The Red Pants Blue Pants Marionette Spectacular
Joshua Mikel
Proserpina and the Devil
by Thornton Wilder
Highlights
10 mins Comedy
Synopsis
“A puppet show, Venice, 1640 A. D.” This piece of madcap farce, featuring a play within a play, stars a Manager, two Manipulators (the term for people who manipulate marionettes), four lively marionettes, and a host of allusions to characters and places from the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, and medieval and nineteenth century European theater.
Is it any wonder that, as the Second Manipulator complains, “A person can’t tell which is his right hand and which is his left in this place”?
This short play is included in the collection Thornton Wilder's Playlets: Short, Short Plays for 3-5 Persons .
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Proserpina and the Devil is a comedy play written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French .
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