Bøker av Edward Crosby Wells

3 Award-Winning dramas: THE MOON AWAY, FLOWERS OUT OF SEASON and DESERT DEVILS were all inspired by the small desert town of Hobbs, NM where the playwright lived from 1980 until 1985. If you are looking for thought provoking drama, a taste of a place you've never been, emotions you may never have experienced, here they are all in one publication.

THE PROCTOLOGIST'S DAUGHTER takes a comedic look at the film noir of the 1940's. Baroness Von Cobra, the epitome of the "dragon lady" of that genre, is a spy for the Third Reich and from her mansion high atop the Hollywood Hills she runs her operation and reports directly to Berlin. Her home is a nest of Nazis, a gorilla and a cobra named Adolph. Otto Papschmier, her faithful servant, and Frau Schnapps, her deviously clever housekeeper, assist in the villainy. The Baroness is assigned to uncover the whereabouts of a secret weapon Berlin is anxious to get its hands on, but all attempts are foiled by Dick Palmer, a cool secret agent for the Allied Secret Service (ASS) and his girlfriend, Velma Lombard the Woolworth's saleslady and wannabe movie star. All the characters are pretty much Hollywood stock. In fact, there is not an once of realism, just cliché and a lot of fun-filled shtick. And the Baroness has a shocking surprise!

Please add item description:Short Play, Comedy / 3W /Unit SetSet in the formerly oil-rich desert Southwest, this play explores the lives of two generations of women living under one roof. The story centers on Jo who, after her father dies, takes in her feisty mother. The dialogue between them and with a long-time neighbor is, at once, outrageously funny and heart-breakingly tragic. These women tear and rip into each other¿s psyche with reckless abandon and something barely resembling love.