The Meeting
Absurd, the agenda
- Satire
- Scene for 4
- 2 min
- Male role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
9 lines- LE PRÉSIDENT Male role, Senior
- DELMAS Male role, Adult your role
- RAYMONDE Female role, Senior
- L’HUISSIER Male role, Adult
Excerpt
(A meeting room. One chair too many is occupied.)
LE PRÉSIDENT
The session is open. Agenda: a single item. The comma.
DELMAS
Which comma, Mr Chairman?
LE PRÉSIDENT
The one in the bylaws. Article 7. No one knows if it’s there by error or by genius.
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