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A Brief Encounter with Murder by Peter John Cooper	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Jones the Carpet is written female, but could be either. Run Time Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Absurd comedy. Single livingroom set. Synopsis A restful holiday in a 1940s themed holiday home becomes a bizarre murder mystery as Mother goes missing with a bearded fisherman and a fat vicar lies dead in the front room. Was it the Rat Catcher, the Carpet Fitter or the French Dressmaker? And who is the Man with the Big Hammer? Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Connection by Graham Jones	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Run Time Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style One-act comedy play. Not so much a whodunnit as a 'what on earth is going on'? As it morphs from a comedy of mistaken identity to thriller and back. Single (simple office) set. Synopsis Five strangers, with five very different problems, are called to a certain office to meet Mr Hargreaves... But he isn't there! Is there a more sinister reason for them being locked in together? Can they find out what connects them? Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Consequences by Duncan Battman	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 = 4. No chorus. Run Time Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style One-act play. Single interior set. A very theatrical presentation, without being melodramatic. Contains unsavory language (and murder, and policemen). Synopsis A young policeman and his older sergeant discover a dead body, along with a letter that casts new light on a long closed case. A case that the sergeant worked on a young PC, which may have resulted in the wrong man being jailed and dying in prison. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Dead Ringer by Stuart Ardern	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters are all adults Run Time Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Not so much a whodunnit as 'who is doing what to whom?' One-act play, single simple interior set. Synopsis Margo drags her friend Fran to a séance. The sceptical Fran doesn't expect to be able to contact Margo's dead husband but then strange things begin to happen... Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. Feedback Click here to find out what other customers said about this script.
The Double-Headed Penny-Farthing by Robert Black	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Run Time Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Short one-act play, single set. Synopsis Holmes and Watson crack a curious case of diamond-thievery without even leaving the fireside of 221b Baker Street. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
A Frame That Fits by William Campbell	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Interesting crafting of character - especially on the part of Richard Gloster, the unorthodox detective, who, given his name, has a tendency to attempt iambic pentameter. Run Time Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style One-act detective story - not so much a 'whodunnit?' as a 'how do we prove that he dunnit?' Multiple locations, but intended to be represented minimally in a single composite set. Contains mild swearing. Synopsis A family has been found murdered - apparently by their daughter, who then took her own life. The police suspect a frame-up, since the family's nephew stands to profit from their deaths, but they need to call on the unorthodox services of Private Investigator Richard Gloster to prove it. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Man Who Died Twice by Robert Black	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Run Time Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Short one-act play, single set (Sherlock Holmes' study). Synopsis Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are sent a plea for help with a case. Sidney Mickelthwaite, an embezzler with debts to a disreputable family, took to a boat on the river Rockingham one night and apparently committed suicide. Less than a month later, he was seen on his way to committing suicide... again. Can Holmes and Watson solve the mystery of the man who died twice? Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Merry Women of Windham by Nicholas Conti Winner in the Nov. 2005 Gettysburg College (PA.) World Premiere One Act Play Festival. Performance by Trinity Drama Group placed second in the Confined Category in the Balbriggan One Act Festival 2009	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Run Time Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Black comedy set in a modern American suburb. One-act, single set. Synopsis A Garden Mystery or 'Victoria's Secret'... The women of Victoria's Garden Club devise novel ways of dealing with problems in their domestic relationships. All the solutions are permanent, though they require a fair amount of digging, and Victoria's garden contains some unusual plants. All the club members are blissfully contented until the digging and the ceremonial chanting is brought to the attention of a local policewoman, who comes to investigate... Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Neighbourhood Watch by Liz Dobson	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Run Time Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style One-act light comedy. Single domestic set. Synopsis We are privy to the goings on at the Smeaton Neighbourhood Watch Committee at the home of Mrs Wilson-Smythe.The members of the Committee are upstanding and influential citizens who are all victims of a recent spate of burglaries in their prosperous, previously crime-free village. Their local police officer joins the meeting to address their concerns and ascertain the extent of their losses so as to begin investigation. As they recount their losses we discover not only the monetary value but also the touching sentimental value each piece has. But, of course, there is a twist... Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Night Call by Archie Wilson	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 = 3. No chorus. Run Time Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style One-act play. Single domestic set. Simple props. Contains mild swearing and sexual elements. Synopsis Matthew's quiet night in is disturbed by a couple of strange visitors. The fearsome Scanlon seems very interested in Matthew's book collection while the voluptuous Lisa is paying more attention to Matthew himself. But what is it they are really after? A menacing short play with a comic twist. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.

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