31 Plays in 31 Days, #31 - “Dumbwaiter”

I have actually been so productive this month I have quite a few scenes to choose from to end this year’s 31 Plays in 31 Days. I’m making steady progress on my Justin story, and I’m very close to having a complete draft for Dream Machine episode 4, among other noodling here and there. But for whatever reason, I’ve chosen to round things out with a rather poorly excerpted bit from a very complicated parlor scene for use in Justin’s play.

There are going to be a lot of things going on in this scene in its entirety— Justin and Rosaline competing for Mrs. Broadwater’s favor, trying to help Theo oil out of his engagement, some surreptitious investigation as to who beheaded the house’s famous Hector statue. Nearly the entire cast will be onstage, their dialogue crisscrossing in and around each other. But I snipped this little section out because it’s funny, revolving around an unexpected discovery in a dumbwaiter. I’ve always thought dumbwaiters were fascinating, and made for excellent tools for Victorian comedy, so I’m excited to finally get to involve one. I hope you like this little bit.



( Day #31 - Dumbwaiter )