A flashquake Honorable Mention for Plays goes to:

Tried Without Cause
by Phyllis Nielsen

CURTAIN UP: Commandante sitting at desk. A knock is heard at the door.

Commandante: Come

(Mrs Smith walks through the door.)

Commandante: Ah, Mrs. Smith.

Mrs Smith: My husband?

(Commandante picks up phone.)

Commandante: Smith?

(Commandante listens for a few moments, looks up, Mrs. Smith comes toward him. He holds up his hand and shakes his head. Turns attention back to phone, picks up pencil and taps it on desk occasionally shuffles through papers with pencil eraser. When he hangs up, he points to window. Woman looks out, a shot is heard, she screams.)

(Commandante leans back in his chair and a big smile spreads across his face.)

The End
Curtain down

© 2001 by Phyllis Nielsen

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