Name: The Watch Below - American One act Period Play set on a Naval Tanker in 1960
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THE WATCH BELOW – ONE ACT PERIOD PLAY SET ON A NAVAL TANKER IN 1960

It’s a typical American Navy Tanker in the 1960’s, where all the men have been cooped up for months. Now they’re anchored off the coast of Jamaica, officially for a top secret government meeting. Tensions and tempers are running high, a man is missing after attacking another with a knife and another ill with a mysterious disease in the infirmary. And they’re expecting the officials to come on board today of all days. Rumor has it one of them’s a woman. Times really have changed. Let’s hope it doesn’t all turn to shit today in this one act period play set on a naval tanker.

Other plays by American Playwright James Campbell:

Snow in July – a collection thought provoking one act plays
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – a musical based on the original play
Sunset on the Potomac – one act contemporary tragedy
Jumping the League – comedy about a not so typical Priest
Fausot e Mefisto – Very Short one act comedy based on Faust

Author: James Campbell

Type: One act play

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cast of 11, 10M 1F

Ages of the actors: Adult – language and racist language typical of the time period.

Suitable for: Adults

Length: Thirty Minutes

Set: The officers’ wardroom aboard the USS MECHANICA,
(AOG 6), a US Navy tanker at anchor in Kingston Harbor,
Jamaica. An open door, USL, leads to the weather deck. A
curtained door, DSR, leads to the officers’ pantry. A door, DSL,
opens on the after part of the ship. There is a speaker system called
a “21-MC”, a table covered with a green cloth, chairs, hotplate,
cups, silex of coffee, etc. The afternoon light is visible through the
weather door.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 getting the mannerisms and collquialisms correct for the time period