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“Undercoats” Comedy by Roger Pinkham 3m 3f ISBN 1-873130-00-7 £4.00 Royalties £25pp
A black comedy of life in a Welsh household - dad's mad on DIY - mum wants to be an opera singer - son's a vandal and daughter's looking for Mr Right. Already performed by Equity South & East, this bizarre view of life and death has many home truths at its centre and will have you laughing all evening
"Diaghilev’s Bag" Searing Drama by Tony Breeze 3m + 1 child ISBN 1-872758-04-5 £4.00 Royalties £25pp
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
"A Freudian Slip" Comedy by Mike Wright 2f Im ISBN 1-873130-11-2 £4.00 Royalties £25pp
Another observant comedy in which a smooth, self-confident psychiatrist receives a new female patient with a very unusual problem - she can't stop throwing herself at any man that passes - any man, that is, except f or the psychiatrist himself
"The Game" Comedy by Christine Henderson 6 females ISBN 1-873130-25-2 £4.00 Royalties £25pp
We see a group of women gathering in the kitchen of a friend while their partners are watching the big football game on the TV next door and what they reveal has to be heard to be believed
"The Hen Night" Comedy by Christine Henderson 5 females ISBN 1-873130-26-0 £4 each Royalties £25pp
Debs is getting married and all the girls gather at Sharon’s house. They take much pleasure in telling her what her future partner is really like but in the end it is Debs who has the last laugh.
"Zoo" Comedy by Tony Breeze 7f & 6m & Children ISBN 1872758-17-7 £4.00 each Royalties £25pp
A trip to the zoo in reverse - this time it's the behaviour of the humans, which is being observed by a group of chimpanzees.
First performed by Whitley Chapel Young Farmers Club, Hexham and after winning several rounds of the National YFC Drama Competition reached the final in Blackpool.
"Looking After Norman" Comedy by Stewart Brown 4f & 2m ISBN 1-873130-34-1 £4.00 each Royalties £25pp
“Norman” is a cat but we only see him through the actions of the actors. The story is told by a girl’s teddy bear and tells of an aged lady who has to go into a residential home and had to find a home for her cat. The family take Norman in but then he gets temporarily lost only to be found at the end. Toured in Scotland by a professional group.
"It Is Christmas After All" Monologue for 1m by Lyndon House ISBN 1-873130-36-8 £3.00 Royalties £15
Melvyn is a sensitive Welshman living alone with his ailing mother. This three scene monologue, tells in wonderfully warm style, of all the good times that they used to have at Christmas ... but Mam hasn't been well and all good things must come to an end eventually ...
