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Diamond Jubilee 2012 by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 38. No chorus. Generally, the characters are fairly normal, although one of them is a football. |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Revue - that is to say, a themed sketch show. Structured with a chairman (of the Music Hall sort) to introduce the act. Few set requirements. |
Synopsis | A collection of twenty four sketches suitable for the celebration of Queen Elizabeth the Second's Diamond Jubilee (and probably other occasions). Not a musical show as written, but structured so that musical numbers could easily be inserted between the acts. |
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Eating Out by Roger Hodge |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Minimum number of cast is male 4, female 6 = 10. There is the opportunity for extras. The parts of Dennis and Donald must be played by the same actor. The parts of Jade and Jane must be played by the same actor. |
Run Time | Around 101 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length comedy play in three acts, with one split set. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Two couples encounter each other in a café at a stately home where a pompous gentleman’s dignity is bruised. One of those couples meets another couple in a French restaurant in the suburbs where love first blossoms. Finally all three couples visit the same Greek holiday island and find themselves together in a Greek taverna where embarrassments of the previous encounters are brought to the table and mayhem reigns as their hotel burns down. |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh by Adrian Jarvis |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Four thousand-year-old Sumerian epic brought to life. This play skilfully combines dance, mime and music with challenging acting and technical opportunities together with a gripping story, ideal for Secondary Schools, Drama Acadamies, and Youth Groups. |
Synopsis | King Gilgamesh is convinced that he can find the secret of eternal life and his dramatic odyssey is brought to life as he wanders the mythological world in his quest for immortality. We travel with him as his travails become ever more arduous and he becmes embroiled in ever more dramatic conflicts. |
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The Fat Of The Land by Richard James 20% of the authors royalties from this play will be donated to The Alzheimer's Society. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 93 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length farcical comedy, based upon an idea by Gerry Anderson. |
Synopsis | Second son Peter has inherited the crumbling stately pile but none of the money, which has gone to his brother. Peter, faced with the prospect of selling the delapidated home, is determined to restore the house to its former glory. The buyer turns out to be his elder brother Andrew who has designs on turning the ancestral home into his new corporate HQ. Peter makes a last ditch attempt to make the Manor profitable and so Merridale Spa is born, playground of the rich and gullible. |
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Fools Call It Fate by Jessica McHugh Winner of the Mobtown Playwrights Group (Baltimore MD) original playwriting competition, 2010. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Three of the characters are intended to double as 'No-one'. Whilst there is no formal chorus, there are options for additional customers in the bar and restaurant scenes. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length drama in which threads of tangled lives are interwoven with scenes in a form of purgatory. Four locations, but can be done very simply. Contains adult themes and offensive language (if that's what offends you). |
Synopsis | A story of sex, coincidence, and an electronic cigarette. A group of characters interweave as their stories unfold - Sophie is sleeping with Gabby's husband, he's the Health Inspector who's shut down Tara's bakery, and Tara just met Ash in the bar run by Danny, who's Sophie's brother... and the man who drugged and raped Tara... An intriguing, challenging and very well constructed play with lots of depth to the characters. Set in Baltimore, Maryland, but could easily be transposed to another country! |
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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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God's Minstrel by Joseph P. Ritz |
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. |
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Gold Cup Week by Peter Green |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length play. |
Synopsis | Suzanne and her three friends agree to provide lodgings in their houses for jockeys attending the Cheltenham race meeting. Their guests have a significant influence on the families' lives, particularly on Suzanne - who experiences a poignant life changing effect. |
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Hannay Stands Fast! by David Edgar |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 52. No chorus. Designed to be played by 5 actors, 4 of whom double into many roles. |
Run Time | Around 106 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Two music tracks are suggested. No singing, but the cast dance to one. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | An epic international yarn based on the John Buchan novel 'Mr Standfast', designed for 5 actors. |
Synopsis | A hilarious ripping yarn based on the John Buchan novel 'Mr Standfast', a sequel to 'The Thirty-Nine Steps'. Richard Hannay finds himself fighting alone against a brilliant enemy spymaster determined to undermine Britain's defences by infiltrating the Bletchley Park code-breaking station, a situation complicated when both men fall in love with the same woman. A series of outrageous adventures leads Hannay from a quiet pacifist community in Cornwall to a gripping finale with his adversary at the Eiffel Tower. |
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Kalifa's Amazing Adventures by Nikki Harmon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. The lead character is a young elephant and various others are animals. These are supposed to be indicated by costumes props or masks, rather than being entirely realistic! (There's a photographic example on the script page.) |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full length play - a fable along the lines of the Just So stories or Brer Rabbit. Aimed at a young audience, but to be played by adults or teenagers. |
Synopsis | The growing pains of an inquisitive young elephant, as she learns about the dangers of her environment and the value of friendship. |
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