This volume presents four of Francis Quinlan's audience-approved scripts. Fun to read, even more fun in performance.

Henrietta, a wealthy socialite (mid-thirties) confronts a newspaper editor who is investigating her husband. The moment she points a pistol at him, her life is transformed. A settled life becomes unsettled, but exciting. 4 men, 2 women.

Dreams is a comic extravaganza that incorporates Commedia dell'Arte characters. Part One tells a 16th century story that is played out in the dreams of a 21st century husband and wife. Part Two features the Commedia's...

Francis Quinlan's characters-men and women-are literate, lively, and fully engaged in the adventures that destiny (a.k.a. the Plot) has in store for them.

Set in the year 1892, Shadow Wars, a.k.a. The House of Portraits, is the story of Percy Vance, a high-strung scholar whose mirror fetish earns him the epithet, Professor Narcissus. Percy undertakes to solve the riddle of a Confederate general's tragic defeat in the Civil War. After coming to terms with a spectral family, the Marshalls, Percy's adventure takes surprising twists and turns. He experiences dizzying...

Prepare yourself for an investigation that takes twists and turns right up to the last page. Postal Inspector Emmet Keene investigates the POOF heist, a crime in which a large haul of foreign currencies are stolen from a US Post office. The presence of foreign currencies in a US post office arouses the interest of an investigative reporter. Senator Thornbill calls for a congressional investigation. Keene finds himself conducting a politicized investigation in which mistakes, miscalculations and just pain bad luck become headlines. Having survived attempts to fire him, Keene goes on to solve...