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Synopsis

Floyd Dell may have written Poor Harold in 1920, but in many ways its humor rings just as true today as it did then. What is even more notable about the play is the fact that it features mostly females in comedic lead roles, a relative rarity in 1920. The ten-minute comedy finds Harold, the bumbling poet, having been exiled from his native Evanston, Illinois, after a scandal which he swears is all a result of a misunderstanding. As it turns out, he’s not quite the victim he makes himself out to be. Worlds suddenly collide in the oddest of ways in this short play about the foibles of double lives and the dangers of getting involved with a man-about-town poet.

Show Information

Book
Floyd Dell
Category
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
1
First Produced
1920
Genres
Comedy
Settings
Period, Simple/No Set, Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
A room in Washington Square, New York City.
Cast Size
small
Orchestra Size
None
Dancing
None
Licensor
None/royalty-free
Ideal For
Community Theatre, Ensemble Cast, Mostly Female Cast, Small Cast, Includes Adult Characters

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Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Isabel Summers

Lead

Female

Non-singer

Harold Falcington

Supporting

Male

Non-singer

Mrs. Falcington

Supporting

Female

Non-singer

Mrs. Murphy

Featured

Female

Non-singer

Songs

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A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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Guide Written By:

Kevan Dunkelberg

Kevan Dunkelberg

Oklahoma-based drama teacher, actor and playwright