The Postman Always Rings Twice
By Jon Jory
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a play that needs 8 or more performers (2 women, 6 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 8 or more performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 6 men
- Cast notes
- 6 to 14m., 2 to 3w.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- romance
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Drifter Frank Chambers accepts a job from the alcoholic owner of a diner in a town he’s hitchhiking through. Frank and Cora, the diner owner’s young wife, quickly start a romance, and Cora convinces Frank the only way they can be together is for Frank to kill her husband, Nick, and collect the insurance money. A botched first plan leaves Nick in the hospital suspecting nothing about the affair but resolved to sell the diner and take Cora away. Desperate to do away with Nick, Cora and Frank stage
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