Are You Normal, Mr. Norman? and Other Short Plays

David Henry Wilson

Contents: Are You Normal, Mr. Norman?

Black comedy

Characters:4 male, 2 female

Interior Set

In this bizarre comedy, a man goes to dentist’s office with a toothache and finds himself in a Twilight Zone like nightmare.

The Death Artist

Short play, comedy

Characters: 2 male

Exterior Set

After making his fortune, a miser is visited by a man assigned to kill him.

The Escapologist

Comedy

Characters: 2 male, 1 female

Interior Set

A world renowned escapologist cajoles a man from Bethlehem into binding him in chains only to discover that he can’t escape this time– or can he?

The Fourth Prisoner

Drama

Characters: 3 male, 3 extras.

Interior Set

This is a harrowing tale of deprivation and judgement set in a prison, where only death awaits beyond the cell door.

If Yer Take a Short Cut, Yer Might Lose the Way

Comedy

Characters: 4 male, 1 female

Interior Set

Written in a wonderful Cockney accent, the absurdist comedy takes place in the Truthseekers’ home where precious few signs are provided on the road to finding truth in the modern world.

Wendlebury Day

Comedy

Characters: 1 male

Interior Set

A 60 year old man looks back on his life, examining the good times and the bad with a strange mixture of fantasy and reality. He concludes that he has enjoyed it all.

The Wall

Drama

Characters: 2 male, 1 female

Exterior Set

A young couple encounter a wall on which is written Wall. They erase the word and write their own. The wall becomes a tabula rasa for modern man.