Boys Will Be Boys TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text "Why, suh," stated Mr. Quarles, "to my mind, Judge, there ain't no manner of doubt but whut prosperity has went to his head and turned it. He acted to me like a plum' distracted idiot. A grown man with forty thousand pounds of solid money settin' on the side of a gutter eatin' jimcracks with a passel of dirty little boys! Kin you figure it out any other way, Judge--except that his mind is gone?" COMMENTS: Visual Text A down-and-out-for-the-count poor man inherits a fortune he never saw coming. He spends the money extravagantly; happily, joyously, generously...is it changing him? For the better? For the worse?<br><br>There's some potential here to create a charming piece. The man could be endearing (he's gettin' on in life, and the money reinvigorates him, giving him the happy boyhood he never had). If you adapt this story to something longer than a one-act, you'll want to invent some RELATIONSHIPS which don't exist...but there's a good solid structure here to work with. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: BoysWillBeBoys.pdf
