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"BILL" Dramatic monolgue for l female ISBN 1-872758-03-7 £4.00each
The play opens with an old lady bringing on a tea tray for herself and her husband who is changing upstairs. While she waits she remembers all the events and memories that the house holds for them. Her husband's tea grows cold, she makes a fresh pot and still he does not appear and we eventually realize that he’s not actually there, leaving us with a touching insight into old age and loneliness
"DIAGHILEV'S BAG" Drama 3m + 1 child ISBN 1-872758-04-5 £4.00 each
The play opens with three men in overalls picking up something from the ground in the middle of the night. They could be park-keepers or council workmen but they are not. They are in fact policemen at the scene of a horrific suicide on a railway line putting pieces of human torso into a bag. Their attitudes to the gruesome task are vastly different and the play concludes with a symbol of hope for the future, a runaway child coming on the scene and wanting to know what is in the bag.
First performed at Peebles Town Hall, in Scotland.
"EXAMINATION" Number of students of either sex plus 3f & 2m adults
ISBN 1-872758-15-0 4.00 each
The examination room is being prepared by two members of staff, the students file in but one girl comes in late. The exam begins but the girl stands up in her place and does not speak. The staff question her ... she still doesnt't answer them so they call the college principal. No-one can understand why she is doing this until the end of the play when the police are called and we finally learn that her boyfriend has taken his own life the night before due to the stress of the exams. First performed at Stoke on Trent.
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