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In Service

Short Play, Drama  /  5girl(s), 1boy(s)

Ellen Dryden

In Service
by Ellen Dryden

In a large London house the maids awake to their duties on a freezing winter morning: they have only had a few hours' sleep. Lavinia, used t…

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5girl(s), 1boy(s)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Theatre for Young Audiences, Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary

In a large London house the maids awake to their duties on a freezing winter morning: they have only had a few hours' sleep. Lavinia, used to being well-treated in the country house where she was nursery maid, finds it hard to adjust to the cruel way of her new life London. 

Contained in the volume Six Primroses Each & Other Plays for Young Actors, which were originally written for Chiswick Youth Theatre, and in regular workshop and performance use by young actors between the ages of eleven and eighteen. They have good parts and dramatic situations for everyone betwen the ages of ten and twenty and are particularly suitable for National Curriculum Key Stage 3 or 4. 

Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
1 boy (12), 5 girls (14, slightly older).
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting An attic, a kitchen.

Licensing & Materials

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Author

Ellen Dryden

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