The Next Horseman: A Comedy Playscript for Video Chat

By Allison Williams

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse meet for their centennial strategy call. They're firing Pestilence-and they need a new Horseman, fast! But who's the lucky candidate? Internet Trolling's too angry, Bigotry won't fit on the horse, and Injustice is just too easy to defeat. Will Climate Change get the job? 

This fast-paced, funny (&am

• Language: English
• Publisher: Coriander Press
• Release date: May 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9781945736070

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Other Plays by Allison Williams:

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (a musical)

THE TALE OF TSURU

PANTALONE RIDES AGAIN

THE TAMING OF PANTALONE

TRUE STORY (monologue/ensemble)

SUNDAY AT THE MET

Available from Theatrefolk:

HAMLETTE

MMMBETH

THE SCARLET HEART

DROP DEAD, JULIET

POSTCARDS FROM SHAKESPEARE

DEAD MEN DON’T DO RADIO PLAYS

Available from Youthplays:

EVERYBODY COMES TO TIM’S

Available from Playscripts.com:

MISS KENTUCKY

THE NEXT HORSEMAN

© 2020 Allison Williams

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ISBN-13 | 978-1-945736-07-0 (eBook)

ISBN-13 | 978-1-945736-08-7 (paperback)

PRODUCTION NOTE

This play is designed to be flexible! If you are doing it in one class period with little rehearsal, don’t worry about props or costumes. Famine can nibble at a bag of chips or veggie sticks rather than the food listed.

If you have time for more of a project, and your actors have the resources, it can be fun to make