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Purgatory (Berkoff)

  • Steven Berkoff
  • Short Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day
  • 2M, 2F
  • ISBN: SFUK-13318

John, a middle-aged actor, is moving into a run-down guesthouse.

  • Short Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 30 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student
John, a middle-aged actor, moves into a run-down guesthouse where he encounters romantic spinster Sarah.

  • Casting: 2M, 2F

  • BETTY - landlady, a type found in most northern cities where actors are obliged to tour - ghastly, intolerant but practical.
    JOHN - actor, middle-aged, genteel, unsuccessful but still hopeful.
    SARAH - romantic spinster who has ended up sadly in a lodging house but still hopes for better.
    TED - offstage, one of the landlady's favourite tenants whose main virtue is his blunt stupidity.