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After Midnight - Before Dawn

  • David Campton
  • Short Play, Drama, 16th Century / Elizabethan
  • 2M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9780573120022

The characters await death, having been sentenced for witchcraft. It is the late 1600s or early 1700s. Only the Calm Woman remains unmoved.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
The characters await death, having been sentenced for witchcraft. It is the late 1600s or early 1700s. Only the Calm Woman remains unmoved. On being questioned, she replies she will not hang. The Devil will look after his own. The others conclude she is indeed a witch-- and beg her to tell them how they too may gain Satan's protection. Only the girl protests-- and they set on her and kill her. But the Calm Woman then informs them she has not after all offered them any guarantee of safety. In a wild fury they set on her also, and her prophecy is fulfilled, she will not hang.

A great success in England.

  • Casting: 2M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Expandable casting
  • Casting Notes: Expandable to 6 female roles

  • OLD WOMAN
    NEAT WOMAN
    MAN (or EMBITTERED WOMAN)
    GIRL (or SIMPLE YOUNG WOMAN)
    BOY (or FRIGHTENED YOUNG WOMAN)
    CALM WOMAN
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    The characters await death, having been sentenced for witchcraft. It is the late 1600s or early 1700s. Only the Calm Woman remains unmoved. On being questioned, she replies she will not hang. The Devil will look after his own. The others conclude she is indeed a witch-- and beg her to tell them how they too may gain Satan's protection. Only the girl protests-- and they set on her and kill her. But the Calm Woman then informs them she has not after all offered them any guarantee of safety. In a wild fury they set on her also, and her prophecy is fulfilled, she will not hang.

    A great success in England.

    $24.95