One-Act Play Collection 014

Here, in our 14th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from the farm to the courtroom to the palace throne room; from the time of suffragettes to the (at the time) far distant future of 1999; and two of them have the word "sweet" in their titles. Short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. NOTE: Although the plays here were all published before 1923 and hence are in the Public Domain in the U.S., Floyd Dell died in 1969 and that play may not yet be in the Public Domain in some countries. - Summary by ToddHW

Cast list:

1. The Lover by Gregorio Martinez Sierra (1881-1947), Translated by John Garrett Underhill (1876-1946). BC/Editor for this play is ToddHW

The Queen: Jenn Broda

The Lover: ToddHW

The Lady in Waiting: Sonia

Stage Directions: Larry Wilson

2. England's Easter by George Logan (1866-1939). BC/Editor for this play is David Purdy

Jesus: Larry Wilson

Martha: Lydia

Mary: Sonia

Britannia: Michele Eaton

Narrator: David Purdy

3. The Bloomer Costume; or The Figure of Fun by Edward Stirling. BC/editor for this play is ktaylor07

Christopher Cockles: Andrew Gaunce

Nobby Nick: Adrian Stephens

Joseph Jumps: Mike Manolakes

Miss Patty Bailey: Devorah Allen

Miss Eliza Todd: Kelly S. Taylor

Stage Directions: David Purdy

4. Short and Sweet by Adolphus Charles Troughton. BC/Editor for this play is Jenn Broda.

Mr. Sweet (of the Stock Exchange- a Friend of Short's): ToddHW

Mr. Short (of the Stock Exchange- a Friend of Sweet's): Mike Manolakes

Stephen (a footman): David Purdy

Mrs. Sweet: Kelly S. Taylor

Mrs. Short: Anamika

Maria (Mrs. Sweet's Maid): Sonia

Stage Directions: Larry Wilson

5. Hester's Mystery by Arthur Wing Pinero. BC/editor for this play is ToddHW.

Mr. Owen Silverdale (of Silverdale's Academy for Young Ladies): TriciaG

John Royle: Tomas Peter

Joel (a farm laborer): Son of the Exiles

Nance Butterworth (a widow): Sonia

Hester (her daughter): E.J. Lavery

Stage directions: Larry Wilson

6. Sweet and Twenty by Floyd Dell (1887-1969). BC for this play is Mike Manolakes

Helen Egerton, the Young Woman: Jenn Broda

George Brooke, the Young Man: Mike Manolakes

The Agent: ToddHW

The Guard: TriciaG

Narrator: Kelly S. Taylor

7. Heirs of Slavery: A Little Drama of Today by Katherine Tillman. BC for this play is Availle

Hero: Tomas Peter

Father Time: Alan Mapstone

History: thestorygirl

Miriam: TriciaG

Gladiator: Andrew Gaunce

Virginia: TJ Burns

Anglo-Saxon Digger: Son of the Exiles

Slave Woman: Availle

Poesy: Kelly S. Taylor

Art: Sonia

Chorus of Singing Girls: Devorah Allen

Narrator: David Purdy

8. In 1999; a problem play of the future by William Churchill De Mille. BC for this play is ambsweet13

Jean (a New York woman): WendyKatzHiller

Rollo (her husband): Tomas Peter

Florence (their friend): TriciaG

Stage Directions: ToddHW

9. Retained for the Defence by John Oxenford. BC/Edited by TriciaG

Mr. Mottley de Windsor: Adrian Stephens

Mr. Whitewash: Cavaet

Mr. Ferguson: Alan Mapstone

Thwaites: Larry Wilson

Pawkins: Algy Pug

Miss Agatha de Windsor: EliseDee

Narrator: David Lawrence

10. Lady Geraldine's Speech by Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936). BC for this play is Devorah Allen

Dr. Alice Romney, A Medical Woman: Devorah Allen

Lady Geraldine Boleyn, Dr. Alice Romney's School Friend: Kelly S. Taylor

Miss Gertrude Silberthwaite, An Eminent Artist: thestorygirl

Miss Nora Baillie, A Professor of Literature: TJ Burns

Miss Hilda Crowninshield, A Famous Pianist: Jenn Broda

Miss Nellie Grant, A Typist and Shorthand Writer: Availle

Jane, A Maid: Scarbo

Narrator: ToddHW