Arbery Theatre

08/03/2026

"It's a question of survival." My one-act play Taiwan, set in rural Scotland (adaptable to England / Wales), has nothing to do with the island. Two women in generational conflict as society begins to breakdown (plus their male partners). Script & rights available on https://www.martinforeman.com/scripts-and-rights/

02/03/2026

"You were faithful . . . in your fashion."
A grandmother talks to her husband at the end of the day in my one-woman play Sunset - rights for this deeply moving monologue are available for a talented actor in her sixties or early seventies. https://www.martinforeman.com/scripts-and-rights/

26/02/2026

Two of my one plays were inspired by life in Los Angeles - which I consider the real-life version of J G Ballard's Vermilion Sands.
Read my latest substack post: https://actserious.substack.com/p/ben-and-joes-and-los-feliz

21/02/2026

Now We Are Pope is a one-man play portraying Frederick Rolfe (1860-1913). Rolfe was an eccentric, cantankerous and conflicted man, who was convinced that not only should he be made a priest but only he had the moral authority to be Pope. From that belief - that fantasy - came Hadrian VII, in which an Englishman denied the priesthood for years is suddenly elected to the papacy. https://actserious.substack.com/p/prospero-and-the-baron

16/02/2026

"I never spoke to him". Decades later, Tadzio, the beautiful boy in Death in Venice, looks back at that fateful summer. One-man 40 minute play ideal for older actor. Sctipt and performing rights: https://www.martinforeman.com/scripts-and-rights/

10/02/2026

"The greatest master of all is Passion, who makes slaves of us all." The life of the 18th century adventurer and libertine in 45 minutes.
Minimum cast: 3M, 4F, includes doubling.
Performing rights: https://martinforeman.com/scripts-and-rights/

08/02/2026

"Take God from me and everything I hold to be dear, my whole existence from first communion to this very evening, is a lie, an illusion."
Angel - 40 minute one-man play about a tormented RC priest. Performing rights: https://martinforeman.com/scripts-and-rights/

01/12/2025

Remembering Gay Sweatshop

24/11/2025

Interesting play - but we probably won't be producing it 😀

Owen Wymark and "The Inhabitants"

18/11/2025

The last in a series of substack posts about The Merchant of Venice

Antonio, Shylock and a pound of flesh

11/11/2025

The fourth in a series of in-depth analyses of character and plot in The Merchant of Venice.

My latest substack post continues my analyses of character and plot in The Merchant of Venice.

https://actserious.substack.com/p/i-should-questionless-be-fortunate