Some of My Best Friends Are Smiths
By David Campton.
Product Code: S44000
One-act Play
Cast size: 5w.
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
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Synopsis
In this curiously powerful play, the name "Smith" comes to stand for what puts any human group on the bitter receiving end of prejudice and discrimination. The action begins casually when two attractive girls on a walking holiday arrive at an English hotel. The reservation is for "Miss Jones and friend," but when the other girl registers with her name, "Miss Smith," the clerk asks why she hadn't been told the other name was "Smith." She continues, "We don't take Smiths," and suggest the other girl would be happier in a hotel with her own kind. Another prejudiced guest at the hotel comments on how it makes her blood run cold to open the phone book and see all the "Smiths." In spite of themselves, a meaningful confrontation develops and with it a useful and pointed climax.
Notes
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show One-act Play
- Product Code S44000
- Minimum Cast Size 5
- Pages of Dialogue 22
- Min. Royalty Rate $50.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 35 min
- Staging One int. set.
Categories
- Target Audience High School | College and Adult
- Performing Group High School | Community Theatre
- ISBN(13) 9780871292544
Customer Reviews
This is a good play for contest speech ... I have used it often. It also teaches students a little bit about prejudicial attitudes some people still have in small rural areas.
The audience liked this play, and it elicited some spirited discussion afterward by student audience members. The old lady part interestingly stole the show.
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