Neighbourhood Watch
- Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day
- 4M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780573113185
Brother and sister Martin and Hilda Massie live together, leading a quiet, Christian existence. Just as they are preparing for a housewarming gathering, their peace is shattered by a young trespasser in their garden.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- 105 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre
The Massies' neighbours congregate in their living room and together they agree to form a neighbourhood watch group to safeguard against further incidents. But after the Massies' beloved garden gnome Monty is thrown through their window, matters swiftly escalate, complicated by Martin's burgeoning romance with Amy, wife of Gareth, who was formerly involved with Luther, husband of Magda...
What begins as a well-intended scheme for a safer community ends in violence and acrimony.
REVIEWS:
"This timely and provocative play rivets attention throughout. There are some blissful comic moments and even that staple of Ayckbourn's dramatic world, an ornamental garden gnome, has a crucial part to play."
Charles Spencer, Telegraph
"This superbly acted, painfully funny and truthful play shows Ayckbourn in no danger ot slowing down or having his age catch up with the number of plays he has written."
Mark Shenton, The Stage
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 4F
MARTIN - 40s
HILDA - his sister, a little older
LUTHER - 30s
MAGDA - his wife, 20s
GARETH - 50s
AMY - his wife, 30s
ROD - 60s
DOROTHY - 60s
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Brother and sister Martin and Hilda Massie live together, leading a quiet, Christian existence in the confines of the Bluebell Hill Development. Just as they are preparing for a housewarming gathering, their peace is shattered by a young trespasser in their garden. |
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