The Templeton Teapot: A Farce in One Act

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, Grace Cooke

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Templeton Teapot: A Farce in One Act" by Grace Cooke Strong is a lighthearted play written during the early 20th century. This comedic work revolves around a family dealing with the complications that arise from tradition, romance, and the sentimental value of a prized heirloom. The story takes place in a comfortable old-fashioned library, filled with antique decorations that reflect the protagonist's passion for history and nostalgia. In the play, the Templeton family finds themselves in a comedic whirlwind of circumstances when Hilda, their daughter, rebels against the traditional expectations imposed on her, particularly concerning a marriage proposal from the much older Professor Gates, who has a keen interest in their valuable antique teapot. As Hilda contemplates running away to chase a more modern and free-spirited life, a series of misunderstandings involving Hilda's suitor, Eric Dean, and the teapot generates a raucous mix of mistaken identities and familial chaos. Ultimately, the narrative culminates in a humorous resolution that brings the characters to new understandings of love, tradition, and the value of heirlooms in shaping one's destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Dianna Adair, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2013-02-18