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In By the Half

  • Jimmie Chinn
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 1M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9780573121265

In By The Half is yet another humorous yet immensely touching play from the pen of Jimmie Chinn.

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Description

  • Short Play
  • Drama
  • 60 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Senior Theatre, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Madam, once a distinguished actress, lives in seclusion in a cottage in West London, looked after by her housekeeper and ex-dresser, Doris. Their peaceful routine includes regular visits from the doctor and the insipid Sylvia, who takes acting lessons from Madam. Life for these ladies has become a well-regulated, quiet experience. One day, however, a surprise visitor arrives - Ursula, Madam's estranged daughter, who is nursing a bitter secret. The initial acerbic comedy of the play gives way to the poignant drama of familial anguish -as Madam and Ursula are forced to confront several unhappy truths and to move towards some kind of understanding. Madam, left alone at the close, relinquishes her long-held theatrical pretensions, aware that they are now completely meaningless.

Premiere Production: The play was first presented by Teddington Theatre Club Audio in 1993. Later that year it was performed on Radio 4.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Flexible casting
  • Casting Notes: The Doctor can be male or female.

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Madam, once a distinguished actress, lives in seclusion in a cottage in West London, looked after by her housekeeper and ex-dresser, Doris. Their peaceful routine includes regular visits from the doctor and the insipid Sylvia, who takes acting lessons from Madam. Life for these ladies has become a well-regulated, quiet experience. One day, however, a surprise visitor arrives - Ursula, Madam's estranged daughter, who is nursing a bitter secret. The initial acerbic comedy of the play gives way to the poignant drama of familial anguish -as Madam and Ursula are forced to confront several unhappy truths and to move towards some kind of understanding. Madam, left alone at the close, relinquishes her long-held theatrical pretensions, aware that they are now completely meaningless.

$24.95

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