Firecrest, The Play Script by Roger Manktelow

Firecrest, The Roger Manktelow Victor and Marjory are blissfully unaware that their comfortable retirement is about to be shattered, that long buried corrosive secrets are about to be disinterred. That is until Patrick arrives unexpectedly. His coming reveals what really happened to the Firecrest, Marjorie’s indiscrete affair and the awful truth about Claire Peabody. And who is the mysterious young woman constantly at Victor’s side? Prices Note. All prices shown are now inclusive. No additional VAT is charged on Scripts, Library Reading Service or Performing Licences. Royalty Code F Script £5.00 Library Service £1.50 Performing Licence £45.00 per performance for Hall seating up to 150 Performing Licence £50.00 per performance for Hall seating up to 400 Please note that one Performing Licence is required for each performance. Buy Online Cast Summary Firecrest, The: 5M 3F + 2 Voices Synopsis In 1949 Victor and Patrick were involved in a secret, and highly lucrative, deal to buy some gemstones on behalf of an unknown client, working through the enigmatic ‘Boris’. Victor gets suspicious when Boris becomes particularly anxious about the Firecrest, an apparently insignificant gem, a garnet set in a ring. He discovers that it once formed part of the crown jewels of Rumelia, a mythical Balkan country, which had been looted by the Nazis. Rumelia is now ruled by an equally nasty communist regime, and they want it back and will go to any lengths to get it. Victor keeps the Firecrest and uses it to blackmail Boris, but, before the deal can be concluded, Boris is killed in a rail accident. Of course the Firecrest is never found and, as far as Patrick is concerned, its disappearance is a mystery. Victor, not knowing what to do, and fearful of what the Rumelian’s would do to him if they knew he had it, effectively hides it by giving it to his wife Marjory as a love token, who has worn it ever since. Many years later Patrick happens to be in the area and invites himself to visit Victor and Marjory. Fearful that Patrick will expose him when he sees the Firecrest, Victor is less than enthusiastic but Marjory for her own reasons is delighted, so he can’t be put off. Patrick however doesn’t seem to recognise it. It soon emerges that he has never seen it. He explains that it was Claire Peabody, an ambitious office junior, who did all the legwork, whilst he was having an affair with an un-named women. The woman turns out to be Marjory. She tells a long story about the affair and her relationship with Victor. She explains that she had married him on the rebound and that she had become trapped in a loveless marriage but, for various reasons, had stayed with him despite. Victor however had taken this as proof of her love for him, which he has always returned in spades. Patrick was to be Marjory’s way out, but she had mistaken her man. He takes fright and leaves after Claire threatens to expose the affair. His visit brings back all the pain and she demands that he leaves. By way of explanation Marjory finally tells Victor the truth about everything, breaking his heart. There is another reason for Patrick’s visit however, the recent discovery of Claire’s body. After a reconciliation he tells Marjory about his own involvement with the Firecrest. Claire had tried to blackmail him, but, after she failed to show up at an arranged meeting, he had seen Victor coming from the place where her body had been recently found. Victor, who has been eavesdropping, confesses to the murder. He explains that it was her threat to expose Marjory’s affair, which he had known of all along, that was the reason. Here at last is Marjory’s opportunity to separate from Victor, but now it has come she suddenly realises just how much she needs him. She tries to persuade him not to tell the police but too late. Her confession had opened the floodgates for him. His conscience, which Marjory’s love had always kept at bay, had come back to haunt him. It had come in the form of Claire herself, who is constantly by his side. The only way to end it is to confess his crime and this is what he does. The stage is divided into two sets, Victor and Marjory’s patio in the early 1980’s and Victor’s office in 1949. The action takes place between the two in the form of flashbacks. Costumes are appropriate to the two eras. Read Sample Pages Specifications Format: Paperback Pages: iii,45 Dimensions: A5 (148mm width x 210mm height) Publisher: Jasper Publishing Published: 2008 Language: English ISBN: 978 1 905993 71 0 Keywords Psychological Drama Links If you would like to include a link to this script, you can copy the following HTML and paste it into your own website. Link to this script in the Advanced Website: <a href=http://www.jasperpublishing.com/Products.aspx?ItemId=406>Firecrest, The, Roger Manktelow</a> Link to this script in the Classic Website: <a href=http://www.JasperPublishing.com/StaticContent/406.htm>Firecrest, The, Roger Manktelow</a>  Home   Advanced website with Shopping Cart

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