Muddle Annie

One-Acts 45

By: Stella Chester
Cast: 2 M, 5 F
Performance Time: Approximately 45 minutes, 40 pgs.

COMEDY. Adapted from the play by Harold Chapin. Nicknamed “Muddle Annie” by her sisters, Annie is the nervous, clumsy, socially awkward eldest Wright sister who has a tendency to trip, fall, and spill tea at the most inopportune times. So when Annie gets engaged to George Rose, her mother is overjoyed as she believes him to be a proper gentleman. However, George is actually a rogue wanted by the police and has his sights set on swindling Annie out of her inheritance and running away with her sister, Mabel. When a policeman arrives to have tea at the Wrights’ home, he realizes George’s true identity. However, the policeman is unable to arrest George as etiquette prohibits one guest from arresting another guest under the roof of a mutual friend. In the end, it’s up to Annie to make sure George and Mabel get their just desserts!

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