Four ‘Victorian’ Melodramas - Each in One short (but awful) Act

For performance separately, in any combination, or as part of a Music Hall evening ...

A Penny for Bob, or Bob for a Penny - despite constant interruptions from a “latecomer” the Chairman sets the scene as we witness the plight of Penny Forum, the young mother abandoned to the threats of the landlord’s demands for rent, until rescued by her (late) husband’s travelling companion, Roland Butter

The Virtue of Innocence, or The Innocence of Virtue - old ham actors Evelyn Awl and Brandon Irons give stirring farewell performances to save their “Little Sweetie” fellow actress (Charlotte Rousse) from the clutches of the scheming, devious and evil confidence trickster, Jake Eland Hyde

Pulchritude Personified, or Queue for a Bedknob -  the Chairman has difficulty with both the actors and the stage management in attempting to bring together the down-at-heel heroine, Lucinda Lovelorn, and the unlikely, lisping hero, Eustace Bedknob

Jack the Dandy, or It’s a Rum Do - gentleman smuggler Jack Rattenbury robs from the Revenue to spoil the poor but he and landlord Master Quick are outwitted by rival Sam Chance, masquerading as the new Revenue Officer, assisted by the young, one-legged, John Silver

Each play runs 12-15 minutes and offers 6 or 7 speaking parts

Suggested Age Range : 11 upwards