Antic Spring
by Robert Nail

Name: Antic Spring
Brand: Robert Nail
SKU: 9780573620164
Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One Act Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers find 'Antic Spring' to be a brief yet impactful experience that cleverly contrasts expectations with reality, particularly in themes of nature and love. The minimalist approach, with no props or set, is appreciated for its effectiveness in conveying the play's message.

Clever themes of expectation vs realityEffective minimalist productionConsidered somewhat average

Synopsis

Placing emphasis on pantomine and character portrayal, it needs only six chairs- to represent an open touring car.

In the car are young people of high school age going on a picnic.

There is Ginger, earnest and overbearingly sunny; Robert, the sensitive one, impressed only by poetry (or ants, as a hilarious final scene proves); Blossom, the exuberant and idiotic teenager; Sam and Gwendolyn, the lovers who live-- in thirty minutes-- a life of adolescent violence, ranging from rage to young soulfulness; and Elbert, the little brother who looks with noisy criticism on their actions and suffers their company only for the food likely to be served.

The relations of these oddly assorted six put to the trials and tribulations of a picnic result in situations of merriment and in dialogue flippant, fast and rich in performance possibilities.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
ELBERT fourteen, dissatisfied with the picnic and especially the company.	—	—	fourteen, dissatisfied with the picnic and especially the company.
GINGER seventeen and very energetic, rather pretty, likes to manage things	male	—	seventeen and very energetic, rather pretty, likes to manage things
BLOSSOM barely fourteen and idiotic, everything is wonderful to her, wears little girl's overalls.	female	—	barely fourteen and idiotic, everything is wonderful to her, wears little girl's overalls.
ROBERT seventeen and stricken with himself, careful to speak correctly, fascinated with himself, a poet	—	—	seventeen and stricken with himself, careful to speak correctly, fascinated with himself, a poet
SAM seventeen and a football player of high school stature, he is slow-thinking, in love with Gwendolyn	male	—	seventeen and a football player of high school stature, he is slow-thinking, in love with Gwendolyn
GWENDOLYN sixteen and vacuous, beautiful like a doll, moves in an empty-headed haze	—	—	sixteen and vacuous, beautiful like a doll, moves in an empty-headed haze