This is a collection of short, mostly comedy plays. These are very short
plays indeed. If they were any shorter they probably wouldn't even be
plays; yet they are longer, I think, than just sketches, and each one is
complete in itself. A number of them might be performed sequentially to
create an extended entertainment-a showcase for actors and a set of
intriguingly diverse stories for an audience. Certainly they go off in
different and I hope unpredictable directions, and it would be
challenging to stage them; but with a little imagination, and not being
too literal about it, I think perfectly possible. When first performed
in competition it was impractical to produce some of the strange props
indicated, but the stage directions read aloud was enough to prime the
audience's imagination. A word about swearing: I find the use of
indiscriminate bad language, frankly, boring; but there is occasional
bad language here, necessary to the characters' ways of expressing
themselves. Some of the plays have adult themes.