Whose Wives Are They Anyway?
by Michael Parker

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Highlights

120 minsPresent DayEnsemble CastUnit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmericanComedy

What readers are saying

Readers find the play to be an enjoyable and hilarious farce filled with sexual innuendo and mistaken identities. Many appreciate the fast-paced humor and strong performances, particularly in a staged setting. Overall, it is praised for its comedic value and entertainment factor.

Hilarious farceFast-paced humorGreat for stage performancesRequires ample stage space

Synopsis

The Ashley Maureen Cosmetics Company has been sold and two of its vice presidents, David McGrachen and John Baker, have planned a weekend off before the new C.E.O. arrives on Monday.

With their wives safely off on a shopping spree in New York City, they check into The Oakfield Golf and Country Club intending to "golf their brains out."

They unexpectedly encounter their new boss, Ms. Hutchison, and she insists on meeting the wives, commenting blithely "no one who went golfing for a weekend without his wife would ever work for me."

So ...

David and John have to produce wives.

John persuades Tina, the hotel's sexy receptionist, to play the role of his wife, but the only one who can pretend to be David's wife is John.

Inevitably everything goes wrong as John moves in and out of bedrooms, changing from male to female at a frantic pace.

Hilarious chaos ensues when the hotel phone system goes on the blink, Tina has too much champagne and can't keep her clothes on, and, yes, the real wives arrive!

ThemesWives

Press Reviews

"Another Michael Parker farce is all audiences need to know to start buying tickets.” – Palm Beach Post“An entertaining evening of deftly executed comedy.” – The Delray Times“A veritable laugh riot."

— The Boca Raton News

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year2002
BindingPaperback
EditionIllustrated
Pages108
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573629662
ISBN-100573629668
LCCN2006471357
LCCMLCS 2006/44903 (P)

Whose Wives Are They Anyway? is a American comedy play written by Michael Parker and published by Samuel French in New York (2002).

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Samuel French · 2002 · 108 pp

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