The Playwrights Publishing Company
“The Happiness Tree” Comedy by Tony Breeze 5f & 5m doubling or 38 single ISBN 1-872758-19-3 £4.00 each Royalties £25pp
An allegorical comedy about people in a far-off land who, though living in poverty, are willing to put up with their lowly humdrum existence until one day a tree is discovered that bears fruit which will change their lives. What does the establishment do? They ban it, of course, making it’s possession illegal, but when all attempts at control fail, they are eventually forced to do what any civilized society will do with such a problem – tax it!
"The Story of Peter Grimes" Drama by Andrew Beattie flexible cast 1-873130-15-5 £4.00 each Royalties £25ppSet during a harsh East Anglian winter the play centres on a fisher-man, Peter Grimes, a violent but lonely figure shunned by the community who suspect him of murdering two apprentice boys. The action moves from seashore to alehouse culminating in a dramatic chase and ending.
"The Door Was Open" Comedy by Virginia Hobart 1f &1boy scout ISBN 1-873130-29-5 £4.00 each Royalties £25pp
Charlotte is an ageing hostess who is preparing for a party and remembers the glory days from her past, when she is interrupted by a boy scout who is looking to do his good deed
"Below Stage" Comedy by Christine Woolf 4f & 4m ISBN 1873130376 £4.00 each Royalties £25pp
Before a performance of “Pride and Prejudice”, the leading actors, Peregrine and Patrice Vandaleur, have a difference of opinion. This escalates both in the dressing room and on stage, made worse by Peregrine’s interest in the juvenile lead, Selina Sparrow. The Vandaleur’s dressers, Harry and Betty, dream of the day when they can escape from their employment. The row reaches its climax, resolving various conflicts.
"The Bridge" African Drama by Rosemary Kyarimpa 6f & 4m & dancers ISBN 1873130384 £4.00 each Royalties £25pp
The Bridge is set in a remote African village, dominated by traditional beliefs, and under the rule of Kikoombe, a traditional chief. The play opens with anxiety-ridden villagers, disturbed by the news that a European doctor is set to work in their area. The village witchdoctor’s powers are at stake, and magical divination reveals the spirits are angered by the looming foreign disaster. Urgent action must be taken to forestall the wrath of the ancestors’ spirits. The pact is sealed, and appeasement of the angry spirits will be by a cleansing ritual marriage between black and white.
"The Female Man" African Child Sacrifice Drama by Moses P'Ado 8f & 5m ISBN 1873130317 £4.00 each Royalties £25pp
Enter Deborah Ndiraba, a stunted, malnourished young girl slightly under ten although she has features of a woman. She is dressed in an over - sized blouse and an equally ill – fitting thread bare skirt. In her coarse, caking feet, she wears a pair of rather long old slippers which have worn out and curved in, assuming the shape of a canoe. Presently her diminutive figure is sagging under the weight of a twenty-litre jerry can which she hurriedly places down and rushes to the veranda of the main house.
"Tell Them I Care" Short dramatic sketch for two females by Tony Breeze ISBN: 9781972758268 £3.00 each Royalties £15pp
A social worker arrives at the home of Chrissy, a young working-class mother, whose two children were placed in Voluntary Care after an incident with Chrissy's violent partner. The social worker's task is to try and persuade Chrissy to sign away her parental rights to the children.
