Nashville! The very name is an irresistible lure for composers and performers of Country and Western music. This play is about one who couldn't resist the lure—Alvin Bunceford, a naive and not very talented songwriter. Accompanied by his fiancee and her parents, Alvin arrives in Nashville to claim his $5,000 prize for winning an international song contest. But Alvin is the victim of a scam artist. The song publisher who sponsored the contest, Ram Ramrack, doesn't have $5,000. In fact, he doesn't even have enough to pay his secretary. His first instinct is to get rid of this pest, but when he discovers that the father of Alvin's fiancee is a banker, Ram has visions of uncovering buried treasure. The play glows with romance, intrigue, conflict, suspense, and lovable and hateful characters (nearly all of whom have written a song). And it has a variety of music, including Alvin's tearful lament, "There's a Broken Heart for Every Song in Nashville." (This play is also known as Welcome to Nashville.)

Two acts; Set, mismatched office in Nashville; Time, present.

Other Cope plays: Agatha Christie Made Me Do It, Agatha Christie Tackles Texas, Airport 1904, Don't Print That, Frankenstein's Centerfold, The Invisible Man, The Last Tango in Pango Pango, Without a Clue

See also: Melodramas