Age Concern 1

Characters
CHARACTER A = homeowner, elderly female
CHARACTER B = visitor, middle-aged male, with IDENTITY CARD around his neck


Props required
CHAIR
IDENTITY CARD


At Rise
The CHAIR faces the audience STAGE LEFT. CHARACTER A sits on the CHAIR.


CHARACTER B ENTERS STAGE RIGHT and stops CENTRE STAGE, pretending to knock at a door.


CHARACTER A rises from CHAIR and stands opposite B, as if the door is still between them.

A

Who is it?

B

I've come to read your meter, love.

A
[reaches hand out to open door, but stops]

I wasn't expecting anybody. Which meter?

B

Electric.

A

What company did you say you were from?

B

NorthWestern Electrical.

A

I'm not with them.

B

You don't have to be. All the big electric companies use us to check the meters. I've got a lot of houses to visit today. Show me where your meter is and I'll be in and out in no time.

A

Do you have any identification?

B

Sure. We don't leave the van without it.

[presses IDENTITY CARD against door]

It's a bit nippy out here.

A

I can't read it through the glass. Please will you pop it through the letter box so I can see it?

B

We get into trouble if we take them off. If you open the door, you can take a proper look.

A

I'm sorry, but I haven't seen your ID. I'll telephone my electric company and let them know you've been. What is your name?

CHARACTER B EXITS STAGE RIGHT.


END