FOR ADULT GROUPS
PING
A man and a woman meet on a bench on Parliament Hill.
'Ping' was professionally performed at 'Scripts Live' CAA Theatre Covent Garden,London.
CHARACTERS:
OLD MAN - refined, smart, curious
YOUNGER WOMAN - pensive, sense of humour, attractive.
SET: A bench on Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath
TIME: Present day
ABOUT:
A WOMAN saunters over to a seat on the top of Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath, and sits. The seat is placed so that it overlooks London. Warmly clad for the outdoors, she takes out of her handbag a rubber band and starts playing with it, then with one arm raised she snaps the band back and forth. An elderly man approaches. She drops the band onto the ground by mistake and he picks it up and gives it to her before sitting a small distance away from her on the same seat. A conversation strikes up. He is intrigued.
THE HAGGIS THAT WENT WALKIES
ABOUT:
On Burns night Haggis is on the menu. But where is it?
CHARACTERS:
Bran: Owner of McDuckley Castle- middle aged/elderly. vague
Ena: His wife - similar age: intolerant, bossy
Fenella: Younger, femme fatal, glamorous.
Albert: Young to middle aged, whining, weak.
Jay: Handsome, eligible youngish.
SCENE: The hall at McDuckley castle.
(Simple set, drapes and a few furnishings will suffice.
TIME: 1930'S/40's Early evening
I PACKED MY BAG
'Two friends, one lover, a slim volume of poetry and a fat lot of double dealing!'
CHARACTERS:
Andrina: middle aged, smart and tough
Eva: her friend - similar nature but more nervy
Geoffrey: elderly, effete and cunning
Great Uncle Paulinus: An ageing book-seller
SCENE: A room in a flat in the less fashionable part of London. Time: The present. Late evening.
TO MY OWN GODS I GO
Drama 2m/1 f
Running time - approx 25 minutes
After leading a secular life, Charles, decides to take Holy Orders. He seeks spiritual guidance from Grayson, his local priest and to whom he is attracted. On the eve of Charles' ordination, Grayson tells him that he is to be married. This acts as a catalyst, as Charles is now forced to confront his feelings for Grayson.
In the second scene, Charles has become a curate in a parish, carrying out, in a somewhat perfunctory manner, his ecclesiastical duties. It is the visit from a young, woman parishioner seeking advice, who inadvertently gives Charles the help and comfort that he needs in order to face his demons and come to terms with his sexuality.
Please contact Jane if you would like to read any of these plays with the view to production:
janelockyerw@yahoo.co.uk