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As You Were

Short Play, Comedy  /  2w, 2m

Johann Nestroy, Geoffrey Skelton

As You Were
by Johann Nestroy
Translated from the German and adapted by Geoffrey Skelton

Michael and Helena Hoffmann have a precarious marriage, not least because of servant trouble. Josie conveniently arrives and takes the post of maidservant. But it is when Muffett, Michael's former master, responds to an advertisement for a new manser…

As You Were

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Period

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Summary
Michael and Helena Hoffmann have a precarious marriage, not least because of servant trouble. Josie conveniently arrives and takes the post of maidservant. But it is when Muffett, Michael's former master, responds to an advertisement for a new manservant that the trouble begins.
M2 (young, middle age) F2 (young, middle age)
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting An elegant living-room

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Johann Nestroy

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Geoffrey Skelton

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