One Act Plays

A Sign Of The Times The play tackles the theme of wartime xenophobia and its effect on a family living in the East End of London during the early days of the First World War. Leo Hoffmann, the proprietor of a family bake ... Author: BIRD, John C Cast (at least 4): 3m, lf. One-Act. Approx 23 mins. Details

ALBY AND THE BIG FELLAH The action takes place in a hospital room where 15-year-old Alby, suffering from cancer, is being visted by his best friend, Matt. The play explores the differing reactions of the two boys to the impe ... Author: BIRD, John C Cast (at least 2): 2M One-Act. Details

BO AND JOE The play is a fictional evocation of the ill-starred relationship in the early 1880s etween Beatrice Potter and Joseph Chamberlain, the leading radical politician of his time. Beatrice later married S ... Author: BIRD, John C Cast (at least 4): 3m, 1f. One-Act. Details

CITY OF DREAMS Fred Newman, a local government accountant, dreams of leaving his nagging wife and dead-end job and travelling the world. A heart attack and early retirement provide the opportunity to take off and he ... Author: BIRD, John C Cast (at least 2): 1m, 1f. One-Act. Approx 24 mins. Details

TRUSTING HERR SCHICKELGRUBER It is September 1938. The eyes of the world are on Germany. Two men are in the spotlight - Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Hitler is seeking to add to t ... Author: BIRD, John C Cast (at least 5): 4m, 1f Full-Length. Details