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    Arrested Development: A One-Act Play
    Arrested Development: A One-Act Play
    Arrested Development: A One-Act Play
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    Arrested Development: A One-Act Play

    By Kenechukwu Obi

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    This play examines the final moments of two condemned men, as they await public execution. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STAGE COMES UNDER SPOTLIGHT. REVEALED IS ‘THE MAN’ WHO STANDS WITH A WHITE CLOTH TIED ROUND HIS WAIST, BARE-CHESTED AND FACE TATTOED WITH WHITE CHALK. AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STAGE IS ‘THE LAW’. IT IS SYBOLISED BY A WOODEN POT PLACED ON BLACK CLOTH, WITH WHITE BEADS SURROUNDING IT…..
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenWrites
    Release dateApr 20, 2022
    ISBN9791221324655
    Arrested Development: A One-Act Play

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      Book preview

      Arrested Development - Kenechukwu Obi

      ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

      ONE–ACT PLAY

      BY

      KENECHUKWU OBI

      CAST

      THE ASP-    ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE

      AMINU

      OSEME

      THE MAN

      THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STAGE COMES UNDER SPOTLIGHT. REVEALED IS ‘THE MAN’ WHO STANDS WITH A WHITE CLOTH TIED ROUND HIS WAIST, BARE-CHESTED AND FACE TATTOED WITH WHITE CHALK. AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STAGE IS ‘THE LAW’. IT IS SYBOLISED BY A WOODEN POT PLACED ON BLACK CLOTH, WITH WHITE BEADS SURROUNDING IT. TWO YOUNG PALM FRONDS FLANK THE POT, WHICH IS OOZING SMOKE. ‘THE MAN’ SUDDENLY BEGINS TO LOOK AROUND WITH AIR OF AUTHORITY. HE THEN BREATHS IN AND OUT, AND GETS READY TO INVOKE ‘THE LAW’. HE PIOUSLY WALKS CLOSER TO THE POT AND KNEELS DOWN BESIDE IT WITH ALL REVERENCE. THEN HE KISSES THE GROUND WITH HIS FOREHEAD THRICE. HE PICKS UP A FLUTE BESIDE THE POT AND PLAYS IT. THE SOUND OF THE FLUTE REVERBERATES AND CHARGES THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE WITH GRIEF. THEN THE WHOLE STAGE SUDDENLY DARKENS AND ‘THE LAW’ SPEAKS.

      [THE VOICE OF ‘THE LAW’ SHOULD BE LOUDED WITH A MICROPHONE TO PRESENT A CLIMACTIC SITUATION TRAILING AN ECHO.]

      ABOVE ME SHALL NOBODY BE

      I CATCH UP WITH THOSE THAT DO

      LIKE A LADDER, THEY STAND

      EVENTUALLY THEY FALL

      LIKE A SEED, THEY SPROUT

      EVENTUALLY THEY SHRIVEL

      LIKE WATER, THEY GATHER

      EVENTUALLY THEY DRY OUT

      SPOTLIGHT

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