Synopsis
Continental Divide
Published by Dramatists Play Service
2 Male 2 Female
They are, however, allowed a visit by their new in-laws, "Mr. John" and Mae, who hail from Arkansas and qualify as simple folk themselves
Thereafter the complications multiply uproariously, as the urbane Cullum struggles (at no small peril) to be civil to the surly Mr. John (who is in the garbage business, and a confessed murderer as well); while his wife tries to persuade Mae (who is dazzled by "money people") that she need not repay their hospitality by cleaning house furiously and doling out copious samples of her homemade pickled pigs feet
And so it goes until, in a final irony, Lucille (with Mr. John) runs the blockade disguised as her house guest-leaving Cullum to hold the fort and fend off the down-home ministrations of her starry-eyed replacement ...
"...plenty of laughs ... opportunities for witty character portrayals ..." - Variety