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\u003Cbr>1MONTHLY LOA  \u003Cbr>____  ___au  \u003Cbr>03.JAN   \u003Cbr>R 20  \u003Cbr>JUN 2  \u003Cbr>0  \u003Cbr>25FEB198   | N  \u003Cbr>十  \u003Cbr>06  \u003Cbr>012   |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| AUTHOR   |  | 822I  \u003Cbr>LSSN   |  |\n| TITLE   |  |  |  |\n|  |  | BOOK No.  \u003Cbr>97247512   |  |\n\nThis book must be returned on or before the date shown above  \nto the Library from which it was borrowed  \nLANCASHIRE COUNTY LIBRARY  \n143 CORPORATION STREET,PRESTON,PR18RH  \n人  \n# ACTING PECULIAR\n\nA FARCICAL COMEDY IN ONE ACTFOR FOUR WOMEN  \nby NAOMI SINCLAIR  \n(Author of\"The Star Dusters,\"\"Matty,\"\"Stretch-a-point,\"etc.)  \nAll rights reserved.An acting fee of fI.50 ispayable on each and every performance(5o percent reduction for repeat performances to OAPsand Hospital Patients).Application for Per-formance Licence should be made to the Publishers.  \nKENYON -DEANE LTD.LONDON  \nW ARNING  \nIt is illegal to reproduce by any meanseither the whole,or any part of this play.No Amateur performances of any kind maybe given(whether or NOT a charge of anykind is made)without first obtaining thewritten permission of the Publishers ortheir Agents.  \nActing Fees for Performances OverseasApply—South Africa:Darter G Sons,Cape Town.Kenya:National Theatre,P.O.Box 452,Nairobi.Southern Rhodesia:Assn.of Rhodesian TheatricalSocs.,P.O.Box 2701,Salisbury.Australia:DoreenRayment,7/62 Aubyn St.,Neutral Bay,2089,  \nN.S.W.New Zealand:Play Bureau,P.O.Box 36II,Wellington.Canada and U.S.A.:Walter H.BakerCompany,Boston  \nCopyright:◎NAOMI SINCLAIR 1972  \nMade and Printed in Great Britain byLatimer Trend u Co.Ltd,Plymouth  \n# ACTING PECULIAR\n\nBy NAOMI SINCLAIR  \nCHARACTERS  \nMRS.A,“Cook”.Preferably rather thin and birdlike,she isan uncomplicated soul who tries hardtoplease Miss Ledbetta,though she hasn't the faintest idea what she is \"on”about.  \nMRS.B,\"Colette'.Immediately enthusiastic about anything—particularly Miss Ledbetta³s ideas—she gets carried avaybeyond even her expectations.  \nMRs.C,“Letitia Fogworthy”.Severely practical,Mrs.C isthe leader of the Dramatic Society as she is of most villageactivities.  \nNoTE:Mrs.A,B and C represent the actual names of thecast.  \nMAVIS LEDBETTA.Teacher of\"Method\"acting.She is young-ish,emancipated,attractive,powerful and believes in herwork.She zwears heavy-framed dark glasses,which she usesmore for dramatic efiect than to see by.  \nThe action of the play takes place in the present,on an emptystage.  \nProps:3 chairs and a small table.3 masks.  \nNoTE:Though scripts are carried by all the characters through-out the play,a certain amount of rehearsal is essential for apolished production.  \nDirections \"L.\"and\"R.\"refer to Stage Left and StageRight.  \nEnter MRS.C,with a walking-stick under her arm,and carryingher script.She fetches a chair and sets it downstage L.Puttingher script on it she takes her stick and practises walking to andfro vith it.  \nACTING PECULIAR  \n4  \nNoises of the arrival of MRs.A and MRS B are heard off.Mrs.C.Is that you Mrs.B?Mrs.A?I'm here.Mrs.B(offstage).Coming!Has she arrived yet?  \nMrs.C(calling to her).Not yet.She should be here about aquarter past.(Placing two more chairs downstage,oppositehers,she picks up her script and calls out loudly.)We've gota few more minutes before she comes.What do you thinkof the play?  \nMrs.A(quietly,right behind her).A very suitable choice,Ithink.  \nMrs.C(jumping round).Oh,there you are.I was just...er...practising.(Tvirling her stick.)Getting into the part,you know.\"Letitia Fogworthy\"carries one in the playand I'm just trying out various characterizations.Nowthen,Mrs.B,what do you think of the play?Can youmanage“Madame Colette”,do you think?  \nMrs.B(indignantly).Of course I can!I think it's just theplay for us,and I think that\"Colette\"(reading from herscript)“a well-preserved and rather commanding woman”(draving herself up)—is just me,don't you 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