'An evening of one act plays 2011' by Various

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    When detective Dennis O'Finn, the pride of the NYPD homicide squad receives a call to investigate a murder at an old house that sits right across the street from his apartment all seems relatively routine...but it doesn't take long to realise something is VERY wrong!

    To start with the occupants of the house don't appear to be your typical bunch of murderers, six old spinsters, but sure enough one of their number, Elizabeth is sitting there in a chair in her best outfit seemingly killed by rat poison. It doesn't take O'Finn long to realise that there is more than foul play at work as the ladies openly express their fondness for him.
    Could it be that they have committed murder just to attract his attentions? One thing is for sure Kramer O'Finn's sidekick won't help much as he's enjoying watching his boss squirm too much. Anxious to escape the clutches of the enthusiastic old dears O'Finn puts the death down to an accident. 

    It isn't long however before another one of the ladies, Nettie ends up dead, did Miss Hildegarde, Birdie, Amantha or Lucy kill their fellow boarder, O'Finn has to brave their company again to find out!

     
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    This year we enjoyed a play written by one of our own, Phil Birkett. Teething Troubles is a one act that covers a typical late afternoon in the life of Jane, a glamorous Granny who spends most day baby sitting her Granddaughter Dakota. Having recently split from her scheming, drunkard and hopeless husband Richard, Jane wants to enjoy some quiet time after an exhausting day of ignoring Dakota's regular crying sessions, however not only do her son-in-law, daughter and Richard turn up. What's worse Richard has arrived well oiled and is full of fresh overtures for Jane, leaving her in two minds about their relationship again!  However when Richard's shady Russian 'business partner' Vladimir enters the scene with Katya the Bryansk bombshell in tow the scales begin to fall from Jane's eyes. What do Vladimir, Katya and Richard want?Will Dakota stop crying and will Jane ever get to watch her quiz show?
    Our audiences found out when they enjoyed this home-grown players performance.

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     image   It's 1950's Italy, approaching midnight, in an up market flat, a shadowy figure enters from the window but little does this intruder know what sordid goings on he is breaking in on. A selection of intrigues follow as our hapless burglar hero stumbles in and out of a huge Grandfather clock surrounded by a bunch of upper class husbands and wives all desperate to cover up their infidelities.
    Not only does he have this group to contend with, but also his own wife who refuses to allow him to carry out a nice quiet evening of burgling.  
    This quick fire farce provides a humorous travail through married life, theft, affairs, moral high and low grounds and huge bunches of keys!
    Our audiences held on tight, paid close attention and enjoyed Dario Fo's the Virtuous Burglar.
     
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2011 Standlake Players
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