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| Harry Eno, Jenny O'Hara. |
This entry in the one performance-only sweepstakes of the
early 70s was so bad that, before it was half over, it had lost more than half
its audience, the critics among them. As Martin Gottfried noted, “While they
were there they saw nothing—and after they left, they missed nothing.”
This “farce without a single moment of laughter,” as Richard
Watts nailed it, is set in a Massachusetts house in 1927. It tells of a young district attorney (Frank Moon) who has been
plaguing the town Madame. She gets back at him by dying and leaving him her
bordello. This is leaked to the press, putting his career in jeopardy. In the
ensuing complications, he is visited by two hookers (Anita Stewart and Jan
McElhaney) who come to his home, surprising him and shocking his wife (Jenny O’Hara).
After the wife’s crooked politico uncle (Milo Boulton) intervenes to get the
D.A. off the hook, the play resolves itself into a happy ending, unlike the fate of the production itself.
