|
Cast: |
10 speaking parts (6m,
2f, 2 variable m/f) + a few others if desired |
| Suggested Age
Range: |
11 to 15. |
| Approx. Running
Time: |
45 - 50 minutes. |
|
Music: |
Not essential but
atmospheric pieces could open and end the play. |
|
Set: |
A large room in a
private house which could also be used for board meetings. Some years into the
twenty-first century. |
|
Synopsis: |
Fay Valpa, Research
Chemist for the family company Valheil Cosmetics, has invented a spray which
stops you from aging. The Board of the ailing company decides to escape
impending financial disaster by having an asteroid built, charging it up with
the spray and then retiring to a place "where no one gets sick, no one gets
gets old and nobody dies." They engage J.P., Space Engineer (secretly working
for their rivals) and he agrees to make the world in a very short time-scale in
return for marriage with Fay and the secret formula. Convinced that he cannot
achieve their deadline they sign the contract. There are tense days ahead as
both sides attempt to outdo each other in the race to avoid bankruptcy, to
double-cross each other and to claim ownership of the "world" and the magic
formula. |
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