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Publié par

Afram Publications

Date de parution

23 août 2024

EAN13

9789964705114

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

11 Mo

Event in post-independence Ghana were so intriguing that they provided ready themes for many creative exploitations. Music, poetry, novels and plays were inspired by fragments of these events. The author of these collection of plays would not be left out.

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Publié par

Afram Publications

Date de parution

23 août 2024

EAN13

9789964705114

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

11 Mo

The Crows and Other Plays

Bill Marshall

Afram Publications (Ghana) Ltd.

First published in 1988 by: Educational Press &Manufacturers Ltd.

This edition published by: Afram Publications (Ghana) Ltd. P.O. Box M18 Accra, Ghana

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Afram Publications (Ghana) Ltd.

These plays are fully protected by copyright and permission must be obtained before any performance is given. Application must be made to the Publisher, Afram Publication (Ghana) Ltd.

This Edition : 2024

ISBN:978-9964-70-511-4

DEDICATION

To Inga and our daughter, Beulah Jeanette.

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The Queue Ali Dondo The Crows

Page 1 43 100

THE QUEUE

THE QUEUE or (Let’s Wait for the Doctor Before We Die) (A ONE-ACT PLAY)

NURSE THE CLERK THE PRISONER THE WARDER A WOMAN AN ORDERLY THE DOCTOR THE MINISTER

CHARACTERS

The scene of the play is a hospital reception. The main entrance is a double door upstage left. There are two wide windows — one upstage, and the other, stage left.

Down stage right is a door which opens into the doctor’s consulting room. Next to it, upstage, is a small table and a chair. 7here is a trolley standing idle somewhere on the stage. On the wall upstage, is printed in bold print — NO SMOKING NO SPITTING. It is morning. When the curtain goes up, we see the ward orderly cleaning the window upstage, a cigarette stuck in the corner of his mouth.Moments later, Nurse enters and makes towards the consulting room. She smells the cigarette, stops and turns towards the Orderly.

NURSE:

ORDERLY: NURSE: ORDERLY: NURSE:

ORDERLY:

Hey, Orderly, how long have you been working in this hospital?

Three weeks. And you do not know that smoking is not allowed in this place? I sorry, but nobody no told me. Nobody didn’t have to tell you. It’s written over there in black and white. (She goes into the doctor consulting room.) (Staring sheepishly at the inscription

on the wall) Ah, ah, but how I ît know what dey write for de wall? I no go for school before so how I go ît know? Dey make dem laws and put dem for de wall and tink everybody go know even if dey no ît read or write like me. (He looks at the cigarette piece and reluctantly tosses it through the window and resumes his work. The Nurse comes out of the consulting room, holding a records book, a small bowl containing a thermometer, cottonwool etc. She sits at the table and begins to make some entries into the book. She stops to ask the orderly...) NURSE: Orderly, where are all the chairs? ORDERLY: Dey take am for party last night. Dey no bring dem yet. NURSE: Who are ‘they’? ORDERLY: Ah, dem big people you no know? NURSE: Tsu! So where are the patients going to sit? ORDERLY: Make you no as me o! Me I be Orderly. NURSE: Tsu! ORDERLY: One bench dey outside, I ît bring am

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