Diamond Cut Diamond

Diamond Cut Diamond by Jeff Wanshel

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Productions (1)
Comedy/Drama
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90 - 100 minutes
3 W, 7 M,  (10-50 actors possible: 3-25 W, 7-25 M)
Set: Minimal.

What you see may deceive you in this comic mystery/melodrama, when millionaire Sir Charles Vandrift and his suave secretary Seymour are repeatedly tricked by a cunning swindler and the seductress on his arm. As the action shifts cinematically from the dazzling Riviera to fashionable Paris to a panic at the London Stock Exchange, can Sir Charles capture these audacious masters of disguise, bring them to trial at The Old Bailey, and make the charges stick?

Pricing Information

Min. Performance Fee* $85
Standard Edition $13.99
Stage Manager Edition $24.99
Archival Video License $150

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Play Details

What you see may deceive you in this comic mystery/melodrama, when millionaire Sir Charles Vandrift and his suave secretary Seymour are repeatedly tricked by a cunning swindler and the seductress on his arm. As the action shifts cinematically from the dazzling Riviera to fashionable Paris to a panic at the London Stock Exchange, can Sir Charles capture these audacious masters of disguise, bring them to trial at The Old Bailey, and make the charges stick?

  • Comedy/Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 3 W, 7 M,  (10-50 actors possible: 3-25 W, 7-25 M)
  • Set: Minimal.

Published Reviews

"Great fun...what's more delicious than watching a greedy tycoon get bilked by a charming scamp? Always amusing...pointed without being preachy...that rarest of theatrical birds, the intelligently written frivolous entertainment."

Mike Steele, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Few sights are more satisfying than that of a fool and his money being parted. In Jeff Wanshel's Diamond Cut Diamond, the story is presented as a Victorian mystery melodrama in which a clever swindler repeatedly victimizes an avaricious diamond tycoon by taking advantage of his cupidity. A deft parody...it has a light, breezy--and distinctly cinematic--style all its own."

St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch

Production History

MAR 15, 1989 - MAR 15, 1989
The Cricket Theatre
Minneapolis, MN United States
The Cricket Theatre Minneapolis, MN United States
No upcoming productions.
MAR 15, 1989 - MAR 15, 1989
The Cricket Theatre
Minneapolis, MN United States
The Cricket Theatre Minneapolis, MN United States