Autobiography (excerpt)

Synopsis:

Nora is in the car, motor running, waiting for her partner – whom she refers to as ‘his lordship’ – to come back down from their flat with ‘some notes’.

But, as always, he’s taking his sweet time, so she decides to hold the fort, as it were, with the audience, talking first about his lordship’s pecadilloes, and then, as she gets into it, about them – their lives, their history together, their biography as told from an automobile.

It’s the chronicle of a woman who has spent her adult life tending the ego of a male playwright – a wild ride but one that, given the chance again, she might not have embarked upon.

Character Breakdown:

The play is one-hander:  1 female:
NORA  30s

Set:

Consists of a car.

This can be real, stylised, minimalist, cutaway or simply suggested by sound and light.

Stage directions are minimal, but the actor may use the ‘car’ space in whichever way they choose.

Running-time:  70 minutes.

Production History:  Not yet produced.

Excerpt available for download for free.