My Very Own Story: Synopsis
Characters
○ Percy Parton○ Peter Patchett
○ Paul Peel
○ The Keyboard Player
○ Rupert
○ Gorff
○ Yerp
○ Mrs Yerp
○ Frederick
○ Leonora
○ Alicia
○ Cecilia
○ Emilia
○ Varius
○ Denzil
○ Basil
○ Village Boy
Note: Many of the roles in My Very Own Story are doubled up.
Running time (approximate): 1 hour 35 minutes - not including the interval.
Availability: My Very Own Story is available for both professional and amateur production.
Acting edition: Published by Samuel French.
Due to an unfortunate triple booking, three storytellers, Peter, Paul and Percy, arrive simultaneously each to tell his own story.
After some acrimony, Percy wins out and is soon telling his story, a Victorian mystery yarn - The Donkey - featuring, to his dismay, Paul who has hi-jacked the leading role.
Soon Peter, in turn, is continuing Percy's unresolved fable only to find Percy appearing in his 'modern morality tale' - The Enchanted Suitor.
In due course, Peter appears in Paul's gothic story The Sorcerer's Daughters (an extension of Peter's tale) and together they reach a surprisingly happy conclusion.
Synopsis by Alan Ayckbourn. Copyright: Haydonning Ltd. Please do not reproduce without permission of the copyright holder.