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Choice – Hard hitting British drama scripts

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CHOICE – HARD HITTING BRITISH DRAMA SCRIPTS

Choice is a hard hitting British drama script involving a woman, a man and a small boy.  It takes the audience on a journey from what appears to be a man’s sexual fantasy, to a child’s disappointment at his dad not being home to a far more sinister conclusion involving both sex and violence.

Choice has been performed in Swindon and London and is about to embark on a short tour.
It is a very hard hitting piece that deals with events that come from an Operation Yewtree like event. It has so far been compared to good old fashioned “in yer face” theatre and the likes of Sarah Kane.

Review:  “It’s the quick, yet so natural switch that Peter Hynds makes between the icy killer and the innocent little boy that sends us back to the beginning and makes us wonder if we’d made the right assumptions. An infectious purity prevents the play from following a predictable path and it’s from such small, well observed details that it springs from: the way the little boy wears his jacket, half-hanging on his shoulders, the way he struggles to put his gloves on, the quiet disappointment in his face as his dad fails to make it at home again. And a mother who, as time passes, loses her patient affection towards him.

But before you have time to make up your mind, you find yourself in a deja-vu moment, as the beginning rolls before your eyes once more. Yet … it’s not the same. It’s the true version of what turns out to be an unfulfilled wish, a dream that had been agonizing in that cold silence.

You finally understand. And you feel utterly ashamed of making the wrong suppositions earlier.”

Playwright: Peter Hynds

Genre: British drama scripts

Type: One act play

Length: Thirty minutes

Number of actors: Three, 2M 1F

Ages of the actors:  2 adult, 1 child

Suitable for: Adults only

Set: Scene 1+5: A grubby looking room. There is a TV behind her. One chair is in the centre of the room. Scene 2-4 – there should be toys on the floor and a phone, otherwise at the director’s discretion.

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 – repeating the same scene over again but altering it subtly can be challenging

Read a Sample of the Script




Cost is $6 for this previously produced stage play

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any questions about Choice

© September 2014 Peter Hynds and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other British drama scripts:

Stag – British drama script about a stag night that allows 2 guys to relive their past
My Child – drama about an unwanted teen pregnancy and the woman who wants a child

The love of Cheesecake – Comedy One act play for Adults

comedy one act play for adults

THE LOVE OF CHEESECAKE – COMEDY AND ONE ACT PLAY FOR ADULTS

In this one act play for adults, Molly, a slightly tubby housewife is rather desperate because she feels that the spark has gone out of her marriage to the very predictable Arthur and she doesn’t know what to do about it. She feels that her relationship has become loveless and all the frustration she has built up comes pouring out. She ends up pouring her soul out to her best friend and neighbour, Fran.  Fran comes up with an idea to help Molly and Arthur out and reignite the flame and passion in Molly and Arthur’s staid relationship.  She sends her to a therapist who sets them tasks for each other. This includes everything from body food (which goes well) to a stripper pole (which doesn’t) ending with side splitting consequences in this hilarious adult comedy.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

University of Pretoria Department of UP Art, Pretoria, South Africa – 2018

The author will allow work shopping of this on act play for adults.  Ashley Nader is a small play festival award winning playwright.   The Love of Cheesecake won best play, best original script, best actress and best supporting actress in the Franklin  players festival of one act plays which is a national play festival held annually in South Africa. Ashley’s play My Middle Name is Angry is another award winning play featured on “Off The Wall Plays.” Read more about  playwright, Ashley Nader in our About the Authors section.

Author:  Ashley Nader

Genre: Adult comedy

Type: One act festival play

Length: 20 (twenty minutes)

Number of Actors:  2 F (female)  1M (male)

Ages of the actors: Any age from thirties till seventies

Set: Simple –  kitchen come lounge – a single sofa, and a table with fruit  and juice.

Level of difficulty:  7/10 – an easy script with a conversational feel. Maintaining the humor throughout is the only challenge.

View a Sample of the script from The Love of Cheesecake.




Buy this one act play for adults – the price of this play is $10

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Copyright  July  2012 Ashley Nader Off The Wall Plays