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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.
Katy, a young mother of three children under five, suspects her husband is on the verge of an affair. She decides to nip it in the bud and goes to confront the other woman using her children as moral blackmail, but the children get out of hand and cause mayhem for ten minutes... Kate relates this to her sister, but Katy has got the wrong person.
From Commoner to Coronet is based on the 18th century Berkeley Family, and the well-researchedbookMary Cole - Countess of Berkeley, written by Hope Costley-White in 1961. Her interest was piqued when perusing a document entitled: 'Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of privileges on the Earl of Berkeley's pedigree, 1799 and Minutes of Evidence given before the Committee of Privileges to whom the petition of William Fitzhardinge Berkeley, claiming as of right to be Earl of Berkeley, was referred, 1811.' From Commoner to Coronet was first performed at Convent Garden Museum Theatre in 2008.
An anthology of 6 monologues, 3 for men and 3 for women on the topic of relationships. Hostile Witness by Julia Underwood, Wenglish by David Stroud, The Waiting Man by Stephen Baker, A True Gentleman by John Samson (winner of the 2018 Harrow Writers' Circle Monologue Competition), Kenneth by Barbara Towell and Football Results by Melville Lovatt.
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