Choosing One-Act Plays for the Spring

We promised that we'd put up a list of suggested one-act plays for the Spring on this board, so here's what we have so far:

45 Minutes to Go by Stephen Balchin
adovocated by Stephen Balchin

2f / 2m / 1m\f

Imagine if the whole reality of your world fell away suddenly and you found you were merely a theatrical cliche. That's the fate of the characters in this subversion of the conventional farce form.


The Bear by Anton Chekhov, translated Basil Clarke
advocated by Basil Clarke

2m / 1f (plus some small non-speaking parts).

This farce, in which an explosively angry creditor calls upon a histrionic widow, has been translated from the Russian by group member Basil Clarke.


A new one-act play by Kate Harper
advocated by Kate Harper

Currently lacking a title, set in the labyrinthine world of office bureacracy, Kate has written a comedy about form-filling!


A Fragrant Affair by Sonja Wardle advocated by Sonja Wardle 3m / 3f Set in a department store in London, this comedy traces the hectic shop floor day of the lovers, diggers and spenders, with a romantic surprise at the end...


The Dock Brief by John Mortimer
suggested by Ita Hill

2M, licence to pay

A two-hander play, set in a prison cell, no changes in scenery, not much action; mainly dialogue, and lasts about fifty five minutes. It's a drama/comedy about a prisoner who is standing trial for muder and his incompetent lawyer who's about forty and has never had a big case to defend yet.

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If you want to advocate something for the meeting on Tuesday 11 October, please email chair@woodhouseplayers.co.uk and I will add it to this post.

If you have a view on what we should do, but can't make the meeting, please email your views to chair@woodhouseplayers.co.uk and we'll make sure they're taken into account at the meeting.

Tim