Lionizing

Short Plays

By: Albert T. Viola
Cast: 7 M, 6 F, 9 flexible (Doubling possible.)
Performance Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 9 pgs

CLASSIC/SATIRE. Adapted from the tale by Edgar Allan Poe. Thomas falls in love with his own nose and sets forth to learn all he can on the subject of Nosology. As his nose’s reputation grows, it becomes an object of admiration for royals, academics, and artists, but when Thomas shoots off Baron Bluddennuff’s nose in a duel, Thomas’s fame quickly turns to infamy as the Fum-Fudge residents turn on him. Included in the short play collection "Three Sundays in a Week."

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Albert T. Viola (1942-2009) was an award-winning actor and playwright who appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in television and motion pictures. Mr. Viola also served as a faculty fellow in Mathey College at Princeton University.