"Jeweled Jeopardy"

We have a Melodrama 'club' and we go round to various gatherings and perform melodramas. There's a lot of audience involvement. 'Wish you were here.'

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Letter 'J'

"JEWELED JEOPARDY"

(A lighthearted melodrama)

Pam is the Director of our silly little play,

'Jeweled Jeopardy', with which we're having fun.

She bosses us and pleads with us and always gets her way,

And she's obeyed by each and every one!

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Joy plays the role of 'Fifi'; she is our ravishing French Maid,

 Her mannerisms suit this to perfection.

She's pursued by her employer, but she is rather staid,

And keeps running in the opposite direction.

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Here's another Pam; she is the Villain of the piece;

As you can see, he's rather over-weight!

Sir Vincent is his name; his shilly-shallyings never cease,

And he always has his eye on his next mate! 

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Here's Loretta, Fifi's mother, who's always on the gin;

She has a few choice bottles in her bag!

She's insulted by Sir Vincent but she takes it on the chin. 

She's really an impossible old hag! 

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Roslyn's Kit, the hero; living on a Batman's pay;

He hates Sir Vincent playing fast and loose.

But in the end he proves that every dog can have his day,

Even though he doesn't say 'Boo' to a goose!

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Here's Brenda; she is Maisie, Sir Vincent's latest wife;

A gold-digger and surely on the make.

Wherever Maisie goes there's sure to be a lot of strife,

Her love for Vincent's nothing but a fake!

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Here's Betty; she is Oswald, a murderer and fraud,

Adored by Maisie for his sex-appeal.

He plans to kill old Vincent and run away abroad

He's what we'd call a good old-fashioned 'heel'.

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Joy and Pauline; Gossips, over the garden fence,

Commenting on the action, as it were.

Sometimes, I fear, the ladies do not make a lot of sense!

But we laugh at them whenever they confer.

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Finally, here's Jill, who keeps the props and such in line;

That's why she's shown in much more normal dress.

In her hand she has a torch; that's how the moon will shine.

The 'moonlight' scene is something to impress!

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There's the line-up of our play; not exactly 'Broadway' stuff!

But the audience sings with us all the way.

And we may not be The Old Vic, but I think we're good enough.

We hope you'll come and see us in our play! 

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A very different theatre here:

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