Word: shadbolt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Phoebe Meryll (Anna Blair '98) loves Colonel Fairfax (Joel Derfner '95), but he's in jail and is about to get the ax. Luckily, the head jailer Wilfred Shadbolt (Martin Lebwohl '96) loves Phoebe. With the help of her father, Sergeant Meryll (Bob Grady), and her sparkling eyes and sparkling other things, Phoebe swipes the cell key from Shadbolt. But, thinking he'll be executed soon. Fairfax suddenly decides to marry someone, anyone, in order to prevent his estate from going to a greedy and conniving relative. Sergeant Meryll sets Fairfax free and orchestrates a totally unbelievable switcheroo which involves...
...second act the plot unravels: Fairfax gets Elsie, and poor Point gets a mouthful of dust, despite his "pretty, pretty wit." Phoebe's father gets together with the Dame Carruthers (played very well by Katherine Bryant), and Shadbolt is left with nothing. As we would expect, loose ends are drawn and tied into a neat how and after over 2 1/2 hours, with few moments of truly good performance, we are grateful...