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Two short plays 18.30, 15 March 2004, Room D2, Council of Europe. Please let us know if you’re coming. Bond does it again by David Crowe Bond has saved the world once again. His colleagues in Whitehall receive the news with mixed feelings. Senior civil servant Sir Kenneth Wiseman is less enthusiastic than his assistant, JD – while cleaning lady, Mrs Watkins, turns out to have a completely mistaken idea about the environment in which she works. But, as always in the world of espionage, things are rarely so simple as they seem … My first foray into play-writing, this is perhaps more of an extended sketch than a short play. A bit of light-hearted escapism, which I hope will provide some amusement. There are only three speaking parts; so, in a change from our usual “round the room” distribution of roles, I have preselected the readers, who have already rehearsed the script together. Thanks in advance to Julia, Richard, Martin and Hannamari. I can explain by Bruce Kane Our prepared reading of Bruce Kane’s Cracking the whip last year proved very entertaining, and prompted me to suggest another play from the same collection. From the cover blurb: I can explain presents two couples who dance their way into and out of love without ever accepting any of the responsibilities for their actions. I chose this play from the four in the book because in reading it myself, I found it hardest to visualise. Although the blurb mentions two couples, there are in fact several more characters, and I hope that their individualities and the relationships between them may be easier to disentangle in a live reading, with a different speaker taking each role. The presentation is both a challenge and a stimulus to a director. The action takes place everywhere or nowhere, offering a fine potential for creative staging. As with Bruce’s other plays, the dialogue is a great strength, being snappy, contemporary and believable. You can read the opening pages on Bruce’s own Web site. David Crowe Full programme of play-readings, January-March 2004 • Tagora’s calendar |