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Cause for Alarm by Gareth Rubin |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length farcical comedy play. Contains swearing (which, considering the mayhem involved, is not surprising!) |
Synopsis | It's Health and Safety Inspection Day at the Nuclear Power Plant, but when the inspector himself causes an accident, no one feels healthy or safe. |
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Chekhov's Shorts by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of five short plays based on short stories by Anton Chekhov. |
Synopsis | A Lottery Ticket adapted from the story of the same title A Meeting on a Train Loosely adapted from 'An Enigmatic Nature' Difficult People adapted from the story of the same title Natalie’s Vacation adapted from 'A Tripping Tongue' I’m Famous based on 'Joy' |
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A Christmas Carol - The Real Story by Colin Calvert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Two characters required for performance as a simple duologue, a further 7 (nominally 5F, 2M) required if the action is staged. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Essentially a duologue which could either be done without additional actors, (as an after-dinner piece) or be staged as a narrated mime. Minimal staging requirements. Makes no attempt to be 'politically correct'! |
Synopsis | Two narrators tell the story of a modern day Scrooge who's having the wool pulled over his eyes by dishonest Bob Cratchit and his gang of cronies. |
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The Christmas Nativity By Class 3B by Andrew Hull |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedic take on the Nativity story - adults play the children. |
Synopsis | It's time for the class production of The Christmas Nativity, but things are as difficult as always for a teacher of young children. The Shepherds have the giggles, the Angel is rushing her lines and one of the Wise Men won't come out of the loo! |
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Clowns by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Two act play set in a bar and (unsurprisingly) a circus tent. |
Synopsis | It’s been years since Buttercup left the troupe to gain solo fame, but now he wants to get the old gang back together. He has to overcome a lot of reluctance, and some real anger before they agree, and then there's The Spectacle to deal with. |
Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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Fleas Can Bite by George Freek |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Dry comedy, on the boundary between a long one-act play, and a short full-length one. (It's in two acts.) |
Synopsis | A saga of unrequited love, insanity and blackmail, populated by a strange collection of patients, professionals and friends. |
Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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The Food Rationing Auction by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. Chorus. As written, there is a non-speaking (though possibly giggling and nudging) chorus of ladies (who, in the absence of sufficient ladies, might be played by men in drag). |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by David Lovesy and Brian Two.) |
Synopsis | War time rationing leads to an unusual auction! |
Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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A Frog Too Far by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children. Could be played by the same, or by a company of either. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play set in a classroom - represented by the teacher's chair and her story book. |
Synopsis | Miss Primrose tries to tell her class their daily story - a tale of princess meets frog - with the aid of a small troupe of mimes. The children, shall we say, have bright enquiring minds... |
Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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Girls' Talk by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of six comedy sketches, each with a cast of two women. |
Synopsis | Sketches tackling the difficulties of office life, men, gossiping and more men. (Each of the sketches is available individually.) |
Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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A Gladiator In The House by John Waterhouse |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 115 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length comedy (reminiscent of a Restoration Comedy) with various settings in Ancient Rome designed to be created simply (even in the round). |
Synopsis | Ancient Rome is brought to life as the love affair between escaped gladiator, Marcus, and Livia, daughter of high ranking citizen Gallus, develops despite the efforts of gladiator owner Proculus and the lecherous banker Carus. |
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