The Man of No Account TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text "I'm going home!"<br><br>"Going home?"<br><br>"Yes--that is, I think I'll take a trip to the Atlantic States. I came to see you, as you know I have some little property, and I have executed a power of attorney for you to manage my affairs. I have some papers I'd like to leave with you. Will you take charge of them?"<br><br>"Yes," I said. "But what of Nellie?"<br><br>His face fell. He tried to smile, and the combination resulted in one of the most startling and grotesque effects I ever beheld. At length he said:<br><br>"I shall not marry Nellie--that is"--he seemed to apologize internally for the positive form of expression--"I think that I had better not."<br> COMMENTS: Visual Text A slight story, about a clownish man who strikes it rich, and then figgers the girl can't actually love HIM. The central triangular love story is a good set-up, but the entire plot is missing from the story, and skips to the ironic conclusion. Not enough structure here to tell a proper story on a musical stage. But you might steal the central premise, and see if you can do something with it. 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: TheManofNoAccount.pdf
