[quote]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

A Miss Beechcroft: ShrimpPhish

Stage Directions: Larry Wilson

2. Two Slatterns and a King: A Moral Interlude by Edna St. Vincent Millay. BC for this play is BrianFullen

The King: Alan MapstoneChance the Vice: Larry WilsonTidy the false Slattern: ShrimpPhishSlut the true Slattern: Tomas Peter Stage Directions: Brian Fullen

3. The Judgement of Paris by William Congreve. BC for this play is alanmapstone

Paris: Brian FullenMercury: Greg GiordanoJuno: ShrimpPhishPallas: InkellVenus: Christine RottgerChorus/Narration: Alan Mapstone

4. A Long Time Ago by Floyd Dell. BC for this play is ShrimpPhish

Stage Directions: Christine RottgerThe Old Woman: Winnifred AssmannThe Fool: Greg GiordanoThe Queen: ShrimpPhishThe Sailor: Brian FullenThe Prince: Brize C

5. The Babylonian Captivity by Lesya Ukrainka. BC for this play is Inkell

Eleazar: Greg GiordanoThe Old Man: Brize CThe Youth: BogdanaSamarian Prophet: Tomas PeterJewish Prophet: Larry WilsonFirst Levite: Brian FullenSecond Levite: heljarThird Levite: Alan MapstoneA Man: ToddHWA Woman: mleighFirst Mother: Lynette CaulkinsThe Girl: ShrimpPhishThe Child: dcThe Old Woman: Winnifred AssmannA Mad Woman: Agnes Robert BehrThe Father: Valentin RobertsOld Man: Alan MapstoneAnother Old Man: ShrimpPhishA Little Boy: ShrimpPhishAn Overseer: Brian FullenStage Directions: Inkell

6. Bargains in Cathay by Rachel Field. BC for this play is BrianFullen

Miss Emily Gray, an ambitious salesgirl: ShrimpPhishJerry O’Brien, a delivery boy: Brian FullenMiss Doty, official guardian of the book department: April6090Thompson Williams, a poet, also of the men’s wear department: Tomas PeterMiss Bliss, a lady with memories: Agnes Robert BehrMr. Royce, a floorwalker: Greg GiordanoA Gentleman from New York: ToddHW Stage Directions: Inkell

7. Lithuania by Rupert Brooke. BC for this play is Rapinzelina

Stage Directions: InkellStranger: Greg GiordanoMother: Agnes Robert BehrDaughter: ShrimpPhishFather: Alan MapstoneYoung Man: Tomas PeterVodka-Shopkeeper: Brian FullenVodka-Shopkeeper's Son: Rapunzelina

8. A Morality Play for the Leisured Class, A Satire. BC for this play is BrianFullen

Soul: Greg GiordanoThe Presence: Agnes Robert Behr Stage Directions: Brian Fullen

9. Esther by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). BC for this play is alanmapstone

Esther: dcAssuerus: Tomas PeterMordecai: Brian FullenHaman: M LeighPriest of the Israelites: Lynette Caulkins1st Israelite: RapunzelinaHarbonah: Brian FullenIsraelite Boy: ShrimpPhishPersian Officer: InkellChorus/Narration: Alan Mapstone

10. A Private Room by Arthur Wing Pinero. BC for this play is ToddHW

ToddHW

General Sir George Darenth, K.C.B.: ToddHW

Carlton Belcher: Greg Giordano

Pietro Vitelli, Proprietor of the Café Constanza: Brian Fullen

A Waiter: Inkell

Lady Chinnery: ShrimpPhish

Stage Directions: Larry Wilson