The Stratford Playwrights group aim to encourage local writers to develop their stagecraft skills through readings and performances of their work with professional actors before an audience. In October 2001, they presented six short pieces for the stage, especially written for the RSC SummerHouse as curtain raisers for performances in the main theatres.
Scripts of between 10 and 20 minutes by Stratford Playwrights
Binding Faggots
by Amelia Marriette & Anna Parker
An evening binding faggots with two peasants, one woodcutter and an academic - Breugel would turn in his grave. (3m, 1f)
Gloomsday
by Marianne Nault
Two women planning to write a biography of Sylvia Plath attempt to exhume truths via the ouija board. (2f)
Headfirst
by Austin Lawler
Friends arrive at an old favourite inn with a stunning view over the bay. But will they return with the photograph? (1m, 2f)
The Junction
by June Maidens MBE
Beneath Spaghetti Junction is a canal, a no-man’s land of bushes, rubbish, dropouts and - what else?
(5m, 2f)
A Sublime Moment*
by John M Jennings
A monologue in which a cellist reflects upon her family, her musical career and a moment of truth. (1f)
A Toy Boy For Christmas *
by Irene Burgon
A middle-aged housewife approaches another family Christmas with trepidation. Should she turn the tables and surprise them all? (1f)
* Monologues
ISBN : 1-904232-04-3
