Plays

anthonychansa

CHARADES

Life is like a game of Charades. Only we are too blind to reads the clues....

SETTING: Two policemen are chatting as the detective and his apprentice approach them. POLICE OFFICER 1: Here, quick, drink this coffee. You need to be sober when giving them your statement. CONSTABLE: (takes a huge gulp and shuts his eyes immediately.) Ah! This one is laced with whiskey you idiot! Shit, you made it worse. POLICE OFFICER 1: Sorry chief. Let me get you another- ...Read On

Added: 02 Jan 2017 | Category: Plays | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,491 | Tags: crime story  hidden  mystery   | 4 Comments

Welshdreamer42

We Three

A short, one act play

Characters: ELLE  - Middle-aged, dishevelled, wearing nightclothes. BETH  - Indeterminate age, smartly dressed in casual attire. LISA  - Twenty-something, short dress, heels, make-up. WAITER  - Young, handsome male. Staging notes : ‘Black box’ stage, plain black floor. Three identical, plain chairs positioned CSR, CS, CSL. *** Blackout. ELLE, BETH and...Read On

Added: 20 Sep 2015 | Category: Plays | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,291 | Tags: life  stress  coping   | 7 Comments

magnificent1rascal

Gracie's Collection

Fun With English, Opus 4

When two young, moderately successful vaudeville performers teamed up for a comedy act in 1923, it didn’t take long to realize that they had found the right fit — both personally and professionally — and that their future success would be far beyond moderate. Together, George Burns and Gracie Allen, who married in 1926, formed one of the most popular and enduring comic duos in...Read On

Added: 10 Feb 2015 | Category: Plays | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 692 | Tags: burns and allen  homage  whimsy  humor  wordplay   | 9 Comments

Rebellious_Soul

Orphans (Intro and scene 1, act 1)

Tell me if you guys think I should continue?

Henry O'Connor: An orphan abandoned by his father Alexander O'Connor at Oakenhill's orphanage. He is paralyzed in his legs and deathly ill will cancer. He is best friends with Mickey and Lucy two other orphans. Mickey Erickson: Slightly older than Henry. She has a rough past, being raised out on the streets before being brought to the orphanage by force. She stayed after meeting young Henry...Read On

Added: 03 Nov 2014 | Category: Plays | Avg Score: 4.67 | Words: 951 | Tags: play  orphans  children  poor  alone  1800s   | 8 Comments

DeLongeWannabe

Dead on the Horizon: Chapter 1 - Sweet Dreams

With the dead rising from their graves, we follow four survivors and see how they survive the terror

Dead on the Horizon Chapter 1: Sweet Dreams Written by Jerred D. Adams GHOST VO: If you are hearing this, you’re still alive. The cities have been overrun, I repeat stay away from the cities. I thought I could hold up in my house but it proved to be fatal. Mankind is crumbling before my eyes. Whatever you do, don’t let what happened to...Read On

Added: 18 Aug 2014 | Category: Plays | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 2,559 | Tags: dead  zombies  horizon  infected  four  survivors  logic   | 2 Comments

LarryFNigh

Revolt, Freedom, and Passion

(A one act play in two scenes. The action all takes place in Paris. The characters are sitting together. One is Albert. The other is Antoine. They have been dead decades.) SCENE 1 At RISE: (A park bench with the Eiffel Tower behind it. It is full daylight. Each character is wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. Each is wearing a trench coat, slacks, and brown shoes. When one speaks he...Read On

Added: 03 Jul 2013 | Category: Plays | Avg Score: 4.88 | Words: 1,093 | Tags: absurdism  revolt against suicide  freedom from morality  passion for life  existentialism   | 8 Comments

gypsy

Ephemeral VI - Adapted as a Play in One Act

Time itself is Ephemeral: Chapter VI - adapted as a one act stage play

Added: 15 May 2013 | Category: Plays | Avg Score: 4.38 | Words: 569 | Tags: ephemeral  bemused  communication  affection   | 4 Comments