Instant applause : twenty-nine very short complete plays / compiled and merged from Instant applause volumes I & II.

1st ed.

ii, 239 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes indexes.

Runtkiller / Carolyn Bennett ; 3 characters (1m, 2w). -- Account balanced / Valorie Bunce ; 2 characters (2 women). -- Out of body / Beverley Cooper ; 2 characters (2 women). -- Down to earth / Rosemary De Graff ; 4 characters (2m, 2w). -- Hindsight / Dennis Foon ; 2 characters (1m, 1w). -- Louis and Dave / Norm Foster ; 2 characters (2 men). -- Friday, 6:32 p.m. / Patrick Friesen ; 1 character (1 woman) ; Monologues (women). -- Some people / Bill Kitcher ; 3 characters (2m, 1w). -- Beatty / Katherine Koller ; 3 characters (1m, 2w). -- The Mothers of invention / Vivienne Laxdal ; 3 characters (3 women). -- The illegal playwriting class / John Lazarus ; 3 characters (2m, 1w). -- Razed by wolves / Phil McBurney ; 3 characters (2m, 1w). -- Shoe fly blues / Rick McNair ; 2 characters (1m, 1w). -- The two of us / Doug Melnyk ; 2 characters (1m, 1w). -- Accidental death of a salesman ; 4 characters (2m, 2w). -- Fourteen years / Maggie Nagle ; 2 characters (1m, 1w). -- The other world of David Wiseman / Dennis Noble ; 5 characters ((4m, 1w). -- Donne in / Yvette Nolan ; 2 characters (2 men). -- Landscape with pigeons ; 2 characters (2 women). -- Sports legend / James G. Patterson ; 2 characters (2 men). -- (Branta Canadensis) / Ellen Peterson ; 12 characters (6m, 6w). -- It's all make believe, isn't it? - Marilyn Monroe / Sharon Pollock ; 2 characters (1m, 1w). -- Tooth or dare / Rose Scollard ; 2 characters (1m, 1w). -- Equity rules / Jason Sherman ; 2 characters (1m, 1w). -- Air-Talk / Carol Shields ; 2 characters (2 men). -- Playing with angels / Donn Short ; 2 characters (1m, 1w). -- Freedom fighters / Guillermo Verdecchia ; 3 characters (3 men). -- Wake / David Widdicombe ; 2 characters (2 women). -- Confinement / Rachel Wyatt ; 2 characters (2 women).

Twenty-six complete plays lasting no longer that ten to fifteen minutes each. An anthology of first class writing, easily adaptable for a number of your theatrical needs and experiences. Whether reading for pleasure, for the classroom or looking for the perfect short piece to do as a staged production, this anthology can accommodate all your short play needs.

0887546862 (pbk.)

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C812.04108054 I59 2005