Mystery/Comedy "Seven Keys to Baldpate" March 28-31
Classic George M. Cohan Play Produced at CCC
Kristi Ricker
Issue date: 3/19/07 Section: Arts and Entertainment
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To concentrate, he's tucked away at the Baldpate Inn in upper New York state in the dead of winter, with the only key--he thinks.
To his chagrin, he's interrupted by--a damsel in distress, some nasty crooks, a mystery woman, and a corrupt sheriff!
"Seven Keys to Baldpate" is a mystery/comedy written by the famous George M. Cohan nearly a century ago.
The play is based on a novel of the same name, written by Earl Derr Biggers. For mystery buffs, Biggers is the same author who wrote all the Charlie Chan mysteries in the first half of the 1900s.
Little known to most modern audiences, as the Charlie Chan novels were turned into film, so "Seven Keys to Baldpate," the novel and the play, became the subject of several feature films, including two silent films and four other feature films in the 1930s and 1940s and 1950s.
George M. Cohan wrote and starred in the first theatrical production of the play, and in the first silent film version in 1917.
A morning performance of the classic mystery story "Seven Keys to Baldpate" is planned at Clearwater Christian College for Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. on March 28. Evening performances are scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 29, 30 and 31.
The cast of 15 is under the direction of Dr. Bob Cundiff, chair of the Communication Arts department at Clearwater Christian College.
Reserved tickets available for $10.00 for adults, and $8.00 for students and seniors 55 and older.
Tickets are available at the Box Office, 727-726-1153 Ext. 0, or may be purchased at the door, if they are available.
The college is located at 3400 Gulf to Bay Blvd., Clearwater, FL 33759. The college website is www.clearwater.edu.
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