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Visiting Hours

    by Jane Lockyer Willis

First performed by Plockton Amateur Dramatic Society, finalists in the SCDA Highland District Festival 2012
Comedy Play Script: 'Visiting Hours' by Jane Lockyer Willis

Synopsis

Two patients and one other - a patient or visitor? And what happened to the goldfish?

Millie has come to visit her friend in a psychiatric unit of a hospital.  Wandering into a ward, she becomes friendly with Annie and Rose, two eccentric, argumentative patients. Things come to a head when Annie accuses Rose of saving up her sleeping pills in order to do away with herself, while Rose accuses Annie of having murdered her mother.  
 
The normally meek Millie becomes a surprisingly good judge and jury of Rose and Annie’s dispute. 
 
At the end, the mystery of Millie’s friend is finally solved.

Duration
45 mins approx

Characters

(2m, 5f)
  • Rose - elderly, a patient, conscientious, anxious, friendly but guarded
  • Young Rose - 15-20, fresh, naive, adores her elder brother
  • Peter - 18-20, Rose’s late brother killed in WW2, optimistic and forward looking
  • Annie - elderly, a patient, aggressive, anxious, self-doubting and afraid
  • Millie - 40s-50s, the visitor, quiet, tentative, watchful, masks a more complex character
  • Nurse George - 30s/40s, kind hearted, overworked, impulsive, a little vague
  • Nurse Blythe - 30s/40s, efficient, friendly but distant
  • Preview Script (Visiting Hours)
    £0.00 Preview Script (Visiting Hours)
    A free preview script containing a significant part of the full script and provided as a pdf file sized for A4 paper...
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    £3.25 E-Script (Not A Penny More)
    The full script provided as a pdf file for A4 size paper. You have a maximum of three attempts to download the file within a period of 30 days after the order date. You are licensed to print this once for your personal use...
  • E-Script (Visiting Hours)
    £3.25 E-Script (Visiting Hours)
    The full script provided as a pdf file for A4 size paper. You have a maximum of three attempts to download the file within a period of 30 days after the order date. You are licensed to print this once for your personal use...
  • Printed Script (Visiting Hours)
    £7.25 Printed Script (Visiting Hours)
    A printed script provided as an A5 paperback acting edition. You are licensed to use this for your personal use. If you want to make multiple copies for use at rehearsals, a Script Copying Licence is required in addition...
  • Script Copying Licence (Visiting Hours)
    £24.99 Script Copying Licence (Visiting Hours)
    If you've bought an e-script or a printed script, this licence permits you to make copies of it for rehearsal use.  PLEASE NOTE: The licence will be e-mailed to you as an A4 pdf file - it is not instantly downloadable...
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