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A Time for Loving

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m

Constance Cox

In this touching and gentle play, Joanna has taken refuge in a manor house whilst the owners are abroad after her father tried to force her to have an abortion.

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A Time for Loving

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

Details

Summary
With the arrival of Frank, her plans for spending her pregnancy in peace and solitude are disrupted. For Frank is a runaway too, from a robbery and fatal hit-and-run accident. As they are forced to spend the next few months together, their initial dislike and distrust for one another turns to love, and when Joanna goes into labour unexpectedly early, causing the discovery and Frank's arrest, they both look forward to the future when they will once again have a time for loving.
Performing Groups
Williams: coarse, short-tempered; 50s
Frank: bitter, appears coarse and ruthless, but not unintelligent or without feelings; about 20
Joanna: upper-middle class, educated, confident; 18
Doris: rather tarty blonde, sympathetic; 40s
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A Large Manor Hall
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Authors

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Constance Cox

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