Additional information
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Genre | Comedy |
Script Style | One Act |
Duration (mins) | 40 |
Male Cast | 3 |
Female Cast | 5 |
Total Cast | 8 |
£10.00 – £20.00
A vicar, terrified of babies, who accidentally overdoses on vodka, an overdue baby, a hapless church official, a flustered vicar’s wife, an impostor unmasked and a pacey plot thickening every minute to produce ‘In the Pipeline’, a fast-moving farce where all’s well that ends well – eventually.
Author | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Script Style | One Act |
Duration (mins) | 40 |
Male Cast | 3 |
Female Cast | 5 |
Total Cast | 8 |
The setting is an office attached to the parish church of St Jude the Obscure. We will meet a vicar, terrified of babies, who accidentally overdoses on vodka, an overdue baby, a hapless church official and his long-suffering colleague, a flustered vicar’s wife, an impostor unmasked and a pacey plot thickening every minute to produce ‘In the Pipeline’, a fast-moving farce where all’s well that ends well – eventually.
Characters
Nine: three male, five female, one either sex (Det Sgt Higgins)
Alfie Lowe – Verger at the parish church of St Jude the Obscure
Madge Martin – Churchwarden
The Rev’d Humphrey Dumberley, really Patrick Brompton, confidence trickster (character name is ‘Humphrey’ throughout)
Edie Flackwell – Churchgoer who ‘does the flowers’
Bex Hill – Mother-to-be
Sandra Hill – Mother of Bex
Liam Moss – Father-to-be and boyfriend of Bex
Hilda Dumberley – The real Rev’d Humphrey’s wife
Detective Sergeant Higgins – Local C.I.D.
Performed November 2018 by the One in Seven Drama Group in Co. Durham.
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