alphabetical author index

Plaid Man, The

  • M. Thomas Cooper
  • Short Play, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 2M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573663680

Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 10 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Death and Cupid fall in love, using two Elizabethan people as their mouthpieces.

Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.

  • Casting: 2M, 2F

DEATH - dressed all in plaid, including tie and socks; otherwise he wears black army boots and a black military cap.
CUPID - dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, shorts and sandals; her nose is covered in bright zinc cream.
GEORGE - a man dressed in Elizabethan garb.
MARTHA - a woman dressed in Elizabethan garb.