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The Ladybirds
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"Lively, irreverent and fast moving ... it works!"
George Owen, Drama Association of Wales
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Winner - OVERALL FESTIVAL WINNER Anstruther-Gray Drama Competition (SWRI Finals) - Shiskine Drama Group - 2010
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(This play has a sequel in 'The Ladybirds: Francesca Returns' but can be played on its own) |
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Synopsis
The village drama group has lost all their men. The future looks bleak until a bright, young director, Francesca Delmarco, agrees to help them out.
She is professionally trained and she has a plan which will give the group a new lease of life. She persuades them to enter the 'Dame Agnes Wragg Festival of One Act Plays for an All Female Cast' with a play she has written herself.
Francesca's play is controversial; it concerns a lesbian couple who want to have a baby. When the word gets out, the vicar's wife, Agatha Frost, attempts to ban the production. However, The Players have their own way of dealing with misguided authority. |
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Duration
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50 mins approx |
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Characters
(9f)
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- Marge - officious, domineering, retired civil servant
- Betty - quick witted, retired matron
- Faye - aspiring actress who has missed the boat, an aesthete
- Francesca - young director, enthusiastic and ambitious, angry
- Julie - college girl with a fresh innocence
- Babs - the general dogsbody
- Agatha Frost - the Vicar's wife, Chair of the Community Council
- Drama Competition judge
- Jenny - a prize-winner (non speaking role)
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