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In the Bag by Frances Bartram |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Whilst there is nominally one male role, this is an offstage voice with little to say, and could as well be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play, single set - the back room of a charity shop (and, as you might expect, the props are largely charity shop bric-a-brac) |
Synopsis | Maureen and Mary are volunteers in a charity shop and every day is much like the one before. But today, when they're going through new donations, they find some money. A lot of money. Just as they're deciding what to do with it, two new volunteers arrive. What to do? |
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In the Bookshop by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One of the characters is assumed to be male, given that in the character name is 'man', however this does not really seem to be necessary! |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | A bookseller tries to pre-empt his customer's requests for books. |
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In the Computer Shop by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Single set - represent a computer shop as simply as you can! |
Synopsis | A customer struggles with the complexities of the computer market or, depending on your point of view, a techie struggles with the complexities of humantity. |
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In the Gallery by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The Scream and the Security Guard are written as male. In theory, they could undergo gender reassignment! |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Whimsical ten-minute play in which two paintings converse. Single set - an art gallery, mainly with two large frames, simple props. |
Synopsis | It's night time in the gallery and the portraits of the Mona Lisa and the Scream are talking art... |
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In the Human Resources Office by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy play, or possibly a long sketch. Single office set (a desk). |
Synopsis | Tony has just been made redundant and goes to the Human Resources department to be processed. But Tricia is 'just covering'... |
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In The Library by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch |
Synopsis | Two library clerks sort through an eclectic array of books. |
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In the Magic Shop by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | A customer seeking magic tricks enters a magic shop and suffers the consequences! |
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In the Opticians by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The optician is written as male (but only because he refers to his wife), so gender reassignment could be possible. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch of the punning kind. Minimal set requirements, a few simple props. |
Synopsis | A customer visits the opticians. Cue a string of daft eye and eyesight gags! |
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In The Same Boat by Peter May |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for two actors, no set necessary. |
Synopsis | Noel is in his garden shed trying to make a rabbit hutch when he hears the voice of God. |
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In the Secret Service by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. In addition to the principal male protagonists, there are voice-overs from two female characters - of course these could be recordings or voiced live. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Single office set - a desk and two chairs. |
Synopsis | A hopeful job applicant attends an interview for the Secret Service. |
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