The mule-bone

A three-act comic drama set in a small southern town that follows two close friends whose competing affections for a single woman ignite a personal quarrel that ripples through the community. The action moves from a storefront porch to parlor and public meeting, presenting a wide ensemble of elders, ministers, gossiping neighbors, and local officials whose rivalries, loyalties, and petty ambitions turn mundane disputes into farce. Using lively dialect, music, and physical comedy, the work sketches everyday rituals, church rivalry, and communal justice with both affectionate satire and plainspoken social observation.