![]() ![]() When his long suffering wife, Penny, says he's had charisma bypass surgery, we could easily believe her. If there was an award for "The Most Boring Man on the Planet," Jeffrey would win hands down. JEFFREY - 25-30 sincere lives in his own world. A polished, well-dressed, educated adulterer. He discovers that Michael and Susan are simply con artists and is prepared to expose them, but ethics are not his strong suit, and he compromises his principles to keep his affair secret. While married, he has ararnged a weekend tryst with his girlfriend Julie. Country Inns of America, visiting The Cider Mill Inn incognito. To be kind, she is is very young and on her honeymoon, and who knows what is going on in her mind.īILL - 40-60 Bill is a suave, sophisticated man about town. Anyone, other than her gentle, easy-going husband, would probably feel like smacking her. ![]() She works herself into an emotional upheaval for the most trivial of reasons. Young and pretty, but perhaps not too bright. JENNY - 20-25 immature naive, but in the end showing a good sense of humor. Clearly very much in love with Jenny, he is willing to apologize when he has no idea what it is he is supposed to have done. He acquiesces, perhaps a little too easily, to the fact that he has been conned by Michael and Susan, but that is probably his nature. A pleasant young man, who gets caught up in the emotional ups and downs of his new bride, Jenny. Perhaps, in his life with Jean, there have been too few opportunities to do this.īOBBY - 25-30 clean cut hard working easy-going. However, when Jean gets herself into a situation from which she cannot escape, he does not attempt to extricate her, but rather, in a kindly sort of way, sits back and seems to enjoy a laugh at their expense. A mild mannered, easy-going sort of guy, who has learned, over the years, to just go along with Jean and not make any waves. ![]() LARRY - 40-60 long-suffering hard-working a devilish sense of humor. She totally dominates her mild mannered husband Larry, and we are left with the impression she dominates everything and everyone around her. When she intervenes in the marital problems of Bobby and Jenny, it is out of genuine concern for them. While Jean is an interfering "busybody," her heart is in the right place. JEAN - 35-55 forceful purposeful single-minded. Whether her secret is, in fact, revealed at the end of the play is something about which the authors remain silent, preferring to let the audience be the judge. She consistently forgets Michael's name, and engages him in hilarious conversations in which she and Michael are rarely "on the same page." Her attitude toward Michael, and the love and rapport they clearly share is central to the core of the plot. Spry and active, she appears to run The Cider Mill Inn, and is the driving force behind the "con jobs" she and Michael pull on their unsuspecting guests. SUSAN – 70s+ hard working efficient competent gentle and caring to Michael. Very elderly, somewhat infirm, and might best be described as "An old man with a twinkle in his eye." MICHAEL – 70s+ There are times when he appears to be totally "with it," but often wanders off into worlds of fantasy. So, what is Susan's secret? On this subject the authors remain silent, preferring instead to let the audience decide on the truth, which of course, in a Parker play, is only revealed in the last few seconds of the show. ![]() Audiences will fall in love with each of these distinctive characters, but especially the loving relationship between the two main characters, Michael and Susan, so touching that this play might be called a love story, if it wasn't first and foremost a farce. The characters vary from the world's most boring man, (his wife says he's had charisma bypass surgery), to a young couple on their honeymoon. This unique play offers theatres the opportunity for the other twelve characters (Besides Susan and Michael) to be played by either two males and two females, or twelve different actors, or any number in between. Over the course of three weekends, plumbers, tile layers, carpenters and electricians are recruited to do work they never expected. Using an elaborate check-in form with duplicate copies, guests are, in fact, signing a work contract, requiring them to perform various tasks and improvements at the inn. We quickly learn however that they are very clever con artists, preying on their unsuspecting guests, by advertising huge discounts to various tradesmen. At first they appear to be bordering on senility. The Cider Mill Inn is an old, rustic and somewhat run down country inn owned and operated by an endearing elderly couple, Michael and Susan Edwards. ![]()
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