Four Little Words
by Edward Finnegan

Name: Four Little Words
Brand: Edward Finnegan
SKU: 9780874408843

Four Little Words Book Cover — Four Little Words Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One Act30 minsPresent DayFeatures ChildrenInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican 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	Gender	Age	Description
Jimmy Bright the breezy office boy.	—	—	the breezy office boy.
Douglas Fidgit a big gun on Broadway.	—	—	a big gun on Broadway.
First Actress a dramatic dynamo.	—	—	a dramatic dynamo.
Second Actress small and speedy.	—	—	small and speedy.
Fourth Actress with a flame for Fidgit.	—	—	with a flame for Fidgit.
Fifth Actress from N'Awlins.	—	—	from N'Awlins.
Sixth Actress who talks a strange language.	—	—	who talks a strange language.
Third Actress woebegone and weepy.	—	—	woebegone and weepy.
Oriole Bapp the child prodigy of Theatre.	—	—	the child prodigy of Theatre.
Verna Bapp her adoring mother.	female	—	her adoring mother.
Gladwyn Bapp her suffering father.	female	—	her suffering father.
Seventh Actress oppressively operatic.	—	—	oppressively operatic.
Mrs. Crank old and sour.	—	—	old and sour.