Miss Constance's attorney is a "thoroughly nasty piece of work." For him, the law is all about making money and not at all about justice. ROY VANCE - Scheming untrustworthy greedy malicious. becomes apparent, we see a softer side of her culminating in a hilarious surprise move in her final scene. She is somewhat dour and taciturn and would appear to be "all business." As the total incompetence of her attorney Roy Vance and his sidekick William Davis Jr. Olden's only child, she has been persuaded by her attorney to contest her father's will. In the latter stages of the play it is Susie who seizes control and brings order out of chaos.ĬONSTANCE OLDEN - 40-50 severe dowdy businesslike ultimately kind and tender. When not leaping on and off furniture to avoird "Oscar" she is at the heart of many of the visual comedic sequences. A very determined lady with definite ideas on marriage and morality, she nevertheless allies herself with Clifton, even thought she slowly becomes aware of his dubious character. She throws herself into the role with enthusiasm but quickly discovers all is not what it seems to be. The actress hired by Clifton to pretend to be his wife in order to protect him from the amorous advances of Renee LaFleur. SUSIE LEGERE - 30-45 bright perky quick-witted resourceful. Audiences take great delight in seeing him finally "tamed" by Susie Legere at the very end of the play. (Maybe both!) He is nevertheless an endearing personality with a quick, dry wit and a great sense of humor. Nice Guy," then, as the plot progresses, we see him in turn as the schemer, the scoundrel, the opportunistic embezzler and then, either the naive lover, or the romantic playboy. He starts out as the loyal servant and appears to be "Mr. He is not intended to be "pigeonholed" by the audience, who should always be left wondering what facet of his character will be revealed next. William Olden's butler, and the pivotal character of the play, is a very complex personality. She lives in her own world and spends a great deal of her time looking for her pet rat "Oscar," who seems to be the center of her life.ĬLIFTON - 40-60 suave clever a likeable rogue. William Olden's housekeeper, she is as deaf as a post and moves about as fast as one! Steadfastly refusing to switch on her hearing aid, she wanders in and out of the action, usually oblivious to the complexities of the plot going on around her. This is a madcap addition to the author’s string of inventive American farces.ĪGNES - 60s+ likeable funny perhaps a little self-centered. Could the butler be behind the shenanigans – and is he carrying on with all of the ladies in question? Does the elderly, deaf housekeeper really have a pet rat? Can the bumbling detective hired by Constance really be so inept, linguistically as well as professionally? And why has the butler hired an actress to play his wife? Hilarity erupts long before the audience realizes that the temptresses are all being played by the same actress! She also discovers that the yacht, the art, and the cars have vanished, all having been sold to The Bimbo Corporation. The butler seems to hold the key, and she learns from him that the three sultry ladies were her father’s lovers. Constance arrives at her father’s mansion with her lawyer, determined to find out who these women are and to buy them off or contest the will. A California billionaire has bequeathed all of his assets to his only daughter, Constance – except the $22 million yacht he wanted Josephine to have, a $25 million art collection left to Renee, and some priceless antique automobiles willed to Marjorie.
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