PUBLISHED PLAYS BY PETER HORSLER
WORK IN PROGRESS
WOMEN ONLY
SKETCHES
ONE ACT
FULL LENGTH
Synopsis: Dr. Glow, an altruistic and naive young doctor, is perturbed to learn that his National Health Clinic has been hired out to Dr. Boxclever, a private consultant. From Boxclever's treatment of Mrs. Grimley-Cloned, we soon realise that he is out to milk his patients of every penny they possess by prescribing unnecessary treatments and selling them useless medicines at outrageous prices. Dr. Glow, thought by his lovesick nurse to be incorruptible, is persuaded by Boxclever to act the part of an eminent specialist and so begins a slide into malpractice. Finally, he sinks to blackmailing Boxclever, having discovered that he is using an alias and is not a registered doctor, into a fifty-fifty share of his ill-gotten gains. The denouement though, is not as straight forward as it would appear, for, by another twist of the plot, all ends happily with Glow realising the value of Nurse Bountiful's devotion, Boxclever getting his just deserts and Mrs. Grimley-Cloned overcoming her hypochondria. "Cut and Run" is an hilarious farce, painting large the dangers inherent in private health care.
Uses a composite set, consisting of a small waiting room, surgery(the main acting area)and a small dispensary.
Published by Samuel French 1999. ISBN 0-573-01768-9
Cut and Run.
“Cut and Run”
“Cut and Run” has now had amateur and professional productions abroad as well as numerous ones in the U.K.
Pictures from its try-out production.