One-Act Play Collection 020

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Here, in our 20th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from pure fantasy, historical, farces, and dramas. All short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. (NOTE: Louise Saunders died in 1965 and Floyd Dell died in 1969. Their plays are not PD for listeners in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.) - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: 1. Comus by John Milton. BC for this play is alanmapstone The Attendant Spirit: WendyKatzHiller Comus: Greg Giordano The Lady: Jenn Broda First Brother: Algy Pug Second Brother: Larry Wilson Sabrina, the Nymph: Agnes Robert Behr Narration: Alan Mapstone 2. Matchmakers by Annie Eliot Trumbull. BC for this play is jennlea Mr. F. Harrington Courtenay, a banker: Greg Giordano Mr. Aaron Fithworth, a young man with a hobby: Tomas Peter Mrs. Evangeline Rodney, a designing widow: Inkell Miss Henrietta White, Mrs. Rodney’s niece: Jenn Broda Stage Directions: Agnes Robert Behr 3. The Proposal by Anton Pavlovich Chekov. BC for this play is Inkell STEPAN STEPANOVITCH CHUBUKOV, a landowner: Larry Wilson NATALYA STEPANOVNA, his daughter, twenty-five years old: Jenn Broda IVAN VASSILEVITCH LOMOV, a neighbour of Chubukov, a large and hearty, but very suspicious landowner: ToddHW Stage Directions: Inkell 4. The Knave of Hearts by Louise Saunders. BC for this play is ToddHW The Manager: ToddHW Blue Hose: Rapunzelina Yellow Hose: Shickey Herald: Sylphwyld Pompdebile the Eighth, King of Hearts: HelloCentral The Chancellor: Greg Giordano The Knave of Hearts: Michael Faze Ursula: Agnes Robert Behr The Lady Violetta: Winnifred Assmann Boy: Sylphwyld Stage Directions: Larry Wilson 5. Ibsen Revisited: A Piece of Foolishness by Floyd Dell (1887 – 1969). BC for this play is WinnifredNOTE: Dell died in 1969. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years. Stage Directions: Agnes Robert Behr The Maid: ShrimpPhish The Stranger: Greg Giordano A Voice: Winnifred Assmann 6. Alfred the Great by Thomas Arne. BC for this play is alanmapstone Alfred, King of England: Adrian Stephens Eltruda, Queen of England: Winnifred Assmann Prince Edward: Greg Giordano Corin, a shepherd: Larry Wilson Emma, a shepherdess: ShrimpPhish First Spirit: Agnes Robert Behr Edith: dc Chorus/Narration: Alan Mapstone 7. A Sunny Morning by Serafín and Joaquín Alvarez Quintero, translated by Lucretia Xavier Floyd. BC for this play is Rapunzelina Doña Laura: Sylphwyld Petra, her maid: ShrimpPhish Don Gonzalo: stepheather Juanito, his servant: Greg Giordano Stage Directions: Inkell 8. The Sub-Contractor, from Over the Footlights by Stephen Leacock. BC for this play is Winnifred Dump: Larry Wilson Vamp: ShrimpPhish Slump: Greg Giordano Simp: Agnes Robert Behr Narrator: Winnifred Assmann 9. The Clod by Lewis Beach. BC for this play is Inkell Thaddeus Trask: Inkell Mary Trask: Agnes Robert Behr A Northern Soldier: stepheather A Southern Sergeant: Greg Giordano Dick: Alan Mapstone Stage Directions: ShrimpPhish 10. Acis and Galatea by John Gay (1685-1732). BC for this play is alanmapstone Acis: Larry Wilson Galatea: stepheather Polyphemus: Greg Giordano Damon: Agnes Robert Behr Chorus: Alan Mapstone