by Cheryl Ann C.
In summer of 1998, I read several articles
about Amelia Earhart on the occasion of her 100th birthday. As a playwright, I
saw rich material for a yarn. I asked myself several questions. What would
happen of Amelia was reincarnated and came across some old mechanic who had
worked for her during her previous lifetime? What would they talk about? I decided
they would talk about the aircraft that they both admired and both had in
common. In the play there is a scene where the two characters get into a
deep-excited technical talk about the features of Earhart’s modified Lockheed
L-10 Electra. The play is simply titled “The Electra.”
