title: The Farm Bill: A Play in One Act
author: Ms Susan Dworkin
description: I have deliberately made The Farm Bill easy to produce -- so that it can be used not just in theatres but at meetings and in classes. One simple set. Four actors, two men and two women. The issues of the play are always with us:. What's the trade-off between personal happiness and civic commitment? Can a nation that loses contact with the land keep faith with its own soul? The Farm Bill is so short -- one act, running about 35 minutes (maybe more with the laughs) -- that there should be ample time afterward for exciting discussion and debate.
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  # The Merry-go-round
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### D. H. Lawrence
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
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  ACT I
  
  
    
  SCENE I
  
  
    
  SCENE II
  
  
  ACT II
  
  
    
  SCENE I
  
  
    
  SCENE II
  
  
    
  SCENE III
  
  
  ACT III
  
  
    
  SCENE I
  
  
    
  SCENE II
  
  
  ACT IV
  
  
  ACT V
  
  
    
  SCENE I
  
  
    
  SCENE II
  
  
    
  SCENE III
  
  
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  This eBook was produced by: Don Lainson dlainson@sympatico.ca
  
  
  A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS
  
  
  
  
  
  CHARACTERS
  
  
  MRS HEMSTOCK
  
  
  NURSE BROADBANKS
  
  
  MR HEMSTOCK
  
  
  HARRY HEMSTOCK
  
  
  BARON RUDOLF VON RUGE
  
  
  THE BAKER, JOB ARTHUR BOWERS
  
  
  MRS SUSY SMALLEY
  
  
  DR FOULES
  
  
  RACHEL WILCOX
  
  
  BARONESS VON RUGE
  
  
  MR WILCOX
  
  
  
  
  
  ACT I
  
  
  SCENE I: Downstairs front room of the Hemstocks' cottage
  
  
  SCENE II: Kitchen of the Hemstocks' house
  
  
  ACT II
  
  
  SCENE I: The same
  
  
  SCENE II: Kitchen of the Hemstocks' house
  
  
  ACT III
  
  
  SCENE I: The dining-room at the vicarage
  
  
  SCENE II: Nurse's room at the miner's cottage
  
  
  ACT IV
  
  
  SCENE I: Kitchen of the Hemstocks' house