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Wallace's Will (Short Comedy)
Terence Wimbledon-Greene, bachelor of a thousand names and disguises, has finally decided to give up his wild ways. But when news arrives of his eccentric Uncle Wallace's death, Terence has just twenty-five minutes to get a girl to marry him if he wants to inherit his uncle's fortune.
Unfortunately, the only girls who'll have him believe he's someone else -- and the only one he wants, wants nothing to do with him. In the style of a classic comedy of manners, Wallace's Will is chock-full of mistaken identities, drawing-room hijinks, and ridiculous accents.
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GENRE: Comedy of manners
LENGTH: Short, 40-55 minutes
CAST: 5 females, 4 males, 1 either (9-30 actors possible: 4-25 females, 3-10 males)
SET: Minimal
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Math for Actors (Short Comedy)
Math meets mayhem when studious Kate agrees to tutor Keith, an arrogant actor who's more interested in Kate than in calculus. He shows up late, he's still in costume, and he doesn't know or care what the angle of inclination is. Answering such burning questions as how many actors it takes to screw in a light bulb, Math for Actors explores the relationship between art and algebra, and finds a common denominator.
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GENRE: Comedy
LENGTH: Short, 20-30 minutes
CAST: 1 female, 1 male
SET: Minimal
First Performed: Gaudete Academy, Hudson, MA, July 2009
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The French Butler
(Short Comedy)
Philip is in a jam. He loves the boss’s daughter, Madeline…and then he went and told the boss. Now out of a job, Philip takes the only position he can find: as a butler for his best friend’s dinner party. (Since servants are invisible anyway, right?) But when Madeline comes as a guest to that party, well, Philip has no choice but to become The French Butler. (Now, if he only knew French….)
An original comedy of manners, The French Butler, together with Wallace’s Will can make up a night full of witty banter and mistaken identities, in An Evening’s Diversion.
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GENRE: Short Comedy
LENGTH: Short, 40-50 minutes
CAST: 4 females, 4 males, (plus crew members, servants, etc.)
SET: Moderate: A Victorian drawing room and dining room
Performed: Anathan Theatre,
Franciscan University of Steubenville,
Spring 1998
and Gaudete Academy,
Marlborough, MA,
July 2002
Charming Princes (Short Comedy)
What happens after the ball?
Cinderella lived the dream: she wore a gown of starlight, she danced with the prince, and stole a (somewhat wet and slimy) kiss. Everything was perfect…really. So what if all Charming talked about was her dress and her hair and her shoes? So what if he has a predilection to preach in aggravating assonance? So what if he couldn’t take a hint, even when it hit him with a six-inch stiletto? He was a prince, and that’s what Cinderella had wished for –
Right?
Fortunately, Fairy Godmother Lilynimble Merryweather is on hand to sort out dreams and wishes. Even if that means that she has to resort to Charming Princes.
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GENRE: Comedy
LENGTH: Short, 15-25 minutes
CAST: 2 female, 2 male, 1 either (may be expanded to a cast of 25+)
SET: Minimal
First Performed: Hudson High School Drama II Class,
Hudson High School, 9 January, 2010
Short Stories
Better Seen Than Heard (Fantasy)
Princess Melliandra is constantly being cursed. Fortunately, she's also rather clever.
So, when she's plagued with muteness, she picks up a pen and writes. If she's plagued with writing backwards, she learns to write backwards...in order to write frontwards. And so on.
But when she discovers that the latest curse isn't on her but on her intended (fifth intended in five years - all those curses, you know), it takes all Melliandra's skill to free him.
Because, sometimes the surest way to a man's heart is through his antidote.
Marion Zimmer Bradley Trust
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2002 ~ 320 pp. ~ DAW
paperback ~ ISBN-10: 075640049X
If We Shadows Have Offended (Fantasy)
Miriam thought nothing of bragging in the local bar about how she stole from the sidhe court. But she never paid close attention to just who was listening.
Notable for being the first professional publication credit for Snyder.
Winner: First Place Short Story
Illustrated by: Michael Kucharski
Marion Zimmer Bradley Trust
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Winter 2000 ~ Issue 46 ~ 4 illustrations
paperback ~ ISSN 0897-9286
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The daughter of a king and a fairy, the Princess Niamh is glorious fair—perhaps overly so. Her incredible beauty proves a curse for no man can withstand even a moment in her presence without running mad. Suitor after suitor is turned away, since no one regardless of family name or credentials, is able to approach the Princess without suffering intense burning. The kingdom’s only hope rests upon a most unusual bridegroom: the Hermit. With the claws and wings of an eagle, and the head and tail of a lion, the mystery of a magician, and the piety of a saint, he alone may hold her—that is, if he can find his bride before she is led to perdition by the wicked Count and his shadowy minions.
Emily Snyder's mythical world of the Twelve Kingdoms, introduced in the full-length novel Niamh and the Hermit, is brought to life again in Chaming the Moon. This little tome contains a pair of short stories which elaborate upon the ancient history of the Twelve Kingdoms, hearkening back to the Perpetual Twilight when there was no Day or Night.