A New Garden
Cast: 2F
Run time: 10 minutes
When a green-fingered vicar and his wife begin digging up the vicarage lawn for "unusual" flower beds, the gossiping village of Little Gittings starts to rot from the inside out. Following a series of suspicious deaths and an explosion of local bees, a woman accused of a scandalous affair with the vicar must uncover the truth behind the couple’s botanical obsession before she becomes the next thing buried in the garden.
A new vicar and his wife arrive in the small village of Little Gittings and move into the vicarage. As keen gardeners, they start to renovate the garden and dig up the lawn for a growing number of new, unusual flower beds.
But the village is rife with gossip and rumour. The vicar is seen in what appear to be a love tryst in the churchyard, the housekeeper disappears, the postmistress is found face down in her cornflakes, and there seems to be a growing number of bees in the village.
Janice, accused of having an affair with the vicar, needs to set the record straight.
CHARACTERS:
WIFE: 50s. F Blousey woman. Domineering (short hair, wearing a long wig)
JANICE: 40s. F Mousey, slightly nervy.
SETTING: The garden of a vicarage in a small English village. A patio table and two garden chairs. Late Spring.
