The Octette Bridge Club
by P J. Barry

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Synopsis

There are eight wonderful roles for women in this sentimental comedy about American life in a bygone era.

On alternate Friday evenings, eight sisters meet to play bridge and gossip.

The first act takes place in 1934; the second ten years later during a Halloween bridge party where each acts out her costume's persona.

The emotionally distraught youngest, who does a hilarious Salome belly dance, has just gotten out of a sanitarium and knows that she must cut the bonds to her smothering family and strike out on her own.

This is a charming play for community theaters with actresses clamoring for good roles.

Press Reviews

"One of the most charming plays to come to the stage this season...A delightful, funny, moving glimpse of the sort of lives we are all familiar with our own."

— New York Daily News

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1985
Binding Paperback
Pages 90
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573619779
ISBN-10 0573619778

The Octette Bridge Club is a American comedy play written by P J. Barry and published by Samuel French (1985).

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