A coffee house, set in London. Brown chairs and round tables, mostly in two’s, although some fours. Brown background with coffee bean posters all over the place. Big windows so you can see all of London, full of business women and men.
TITLE: LOVE AND COFFEE.
Unhappy with her single life, Maddie Collins sits alone in a coffee shop on her lunch break, table for one covered in newspapers that she drowns her sorrows in while reading the “wedding articles”. When all seems like it couldn’t get any worse, someone knocks his way into her life where they hit it off and talk for hours, although when he gets one phone call all seems too good to be true. Will Maddie find love within coffee?
FIRST SCENE:
Looking through the floor length windows, the audience meet a women sitting alone at a table in a coffee shop. Although an over the shoulder shot reveals a man sitting staring at her drinking his coffee, also alone. The women; Maddie Collins drops her newspaper on the floor, the man; William Hektor, is fast to get up and pick it up for Maddie. Locking eye contact Maddie asks if he wants to join her for a drink, without hesitation he accepts and makes himself at home, with a questioning expression as to what she’s reading, embarrassed Maddie quickly shuts the newspapers and laughs awkwardly. William asks Maddie where she’s from, where she works and why such a beautiful girl like her is sitting in a coffee shop all alone. While they talk in simple adjacency pairs they find out exactly what each other is like. Although when the phone rings all stops, the romantic atmosphere has been cut short and Maddie snaps back to reality, thinking it’s his girlfriend/wife ringing him. William stands up and explains he has to unfortunately leave. Maddie looks disappointed and exclaims she understands and that she’s sorry for wasting his time, she gets the picture that he has a wife/girlfriend and doesn’t want to see her again. William laughs to himself and asks her what she’s talking about. He then asks her if she’d like to go out for coffee one day, Maddie; looking confused yet ecstatic, writes her number down rapidly on a napkin and passes it to him and tells him to call her and sort out a date that will both fit in their schedules. William then explains that the only reason he has to go is because his boss is getting annoyed because he was 45 minutes late due to the fact he was too busy talking to Maddie. As William walks out the coffee shop, he turns around to get one last glance at Maddie. Without realising she does the same, as they lock eye contact once more, they both smile. William then walks out the door. Maddie being ecstatic with herself, she leaps up and squeels, resulting with everyone in the coffee shop turning round and looking at her, Maddie sits down with a big smile on her face. She then puts the newspapers in the bin and leaves on a high.
Looking through the floor length windows, the audience meet a women sitting alone at a table in a coffee shop. Although an over the shoulder shot reveals a man sitting staring at her drinking his coffee, also alone. The women; Maddie Collins drops her newspaper on the floor, the man; William Hektor, is fast to get up and pick it up for Maddie. Locking eye contact Maddie asks if he wants to join her for a drink, without hesitation he accepts and makes himself at home, with a questioning expression as to what she’s reading, embarrassed Maddie quickly shuts the newspapers and laughs awkwardly. William asks Maddie where she’s from, where she works and why such a beautiful girl like her is sitting in a coffee shop all alone. While they talk in simple adjacency pairs they find out exactly what each other is like. Although when the phone rings all stops, the romantic atmosphere has been cut short and Maddie snaps back to reality, thinking it’s his girlfriend/wife ringing him. William stands up and explains he has to unfortunately leave. Maddie looks disappointed and exclaims she understands and that she’s sorry for wasting his time, she gets the picture that he has a wife/girlfriend and doesn’t want to see her again. William laughs to himself and asks her what she’s talking about. He then asks her if she’d like to go out for coffee one day, Maddie; looking confused yet ecstatic, writes her number down rapidly on a napkin and passes it to him and tells him to call her and sort out a date that will both fit in their schedules. William then explains that the only reason he has to go is because his boss is getting annoyed because he was 45 minutes late due to the fact he was too busy talking to Maddie. As William walks out the coffee shop, he turns around to get one last glance at Maddie. Without realising she does the same, as they lock eye contact once more, they both smile. William then walks out the door. Maddie being ecstatic with herself, she leaps up and squeels, resulting with everyone in the coffee shop turning round and looking at her, Maddie sits down with a big smile on her face. She then puts the newspapers in the bin and leaves on a high.
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