Monday 7 November 2016

New Play shows how emotional baggage can weigh you down.

My new play BAGGAGE- is about two women and their very different emotional baggage which they carry around with them. Sandra, a fifty something mother of three and wife to Pete is weighed down with real baggage - Christmas shopping but also the constant worry and needs of this demanding but "normal" family with its tears, tantrums and fussiness.

She meets Annie, a stereotypical bag lady weighed down with trolley and plastic bags in which she carries her life but her emotional baggage is far heavier than anything  Sandra can imagine.

These two different women forge an unlikely friendship.

This one act drama touches on many issues, death and grieving, mental health, homelessness as well as the place of women seen still as wives and mothers. Women of a certain generation still being somewhat trapped between ideas of their modern role and that of past generations.

This drama has moments of humour and comic banter and moments of tragedy and despair requiring two mature actresses to give both emotion and empathy to the roles as well as possessing good timing and delivery.

An excellent festival play running under fifty minutes and a minimal set.

 Previous plays of mine have been successful at both All England and National drama festivals. Remembrance Day and Bentley: road to Justice both northern winners 2009 and 2011 and recently R.I.P MR Shakespeare was also Northern Winner 2016. Remembrance Day and R.I.P both NDFA All Winners finalist as well. The Black Eyes best youth play and semi finalist for central region AETF 2016.

 For details of all my plays check out www.cripts4stage.com.
Baggage is now available on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Baggage-One-Act-play-two-females/dp/1537570498/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478556468&sr=8-1&keywords=baggage+by+bev+clark as are R.I.P , Make Me Invisible and When The Dark Sea Cries. New titles being added all the time. Please follow me on twitter @@scripts4stage

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