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Late/Late…Computer Date

Ludmilla Bollow

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Description

Isobel and Veronica, spinster sisters, live alone in genteel clutter. Both are retired from the candy factory, where they spent years as candy dippers. Mama and Daddy died in a car accident, and the insurance money has been metered out over years to give reluctant Veronica the niceties of life — ballet lessons, tours, and trips. The last of the money is now financing a computer date for Veronica, who has never had a date, and Isobel feels she should have one date before she dies. On the evening of this first date, all is in a dither. Time passes and shy Veronica returns from her date — her computer match never showed up, but she did dance with someone else. This alarms Isobel, who is even more alarmed to hear that the stranger gave Veronica his phone number and wants to take her out. There is a struggle of wills. After Veronica retires, Isobel destroys the card bearing the man's phone number, a final desperate act to keep control of their lives.

Production Info

Cast: 2 total (2 female)
Short Drama (about 40 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
About the Author

Author

  • Ludmilla Bollow

    Ludmilla Bollow is an award-winning actress, prize-winning playwright, and published novelist. Hundreds of her plays have been produced in 90 theatres across the U.S. plus numerous foreign countries, from China to South Africa. ONE ACTS & MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN (3rd edition) and THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY GHOST have been published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc, the latter also optioned for a movie by Scott Derrickson of Trimark Films. Samuel French published her full-length comedy IN THE REST ROOM AT ROSENBLOOMS, and her book of four award-winning plays, SAVING AMERICA AND OTHER PLAYS. Play scenes and short plays in 16 leading play anthologies. Plays also published by ArtAge and HaveScripts. This Wisconsin writer has taught playwriting and other writing, and been commissioned to write plays. She has also published articles, short stories, and poetry in U.S., England and India. Her first novel, Dr. Zastro's Sanitarium — For the Ailments of Women (Behler Publishing), previously a play, has received commendable reviews, including Publishers' Weekly. Her emotive memoir, Lulu's Christmas Story — A True Story of Faith and Hope During the Great Depression, was published in 2014 by Title Town Publishing and Beaufort Books.

About the Book

Book Information

Publisher BPPI
Publication Date 6/1/1983
Pages 96
ISBN 9780881450088

Special Notes

Special Notes

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Late/Late…Computer Date is produced
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