MY BELOVED VALENTINE

SYNOPSIS:
On a cold, snowy Valentine’s Day, a young housewife of meager means
finds a luxurious bouquet of roses on her doorstep. It turns out the flowers were
delivered to the wrong address. The delivery man takes pity on her and leaves her one
rose. Unexpectedly, she gets the bouquet back when her husband comes home from
work. The secret of the traveling roses is revealed. The play takes place in the mid 50’s.
(Run time: 9 minutes.)

CHARACTERS:

Bonnie - a 25-year old woman
Young Man: - an 18-year old man
Henry - Bonnie’s 30-year old husband

SAMPLE DIALOGUE:

HENRY
Sorry I’m late. Happy Valentine’s! (Kisses BONNIE and puts the bouquet on the table.)
Got something to put them in? (Heads for the closet.)

BONNIE
Wait, wait Henry! I’ll hang up your coat!

HENRY
What’s this? Special Valentine’s Day service? I could get used to that! Aren’t you even
gonna look at these? (Picks up the roses and hands them to BONNIE.)

BONNIE
Oh yes, they’re beautiful! But you shouldn’t. These must have cost a mint.

HENRY
They must have. But I didn’t pay for ‘em. Is there a card?

BONNIE
I don’t see one.

HENRY
Just as well. Who knows what it would say.

BONNIE
What do you mean?

HENRY
‘Cause it wasn’t me who wrote it, who knows what it would say.