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Blackmail by Lynn Snyder	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Run Time Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Tense full-length drama with political, and moral themes. Synopsis A congressman is being investigated over the disappearance of an intern with whom he was having an affair. His son tries to remain loyal but may have to sacrifice his own political career. Then the son meets the sister of the intern and falls in love, changing everything. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Game of Love by Mark Seaman	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 = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Run Time Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Two-act drama, set in the 1960s. Single interior set. Adult subject matter treated seriously. Synopsis 'Working girl', Carol and her client Tony embark on an emotional journey of personal discovery and revelation between these two very different individuals. 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.
His Shoes Were Far Too Tight by John Chambers	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. The ages of the two characters vary considerably (and not sequentially!) during the play! Run Time Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Full-length play for two actors. A study of character and relationships. Contains some swearing. Synopsis The English eccentric (artist, musician and writer of nonsense verse) Edward Lear takes a sentimental journey back through his relationship with his loyal Albanian servant Giorgis Kokalis. They recall their first meeting, their travels, arguments and understandings. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Looking Back by John Peel	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. In addition to the four on-stage characters, there are five off-stage voices. These could be played live or recorded. Run Time Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Full-length play with drama, emotion and humour. Contains mild swearing. Synopsis Elsie and Mary are reflecting on their lives from schoolfriends through motherhood and on to being widows in the same old folks' home. Up Above, James and Clifford, their husbands, look back on their earthly lives and consider the inevitable reunion that is approaching. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Oh Pair! by Rob Ricards	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Run Time Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Full-length comedy/farce. Single set, which, being a farce has a sofa, multiple doors and a set of French Windows. (The difference from every other stage set with French Windows is that this one is actually set in France!) Contains mild adult themes. Synopsis Maddy and James are on holiday with their daughter and her baby. They've hired a French girl to act as an au pair during the holiday and return to England with them. At least, that's what they tried to do, but Dominique turns out to be Dominic, and he has a few other surprises in store for them... Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Sammy by Hilary Mackelden	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Run Time Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Brilliantly written full-length play about coping with the long-term medical problems of a family member (who never appears on the stage). Single domestic set. Contains mild swearing. Synopsis Jenny and Mark have a young son, Sammy, who has Prader Willi syndrome, a compulsive eating disorder. Mark wanted a son desperately, but is shocked by Sammy's condition and the work it will entail. Christine and Phil next door can't have children at all, so they are constant visitors. Eighteen years of family strife in one play. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Secret Testament of John Shakespeare by Martin Lytton	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Run Time Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Historical drama (on the boundary between a one-act and a full-length play). Single set. Lots of historical detail amidst a passionate story. Synopsis William Shakespeare's wife drops in on her in-laws to mind her Father-in-Law while his wife visits a friend. The Informer James Langrake, who was responsible for the fall in Shakespeare senior's fortunes, calls in unannounced and nearly finds evidence to bring death to the household. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Vanishing Author by Peter John Cooper	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. Six characters but only three actors required Run Time Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style A mystery drama with a single set, doubling as Holmes' apartment and Doyle's consulting room. Synopsis Conan Doyle is gradually taken over by his creation Sherlock Holmes, but then the attempt to kill off his creation, results in Holmes using all of his skills to escape death. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Speak Your Mind by George Freek	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Run Time Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style A family drama (with comic moments). Single set. Structurally in two acts, but at 70 minutes, it offers the options of standing alone or being paired with a shorter piece. Contains mild swearing. Synopsis Ever since her father died, Ruth has been concerned about her mother Mildred. Ruth's husband Richard has his worries too, as Ruth's reverence for her father's memory seems to cloud her judgment. An unexpected guest in the form of Richard's boss Harry turns a simple dinner party into a stage for confessions and accusations. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.

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