Well-Digger's Daughter, The

One-Acts 20

By: Carl L. Williams and Eddie Cope
Cast: 3 M, 3 F
Performance Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 26 pgs.

MELODRAMA. Caution: The humor in this play may be a bit dry. Set in Tarantula, TX at the turn of the century, a humble well-digger, Hardrock Flint, and his soon-to-be son-in-law, Gus, have set out to strike it rich by digging wells, but all they’ve found so far is a lot of dirt. Meanwhile, the exceptionally evil Sly Snookerall has hatched a heartless scheme to steal the well-digger’s homestead, send him to the poorhouse, and then marry his beautiful daughter, Dolly. Hardrock better find a way to dig himself out of this one, or he’s going to end up at the Last Roundup Retirement Home!

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A lifelong theatre buff, Eddie Cope has published nearly 30 plays and has won state and national playwriting competitions. He studied playwriting at the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Houston,TX.

A veteran playwright, Carl L. Williams has won numerous playwriting competitions for his full-length and one-act plays. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, and resides in Houston, TX.