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The characters await death, having been sentenced for
witchcraft. It is the late 1600s or early 1700s. Only the Calm
Woman remains unmoved. On being questioned she replies that she
will not hang - the Devil will look after his own. The others
conclude that she is indeed a witch, and beg her to tell them how
they too may gain Satan's protection. Only the Girl protests, and
they set on her and kill her. But the Calm Woman then informs them
that she has not after all offered them any guarantee of safety. In
a wild fury they set on her also - and her prophecy is fulfilled -
she will not hang. A great success in England.
Everyone has their dream, and this is no exception for the six mice
living in the loft. Their dreams are conjured up by music as each
hears a different tune played by an invisible Piper and each has to
answer his call until only Tattymouse, who is completely deaf, is
left. A highly original and thought-provoking play.6 women or men
Julia Gibbon, a junior minister, is thrown into turmoil by the
conflict between private and public morality. Her affair with
Penelope Wright, a frank and forthright journalist, very much a
thorn-in-the-side of the Establishment, forces Julia to confront
insecurities and doubts she never knew she had. This is a
compassionate play about love and politics in our hypocritical
age.3 women, 1 man, 3 women or men
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Smile (Paperback)
David Campton
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R332
Discovery Miles 3 320
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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In thirty years Grandmamma has not allowed any man to enter her
house, forcing seclusion on Mamma and her twin girls. A young man
comes into their lives and Grandmamma is made to face her repressed
feelings of guilt and both twins are thwarted in their plan to
elope with the young man. Mamma finally asserts herself, offering
the twins new freedom and some sound advice.5 women
Seemingly lost without a compass, the six members of the group
stumble across a large country house. Taking refuge, they find one
room with a roaring fire. Truepenny explores, finding desolation
and decay, but upon returning to the room encounters another era
and takes on the persona of one of the characters. Clegg, too,
feels the emotions of that winter of 1917.6 women or men
With the best of all possible motives, needless to say, Winifred
and Una come to "sort through" Aunty Dorothy's things after the
funeral, and they find that they have been forestalled! The
self-righteousness tinged heavily with greed, and the pretensions
and pretences that afflict families at such times are perceptively
portrayed in this amusing and touching family play.4 women
The Weerd sisters try to make ends meet through fortune-telling.
When Lady M calls, Flora discovers she indeed has the gift of
foresight, although she does not like what she sees. The sisters'
fortunes are turned. Lady M returns to learn more but this time the
truth is held back.5 women
Outwardly respectable Mrs Bee does "good work" on the Committee of
the Bountiful Bequest, a charity for distressed females. However,
unbeknown to the other Committee members, she is financing the
charity, and feathering her own nest, by running a branch in
Brussels where the younger and prettier girls are transported in
dubious circumstances. Blackmail ensues...-6 women
This bewitching little play centers on the animosity between two
siblings and Mrs. Meadowsweet's solution to their constant
quarrelling and bickering. Mrs. Meadowsweet and her homely guest
house, Respite, seem to mellow garrulous Alice, much to sister
Fleur's suspicion. All of the guests seem particularly amiable and
pleasant - in fact, without a care in the world. Fleur's suspicions
are further aroused by their inability to remember even the
slightest occurrence from their pasts.5 women
Four servants sit solemnly in the kitchen of a large Victorian
house. Their Mistress has died suddenly and the cook, discovering
that the housekeeper and personal maid have stolen some of her
jewellery, demands a share. Reluctantly they agree. Then the bell
rings in the Mistress's room...everyone is in the kitchen, so who
calls?6 women
The "parcel" is old, silent, almost immobile Grandma who is passed
from one relative to another. They "care for her" from "pure
charity." Her house is gone, her beloved piano destroyed. While
being passed along, the old woman asserts her rights as an
individual and disappears.5 women, 3 men
Two ladies living next door to each other share a love of plants,
but not of friendship. Mrs Roberts, Everybody's Friend (and
busy-body), tries to reconcile the two ladies who have quarrelled
over one much-loved plant. However, the ladies become friends,
united in their eventual hatred of Mrs Roberts.
This play was written to be performed by a company of almost any
size, of any age and of either sex. Two parties enter, A and B,
from East and West. Each party plans to settle down, then sees each
other. Instant suspicion. A dividing wall is built. After mutual
spying war ensues and the wall is broken down.Flexible cast
A large jeering crowd appears on stage. A Narrator tries to analyse
why ordinary people can suddenly be turned into an ugly mob. He
describes a series of everyday events that upset people who in turn
upset someone else. He asks who upset the first man in the chain.
It was the Narrator himself.5 women, 5 men
For a brief while in an old house, time merges across four
centuries. The Wise Woman, from Tudor times, is expecting a
Customer who wishes to make use of her apparently extra-sensory
powers. By chance two women from the present day happen to intrude
on this event of long ago. An antique buckle provides an eerie link
between the two widely-separated periods.6 women
As he tidies up an empty stage, the Sweeper is tempted to
experiment with the magic power of the theatre--to create life
through the exercise of imagination. After a few preliminary tries
in summoning up a rabbit and an elephant, the Sweeper plunges ahead
and creates a Young Man and a Young Woman. Then, as ever more
characters are called for, events begin to go beyond his bewildered
control. The most potent forces in human life and society--love,
hate, politics, religion--emerge and dominate, and with them the
bickering, dissension and decadence which they can engender.5
women, 12 men
The well-known fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Peter Pan
are under continuous attack from the hazard of waste brought by
humans. Unexpectedly they stumble on a copse which promises to be a
safe haven and yet it seems all is not well. The fairies soon find
themselves faced with the prospect of living their lives in public
view. Can they escape before it is too late?6 women or men
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