The Devil and Danielle Webster
By Burton Bumgarner
The Devil and Danielle Webster is a one-act play that needs 10 performers (5 women, 5 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 10 performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 5 men
- Cast notes
- 5 m, 5 w, 9 or more flexible
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
From the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet. Poor Jake Stone is a total loser. When he finally loses the worst job he's ever had, he makes the claim that he would do anything to be a winner. Soon he meets Lucy, a seemingly attractive, professional woman who can make a special deal with him: she gives Jake wisdom, and he signs away his soul. Rather than waste his opportunity, Jake becomes a kind and intelligent person who gives much to the world. As the time to re
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