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Some Words With a Mummy

Short Plays

By: Albert T. Viola
Cast: 5 M, 5 F, 1 flexible
Performance Time: Approximately 20 minutes, 18 pgs

CLASSIC/SATIRE. Adapted from the tale by Edgar Allan Poe. A group of scientists unwrap a mummy and bring him back to life only to find out that not only is the mummy completely unimpressed with the politics, architecture, and fashions of modern life, he is surprised and mortified at the Moderns’ gross misunderstandings of ancient Egyptian culture. Included in the short play collection "Three Sundays in a Week."

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Please remember it is necessary to purchase one script for each cast member and one royalty for each performance.

Scripts: $7.95 each
Royalty: $20.00/performance
Poster Package: $50.00 (50/pkg)
Distribution Rights: $20.00
Artwork Rights: $50.00

Albert T. Viola (1942-2009) was an award-winning actor and playwright who appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in television and motion pictures. Mr. Viola also served as a faculty fellow in Mathey College at Princeton University.