Stiff Upper Lip

by Kate Danley

SHORT - The year is 1890. Amelia's house has been hit by a tornado. Or was it a freight train? As Amelia and her butler, George, spar, this short, dark comedy grapples with the blinders of society, the lies we tell, and the lies we accept.

SHORT - The year is 1890. Amelia's house has been hit by a tornado. Or was it a freight train? As Amelia and her butler, George, spar, this short, dark comedy grapples with the blinders of society, the lies we tell, and the lies we accept.

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  • Andrew Martineau: Stiff Upper Lip

    Poor George. His good sense and deference to his mistress cannot prevail, as much as we are rooting for his “escape” on the midnight express out of this hell house that even a strong tornado couldn’t topple. With Oscar Wilde inspired dialogue and an absurd, catastrophic situation, Danley has crafted a comic gem about the pitfalls of deregulation that we can relate to and laugh about, as tragic as it really is. Laugh out loud funny!

    Poor George. His good sense and deference to his mistress cannot prevail, as much as we are rooting for his “escape” on the midnight express out of this hell house that even a strong tornado couldn’t topple. With Oscar Wilde inspired dialogue and an absurd, catastrophic situation, Danley has crafted a comic gem about the pitfalls of deregulation that we can relate to and laugh about, as tragic as it really is. Laugh out loud funny!

  • Alice Josephs: Stiff Upper Lip

    A dark and powerful satire where the sense of a Jeeves-like butler can never prevail. With so much avoidable destruction permeating life globally, this grotesquely accurate metaphor skewers a deregulated world in the shape of a power mad, nonsensical mistress and the man servant left with no choice but to submit. Two fantastically deranged characters play out a very 21st century health and safety tale in the midst of Victorian excess and collapsing buildings.

    A dark and powerful satire where the sense of a Jeeves-like butler can never prevail. With so much avoidable destruction permeating life globally, this grotesquely accurate metaphor skewers a deregulated world in the shape of a power mad, nonsensical mistress and the man servant left with no choice but to submit. Two fantastically deranged characters play out a very 21st century health and safety tale in the midst of Victorian excess and collapsing buildings.

  • Megan Ann Jacobs: Stiff Upper Lip

    A spot-on satirical piece. Danley accomplishes a lot with a little with a quick-witted and yet, natural dialogue. Great piece.

    A spot-on satirical piece. Danley accomplishes a lot with a little with a quick-witted and yet, natural dialogue. Great piece.

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Character Information

  • Amelia
    A Victorian woman of privilege
  • George
    Amelia's long suffering butler