One Friday

This play for Passiontide is built around a character in an unnamed country, eventually taken for execution. The play relates the events from which the Christian Gospel was born as the Passion narrative is interwoven with the story of our contemporary 'Tom'.

The music can be played on keyboard, but is best supplemented with flute and guitar and other improvising instruments. The play runs for about two hours and originally formed part of a festival of plays presented for a season at London's Westminster Theatre. A minimum of five male actors and two female singing actors is needed, with opportunities for all the extras available and an on- or off-stage chorus.

FREE OFFER

For 2011, we are making the dramatic text and music to both One Friday and One Friday in Eternity available as free PDF downloads. Theses can be accessed by clicking on the links below. Churches or drama groups performing either work should apply to us for a performing licence.

FILES FOR DOWNLOAD

Each of the following files are in Adobe Acrobat format:

Full Dramatic Text SONG 1: Locked in a Cell (Male and Female Voices) SONG 2: One Friday in Eternity (TOM and CHORUS) SONG 3: Just Leave Me Alone (PETER, FIRST WOMAN, SECOND WOMAN and THIRD WOMAN) SONG 4: Another Man's Load (SIMON) SONG 5: Keep Your Kingdom (COMPANY) SONG 6: If You Cried Out in Rage (MARY MAGDALENE) SONG 7: When the Springs of My Life Run Dry (MOTHER and JOHN) SONG 8: Have You Ever Been Lost (TOM and CHORUS) SONG 8: Have You Ever Been Lost (TOM and CHORUS) [Separate Chorus Part] SONG 9: Out of This World (TOM/PETE) SONG 10: It's More Than a Man Can Do (MARY and CENTURION) SONG 11: I Spoke But Nobody Heard Me (JUDAS) SONG 12: Mine is a Very Little World (FIRST WOMAN, SECOND WOMAN, THIRD WOMAN) SONG 13: Awake me, Lord (TOM and CHORUS) SONG 14: You Say My Name (MARY MAGDALENE) SONG 15: Whatever Next? (FIVE REPORTERS and WOMAN) SONG 16: A Light Beyond the Darkness (MALE CHORUS including ANOTHER DISCIPLE)

PERFORMING LICENCE

Whilst the Dramatic Text and Songs for One Friday can be downloaded and printed out from this page freely during 2011 for local, non-commercial use, a performing fee of £25.00 plus VAT is payable for each performance of this play.

A licence can be obtained by sending payment to Stainer & Bell Ltd, PO Box 110, 23 Gruneisen Road, London N3 1DZ, or can be made securely online here...