FIREFLIES
One Act Play
One Set
3m 5f plus extras
This short play looks at the Chernobyl disaster from the point of view of the young. “Fireflies” is an epithet thoughtless Ukrainian children applied to their contemporaries who were victims of the catastrophe. Set in a Ukrainian playground, the children act out their personal impression of the reactions of world authorities in the wake of the disaster and examine its terrible and tragic legacy.
"Disturbing, Enlightening." - The One-Act Play Companion.
I HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE
One Act Comedy
One Set
4m 4f
BARRY, ADAM and RONNIE are worried about TERRY because Terry is reading - and reading isn’t one of Terry’s strong points. In fact, Terry doesn’t have any strong points. It transpires that he is being tutored by the school’s new pupil, KELLY who has many strong points as far as academic subjects are concerned but none whatsoever in the charismatic department. As TRACEY remarks: “She’ll never have to worry about losing her looks.” But Tracey and her friends LINDA and DEBBIE are keen to befriend Kelly whose expertise they need to help them pass their exams. The boys meantime have failed in their attempts to get off school to attend a football match. But the girls can fix this for them if one of the boys will have Kelly for a girl friend. There is much hilarious wheeling and dealing and ducking and diving as negotiations take place and an uproarious twist in the tail as a result of Kelly winning first prize in a crossword puzzle. Great fun!
I THOUGHT CABBAGE WAS GREEN
One Act Comedy
One Set
4m 4f
Fun and games in the school dinner hall. BARRY is a leader of men, or so he imagines. Making up his gang of four are ADAM, a connoisseur of school dinner cuisine; TERRY, a vegetarian (this week) and RONNIE, a lover of fast food. Barry, a self-confessed woman-hater, decides they should all declare themselves Male Chauvinist Pigs. But TRACEY and her mates, DEBRA, FIONA and LINDA are looking for partners for the school disco, particularly those who will pay for the tickets and buy the drinks. They set their sights on Barry and his gang. Do the would-be Male Chauvinist Pigs stand a chance? What do you think? Hilarious!
SCDA Play On Words Award Winner
THE BENARES INCIDENT
One Act Drama
One Set
3m 3f 1v/o plus extras
The passenger liner City of Benares sailed from Liverpool on Friday, 13th September 1940 carrying 90 evacuee children between the ages of five and sixteen from the bombed cities of Britain to a safe haven in Canada. Her sinking by a German U-boat four days later shocked the nation. Suspicions subsequently arose, however, that the British authorities had as much to answer for as the Nazis when it was learned that the promised naval escort had abandoned the convoy 21 hours before the Benares was sunk. Of the 90 children on board only 13 survived. This is their story.
THE DUST OF THE STREET
One Act Drama
One Set
3m 3f 1v/o plus optional extras
Set in the Jewish ghetto of Warsaw in July 1942 at the beginning of the Nazi’s infamous “Final Solution” pogrom when day after day, thousands of men, women and children, innocent of any crime, were taken to their death, the play is a tribute to the persistence and bravery of the children, turned smugglers, who endangered themselves countless numbers of times in order to sustain their families and the community as a whole.
Drama Association of Wales Award Winner
THE SIN OF RHYME
One Act Comedy
One Set
2m 3f
This interesting play looks at the early life of the National Bard, Robert Burns, highlighting the trials and tribulations that the young ROBIN, together with his brothers and sisters, had to overcome: the arduous and demanding work on the farm, the poor diet, and the lack of sanitation and home comforts. The play offers an insight into the young Burns’ courage, tenacity and strength of character in his efforts against almost impossible odds towards attaining his ambition.
