“I know,” Peggy said excitedly. “But which airline?”
PEGGY LANE THEATER STORIES
Peggy Plays Off-Broadway
By VIRGINIA HUGHES
Illustrated by Sergio Leone
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers
NEW YORK
©GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC., 1962
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
- 1 Cast Call 1
- 2 The Hopefuls 12
- 3 First Reading 21
- 4 A Shy Angel 30
- 5 An Unexpected Scene 39
- 6 Two Acts of Faith 50
- 7 An Intermission 58
- 8 Curtain Fall 69
- 9 One for the Money 80
- 10 Two for the Show 93
- 11 Three to Make Ready 108
- 12 Which Way to Go? 119
- 13 A Decision 130
- 14 Race Against Time 137
- 15 Act One 152
- 16 Act Two 161
- 17 S. R. O. 167
PEGGY PLAYS OFF-BROADWAY
I
Cast Call
“First casting calls are so difficult,” Peggy Lanesaid, looking ruefully at the fifty or more actressesand actors who milled about nervously, chatting withone another, or sat on the few folding chairs tryingto read.
“With only nine roles to be filled,” she continued,“it doesn’t matter how good these people are; mostof them just haven’t got a chance. I can’t help feelingsorry for them—for all of us, I mean. After all, I’mtrying for a part, too.”
Peggy’s friend and housemate, Amy Preston,smiled in agreement and said, “It’s not an easy business,honey, is it? But the ones I feel sor