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Alekhine's Greatest Defeat by Vithal Rajan	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. Chorus. The characters include Ramanujan Varadachary, an old Indian story-teller - a sutradhari, as he is called in Indian drama tradition and his younger self in the 1920s. The (non-speaking) chorus comprises student chess players in 1920s Paris. Run Time Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style A combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Split-stage set, simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience. Synopsis Game One in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. Varadachary, the story teller, relates how he witnessed Russian Grand Master Alexander Alekhine fall in love whilst losing a chess match in Paris to a beautiful student. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Artists Anonymous by John Passadino	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Ralph's mother is an offstage voice and could, conceivably, be a recording. The pizza deliverer is silent and compatible with whatever gender range is open to the producer! Run Time Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style One-act play, single set. A sharp script with some interesting characters and real emotion in it. Synopsis Three long-serving writers meet up for their weekly writing meeting. Will this be the one where they finally crack the winning formula, or just the one where Ralph, living in his parent's basement again after his latest marriage break up, cracks? That was a lousy sentence, but this time they think they've come up with a winner... they'll fake the death of one of the writing team and use the publicity to sell a story at last! But who will get the chop for the sake of success? Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Badly Drawn by Alan Robinson	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. There are two on-stage speaking characters, two offstage voices and four masked cartoon characters - products of the cartoonists imagination! Run Time Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Short, intreguing, one-act play, dealing with events of a psychological nature. Single, minimal set. Synopsis Spectre has taken Saskia. Where and why, she can't be sure. As he recounts his tale of shattered dreams, stolen ideas and cursed cartoons, Saskia begins to realise the lines that he draws run parallel to her own and soon both are on a collision course to meltdown. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Bright and Shiny Radio Show [Family Edition] by TLC Creative	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 55. No chorus. Run Time Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Which could be increased with addition of musical numbers between sketches. Music None. Style Collection of 23 sketches suitable for either a radio show or a stage revue. (Thre are sound effects, but no props or set requirments listed.) This edition is [in the opinion of the writers] suitable for a family audience. Synopsis A comedy collection, which includes a number of very problematic job interviews, investigations into the difficulties of being a snake, a homing pigeon or an insect, unlikely various television and radio shows and the inevitable doctor's sketch. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Bright and Shiny Radio Show [Robust Edition] by TLC Creative	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 61. No chorus. Run Time Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Which could be increased with addition of musical numbers between sketches. Music None. Style Collection of 26 sketches suitable for either a radio show or a stage revue. (Thre are sound effects, but no props or set requirments listed.) This 'robust' edition has three more sketches and a few more rude words than the family edition. Synopsis A comedy collection, which includes a number of very problematic job interviews, investigations into the difficulties of being a snake, a homing pigeon or an insect, unlikely various television and radio shows and the inevitable doctor's sketch, along with a couple of running gags. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Chess as Felony by Vithal Rajan	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Run Time Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style A combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience. Synopsis Game Ten in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. Convicts Claude Bloodgood and Ram Varadachary take a train with their guard to a chess tournament, but on the train they play a game for high stakes. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Emperor's Last Victory by Vithal Rajan	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are Ramanujan Varadachary, an old Indian story-teller - a sutradhari, as he is called in Indian drama tradition, an Indian museum curator, the Emperor Napoleon, Napoleon's Aide de camp and his wife. Run Time Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style A combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience. Synopsis Game Two in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. Napoleon, exiled on St. Helena, uses a chess game with Bertrand, his aid de camp, to review his career, philosophy and military strategy. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
God's Minstrel by Joseph P. Ritz	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Four of the characters are intended to be doubled by one actor (though they need not be). The roles of Clare's Cousin and the Soldier are optional. Run Time Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style You can think of this either as a short two-act play, or a long one-act play. Single set. Synopsis Mixed in with a little tale from modern times, this is the story of how Francis of Assisi became a saint. A moving and honest telling. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Grave Matters by Peter Stallard Production by Carbost Village Drama Group garnered two trophies (Best Stage Presentation and Best Actor) at the Skye One Act Drama Festival, 2013	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. The Grave Warden is written male, but could easily be played female. The two female parts could, conceivably, be doubled, but the effect of Mrs. Roberts' final entrance would probably be better with more time for make-up! Run Time Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style A ghost story told as a humorous one-act play. Single graveyard set, simple props. Synopsis A magistrate and a Police Sergeant stole a valuable chalice and hid the theft under the cover of arson committed by a local troublemaker. Now their souls are bound to the churchyard until they can restore the chalice. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Handstands For You by Adam Exton	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are children, but could be played by children or adults. There are three characters, but two of them appear in some scenes as younger versions of themselves. (Either played by the same actors or by younger ones.) Run Time Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style A touching and deftly-handled approach to the subject of childhood illness. Multiple settings, but does not need explicit sets. Contains mild swearing (which could be moderated if deemed in appropriate for a specific production). Synopsis When Billy was five, his best friend was Gemma, but she moved away. Now Billy's thirteen, he's got a new best friend in Ronald, but he also has leukaemia. Gemma moves back to the neighbourhood and the three have to find space for each other. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.

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