One-Act Play Collection 021

Here, in our 21st collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. There are two plays from the 1700s, Congreve's "Judgement of Paris" and Handel's "Esther"; the remaining plays come from the early 1900s, with the whole collection bookended by a pair of one act plays by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. All short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. (NOTE: Floyd Dell died in 1969, so the play "A Long Time Ago" is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.) - Summary by ToddHW Cast lists: 1. A Seat in the Park by Arthur Wing Pinero. BC for this play is toddhw A Mr. Postlethwaite:Greg Giordano [https://librivox.org/reader/8011] A Miss Beechcroft:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] Stage Directions:Larry Wilson [https://librivox.org/reader/8425] 2. Two Slatterns and a King: A Moral Interlude by Edna St. Vincent Millay. BC for this play is BrianFullen The King: Alan Mapstone [https://librivox.org/reader/7170] Chance the Vice: Larry Wilson [https://librivox.org/reader/8425] Tidy the false Slattern: ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] Slut the true Slattern: Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] Stage Directions: Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] 3. The Judgement of Paris by William Congreve. BC for this play is alanmapstone Paris:Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] Mercury:Greg Giordano [https://librivox.org/reader/8011] Juno:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] Pallas:Inkell [https://librivox.org/reader/17662] Venus:Christine Rottger [https://librivox.org/reader/16209] Chorus/Narration:Alan Mapstone [https://librivox.org/reader/7170] 4. A Long Time Ago by Floyd Dell. BC for this play is ShrimpPhish Stage Directions:Christine Rottger [https://librivox.org/reader/16209] The Old Woman:Winnifred Assmann [https://librivox.org/reader/17246] The Fool:Greg Giordano [https://librivox.org/reader/8011] The Queen:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] The Sailor:Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] The Prince:Brize C [https://librivox.org/reader/14624] 5. The Babylonian Captivity by Lesya Ukrainka. BC for this play is Inkell Eleazar:Greg Giordano [https://librivox.org/reader/8011] The Old Man:Brize C [https://librivox.org/reader/14624] The Youth:Bogdana [https://librivox.org/reader/20190] Samarian Prophet:Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] Jewish Prophet:Larry Wilson [https://librivox.org/reader/8425] First Levite:Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] Second Levite:heljar [https://librivox.org/reader/20095] Third Levite:Alan Mapstone [https://librivox.org/reader/7170] A Man:ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] A Woman:mleigh [https://librivox.org/reader/14499] First Mother:Lynette Caulkins [https://librivox.org/reader/13661] The Girl:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] The Child:dc [https://librivox.org/reader/16764] The Old Woman:Winnifred Assmann [https://librivox.org/reader/17246] A Mad Woman:Agnes Robert Behr [https://librivox.org/reader/18543] The Father:Valentin Roberts [https://librivox.org/reader/20267] Old Man:Alan Mapstone [https://librivox.org/reader/7170] Another Old Man:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] A Little Boy:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] An Overseer:Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] Stage Directions:Inkell [https://librivox.org/reader/17662] 6. Bargains in Cathay by Rachel Field. BC for this play is BrianFullen Miss Emily Gray, an ambitious salesgirl: ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] Jerry O’Brien, a delivery boy: Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] Miss Doty, official guardian of the book department: April6090 [https://librivox.org/reader/10995] Thompson Williams, a poet, also of the men’s wear department: Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] Miss Bliss, a lady with memories: Agnes Robert Behr [https://librivox.org/reader/18543] Mr. Royce, a floorwalker: Greg Giordano [https://librivox.org/reader/8011] A Gentleman from New York: ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] Stage Directions: Inkell [https://librivox.org/reader/17662] 7. Lithuania by Rupert Brooke. BC for this play is Rapinzelina Stage Directions:Inkell [https://librivox.org/reader/17662] Stranger:Greg Giordano [https://librivox.org/reader/8011] Mother:Agnes Robert Behr [https://librivox.org/reader/18543] Daughter:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] Father:Alan Mapstone [https://librivox.org/reader/7170] Young Man:Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] Vodka-Shopkeeper:Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] Vodka-Shopkeeper's Son:Rapunzelina [https://librivox.org/reader/6924] 8. A Morality Play for the Leisured Class, A Satire. BC for this play is BrianFullen Soul: Greg Giordano [https://librivox.org/reader/8011] The Presence: Agnes Robert Behr [https://librivox.org/reader/18543] Stage Directions: Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] 9. Esther by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). BC for this play is alanmapstone Esther:dc [https://librivox.org/reader/16764] Assuerus:Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] Mordecai:Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] Haman:M Leigh [https://librivox.org/reader/14499] Priest of the Israelites:Lynette Caulkins [https://librivox.org/reader/13661] 1st Israelite:Rapunzelina [https://librivox.org/reader/6924] Harbonah:Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] Israelite Boy:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] Persian Officer:Inkell [https://librivox.org/reader/17662] Chorus/Narration:Alan Mapstone [https://librivox.org/reader/7170] 10. A Private Room by Arthur Wing Pinero. BC for this play is ToddHW ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] General Sir George Darenth, K.C.B.:ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] Carlton Belcher:Greg Giordano [https://librivox.org/reader/8011] Pietro Vitelli, Proprietor of the Café Constanza:Brian Fullen [https://librivox.org/reader/17713] A Waiter:Inkell [https://librivox.org/reader/17662] Lady Chinnery:ShrimpPhish [https://librivox.org/reader/19584] Stage Directions:Larry Wilson [https://librivox.org/reader/8425]