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Jane Lockyer Willis

Genre: Comedy

Cast size: 7

Duration: 45 mins approx

Jane Lockyer Willis | Comedy | One Act | 3m, 3f

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Two patients and one other: a patient or a visitor? And what happened to the goldfish? A funny, touching play.

Two patients and one other - a patient or visitor? And what happened to the goldfish?

Millie has come to visit her friend in a psychiatric unit of a hospital.  Wandering into a ward, she becomes friendly with Annie and Rose, two eccentric, argumentative patients. Things come to a head when Annie accuses Rose of saving up her sleeping pills in order to do away with herself, while Rose accuses Annie of having murdered her mother.  
 
The normally meek Millie becomes a surprisingly good judge and jury of Rose and Annie’s dispute. 
 
At the end, the mystery of Millie’s friend is finally solved.

(2m, 5f)

  • Rose - elderlya patient, conscientious, anxious, friendly but guarded
  • Young Rose - 15-20, fresh, naive, adores her elder brother
  • Peter - 18-20, Rose’s late brother killed in WW2, optimistic and forward looking
  • Annie - elderly, a patient, aggressive, anxious, self-doubting and afraid
  • Millie - 40s-50s, the visitor, quiet, tentative, watchful, masks a more complex character
  • Nurse George - 30s/40s, kind hearted, overworked, impulsive, a little vague
  • Nurse Blythe - 30s/40s, efficient, friendly but distant
First performed by Plockton Amateur Dramatic Society, finalists in the SCDA Highland District Festival 2012
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