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Short Play, Comedy  /  5w, 2m

Margaret Wood

A delightful short play set in a home for Retired Artistes

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

Details

Summary
The light-hearted and entertaining play concerns four elderly actresses passing their days in a Home for Retired Artistes. They bicker and banter, showing the different parts of thier profession. Only Dame Anthea's dresser, Gladys, keeps an observant distance, injecting pithy comments into the actresses' small talk. Needing a man for their projected Christmas play, they enlist the help of newcomer Arthur Pendragon. But it is the dapper Antony Redfern who devises an entertainment ideally suited to their personalities, whilst the redoubtable Gladys in installed as costume mistress, as usual!

Dame Anthea

Francesca

Bobbie

Cherry

Gladys

Antony Redfern

Arthur Pendragon

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting The lounge of the Gwynne-Garrick Home for Retired Artistes
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £30 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Author

Margaret Wood

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