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September 26, 27, October 3,
4, 5, 1986
Plank Road School |
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At first the
Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they
are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these
delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony,
attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore
and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong
evening. The shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to eat cheap
food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The
Sycamores, however, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to realize
her point of view. Meantime, Tony, who knows the Sycamores are right and
his own people wrong, will not give her up, and in the end Mr. Kirby is
converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores, particularly since he
happens in during a visit by an ex-Grand Duchess, earning her living as
a waitress. No mention has as yet been made of the strange activities of
certain members of the household engaged in the manufacture of
fireworks; nor of the printing press set up in the parlor; nor of Rheba
the maid and her friend Donald; nor of Grandpa's interview with the tax
collector when he tells him he doesn't believe in the income tax. |
