Synopsis
Lend Me A Tenor and Other Plays
Published by Smith & Kraus
In Lend Me a Tenor, world famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener
But Morelli is late
And when he finally sweeps in it is too late to rehearse with the company
Through a hilarious series of mishaps, Il Stupendo is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out
His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead
What to do?
Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Morelli's Otello costume and try to fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo ...
Moon Over Buffalo is about second chances and about the courage that is needed to take a second chance
Leading Ladies continues the theme of second chance, exploring issues of compromise and social barriers
Shakespeare in Hollywood is about falling in love and dreaming, myth and magic
It is about a time in US history when censorship took on frightening proportions both in the world of film and the world at large
REVIEWS
"Shakespeare in Hollywood is so deliciously inventive, you'd swear Ludwig and the Bard were in cahoots. At once poignant and funny, literary and farcical, sophisticated and silly, political and fanciful, high-brow ... a delight!" ~ The Baltimore Sun