Irene, Irene

A pastiche of Edgar Allan Poe's stories.

Keith Dewhurst takes a theme from Brecht's 'Caucasian Chalk Circle' and uses it to launch a short play of his own

An unhappy man is an applicant for a provincial minister position.

Toby, a peculiar young man, lives in a shack in the Kentucky hills, spending his days drinking moonshine and whittling toys for the local children. Fearful of his influence, the villagers revive an old Kentucky statute whereby Toby may be sold into servitude for a year. Virginia Dare, horrified by these proceedings, purchases Toby for one dollar and returns with him to her Uncle Poindexter's tobacco plantation. Invigorated by his love for Virginia, Toby forsakes his whiskey habit and labors diligently on the plantation until his old friend Dink Wallerby, a moonshiner, begs Toby to care for his sick daughter Nell. En route to obtain medicine, Dink stabs a revenue officer with Toby's knife but confesses just before Toby is sentenced. Toby, at one time a lawyer, successfully defends Dink, after which a visiting judge proclaims Toby his son. Having regained his good name, Toby proposes to Virginia.

Light ironic drama inspired by the comedies of Anton Tsjechov. A group of 30 somethings friends return to the island Vlieland where they traditionally celebrate the summer. Past ideals and dreams are brought back to live in the environment of their youth. The dreams of their youth have however forever disappeared in the past.

An older man and a young woman meet on a train. They share a hotel room, a bed and a bottle of wine. "Very warily, tasting, slowly the old wine for the last time tastes a young woman". Based on poems by Paavo Haavikko.