FREE SCRIPT REVIEW three one-act plays by William Wymark JACOBS (1863-1943)
Thursday 12 September 2013
Keeping up appearances; a farce in one act (1919)
two male, one female
One Act Comedy
Simple and Spooky with room for slapstick.
In their youth, sailor friends Silas and Bill make a death pact on the high seas. The scene takes place years later. Mrs Butenshaw is unhappily married to the hard drinking Bill when Silas turns up for a loan. She and Silas do a deal in which Silas gives a ghostly warning for Bill to mend his ways. In exchange, Mrs Burtenshaw is promised enough allowance to make the loan.
Full Text On-line
http://archive.org/details/keepingupappeara00jaco
The Monkey's Paw, a Story in Three Scenes: One Act (1910)
2M1F
co-written with Louis Napoleon Parker 1852-1944
http://archive.org/details/monkeyspawastor00jacogoog
A Distant Relative: One Act Comedy (1930)
2M2F
http://archive.org/details/20130909123914824
Full length Comedy
Beauty and the barge : a farce in three acts (c1910)
Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943; Parker, Louis Napoleon, 1852-1944
http://archive.org/details/beautyandbargefa00jacouoft