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Thomas
Edison:
Fire
of Genius |
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Small
Cast Touring Play, Children's Play, Script for Young Audiences
One
Act for Middle, High Schools, Educational Outreach, School Tours! |
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Cast
List
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Dialogue
Sample
THOMAS
EDISON
CAST
LIST
Running
Time: About 45-50 minutes
Flexible
cast of 4, 2 Male, 2 Female
Easily
adapted for larger cast
THOMAS
EDISON: Tom in youth (M)
DOT:
(F)
Plays
MRS. ENGLE (Teacher), TRAIN PASSENGER, EDITOR, GIUSEPPE, OTT
(Inventor), MARY (Tom's first wife),
WALLACE
(Inventor), REPORTER, FORD (Henry)
DASH:
(F)
Plays
MOTHER, LUCILLE (Student), REPORTER, SENATOR (Boston), TEA SELLER,
CLERK (Gold Exchange), BOSS (Western Union),
KRUESI
(Inventor), MINA (Tom's second wife)
CODY:
(M)
Plays
FATHER, WILLIAM (Student), ALEX, STEVENSON (Coach), REPORTER,
MANAGER (Telegraph office), MERCHANT, BROKER (Gold Exchange),
BATCHELOR (Inventor), HAYES (President), GROSVENOR (Financier),
FIRESTONE (Harvey)
THOMAS
EDISON
WHY
IS THIS PLAY BEST FOR YOUR SCHOOL?
Easy
Choice! Top Quality! All
of these plays were professionally developed by ArtReach Touring
Theatre or were commissioned by Professional LORTS like Florida Rep
and Rep of St. Louis. All have had professional tours to
theatres and schools across the country. Many have won awards
in High School One Act Play Contests, Drama and Thespian Speech and
Theatre Competitions.
Easy Staging and Travel! Competitions
rarely take place on your own stage! These One Act Plays have
been designed to travel to the Contest Host Theatre on that important
competition day. All have easy staging, simple sets & costumes,
minimal props, flexible tech for a mainstage or gym/open facility
performance space. At last your students can worry about their
performance, not the set!
Easy to Adapt with Flexible Casting!
When you license any of our One Act Plays you have permission to cut,
adapt and adjust cast size! You also have permission to make a
video or DVD of the production! At last, you are allowed to
adapt a play to your students' needs!
Easy Budget! These
One Act Plays, can be successfully produced on limited budgets and
by small or expanded student casts with little or no tech
assistance. Many have great background CDs for an easy,
inexpensive professional touch!
Easy Ordering! Follow
the steps to order and pay your royalty, once you've paid,
you're good to go! No complicated applications and the
endless trouble of getting permission to make changes for your
students' needs!
Tried
and True! Our
One Act Plays have been performed literally thousands of times by
many professional theatres such as Stella Adler Theatre, Solano Youth
Theatre, Nebraska Theatre Caravan, Singapore Repertory Theatre,
George Street Players, Fulton Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory
Theatre, Boarshead Theatre, Virginia Stage, Honolulu Theatre for
Youth, Kennedy Center and Sundance Children's Theatre, to name a
few. High Schools, Junior Highs, Middle Schools have been
performing these plays for over 30 years!
[
See Productions of our Touring and One Act Plays ]
 
Florida
Rep, Ft. Myers, FL,
Professional Tour
2006-2007
Premier Performance, Young Audiences, School Tour
THOMAS
EDISON
DIALOGUE
SAMPLE
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Tom
was an inventor from the start. When he was old enough he lit
out for Cincinnati, then Boston, looking for a place he could put his
talents to good use. New York seemed desolate until he stumbled
on his first big break... |
DASH:
With his belly full of apple pastry Tom wandered the streets looking
for work and a place to sleep.
DOT:
At last he found someone willing to lend him a cot in the cellar of
the Gold Indicator Company.
DASH:
One morning he woke up and heard a ruckus...
(CODY
enters as BROKER. DASH rushes in as nervous clerk. They huddle
around "Stock ticker".)
CODY/BROKER:
Fix it! Fix it! Hurry up! We’re losing money faster than juice
through a goose!
DASH/CLERK:
I’m trying sir, I just can’t see what’s wrong with it!
BROKER:
Can’t see what’s wrong, what do I pay you for, for garsh
darn sake?
CLERK:
I keep track of the profits, sir! I am not a telegraph operator!
EDISON:
Telegraph operator? Did someone say telegraph operator?
BROKER:
My kingdom for a telegraph operator! I got a house full of over
educated smarty pants and not one of them can save the ship.
We’re going down boys, we’re going down!
EDISON:
What seems to be the problem?
BROKER:
This ticker won’t tick! Don’t you see there’s an army,
a universe of brokers out there watching for the price of gold.
They’re buying, they’re selling. Stock quotes and price
changes! It’s how the world goes round, don’t you see? This
contraption is the one that transmits...
EDISON:
Telegraphs...
BROKER:
Telegraphs schmelagraphs! The diddly ding dong thing don’t work!
We’re ruined boys, ruined I tell you...
(EDISON
quietly goes to the machine and rattles a few parts. BROKER rages on
behind him as EDISON finishes and stands back.
SOUND
CUE: Sound of ticker ticking happily away.)
They’re
gonna sue me, boys don’t you see? They’re gonna rip the
shirt right off my back, don’t you see? The end is near, boys,
the end is near!!
CLERK:
Um. Sir. Um. Look.
(They
all look at machine.)
BROKER:
Well I’ll be a horse’s wide patoot. Did you do this young man?
EDISON:
It wasn’t hard. Seems a spring broke off, and fell down between
these wheels...
(BROKER
& DASH are hushed.)
BROKER:
You’re a genius, son. A bonifide genius. I want to offer you a job.(With
a thumb over his shoulder at DASH.) His job.
Note:
This is a sample from the actual script. To review the entire
play, order the PERUSAL SCRIPT (online instant download).
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