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Synopsis of the play.
Charles and Marsha are invited to a fashionable
party. Marsha has nothing to wear; so Charles gives her the money to buy a new
dress. After she buys the dress, she says she must have jewelry to go with it;
so she borrows a necklace from an old friend. On the night of the party, Marsha
has a wonderful time and leaves for home elated, convinced that she belongs to
the world of the rich. Once home, however, she discovers that she has lost the
necklace. She and her husband search everywhere, but they cannot find it.
Instead of telling her friend the truth, Marsha convinces Charles that they
should go into debt to replace the necklace, and that they should not tell her
friend about losing it. It takes ten years of struggle and suffering to repay
the money. In that time, Marsha ages considerably. In the park one day, after
the money has been repaid, Marsha meets the friend from whom she had borrowed
the necklace and tells her that she lost the one she borrowed and replaced it.
Her friend, shocked at Marsha's appearance, sadly tells her that the borrowed
necklace was not made of real diamonds. It was worth a mere $25.00.
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