- Writers and Performers -
Gene Dermody & Gail Reifert Dermody
HISTORY WITHOUT A LECTURE! HISTORICAL REENACTMENT
THE VIGNETTES
FOUR SEPARATE SOCIAL COMEDIES
19th-Century Americans had no idea how humorous
their customs, popular opinions and attitudes would strike us today...
especially, male-female relations
(Each runs 17-20 minutes)
Progress, Progress, Progress!
Will schoolmarm Virginia Morgan's scheme to marry wealthy widower Horace Havlott... for his money, hit a snag?
Down With Demon Rum!
Will knocking back teacups of Lydia Pinkham's potent elixir steady a Temperance Lady's nerves in combating the evils of alcohol? Uh-oh
A Curious Spinster!
Will a spinster pry answers from her embarrassed brother as to, "What kind of conjugal commingling occurs in the marriage bed?" He's an ambassador of ambiguity; she wants specifics! Oh, my.
Her Role In Life!
Will Abigail Adamsly accept her husband's insistence that, "Woman's highest goal is that of a dutiful wife and mother... nothing more, nothing less!"? Or will there be fireworks?
