A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE
Last Scene of All
Short Play, Comedy / 5f, 2m
Margaret Wood
A delightful short play set in a home for Retired Artistes
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Cast Size
5f, 2m -
Duration
30 minutes -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
The light-hearted and entertaining play concerns four elderly actresses passing their days in a Home for Retired Artistes. They bicker and banter, showing the different parts of thier profession. Only Dame Anthea's dresser, Gladys, keeps an observant distance, injecting pithy comments into the actresses' small talk. Needing a man for their projected Christmas play, they enlist the help of newcomer Arthur Pendragon. But it is the dapper Antony Redfern who devises an entertainment ideally suited to their personalities, whilst the redoubtable Gladys in installed as costume mistress, as usual!
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period Present Day
- Setting The lounge of the Gwynne-Garrick Home for Retired Artistes
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Duration 30 minutes
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £30 per performance plus VAT when applicable.