What about Mr. Beasley? and Creative Writing Play Script by Dennis Patterson

What about Mr. Beasley? and Creative Writing Dennis Patterson What about Mr. Beasley? A play for three women and two or three men.(Charlie can either be played dressed in a white suit and with a very white face, or as a Voice) The problems of a widow left alone in a house with a long term lodger. Everything ends happily, despite the efforts of her best friends to solve her dilemma. Creative Writing Eric Gormley wins a writing competition and is overjoyed at being recognised as a published author. However, the prize, a romantic weekend for two in Paris does present some problems … three ladies from the college where he attends a writing course, all of whom he fancies have to be turned away … another lady, for whom he has long harboured thoughts of lust, mistakes the offer for a proposal, only the efforts of Eric’s brother George prevent a catastrophe. It turns out that he never won at all … but he still gets his dirty weekend in Paris. Buy Online Read Sample Pages Synopsis What about Mr. Beasley? The play starts with the funeral reception of Charlie Wainwright, an ex-dock worker who fell into the dock and drowned after his own redundancy party. A very popular man, as most heavy drinkers are, his wife Elsie has had a miserable married life. The arrangements for the funeral have been taken out of Elsie’s hands by her two best friends, Ivy and Martha, two avid funeral followers. Having got rid of the mourners, the three sit down to talk about Elsie’s predicament… the fact that she has a long term lodger still living in the house, Mr Arnold Beasley. They assure Elsie that they themselves could see no harm in the fact….although Ivy does point out that there have been remarks about the menage a trois in the past. They question Mr Beasley about his attentions….he offers to convert the house into two self contained flats which does meet the approval of the vicar, called in to help, but not the ladies. It would have only one front door…. when that was closed anything could be going on….in the minds of the neighbours, of course. When it is decided that there is no alternative but for Mr Beasley to leave, it transpires that the house is his…Charlie having spent all his money on riotous living, he has been paying the mortgage since their marriage. The only solution then is marriage… but in view of Elsie’s recent bereavement, it is to be a marriage of convenience. Mr Beasley is left in no doubt this means that some…indeed most….of the privileges of married life are denied to him…that he will still be, in effect a lodger. All goes according to plan until they return from their honeymoon in Bognor, specially chosen for its enervating qualities, when it is clear that Mr Beasley….and Elsie….have not stuck strictly to the conditions laid down. Another problem is that they too, find they have an unwanted lodger….who tells Elsie that his drowning was no accident….Mr Beasley pushed him in, and, pretending to be trying to save him, held him under. Fortunately, Elsie had gone along to the party with similar intentions, so they lived happily ever after….Charlie, of course, being on his best behaviour after being threatened with exorcism. Creative Writing Eric Gormely is a lodger in his own house, thanks to his domineering sister Maud. Having been unemployed since being made redundant, he and his friend Kevin pass the time by attending the Creative Writing Course at the local college. Despite having trouble getting his homework finished owing to Maud, Eric’s short story manages to win a prize in a competition - unfortunately the prize is a romantic weekend for two in Paris and the story has been published in the Woman’s Companion. Two young ladies from the college - one his writing tutor - are first to stake a claim to accompany him, but are seen off by Maud. Eric confesses to his brother George, called in to clear up the problem, that for years he has harboured lustful thoughts for Mrs Willerby, a very respectable pillar of the local community, and Kevin is sent to sound her out about a dirty weekend. Meanwhile, the beautiful Miss Huxtable, captain of the college netball team and tutor of Ladies PE calls, and makes a very specific offer, which Eric is unable to turn down. Then, Mrs Willerby turns up to say that she will accept…but has somehow got the impression that Kevin was sent along to her with a proposal of marriage from Eric…which she enthusiastically accepts, warning Eric that her brothers would be very annoyed should he try to back down. Only the quick thinking of George, who explains that in the event of Eric marrying, Maud is part of the package deal saves Eric from a fate worse then death. He turns to Miss Huxtable, to find that, annoyed at being placed on the subs bench, as it were, she has decided to go on a weekend trip to Skegness with Kevin. Then, out of the blue, Nora Bunting, a plain speaking, no-nonsense Northerner, turns up to tell him that he never won the prize after all…he used far too many words…to send him to the depths of despair. She encourages him by assuring him that all he needed was a short course in Simple Arithmetic and all would be well…and that as the eventual winner, she would take him to Paris herself. Maud, to prove that Education can be over-rated, finds the second prize that Nora left on the table - a romantic fortnight in a Scunthorpe caravan park - and goes off to Lincolnshire to meet Nora’s husband Albert. Cast Summary What about Mr. Beasley?: 2M 3F + 1M or Voice Creative Writing: 3M 6F Reviews Specifications Format: Paperback Pages: iv,50 Dimensions: A5 (148mm width x 210mm height) Publisher: Jasper Publishing Published: 2006 Language: English ISBN: 978 1 905993 16 1  Home   Advanced website with Shopping Cart

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