The Baby – a One Act Period Drama about a Pregnancy

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Klara is pregnant. Again. This will make the fifth time she has been pregnant and not once has she managed to bring a child into this world. All the others passed away before they could even be born. But this time, she hopes and prays it will be different. Her husband, Alois, is a lot older than she is and it isn’t his first marriage. Moving from one women to the next, he quickly tires of them, especially when he deems them useless, like Klara, who cannot do the one thing he wanted her for. To produce a baby. And so he drinks to pass the time, often with his friend Wolfgang. But even Wolfgang, his best friend, feels that the way he treats Klara isn’t right. Her Doctor advises that she go into hospital in the last month, to keep the baby safe after she admits to him that Alois can be a bit rough with her at times, when he has been drinking. But all three of them: Klara, Dr Grueber and Alois all agree. This time the baby must live. And they’ll do their utmost to make sure that happens.

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one act period drama

THE BABY – A ONE ACT PERIOD DRAMA ABOUT A PREGNANCY

Klara is pregnant. Again. This will make the fifth time she has been pregnant and not once has she managed to bring a child into this world. All the others passed away before they could even be born. But this time, she hopes and prays it will be different. Her husband, Alois, is a lot older than she is and it isn’t his first marriage. Moving from one women to the next, he quickly tires of them, especially when he deems them useless, like Klara, who cannot do the one thing he wanted her for. To produce a baby. And so he drinks to pass the time, often with his friend Wolfgang. But even Wolfgang, his best friend, feels that the way he treats Klara isn’t right. Her Doctor advises that she go into hospital in the last month, to keep the baby safe after she admits to him that Alois can be a bit rough with her at times, when he has been drinking. But all three of them: Klara, Dr Grueber and Alois all agree. This time the baby must live. And they’ll do their utmost to make sure that happens in this one act period drama.

Other plays by British playwright Owen Lewis:

The White Feather – drama about The Great War
TMhe Astounding Works of Simon Trout – hilarious one act play
The Retirement of the Witches of Ipswich – British Comedy plays

Author: Owen Lewis

Type: One act Play

Genre: One Act Period Drama

Cast: 4M 1F

Ages of the actors: One F in her twenties, the rest are middle aged to older M

Suitable for: PG 12 – references to sex

Length: 30 -35 minutes

Set: The action takes place in the Spring of 1889 in a humble cottage in the Austrian village of Branau on the frontier of Austria and Bavaria. It is a modest dwelling as the family are from impoverished
backgrounds but have found social mobility thanks to Alois’ job in the Austrian Customs Service.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – it is always more challenging to play characters from over a hundred years ago. There are also odd smatterings of German in the text.

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Copyright © 2015 Owen Lewis

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