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Goodbye, Mr Hollywood

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  GOODBYE, MR HOLLYWOOD ‘The girl suddenly took Nick’s face between her hands, and kissed him on the mouth. “Drive carefully, Mr Hollywood. Goodbye,” she said, with a big, beautiful smile. Then she turned and walked quickly away.’ Nick Lortz doesn’t understand. He only met the girl ten minutes ago when she came and sat next to him in the café. So why does she kiss him when she leaves? And why does she call him ‘Mr Hollywood’? He thinks about these questions when he is driving to Vancouver, but he doesn’t find the answers. And there is one more thing that Nick doesn’t know. Somebody is listening when the girl says goodbye to him – somebody who is very interested in the name ‘Mr Hollywood’. And in Vancouver Nick soon learns that it’s not a friendly interest … Mystery girl It all began on a beautiful spring morning in a village called Whistler, in Canada – a pretty little village in the mountains of British Columbia. There was a café in the village, with tables outside, and a...

Five Short Plays

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It’s not always easy to know the right thing to do. For the people in these five short plays, life can be difficult and sometimes very funny. Harry and his friends are fed up because they haven’t got any money. But Harry has a plan to change all this. It’s a good plan, but even the best plans can go badly wrong … ‘Listen,’ says Ron, ‘My friend over there has got a gun. Give me the money! Give it to me now!’ ‘What money?’ the woman answers. ‘I’m sorry, this is not a bank. This is a library.’ Sid and Ron must steal something, but it isn’t easy to rob a library. The woman happily gives them library cards so they can borrow books, and not steal them. In fact, she’s very pleased to help … Things are often more difficult than they seem. But as in all these plays, people are often more interesting, and much funnier, when they’re trying to do the right thing. INTRODUCTION This play is about a group of five friends. They are fed up because they haven't got any money. But this is a...