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The Dawn of Cornhole a satirical play by Terry Southern |
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This one-act monologue, written by Terry Southern in the early 1970s, is an outrageous 'school presentation', written as if to be performed before a high-school audience.
The satire escalates in outrageousness and, indeed, 'questionable taste'—particularly in consideration of the supposedly youthful audience—as the Narrator's focus becomes the minute descriptions of the sexual practices of the Early Settlers and their Indian Hosts—with 'unnatural acts' performed dramatically among the cornfields and indeed upon the beloved symbol of their Thanksgiving Day—the turkey.
CAST: Narrator (monologue),
Additional roles: Pilgrim,* Indian*, and Squaw*
*These non-speaking parts may be played by dancers, with erotic "highly stylized" choreography (see sample).
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The play is made available through the Terry Southern Literary Trust, as a handsome 8-page bound, limited edition text, and can be purchased for $11.95 (includes shipping)
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Order Terry Southern's The Dawn of Cornhole now for your library or (dare we suggest) your school!
For theatre producers looking to mount this short, outrageous, mock-school presentation—licensing is available through Susan Schulman, a Literary Agency—contact information and instructions are printed on the play's cover-page.
Order Terry Southern's The Dawn of Cornhole now for
your library or (dare we suggest) your school!
For theatre producers looking to mount this short, outrageous, mock-school
presentation—licensing is available through Susan Schulman, a Literary
Agency—contact information and instructions are printed on the play's
cover-page.
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DAWN OF CORNHOLE play for the Holidays,
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12 copies for $100 (includes shipping).
The Dawn of Cornhole arose from a Terry Southern piece published in The National Lampoon entitled Reflections on Our Golden Heritage by Southern's egghead alter-ego: Cody McCallister, Ph.D. The Dawn of Cornhole was recently published in limited edition by OP Press in the Terry Southern Chapbook Puritan Porn, editor/publisher Paul Rosheim.Obscure Publications seeks to preserve innovative writing that otherwise might not be published. (Puritan Porn is not available for sale.)
For more info visit http://library.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/obscure/obscure.html
Dawn of Cornhole is protected by copyright and may not be performed without the consent of Susan Schulman Literary Agency, which represents the live stage dramatic rights to the play, and the Terry Southern Literary Trust.
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