We read two short one act plays in December. These were both described as “short plays for women”.
The first play was Five Freaks A’Fiddling by Stuart Ready
The play takes place in the staff area of a department store, Bilstons. It was about a group of charwomen who impersonate influential customers to promote an aspiring 'Miss Bilston' who cannot attend her interview because she has had to go to the doctor. The doctor diagnoses chickenpox. Her mother is determined that her daughter will win the title.
It was an easy comedy that gave us some laughs.
The second play was Full Steam Ahead by Kaye Macaulife. This was also a comedy.
The members of the Guild are putting on an unrehearsed play reading. The play, co-incidentally entitled "Full Steam Ahead", is about the old level crossing keeper and a young mother trapped with her innocent baby in the path of the oncoming Night Express. Dramatic intensity is heightened by the Guild's tea urn, which rumbles menacingly throughout the proceedings, threatening imminent explosion if not pacified by the only member of the Guild who understands it.
It was a relaxed way to end our 2023 year of Play Reading. Now we are looking forward to some new plays in 2024. Our play for or first session on Wednesday 7 February at 9:30am is The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan. It should be good
Joy Shirley
The first play was Five Freaks A’Fiddling by Stuart Ready
The play takes place in the staff area of a department store, Bilstons. It was about a group of charwomen who impersonate influential customers to promote an aspiring 'Miss Bilston' who cannot attend her interview because she has had to go to the doctor. The doctor diagnoses chickenpox. Her mother is determined that her daughter will win the title.
It was an easy comedy that gave us some laughs.
The second play was Full Steam Ahead by Kaye Macaulife. This was also a comedy.
The members of the Guild are putting on an unrehearsed play reading. The play, co-incidentally entitled "Full Steam Ahead", is about the old level crossing keeper and a young mother trapped with her innocent baby in the path of the oncoming Night Express. Dramatic intensity is heightened by the Guild's tea urn, which rumbles menacingly throughout the proceedings, threatening imminent explosion if not pacified by the only member of the Guild who understands it.
It was a relaxed way to end our 2023 year of Play Reading. Now we are looking forward to some new plays in 2024. Our play for or first session on Wednesday 7 February at 9:30am is The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan. It should be good
Joy Shirley
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