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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A farce, about to practical jokers, Jones and Miss Brown, who tell each of the guests at their boarding house that a wealthy visitor, Mr. Long, is greatly interested in their individual hobbies. Long on the other hand is told the house is an insane asylum. Chaos ensues.[https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Breakfast-Isabel-McReynolds-Gray/dp/0874407001]
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Written in 1929 during the Vaudeville era, the comedy takes place at a boarding house where two boarders and practical jokers, Jones and Miss Brown, tell each of the guests at their boarding house that a wealthy visitor, Mr. Long, is greatly interested in their individual hobbies. Long on the other hand is told the house is an insane asylum. Chaos ensues.[https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Breakfast-Isabel-McReynolds-Gray/dp/0874407001]
  
 
Published by W.H. Baker, 1957, and later reprinted in the series ''Baker's Plays'' by [[Samuel French]], Inc. in 2011.
 
Published by W.H. Baker, 1957, and later reprinted in the series ''Baker's Plays'' by [[Samuel French]], Inc. in 2011.

Revision as of 07:00, 9 October 2023

A Mad Breakfast is a one-act play by Isabel McReynolds Gray ()[]

The original text

Written in 1929 during the Vaudeville era, the comedy takes place at a boarding house where two boarders and practical jokers, Jones and Miss Brown, tell each of the guests at their boarding house that a wealthy visitor, Mr. Long, is greatly interested in their individual hobbies. Long on the other hand is told the house is an insane asylum. Chaos ensues.[1]

Published by W.H. Baker, 1957, and later reprinted in the series Baker's Plays by Samuel French, Inc. in 2011.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as 'n Malhuis vir Ontbyt by Bernie Visser: .


Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Breakfast-Isabel-McReynolds-Gray/dp/0874407001

https://books.google.co.za/books?id=H8LyE-ef9A8C&source=gbs_book_other_versions

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