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When the Bough Breaks

  • Gwyn Clark
  • Short Play, Comedy, Greek; Roman; Biblical
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: SFUK-11784

A comedy set in Ancient Rome.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Greek; Roman; Biblical
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
In training Decianus, Marius a senior Roman Legionary, leaves him to stand guard in a sacred grove in the country of the Silures.

During the night Decianus disturbs a sacred Druid ceremony in the grove and is mistaken for a god.

  • Casting: 3M, 2F

  • MARIUS - vigorous, wily. Middle aged
    DECIANUS - gauche, ingenious. About 22
    DUFTAN - a druid. 40s
    NAN - garrulous. Middle aged
    DAIFTA - lively. 20s