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New Theatre Publications (1999)

978-1840942507

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Comedy

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Dr. Platchett-Synge has taken a holiday cottage in order to complete his article for The Lancet. Peony, his delightful though chaos-provoking wife, follows him when she realises that the community founded by her current Guru is nearby. Owing to a typing error on the part of love-struck Poppy, the cottage has been double booked and Kevin and Joyce Frew, bent on robbing a Building Society, soon arrive to claim it. As the evening progresses it appears that Poppy's dubious fiancé, who failed to turn up for their wedding, and Peony's Indian Guru, intent on nabbing her inheritance, bear a striking resemblance to a con-man wanted by the police.

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 2008

978-1-905993-84-0

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Play - One Act, Drama

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It is late Victorian England and everyone is talking about psychic phenomena and the new religion - Spiritualism. The scientific world is sceptical but needs proof. One of their number, the well-respected William Crookes, decides to experiment, and does so, rigorously testing some of the foremost mediums of the day. His colleagues are delighted, but delight turns to shock and then to howls of derision when Crookes' research proves to be positive and he announces the discovery of a new energy - the "psychic force". Now out of favour with the majority of his colleagues, Crookes desperately needs to rebuild his career in order to support his wife, Nelly, and their large family. Although still fascinated by the "psychic force", he is compelled to turn his back on it and resume respectable scientific work. But then one wet Spring evening a young medium comes to his door and begs him to test her powers. Lottie seems to have a glittering future ahead of her, but does she? The play reveals a dark world of greed and exploitation. Lottie's future is in the balance and tonight she must make her choice. Apart from William Crookes and his wife, Nellie, the characters are fictional, but the action depends upon letters and articles written at the time and could possibly have happened.