10,000 Cigarettes

"I'm standing in the entry hall of Le Palais de Cigarette and a butler - very regal, English accent - with a voice that sounds like vintage port meets Golden syrup - greets me. He bears an engraved silver tray and on the tray is one lone cigarette and a silver lighter. Now at first I'm a little less than pleased by this. "One cigarette - is that it ?" But I have no need to worry."

Cigarettes. One is too many, ten thousand never enough. Or is it? Four women face the big questions in this fast-paced, imaginative, funny and moving ten-minute play.

Editor's Note: This play is gender-flexible and could be played with a mix of male/female.