[PW] Womanless Wedding

[Carolyn Scheer]

If I had any spare change I'd bet a nickel that this item goes 
waaaaaaaaay back.   My mother (born 1900) talked about this being a 
common element of the entertainment for adults at country schools in 
our part of the country when her parents were young.  A variation had 
the men's roles played by women as well as the women's roles played 
by men and was called a "Backwards wedding."   Probably no author 
would be credited because the scripts always included references to 
local people and events and changed from performance to performance.

We tend to forget the marvelous scope of homemade entertainment that 
existed B.T. (Before Television).  Box suppers, spelling bees, 
Christmas pageants, recitations, sing-alongs, politics............

At 02:58 PM 11/21/2007, you wrote:
>On Nov 21, 2007 11:46 AM, Bill Davis <wmadavis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I couldn't find a Wikipedia article about the "Womanless Wedding,
>
>Maybe you're just the person to write it!
>
>The earliest mention I've found is from 1925 (in the New York Times).
>Apparently it is (or was) a common fund-raising entertainment put on
>by Rotary, Lions, and other civic clubs. Strange that it's referred to
>as a "play" but no author is ever given.
>
>Susie
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