LONE PALM  (8f, 7m)

Bridget has finished High School and her father gives her a present: a tropical island, so she can entertain her friends in style. She much rather would like to spend more time with her Dad. One day he plans to visit her out of the blue, but the plane never makes it to the island…

Style: realism with non-naturalistic elements

A bare space, somewhere in the distance palm-trees, coconut umbrellas and a beach.
     Bridget storms in, offstage her father, Peter Simpson.
BRIDGET: I hate you. I so hate you, Dad!!
What do you want from me? No!
     She doesn’t want him to come near her. He remains offstage.
No don’t! Stay away… Mum is dead. She won’t come back. She will never come back. She is dead! And it’s all your fault.
     Bridget runs off to the other side.
     Change.
     A group of young people enters.
ANGUS: Twenty days.
MEZ: Just twenty days left.
KEITH: And the exams…
KATE: Don’t spoil the fun.
HILLY: Nerd.