The Ladybirds by Tony Layton
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  “Lively, irreverent and fast moving ... it works!”  
 
George Owen, Drama Association of Wales
 

The village drama group has lost all their men. The future looks bleak until a bright, young director, Francesca Delmarco, agrees to help them out.

She is professionally trained and she has a plan which will give the group a new lease of life. She persuades them to enter the 'Dame Agnes Wragg Festival of One Act Plays for an All Female Cast' with a play she has written herself.

Francesca's play is controversial; it concerns a lesbian couple who want to have a baby. When the word gets out, the vicar's wife, Agatha Frost, attempts to ban the production. However, The Players have their own way of dealing with misguided authority.


Marge - an officious, domineering, retired civil servant.
Betty - a quick witted, retired matron.
Faye - an aspiring actress who has missed the boat, an aesthete.
Francesca - a young director, enthusiastic and ambitious, angry.
Julie - a college girl with a fresh innocence.
Babs - the general dogsbody.
Agatha Frost - the Vicar's wife, Chair of the Community Council.
Drama Competition judge.
Jenny - a prize-winner (non speaking role)
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
Duration : 45 mins
Acts : 1
Principals : 7f (+2f)
Sets : 1
 
ISBN
: 1 904458 55 6
Size : A5
Pages : 32
 
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