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20 produkter
Us and Them
Häftad, 1977
204 kr
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This play was written to be performed by a company of almost any size, of any age and of either sex. Two parties enter, A and B, from East and West. Each party plans to settle down, then sees each other. Instant suspicion. A dividing wall is built. After mutual spying war ensues and the wall is …
Now and Then
Häftad, 1976
200 kr
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For a brief while in an old house, time merges across four centuries. The Wise Woman, from Tudor times, is expecting a Customer who wishes to make use of her apparently extra-sensory powers. By chance two women from the present day happen to intrude on this event of long ago. An antique buckle …
Everybody's Friend
Häftad, 1979
204 kr
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Two ladies living next door to each other share a love of plants, but not of friendship. Mrs Roberts, Everybody's Friend (and busy-body), tries to reconcile the two ladies who have quarrelled over one much-loved plant. However, the ladies become friends, united in their eventual hatred of Mrs …
Life and Death of Almost Everybody
Häftad, 1976
223 kr
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As he tidies up an empty stage, the Sweeper is tempted to experiment with the magic power of the theatre--to create life through the exercise of imagination. After a few preliminary tries in summoning up a rabbit and an elephant, the Sweeper plunges ahead and creates a Young Man and a Young Woman. …
After Midnight, before Dawn
Häftad, 2011
204 kr
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The characters await death, having been sentenced for witchcraft. It is the late 1600s or early 1700s. Only the Calm Woman remains unmoved. On being questioned, she replies she will not hang. The Devil will look after his own.4 women, 2 men
Can You Hear the Music?
Häftad, 1988
204 kr
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Everyone has their dream, and this is no exception for the six mice living in the loft. Their dreams are conjured up by music as each hears a different tune played by an invisible Piper and each has to answer his call until only Tattymouse, who is completely deaf, is left. A highly original and …
Parcel
Häftad, 1979
204 kr
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The "parcel" is old, silent, almost immobile Grandma who is passed from one relative to another. They "care for her" from "pure charity." Her house is gone, her beloved piano destroyed. While being passed along, the old woman asserts her rights as an individual and disappears.5 women, 3 men
Permission to Cry
Häftad, 1996
204 kr
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Julia Gibbon, a junior minister, is thrown into turmoil by the conflict between private and public morality. Her affair with Penelope Wright, a frank and forthright journalist, very much a thorn-in-the-side of the Establishment, forces Julia to confront insecurities and doubts she never knew she …
Singing in the Wilderness
Häftad, 1986
204 kr
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The well-known fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Peter Pan are under continuous attack from the hazard of waste brought by humans. Unexpectedly they stumble on a copse which promises to be a safe haven and yet it seems all is not well. The fairies soon find themselves faced with the …
What are You Doing Here?
Häftad, 1976
204 kr
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A large jeering crowd appears on stage. A Narrator tries to analyse why ordinary people can suddenly be turned into an ugly mob. He describes a series of everyday events that upset people who in turn upset someone else. He asks who upset the first man in the chain. It was the Narrator himself.5 …
Winter of 1917
Häftad, 1989
200 kr
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Seemingly lost without a compass, the six members of the group stumble across a large country house. Taking refuge, they find one room with a roaring fire. Truepenny explores, finding desolation and decay, but upon returning to the room encounters another era and takes on the persona of one of the …
Cards, Cups and Crystal Ball
Häftad, 1987
204 kr
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The Weerd sisters try to make ends meet through fortune-telling. When Lady M calls, Flora discovers she indeed has the gift of foresight, although she does not like what she sees. The sisters' fortunes are turned. Lady M returns to learn more but this time the truth is held back.5 women
Mrs. Meadowsweet
Häftad, 1985
204 kr
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This bewitching little play centers on the animosity between two siblings and Mrs. Meadowsweet's solution to their constant quarrelling and bickering. Mrs. Meadowsweet and her homely guest house, Respite, seem to mellow garrulous Alice, much to sister Fleur's suspicion. All of the guests seem …
Our Branch in Brussels
Häftad, 1986
204 kr
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Outwardly respectable Mrs Bee does "good work" on the Committee of the Bountiful Bequest, a charity for distressed females. However, unbeknown to the other Committee members, she is financing the charity, and feathering her own nest, by running a branch in Brussels where the younger and prettier …
Relics
Häftad, 1989
198 kr
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With the best of all possible motives, needless to say, Winifred and Una come to "sort through" Aunty Dorothy's things after the funeral, and they find that they have been forestalled! The self-righteousness tinged heavily with greed, and the pretensions and pretences that afflict families at such …
Smile
Häftad, 1990
204 kr
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In thirty years Grandmamma has not allowed any man to enter her house, forcing seclusion on Mamma and her twin girls. A young man comes into their lives and Grandmamma is made to face her repressed feelings of guilt and both twins are thwarted in their plan to elope with the young man. Mamma …
Who Calls?
Häftad, 1980
204 kr
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Four servants sit solemnly in the kitchen of a large Victorian house. Their Mistress has died suddenly and the cook, discovering that the housekeeper and personal maid have stolen some of her jewellery, demands a share. Reluctantly they agree. Then the bell rings in the Mistress's room...everyone …
Spine Chillers
A BBC Radio 4 Horror Collection
Ljudbok, 2023
192 kr
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Four hair-raising tales of terror, as heard on BBC Radio 4 '' Three hours worth of spooky entertainment ... there are some terrific performances to be enjoyed here '' Entertainment Focus In these four supernatural dramas, first broadcast on radio in 1984, a house hides more than meets the eye; a B …
