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| Suite 145 by Paul Bovino |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. There is no overlap between the characters in the four plays - which does not exclude the possibility that they are played by the same actors. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of 4 one-act plays, each with a single (New York apartment) setting. The plays function independently, so could be performed separately or together. Contains swearing (but only as an incidental attribute of character, situation and comedy). |
| Synopsis | Four plays, linked by the setting - Suite 145 - a New York apartment address (although it is not necessarily the same building!) The plays take place in different eras, with different occupants and certainly different tastes in decor! |
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| Sunshine on my Shoulder by John Peel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One well-known song is suggested to be played at the ending. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length drama about a holiday to Tenerife - though able to be performed with minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | The final sale of the family business has just been confirmed, and Thomas is off on a golfing holiday with his wife Pru and their friends Guy and Sally. But things aren’t quite as they seem for Guy and Pru. |
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| Surprise Me Darling by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. There are four or five 'extras' specied in the script but not included in the cast numbers here. They appear only at the end of the final scene. (These might be omitted if the rest of the cast make enough impact!) |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full length domestic comedy. Single living-room set. Contains swearing and mild adult themes. |
| Synopsis | John and Chrissie have been married for nearly two years. With a pending anniversary, buying presents has never been John's good point, so he tries the easy way out by trying to give Chrissie the money to by her own present. Chrissie insists that she would prefer a surprise. After a rushed dinner party where everything goes wrong, John decides to change his ways and surprise Chrissie more often, but he finds the element of surprise is not easy to master.
'This witty comedy will have you wincing at times with the near pin-point accuracy of the relationship comments it makes. It is sure to delight audiences in search of a great nights entertainment.' - Amateur Stage |
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| Tainted Love by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Thirteen song suggestions, to be played between scenes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | An irreverent full-length comedy for adults with a single (living room) setting. Potentially offensive language. |
| Synopsis | Julie has invited her friends Vanessa, Sheila, and Carol over to her house, on the pretence of showing off her recently installed gazebo. Unbeknownst to her friends, Julie has something far more tantalising to share with them. |
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| Talking in the Library by Jackie Carreira |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 86 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play with a single (library) setting. |
| Synopsis | The disparate group of regulars at the library along with the librarian and his assistant discover things about each other, and perhaps more importantly themselves and their relationships, over the course of a few weeks. |
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| A Tangled Web by Donna Brightwell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. One male considerably older than other characters. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play with a single set (living-dining room). |
| Synopsis | Wanting to 'bring back proper society', Grace is throwing a traditional Dinner Party for the cream of local society. But a thunderstorm of biblical proportions, a lack of caterers and the death of a guest may bring... success? |
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| A Taste of the Orient by Vivienne Wilkes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 46. Chorus. Thirteen principals, four major cameos, eleven speaking roles from the chorus plus other non-speaking roles - lots of scope for doubling. Scope for dancers. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Family show. Not quite a British Panto, but occupying a similar spot in a threatrical season! Includes two optional storytelling sequences (with roles which might be mimed by younger cast members). |
| Synopsis | It's time for the 500th tea tasting festival in Linga Longa, but the Princess Rosy Lee is intent on escaping the confines of the palace instead. She ships out with the brave Captain Paddy Fields in search of the Temple of Gloom and the Two-handled Teapot of the Red River Demon. |
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| Tea With Mrs Pankhurst by Ruth Urquhart & James Douglas |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. The minimum with doubling omits two non-speaking waitresses and has two actors playing the female principals and two playing the rest (both male and female roles). |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play, designed to be played without a formal set. |
| Synopsis | The stories of Emmeline Pankhurst and Selina Cooper are compared in an attempt to judge who gave most to the cause of votes for women. The story is told in flashback, with minimal sets and audience interaction, mostly in the cake-eating sense. An educational journey through the history of British Women's Suffrage. |
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| Tempting Fête! by Alan Robinson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length action-packed farce with a single (village fete) set. |
| Synopsis | Cathy is trapped in an idyllic country nightmare. Her husband's gone native and she's been taken hostage by the ladies from the local Cake Club. Forced to run their cake stall, she decides to make her escape, only to find herself thwarted by squashed confections, tangled bunting, rampaging bullocks and irresistible temptation. Contains adult themes. |
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| Ten Rods by Terry Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The two policemen appear very briefly and could be doubled by Shadbolt and the MC. (The MC is written female but could be male.) |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length black comedy, with a single setting - an allotment. (Hence the title - a reference to a standard allotment plot size.) |
| Synopsis | Alf, Joe and Walter, all in their 70s, return from the funeral of their old army colleague and neighbouring, allotment holder, Ted. Their immediate concern is who will take over Ted's now vacant allotment. Their worst fears materialise when Sylvia and boyfriend Shadbolt, neither of whom have a clue about gardening, are given Ted's plot. Sylvia seems friendly enough but Shadbolt goes out of his way to be difficult and anti-social. The resulting feud between the old chaps and the loathsome Shadbolt takes a serious turn and they are forced to use their old army tactics to take desperate measures to permanently rid themselves of the obnoxious intruder. In the process they uncover Shadbolt's past and an unexpected connection to Sylvia... |
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