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Cover of Excuse Me! (Dramatic Reading)

Excuse Me! (Dramatic Reading)

Rupert Hughes

Length
6 h 27 min
Chapters
41
Language
English
First published
1911

What happens when a mix of lovers get stuck together on a coast-to-coast train? Mainly hilarity. There is every kind of couple imaginable. One serviceman and his bride-to-be are trying desperately to get married but can't find a clergyman to perform the rites. They don't know that right in their midst is a preacher disguised as a man of the world so he and his wife can enjoy a carefree vacation. Then there is a drunk mourning his separation from the wife who just happens to be on the same train. There is even a confirmed bachelor who discovers that a confirmed spinster is his long-lost love from years ago. How these lives intertwine makes up the plot of this rollicking comedy. The piece contains racial slurs, which, although acceptable in the time and place of the story's setting, may offend modern listeners. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

Cast List:

Narrator, Portland Porter, Hudson, Shaw, Man, Voice One, Supposed Preacher, Fireman, Baumann, Waiter, Robber 2: Bill Boerst

Marjorie: Amanda Friday

Mallory: Larry Wilson

Cab Driver, Stranger: tiwo007

Clergyman, Charlie: David Olson

Porter, Gambler: cobbdb

Wedgewood: Greenman66

Ira: Nick Bulka

Conductor: Marty

Transfer Agent, Mrs Temple, Voice Two, Train Boy: TriciaG

Anne: Availle

Mrs Wellington: Shauna Kennett

Jimmie: Michele Eaton

Dr Temple: Brett W Downey

Mrs Fosdick: Micky

Fosdick. Robber 1: Zames Curran

Mrs Whitcomb: Beth Thomas

Man in Overalls: Arnaldo Machado

Ashton: ToddHW

Mrs Deacon: Victoria P

Kitty: Woolly Bee

Editor: Michele Eaton

Proof-Listeners: Bill Boerst & Michele Eaton

Chapters

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