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S.M.
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S.M. Branch is a UK-born music teacher who came to NZ in 1968. After eleven years in Marton, now based in Hawkes Bay. After doing acting, props, etc and some directing for Marton Players, is now mainly involved as "Pit Player" for musical theatre. |
| NOR IRON BARS A one act play in ten scenes. Comedy – drama. Two prisoners in next-door cells begin to be more honest with each other than they can be with their visitors.4 males, 3 females (2 females may be shared role) SET: Impression of 2 cells side by side facing the audience. Min. props – a chair in each cell. LIGHTING: There should be no black out between scenes. A pair of spotlights trained on each ‘cell’ (within hand reach of each other), one set to represent daylight, the other moonlight. Coloured light for last scene. |
OLD LADY AND TRAINS Three acts. … 90 min. Seven characters with 2 optional extras. Mrs Binns and Frankie are thrown together by a school community project organized by Bernard and Kathy. Mrs Binn’s loneliness is self-imposed through neighbour-baiting and putting on a ‘senile’ act for her relatives. Frankie’s loneliness stems from dislocation from a remote farm to town, and lack of communication with his telly-bound parents. He and Mrs Binn are drawn together mainly by their common fascination for the sense of limbo they find in passing trains. As the warmth of their ‘Nana and grandson’ relationship grows, so does their power to misunderstand and hurt one another. |