Tobacco Road: A Play in Three Acts

Jack Kirkland

adapted from the novel by Erskine Caldwell

Full Length, Comedy

Characters: 6 male, 5 female

Exterior Set

The story of the Lester's of "Tobacco Road", of father Jeeter who dreams of planting a garden beside his ramshackle home, the idiotic son who marries a ravenous evangelist and drives an automobile to destruction, a daughter with strong sexual inclinations, another who is sold into marriage for $7. This heralded play ran for over 3,000 performances