Author(s): Various
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 alanmapstoneThe Attendant Spirit: WendyKatzHillerComus: Greg GiordanoThe Lady: Jenn BrodaFirst Brother: Algy PugSecond Brother: Larry WilsonSabrina, the Nymph: Agnes Robert BehrNarration: Alan Mapstone
2. Matchmakers by Annie Eliot Trumbull. BC for this play is jennlea Mr. F. Harrington Courtenay, a banker: Greg GiordanoMr. Aaron Fithworth, a young man with a hobby: Tomas PeterMrs. Evangeline Rodney, a designing widow: InkellMiss Henrietta White, Mrs. Rodney’s niece: Jenn BrodaStage Directions: Agnes Robert Behr
3. The Proposal by Anton Pavlovich Chekov. BC for this play is InkellSTEPAN STEPANOVITCH CHUBUKOV, a landowner: Larry WilsonNATALYA STEPANOVNA, his daughter, twenty-five years old: Jenn BrodaIVAN VASSILEVITCH LOMOV, a neighbour of Chubukov, a large and hearty, but very suspicious landowner: ToddHWStage Directions: Inkell
4. The Knave of Hearts by Louise Saunders. BC for this play is ToddHWThe Manager: ToddHWBlue Hose: RapunzelinaYellow Hose: ShickeyHerald: SylphwyldPompdebile the Eighth, King of Hearts: HelloCentralThe Chancellor: Greg GiordanoThe Knave of Hearts: Michael FazeUrsula: Agnes Robert BehrThe Lady Violetta: Winnifred AssmannBoy: SylphwyldStage 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 BehrThe Maid: ShrimpPhishThe Stranger: Greg GiordanoA Voice: Winnifred Assmann
6. Alfred the Great by Thomas Arne. BC for this play is alanmapstoneAlfred, King of England: Adrian StephensEltruda, Queen of England: Winnifred AssmannPrince Edward: Greg GiordanoCorin, a shepherd: Larry WilsonEmma, a shepherdess: ShrimpPhishFirst Spirit: Agnes Robert BehrEdith: dcChorus/Narration: Alan Mapstone
7. A Sunny Morning by Serafín and Joaquín Alvarez Quintero, translated by Lucretia Xavier Floyd. BC for this play is RapunzelinaDoña Laura: SylphwyldPetra, her maid: ShrimpPhishDon Gonzalo: stepheatherJuanito, his servant: Greg GiordanoStage Directions: Inkell
8. The Sub-Contractor, from Over the Footlights by Stephen Leacock. BC for this play is WinnifredDump: Larry WilsonVamp: ShrimpPhishSlump: Greg GiordanoSimp: Agnes Robert BehrNarrator: Winnifred Assmann
9. The Clod by Lewis Beach. BC for this play is InkellThaddeus Trask: InkellMary Trask: Agnes Robert BehrA Northern Soldier: stepheatherA Southern Sergeant: Greg GiordanoDick: Alan MapstoneStage Directions: ShrimpPhish
10. Acis and Galatea by John Gay (1685-1732). BC for this play is alanmapstoneAcis: Larry WilsonGalatea: stepheatherPolyphemus: Greg GiordanoDamon: Agnes Robert BehrChorus: Alan Mapstone