Synopsis/Details
“Driving Miss Daisy” with a dash of “Arsenic and Old Lace” – times five.
History is religion in The South. And in a sleepy Georgia town, The Ladies of the Sacred South are their high priestesses. They are our mothers and grandmothers. They are the guardians of our Past.
So what if their museum is crumbling. That’s it’s charm. So what if The Ladies of the Sacred South are old. That’s their charm.
And the historian, confident he can outwit them, discovers that he has vastly underestimated them.
With the help of a fortuitous thunderstorm, a candlelit dinner, an unemployed California actor, lost treasure, and an inadvertently summoned Spirit of a Civil War Captain, not only do The Ladies save their museum and assure it’s future but bring about the Conversion of the historian with a surprising proposal of marriage.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Set Mission
Story Situation:
Obtaining
Story Conclusion:
Happy
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Duty
Cast Size:
Many
Locations:
Several
Special Effects:
Weather Simulation
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female over 45
Hero Type:
Anti-Hero
Villian Type:
Authority Figure
Stock Character Types:
Southern belle
Advanced
Adaption:
Based on Existing Fiction
Subgenre:
African-American, Civil War, Generation Gap, Historical, Nostalgia
Equality & Diversity:
Diverse Cast, Elderly Focused, Elderly Protagonist
Life Topics:
Mid-life Crisis/Middle Age, Middle school/Junior High, The Elderly
Time Period:
Contemporary times
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Illness Topics:
Psychological
Writer Style:
Robert Bolt
