What do you do if you have SET SR ke ee ee and do your best? Perhaps it’s better to find a place where Tee What if you dream of travelling to other countries, but Pe meee ee eR ORR eC ae red ee eee Cee Ee Ee eed CRORE CL aR La Our world is full of these kinds of problems. They make Se eee eee RO Oe oO unexpected or difficult situa rea nad Ace ag ee Cars and performing. Each play offers the opportunity to learn and Pee ee a s Roars tts ill 2 y poredl 30" Data Ren (ot oe eae ETE LIE] Scent Pent) nee taeFIVE SHORT PLAYS Stage 1 It’s not always easy to know the right thing to do. For the people in these five short plays, life can be difficult and sometimes very funny. Harry and his friends are fed up because they haven’t got any money. But Harry has a plan to change all this. t's a good plan, bur even the best plans can go badly wrong, ‘Listen, says Ron, ‘My friend over there has got a gun, Give me the money! Give it to me now!” ‘What money? the woman answers. ‘I’m sorry, this is sot a bank, This is a library.” Sid and Ron must steal something, but it isn’t easy to rob a library. The woman happily gives them library cards so they can borrow books, and not steal them. In fact, she’s very pleased to help . ‘Things are often more difficult than they seem. Bue as in all these plays, people are often more interesting, and much funnier, when they're trying to do the tight thing, ‘Martyn Ford, the author of these plays, is a writer, teacher, actor and illustrator, who lives and works in Brighton, on the south coast of England. ~ ‘OXFORD BOOKWORMS PLAYSCRIPTS Series Editor: Clase West~ OXFORD BOOKWORMS ' Fora fl ist fs inl the Ono Bookworm es leas refer 0 the Oxford Engl eto. ~ OXFORD BOOKWORMS PLAYSCRIPTS Seget The Ble Did rand Otes Pays LBouter rtd by Clare West Ghost ia Love and Othe lye Michel Dean “The Muse of May Jones "Ti Views Serlodk Holmes Two Pye ‘Si artur Con Doyle told by Jobe Eznt} Sige? ‘The Importance of Being Eactest Oscar Wild reel by Susan Ringley} och Ado About Neshing Wit shohspeare real by Alisar MeCallan) (One Thowsand Dela nd Osher ays (Henry (told by Jobe Fst} Romeo and lie Win Sheespare (rita by tir McCain) MARTYN FORD. Five Short Plays _~ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS