Here, in our 21st collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. There are two plays from the 1700s, Congreve's "Judgement of Paris" and Handel's "Esther"; the remaining plays come from the early 1900s, with the whole collection bookended by a pair of one act plays by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. All short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. (NOTE: Floyd Dell died in 1969, so the play "A Long Time Ago" is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.) - Summary by ToddHW Cast lists: 1. A Seat in the Park by Arthur Wing Pinero. BC for this play is toddhw A Mr. Postlethwaite: Greg Giordano A Miss Beechcroft: ShrimpPhish Stage Directions: Larry Wilson 2. Two Slatterns and a King: A Moral Interlude by Edna St. Vincent Millay. BC for this play is BrianFullen The King: Alan Mapstone Chance the Vice: Larry Wilson Tidy the false Slattern: ShrimpPhish Slut the true Slattern: Tomas Peter Stage Directions: Brian Fullen 3. The Judgement of Paris by William Congreve. BC for this play is alanmapstone Paris: Brian Fullen Mercury: Greg Giordano Juno: ShrimpPhish Pallas: Inkell Venus: Christine Rottger Chorus/Narration: Alan Mapstone 4. A Long Time Ago by Floyd Dell. BC for this play is ShrimpPhish Stage Directions: Christine Rottger The Old Woman: Winnifred Assmann The Fool: Greg Giordano The Queen: ShrimpPhish The Sailor: Brian Fullen The Prince: Brize C 5. The Babylonian Captivity by Lesya Ukrainka. BC for this play is Inkell Eleazar: Greg Giordano The Old Man: Brize C The Youth: Bogdana Samarian Prophet: Tomas Peter Jewish Prophet: Larry Wilson First Levite: Brian Fullen Second Levite: heljar Third Levite: Alan Mapstone A Man: ToddHW A Woman: mleigh First Mother: Lynette Caulkins The Girl: ShrimpPhish The Child: dc The Old Woman: Winnifred Assmann A Mad Woman: Agnes Robert Behr The Father: Valentin Roberts Old Man: Alan Mapstone Another Old Man: ShrimpPhish A Little Boy: ShrimpPhish An Overseer: Brian Fullen Stage Directions: Inkell 6. Bargains in Cathay by Rachel Field. BC for this play is BrianFullen Miss Emily Gray, an ambitious salesgirl: ShrimpPhish Jerry O’Brien, a delivery boy: Brian Fullen Miss Doty, official guardian of the book department: April6090 Thompson Williams, a poet, also of the men’s wear department: Tomas Peter Miss Bliss, a lady with memories: Agnes Robert Behr Mr. Royce, a floorwalker: Greg Giordano A Gentleman from New York: ToddHW Stage Directions: Inkell 7. Lithuania by Rupert Brooke. BC for this play is Rapinzelina Stage Directions: Inkell Stranger: Greg Giordano Mother: Agnes Robert Behr Daughter: ShrimpPhish Father: Alan Mapstone Young Man: Tomas Peter Vodka-Shopkeeper: Brian Fullen Vodka-Shopkeeper's Son: Rapunzelina 8. A Morality Play for the Leisured Class, A Satire. BC for this play is BrianFullen Soul: Greg Giordano The Presence: Agnes Robert Behr Stage Directions: Brian Fullen 9. Esther by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). BC for this play is alanmapstone Esther: dc Assuerus: Tomas Peter Mordecai: Brian Fullen Haman: M Leigh Priest of the Israelites: Lynette Caulkins 1st Israelite: Rapunzelina Harbonah: Brian Fullen Israelite Boy: ShrimpPhish Persian Officer: Inkell Chorus/Narration: Alan Mapstone 10. A Private Room by Arthur Wing Pinero. BC for this play is ToddHW ToddHW General Sir George Darenth, K.C.B.: ToddHW Carlton Belcher: Greg Giordano Pietro Vitelli, Proprietor of the Café Constanza: Brian Fullen A Waiter: Inkell Lady Chinnery: ShrimpPhish Stage Directions: Larry Wilson