Improper Education for an Improper Lady, An

Full-Lengths

By: Dwayne Yancey
Cast: 2 M, 4 F
Performance Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 92 pgs

COMEDY. Deeply in debt, Lord Havalot is eager to marry off his niece, Calliope, so he can inherit his late brother’s estate and go on an African safari. But, first, he must hire a governess to tame Calliope’s “unique charm.” Past governesses have fled in terror after just a few hours with the monstrously maniacal Calliope, who chops the heads off dolls with a guillotine and plays with explosives. So when two uneducated orphan girls posing as governesses arrive, Lord Havalot quickly hires them and tasks them with taming the “high-spirited” Calliope before an unsuspecting suitor arrives for dinner. But how does one tame a homicidal maniac? Your audiences will go crazy for this marvelously mad comedy! Perfect for high school and community theatre actors. Easy to stage with just one set. Check out Dwayne Yancey’s other hilarious comedies featuring Rose and Lily, "This Rose Has Thorns" and "A Dickens of a Christmas."

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Dwayne Yancey is a playwright from the Blue Ridge Mountains whose plays have been produced in 47 states and 17 countries. Mr. Yancey is a veteran of the community theatre stage.