Synopsis

Wilde West

$13

Charles Morowitz

Published by Dramatists Play Service

5 Female

Having been sent to America to prepare the new world for a forthcoming tour of Gilbert and Sullivan's latest opus, Patience, Oscar Wilde, knee britches and all, finds himself in the definitely uncouth precincts of Leadville, Colorado

He arrives just as the local good-old-boys are about to dispense swift justice to a young bandit, part of the Jesse James gang, who was captured after robbing the local bank

Immediately smitten by the fetching youth, Wilde, with the town's ladies in support, out-talks the impatient judge and demands a new trial - at which he will appear for the defense

Drawing on his devastating wit and verbal agility, Wilde soon convinces the awed citizenry that the boy, Jody, is the real victim - which is fine until Jesse James himself bursts in to recapture his coveted protégé

From then on the action becomes an hilarious contest between the menacing gunman - abetted by a definitely jealous Belle Starr

Along with the bumbling sheriff (who first arrests and then is overcome by the outlaws); and the resourceful Wilde (who has promised Jody a position as his "private secretary")

When James and his cohorts finally saddle up and gallop out of town the resigned Wilde dutifully begins to regale the ladies with his scheduled lecture on "The Beautification of Boudoir"

Then a dusty Jody quietly tiptoes in and, with a shy glance at Wilde, surreptitiously seats himself in the back row

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