382. "OUT OF CONTROL" and "THE MARRIAGE OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY MAN." From my (unpublished) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1970-1975

Dianne Trulock, J.C. Barrett.

“OUT OF CONTROL” AND “THE MARRIAGE OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY MAN” [Comedy/One-Acts] A: Martin Craft; D: Frank Bara; S: Albert Carrier; C: Danny Morgan; P: Marlow Ferguson; T: Actors Playhouse (OB); 9/9/71-9/12/71 (6) “Out of Control” [Children]; “The Marriage of the Telephone Company Man” [Labor]

A weak pair of one-acts, the first a rapid-fire farce about a serious subject, the involvement of a well-brought up boy (Alexander Duncan) in the fatal, ganged-up beating with a baseball bat of a local sissy. The relationship between the boy and his lawyer is explored for laughs.

The second play concerns a dull phone repairman (J.C. Barrett) who hates his job and complains of it “to a whining, smitten red-haired woman [Dianne Trulock],” according to Howard Thompson. He wrote, “The sum total: no enchanted evening.”

Without laughs these plays quickly floundered and were withdrawn within a week.