DANUBE MOON
(comedy; 2m, 2f; 30 min)
A One-Act Comedy by
Peter D. Wilson
Character notes
ANNE A tour escort, and a natural organiser; just old enough to regret that some things in life have passed her by; used to dealing with difficult people, and in need of all her patience on this trip.
BERYL Middle-aged, strong-willed, and tipsy; sometimes querulous, less often pathetically anxious for social contact, but underneath she has a heart of pure arsenic.
MARTIN The bar steward; about twenty, wearing lightly a superior education; his initial deference, never obsequious, relaxes into a degree of familiarity as the action progresses.
GERALD About Beryl's age, eminently hen-peckable; a normally capable businessman reduced to desperation by his predicament.
Set
A corner of the saloon on the M.V. "Danube Moon," heading upstream on that river from the Iron Gates. There is a window centre left, another (possibly just off stage) down right, and bench seats around the sides with low tables, at least one of which is close to the window left. A bar extends up centre from centre right, with a clock above the shelves and a telephone; another table is in front of it with a couple of chairs. There is one entrance, up left. Ideally, a pale blue spot is mounted behind the window left, but above the sight line, on a horizontal slide or pivoted arm so as to give when required an effect of moonlight from slowly changing directions as the ship follows a winding channel. Otherwise the lighting on this and the other peripheral tables is subdued; that on the bar and nearer table is brighter.
At first nothing but fog can be seen through the window, but later, when the moonlight breaks through, a vague pattern of trees on the river bank may be visible.
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