The Blunt End

The school midsummer pageant goes awry as Miss Blunt, headmistress from hell, makes much ado about nothing and is found dead among the daisies.

First performed in 2005, this play was written for a cast of secondary school pupils. The play is set in the present day and all action takes place on stage and backstage in an open air theatre in a park.

Set Furniture and Props

Forest backdrop 
Sign reading ‘exit’ or ‘no smoking’ 
Several chairs 
Donkey head/mask 
Clipboard & A4 sheets of paper 
Tissues & handkerchief 
Unidentified prop 
Drink 
Large pair of garden shears

Script Extract

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Cast

stage

The Gardener

Jessica Lavender
ambitious mother

Robert Lavender
her son, schoolboy

Rosemary Blunt
headmistress

Melody Mint
music teacher

Basil Llewellyn
sports teacher

Violet Mellerby
English teacher

Mustardseed
schoolgirl

Mote
schoolgirl

Cobweb
schoolgirl

Peaseblossom
schoolgirl

Four gnomes
schoolboys

Additional performers
schoolchildren