Monologue

Customs Monologue from Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts

From Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts by Mark Ambient

any · comedic · 1:22 min

Doctor. Act 1. Frock coat and high hat. Act 2. Changes to pyjamas and Turkish dressing-gown. Andrew. Act 1. Blue serge yachting suit and cap. Act. 2. As aunt, in picture. Waverly. Very smart. Plant. White hat, loud waistcoat, outré. Tupper. In buttons. Aunt. Quiet, old-fashioned, almost Quakerish. Flo. Modern tailor-made costume and smart hat. Ruby & Pearl. Dressed alike, in sailor hats and serge costumes, with sailor collars. Mrs. O'Hara. Eccentric Irish landlady. Aurora. Slatternly slavey frock, soiled white apron, cap awry, large slippers tied on with string. (During Act 3: changes to grotesque colored dress: orange blossoms in hair.) Scene plot. The scene is a Doctor's consulting room on the ground floor of a lodging-house in Pimlico. (1) Door R. at back to bathroom (not opened till middle of Act II, showing about half of bath, taps, etc). (2) L. at back, to passage, showing hat stand. (3) Down R. (4) Window C, commanding view of similar houses across street.

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