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Posted by: Don, November 15th, 2009, 3:01pm
Money's Not Everything by Jim Hollingsworth - Comedy, Play - Stuffy, middle-aged Dr Tom Thorne lives with his hell-raising younger brother, Henry.  While Tom becomes involved in money problems with the shady Sir Francis Tresham, Henry becomes romantically entangled with Sir Francis's daughter, Beatrice, who turns out to be a raving nymphomaniac.  To Tom's horror, Henry has also become engaged to Mary, daughter of Roger Ruffage, the local bookie, while to add to the complications, Henry also manages to steal Tom's own girlfriend.  As the complications increase, imminent doom stares Henry in the face in the shape of a shotgun wedding arranged by the enraged Roger, but the family solicitor, Mr Wrightall, saves the day with a surprising revelation about Henry and his father.  

Period piece - 1930s, set in an English country village using one interior set. Much farcical action requiring a fairly active cast, 5M 5F +1 non-speaking M.  63 pages - pdf, format 8)
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