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    Three Short Plays
    Three Short Plays
    Three Short Plays
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    Three Short Plays

    By Pen Avram

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    Ideally the play should be performed in a real pub, with the audience comprising regular patrons. This would ensure that he audience is appropriately mature.
    From the mind that brought us Hendrych and Kroupa comes another unconventional adult night at the theatre. They say, "In vino veritas"... and a student reunion puts the old saying to the test. But as the gathering gets drunker by the minute, the truth serum kicks in with devastating results for at least one person at the table.
    "The Cemetery" and 'The Confession", should be performed together in one evening, as a double-bill. "The Cemetery" as the first, followed after the usual intermission by "The Confession". TRENT in these plays is the same actor. Each play is performed without an intermission. The scenes are changed quickly in the full view of the audience, which is entertained by the "Art of the Fugue"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen Avram
    Release dateAug 22, 2015
    ISBN9781311536662
    Three Short Plays
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    Pen Avram

    This one-time piano mechanic turned Master of Applied Science (Critical Enquiry/Social Ecology) fled to the West from the former Soviet bloc, finally finding his home in Australia. Growing up in a family touched by the horrors of the holocaust and communism, Pen Avram has spent his life studying what drives people of different faiths around the world to act the way they do. His insights now inform the mysteries investigated by the intrepid team of Kroupa and Hendrych. And Sara is a real dog, blood an bones.

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      Three Short Plays - Pen Avram

      THREE SHORT PLAYS

      (FOR ADULTS)

      Plays by Pen Avram

      SMASHWORDS and AMAZON EDITION

      *****

      PUBLISHED BY:

      Pen Avram on Smashwords and Amazon

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given to other people. If you would like to

      share this play with another person, please download an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author’s work.

      Copyright © 2013 Text - Pen Avram

      Copyright © 2013 ArtWork Design - Pen Avram

      The author and the artwork designer assert the moral rights to

      be identified as the author and designer of this work.

      Contact: pen.avram@gmail.com

      For performing rights contact: pen.avram@gmail.com

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      The Confession

      Characters

      Act 1

      Act 2

      Act 3

      The Cemetery

      Characters

      Act 1

      Act 2

      The Membrane

      Characters

      About the Author

      Other Works

      This selection contains three short plays that can be performed in one evening The Confession and The Cemetery should be performed together while The Membrane can be done as an intermezzo in a pub.

      INTRODUCTION to The Confession and The Cemetery

      Both plays, 'The Confession and The Cemetery should be performed together in one evening, as a double-bill. The Confession is the first, followed after the usual intermission by The Cemetery. TRENT in these plays is the same actor. Each play is performed without an intermission. The scenes are changed quickly in the full view of the audience, which is entertained by the Art of the Fugue by J.S.Bach.

      THE CONFESSION

      The hero is haunted by his memories from the past. He tries desperately to escape from them. What happens at the end? It is the first play in a double-bill, the second being The Cemetery, also published on Amazon and Smashwords.

      CHARACTERS:

      DOCTOR (PSYCHIATRIST)

      PRIEST

      RABBI

      TRENT

      LEAH

      POSTMISTRESS

      ACT 1

      [SCENE. A room with Spartan furnishings. The dominant feature is a comfortable but worn-out armchair, opposite a much smaller, simpler and older armchair covered in aged beige vinyl. A plain bookshelf containing a number of books on psychiatry is against the wall. Next to the large armchair is another bookshelf. By the window facing the room is an ordinary writing desk with a portable computer, telephone, and a lot of manila-folders.]

      DOCTOR. [An older man wearing an old sweater with frayed elbows, and corduroy trousers. His shoes are polished. He is sitting in a large armchair looking through some letters and papers. He gets up and goes to the door. Opens it and calls.] Mr Court, please came in. [Waits until TRENT comes is. Points to a smaller chair] Please have a seat. [The DOCTOR sits in his chair and scrutinises TRENT. He waits until TRENT sits down] So, TRENT, how has your day been so far? Can I call you Trent? Or would you prefer Mr Court?

      TRENT. [He is a TRENT. between 25 and 30 years of age, casually dressed in the current fashion. He wears jeans. He seems uncomfortable] TRENT is good enough. Okay? [Pause]

      DOCTOR. I am looking through your referral. You’ve got a history of problems. Tell me about it.

      TRENT. There is not much to tell. You are the expert, Mister PSYCHIATRIST. It wasn't my idea to come here and waste your time and my money. I'm okay.

      DOCTOR. Your doctor doesn't think so. How is he treating you?

      TRENT. She! Dr Fisher is a woman, a good doctor, but this time she made a blunder. I'm fine. Can I go?

      DOCTOR. Good doctors do not usually make mistakes. She writes that you’ve had periods of fear, nightmares, and anxiety attacks. That is cause for concern. Did you follow her instructions? She prescribed you some medication, didn't she?

      TRENT. [Tensely] Yes, she gave me some tablets - Xanax. I took them as she told me to.

      DOCTOR. And did it help? Did you feel better?

      TRENT. No, it didn't, I felt the same. Couldn't sleep, got headaches; no balance to speak of, upsurges of spontaneous sadness. Woke up with fear of what would happen during the day; wishing to stay in bed the whole day.

      DOCTOR. Then you aren’t okay?

      TRENT. Yes. I am. Don't try to catch onto my words. I know what I said.

      DOCTOR. I respect what you've been saying. But when it comes to your health, please let me form my own opinion. Let me be the judge. Xanax is a serious drug not prescribed lightly. [Pause] Do you worry about anything in particular?

      TRENT. No, I gave up worrying a long time ago.

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