{"product_id":"curtain-going-up-fifteen-short-plays-for-competition-9781545317440","title":"Curtain Going Up!: Fifteen Short Plays for Competition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charles Henry Coburn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Acting \u0026amp; Auditioning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 15 short contemporary plays for competition have surprise endings and are designed to spike the audience's interest. Billy Banes, an escaped bank-robber and murderer, stops at Silas Hogue's farm, not for food and a fresh horse, but to stretch the old sod-buster's neck with a rope. The famous child from Lourdes who was granted the power to perform miracles faces a moral dilemma when his miracles bring devastating consequences. Everyone in Mayville has a guilty secret about who killed Brice Borman, the town's most hated man. Heavy with despair, a man walks solemnly onto a bridge and stares over the railing at the murky water far below him. Paul, a teenager, discovers his father's location and arranges a reunion with Dad to satisfy years of festering anger with a gun. In their twilight years, Helene, an international singing star, and Frank, a successful businessman, meet aboard a luxury cruise shop, where they dance away thoughts of personal loss to find a second chance at love. An experienced actor tries out for a part in Shakespeare's King Lear in this encounter with mistaken identities and a unique interpretation of what real talent is all about. And more . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45547588550807,"sku":"9781545317440","price":1603.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781545317440.webp?v=1767127808","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/curtain-going-up-fifteen-short-plays-for-competition-9781545317440","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}