A Baker's 6-Pack Of Plays (7-10 Minute plays)

By John Muir

A collection of short sharp plays. The first five are light hearted comedy plays, using events we have, or will, become involved in during our lives; plus two versions of the same play, from a different understanding of the past, by one of the players, both being serious social comment. One of the characters is totally unaware of the common thread between the two. Cast numbers and props are minimal. Plot lines are very much everyday occurrences made into plausible scenarios. There are several walk-on parts for including people without the confidence or skills in public speaking. Others have comprehensive off-stage spoken parts for people who are afraid to make a physical appearance, but confident enough to speak, unseen.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Muir
• Release date: Jun 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310753909

John Muir

John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.

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A BAKER’S 6-PACK OF PLAYS

JOHN MUIR

Copyright John Robert Muir 2015. John Robert Muir asserts the legal and moral rights to be identified as the author of this work.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent and permission of the publisher.

DISCLAIMER:

These plays are works of fiction. The names and characters are from the imagination of the author and any resemblance to any persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental. If you think the author has written about you, your ego is greater than your imagination or common sense.

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Downloading or purchasing these plays does not give permission or any right to perform these plays, individually or collectively, for any film, television, or public performance, without the approval of the author.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author and publisher wish to thank the many individuals for ideas, inspiration, editing, encouragement and support.

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AUTHORS NOTE

This collection of plays is mostly adapted from some of my short stories. In adapting them as stage plays, I have kept, in the main, to the theme of the original story, but have added significant amounts of conversation between the characters.

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INDEX

PLAY

BRAZIL

RING, RING

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

A HORSE'S TALE

TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ELDERLY

MEETING POINT-Version 1 (Unaware)

MEETING POINT-Version 2 (Aware)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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BRAZIL-THE PLAY

CAST:

- Grandma (Mabel) 70+yo,

- Grandpa (Claude) 70+yo,

- Neville (a visiting grandson, mid-late 20’s)

LOCATION: roof covered outdoor sun deck/terrace.

PROPS: Two old lounge chairs separated by a small square coffee/tea table.

TIME OF DAY: Early afternoon, bright sunny day.

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GRANDMA and NEVILLE (emerge onto the covered sundeck.)

GRANDPA (is already seated in his lounge chair and ignores their arrival.)

GRANDMA. Here we are Neville. Sit out here with Grandpa and enjoy the sun while I get some more party things organized. The grumpy old deaf bugger won’t annoy you. With his Alzheimer’s, he won’t remember you. If he’s off in his dream world he probably won’t even know you’re there.

NEVILLE. That’s O.K. Gran. Just call out when you need my help.

GRANDMA. Thanks for coming early. But I’ve decided that we’d all eat inside; so I won’t need you to lift the table outside.

NEVILLE. That’s O.K. Gran. I see he’s still got his favourite old chair.

GRANDMA. Oh, Neville. Don’t remind me. Sometimes I feel ashamed. It should’ve been thrown away 15 years ago. When we got the new lounge suite, he wanted to keep his chair for the terrace. He said if it went, so would he.