stage plays by ian hornby

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Three Short Plays
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    This collection of three short plays is only available as one volume.

Time Itself
- comedy - 2m 2f + extras
Barry is clearing his deceased mother's effects from their attic when he discovers an old parchment bearing the inscription "Whoever holds the open parchment holds time itself". And that's what it does - when he unfolds it, time stops. Barry is heading for fun and wealth and a peaceful life, until the breeze plays a fateful hand. Flexible staging.

Clicks - black comedy - 1m 1f  (unseen) plus 1m/f
Mark is a computer buff, much to his wife's annoyance. He surfs the Internet looking for sleazy material, unaware that the computer itself is watching his every move….

Fantasy - play - 1m 2f
Doug has been unemployed for two years and is in the depths of depression, where the border between reality and fantasy have become blurred. His wife Ellen tries to understand, until the arrival of the mysterious Ruth take things several stages further.