Under The Mallee Bough

  A Last, Lingering Kiss. A Play of one act, one set. Characters..: Sgt. Tom Flannigan..police officer. Father Dennis McCarthy…diocese priest. Sister Mary Margaret..School Principal / Nun. Scene: Sgt. Tom Flannigan sits at his work desk cataloguing a charge sheet along with a low stack of books that he transfers to a plastic evidence bag. Before he seals the bag, he picks up one of the books, opens it at a random page and starts to read out in an exaggerated theatrical manner.. Sgt. Tom..:” I can’t stop now!” she gasped a passionate moan as her arms reached for him..” I’ve desired you for too many nights.”…He responded huskily, his taut, muscular arms embracing her and driving out all resistance. It was as if some strange, torrid tempest had suddenly descended down on to their bodies as they struggled to outdo one another in the removal of their clothing. He grasped her in his arms and lifted her clear of the carpet, his lips pa...

  A Miscellaneous Act. Mother and Child, 1865 by Frederic Leighton. A Play of one act, one scene. Characters..: Annette. Aged ; mid-sixties, wavy, brown hair, dressed conservatively middle-class. Soft, clear voice showing a determined disposition..certain in both her choice of words and movements. Scene : Annette sits on the edge of a lounge chair, leaning over a coffee table. She is in the process of writing in a greeting card on the table..she pauses in the action and lifts the card near to her to read what she has written on the card. Annette : “ Happy fortieth birthday, my dearest Pauline..and congratulations on your recent promotion, I’m certain the ward will now run more efficiently with you in charge…( She pauses and thinks for a moment before replacing the card on the table to continue writing, she then reads the rest of the card)..I’m sure your father will be looking down from above so very proud of you…Have a very nice birthday...

  Love Me Tender…A Play. Nativity scene…18 th century..Flemish. (I have turned that short story of the same name into a short play. ) A one act, one set play. Characters: Kevin Cotton.. (Male..mid fifties, tall, with sardonic expressiveness) He is the Master of Ceremonies of the circus, an imposing figure in his M.C. outfit with top hat and tails. Beverly Cotton…His wife, around fiftyish, slender, long blonde hair, motherly type who is the “Tibetan Lions” tamer as well as skilled acrobat. She is dressed in her acrobat costume. Troppo, The clown…Tall, lanky male of indeterminate age as he is not seen without his stage clown makeup. He has a stoop to his frame and will twitch every now and then demonstrating some sort of substance-taking problem. Rex…Short, stumpy male around sixty years, with groomed mustacho and a bouffant style of hair. He is both the one man band and the orchestra for when the “Big Top” acts are playi...