The Town Council
Satire, the colour of the bench
- Satire
- Scene for 4
- 4 min
- Male role
- Senior
- Intermediate
Casting
9 lines- LE MAIRE Male role, Senior your role
- GISÈLE Female role, Senior
- ROLAND Male role, Senior
- DENISE Female role, Senior
Excerpt
(A town hall room. Four councillors around a table. A model bench in the centre.)
LE MAIRE
Item seven: the colour of the new bench for the square. We’ve been at this for, er… two hours.
GISÈLE
I stand by green. A green bench, that’s nature.
ROLAND
A green bench on a lawn, you can’t see it. People will sit down in mid-air.
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