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Title: Undercover Lover, The
Author(s): David Grote
Licensing Agent: I E Clark Publications
Genre: Kabuki
Length: One Act
Male Roles: 2
Female Roles: 5
Extras: 0
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Description: It's a delightful taste of Oriental theatre for Western audiences. Ukyo, a badly henpecked husband, wants a night away from home. He wraps himself in a heavy blanket and tells his harridan of a wife that he is going to spend the night praying in their garden. When she goes to bed, he forces his servant to take his place under the blanket, and Ukyo slips out. Discovering the ruse, the wife takes the servant's place and awaits her husband's return. Everybody enjoys what happens next except poor Ukyo - and even he gets a "kick" out of it. A frequent contest winner for adult and young adult theatres. The Kabuki is the traditional theatre of the Japanese middle class; but, although many Americans have heard of the Kabuki, few have ever seen even a sampling. The Undercover Lover is an attempt to help fill this void.
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