving Mr. Fidgit on the verge of hysteria.

Then, in march the Bapps - Oriole, child prodigy who plays sixteenth century airs on tin cans, carves in soap and does imitations of whales; Verna, her adoring mother; and Gladwyn, her suffering father.

In a wonderfully hilarious scene, Mr. Fidgit disposes of all these loonies and marches out with the forlorn actress who speaks a very odd language.

Characters

Character
Jimmy Bright

the breezy office boy.

Douglas Fidgit

a big gun on Broadway.

First Actress

a dramatic dynamo.

Second Actress

small and speedy.

Fourth Actress

with a flame for Fidgit.

Fifth Actress

from N'Awlins.

Sixth Actress

who talks a strange language.

Third Actress

woebegone and weepy.

Oriole Bapp

the child prodigy of Theatre.

Verna Bapp

her adoring mother.

Gladwyn Bapp

her suffering father.

Seventh Actress

oppressively operatic.

Mrs. Crank

old and sour.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1955
Pages 22
Language English
ISBN-13 9780874408843
ISBN-10 0874408849

Four Little Words is a American comedy play written by Edward Finnegan and published by Samuel French (1955).

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