Shadows (Dryden)

A man, David, emerges from the shadows of an empty theatre. Soon he is joined by Peggy, fresh from drama school who has come to audition for the part of Cordelia. Peggy begins to perform her audition speech and David joins her, playing the part of Lear. When Peggy asks who he is he replies, "Just — a jobbing actor." A mysterious, haunting drama.


Contained in the volume Six Primroses Each & Other Plays for Young Actors, which were originally written for Chiswick Youth Theatre, and in regular workshop and performance use by young actors between the ages of eleven and eighteen. They have good parts and dramatic situations for everyone betwen the ages of ten and twenty and are particularly suitable for National Curriculum Key Stage 3 or 4.