Bøker av Charles Mander

The Polden Players have just left the stage after performing in a local drama festival. The production was a disaster and there is plenty of wit and repartee as sparks fly while they vent their feelings about the performance. It is apparent that each is using the theatre to escape from a humdrum life. When the Adjudicator arrives, they are surprised to get their just desserts.|3 women, 4 men

Harold Makepiece, a redundant Civil Servant, while taking a quiet holiday at the seaside, gets into conversation with Joyce, whose main preoccupation is feeding sparrows, in whose welfare she seems to take a somewhat exaggerated interest. What starts as an odd but moderately reasonable exchange gradually turns into a nightmare as Harold becomes involved also with a freakish Edward and the seaweed-eating Sandra. It turns out that all three are planning to bomb a large power station nearly because of the pollution it causes. They try and rope in Harold as an accessory, until events are taken out of all their hands in a totally unexpected way.-2 women, 2 men

A fast-paced comedy about an amateur dramatic society gathering for the technical rehearsal of a play by their producer Gordon. Minus the set, director and stage crew, new-recruit Val frantically tries to improvise. Matters become increasingly frenetic with the arrival of Gordon''s dypsomaniac wife Ruth, and an assortment of people totally unconnected with the drama group!|4 women, 3 men

The river upon which this play is based in the Parret. The river rises in Dorset and flows into Bridgwater Bay on the Somerset coast. It is 36 miles long and is tidal for a good deal of its length. For generations fishermen have trapped and netted salmon in the dangerous tidal waters that surge and flood across the Somerset flats. But advancing civilisation has polluted the river, the fish are dying and t here are now only three licensed fishermen left.1 woman, 2 men

Are charity shops really there to help the Developing World or are they just a sop to the consciences of the middle-class people who run them? Easy to stage, thought-provoking and full of "characters" this is a very amusing play about the nature of charity.4 women, 1 man