Plays

I hold copyright in and performance rights for all my works.  Where there is a download button for a play you are welcome to download it and use it, for example, for book-in-hand reading in your drama group.  I'll be delighted if you want to stage a public performance but get authorisation from me in advance.

Radio Call In

Radio Call In

Monologue. 1M acting 30-50.  2-3 minutes.  An irascible colonel tells us what he thinks of remote controls.

Fitting In

Fitting In

Monologue.  1F acting late teens.  4-5 minutes.   A young woman torn between going to university or emigrating with her boyfriend.

The Barrier

The Barrier

Stage play.  One Act.  2M, 2F all 40-50.  50 minutes.  Two couples meet after not seeing each other for twenty years.  The women are shocked and the men disorientated as the true cause of the rift is revealed.

The link takes you to the Lazy Bee Publishing website and you can read the play in full there free of charge, buy download copies, and arrange performance licences.

View from the Prom

View from the Prom

Stage play.  One act.  3F from 3 generations.  35-40 minutes.  Three women - mother, daughter, and granddaughter - sit on a bench overlooking the beach in Tenby.  As they watch the holiday-makers and discuss their future, it becomes less clear how far the mother's dementia has developed.

This play stands alone but could be performed in the same show as The Barrier.

The link takes you to the Lazy Bee Publishing website and you can read the play in full there free of charge, buy download copies, and arrange performance licences.

Among the Stars

Among the Stars

Monologue.  M acting 40 plus.  About 6 minutes.  A vagabond tells us he is content with his life – or is he?

(See also Short Stories)

At the Harrogate Royal Pump Room

At the Harrogate Royal Pump Room

Short film.  2F.  About 4 minutes.  Lucinda and Molly, from very different social positions, hit it off.

(See also Short Stories)

Caring Society

Caring Society

Sketch.  1M, 1F, 3M/F.  10 minutes.  At some future time climbing has been declared illegal and a surprising transgressor appears in court.

(See also Short Stories)

The Company Unlimited

The Company Unlimited

Stage play.  One act.  4M, 1F.  About 45 minutes.  A small group of people do not understand why they find themselves applying for the same job in strange circumstances.

(See also Short Stories)

Election by Colour

Election by Colour

Monologue.  1M or F, any age but acting as a child.  4-5 minutes.   A child's view of a televised election debate.
 

Going Green

Going Green

Monologue.  M or F any age but acting as a child.  4 minutes.  A child reads out his/her school essay on going green.

Hanging On

Hanging On

Monologue.  M acting 40-50.  55-60 minutes.  J. Menlove Edwards, pioneer rock climber, looks back on the highs and lows of his life as he prepares to end it.

In Perpetuum

In Perpetuum

Radio play.  2M, 2F.  5 minutes.  Will this rehearsal ever end?

Little Angels

Little Angels

Monologue.  1F. 3 minutes.  A woman recounts dealing with her daughter's irritating behaviour.

Little Read Riding Hood

Little Read Riding Hood

Monologue.  F acting 40 plus.  About 6 minutes.  A new take on Little Red Riding Hood from the point of view of the grandmother.

Midsummer Night

Midsummer Night

Radio play.  1M, 1F.  5 minutes.  A couple enter a cave and find they are out of time.

(See also Short Stories)

Passing On

Passing On

Stage play.  One act comedy.  3M, 2F.  60 minutes.  Can the Benfleet family business of funeral directors survive diversification?

Pull the Other One

Pull the Other One

Sketch.  3M/F.  8-9 minutes.  Three church bells plan industrial action.

Thistle

Thistle

Radio play. One act.  1M, 1F, 3M/F, and optional extras.  Step into the control room as a thistle fights for survival.