Books by Melville Lovatt

From the playwright Melville Lovatt comes Bus Stop Blues. This new collection of four short comedy dramas will not only amuse, but make audiences realize that waiting for a bus can be a lot more exciting than they may have at first thought! With plausible, entertaining characters, these little gems are indeed perfect for being staged professionally or by an amateur company. The two monologues, First Love and The Dream are in the same high quality league as his monologue collection, Standing Alone.

Ben, aged 12,has been given a boomerang and sets out with his father and grandfather to try it out in the local park. Unfortunately, the boomerang becomes lodged in the branches of a very high tree. No amount of stone throwing by Ben's father, Bob, can dislodge the boomerang from the tree. The image of the boomerang lost in the tree's branches becomes central to the lives of all three. For all three are struggling separately with feelings of loss: Of a boomerang, of a job, of a wife and mother and of life itself. Their emotions and knowledge are concealed from each other for reasons of pride, cowardliness and love'.

Colin returns, after many years away, to pay a weekend visit to Henry and Clair. On arriving, he announces 'a slight change of plan', implying he may be staying longer. For Colin has returned to win Clair from Henry. Beneath seemingly light conversation, both men become locked in their battle for Clair. The Weekend, for all three, brings into sharp focus their past and presentisolation from each other.

Doreen and Arnold have driven 25 miles to buy a lamp advertised in a magazine. Unfortunately, to their increasing frustration, Doreen, on actually seeing the lamp,is unable to decide whether she really wants to buy it. Their frustration is further greatly increased when they discover they have accidentally been locked in the shop overnight. Doreen and Arnold have been growing apart. Now trapped together with no chance of escape, they are forced to examine their present relationship. Will THE LAMP bring them together or drive them further apart? A funny, sad, tender, richly comic two-hander'.

1970 No internet, computers or mobile phones. 'Groovin With Mr Bloe' tops the charts. Accommodation focuses sharply on both the random nature of death and the comic shift of power and opportunity it brings to the inhabitants of a shabby London rooming house. Triggered partly by the author's own experience when first living in London, this early play demonstrates his already highly developed ability to use silence and rhythmic language to very considerable dramatic effect. A vivid, quirky, darkly funny play.

Eight monologues for women and eight monologues for men for the older age group. Covering relationships, retirement and the loss of a loved one. Winner of The National Operatic & Dramatic Association London Region Performance Showcase Festival Award' NODA 23rd June 2018 for Egg and Spoon and Making Adjustments