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| Will at the Tower by Pete Hartley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Five principals plus a chorus of singers. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The dialogue is interwoven with multiple instances of five original songs. |
| Style | Period drama. Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | A story (based on a local tradition) of Catholicism in the reign of Elizabeth 1st. The Jesuit priest, Edmund Campion pays a clandestine visit to Hoghton Tower in Lancashire with a young Will Shakespeare in tow. They observe the life of the house as the new lady of the manor tries to marry off the daughter of the previous lord. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Willy Wonga by Connie Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. 20 roles, though most are gender non-specific and can be doubled. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short modernised adaptation of A Christmas Carol, in rhyming form. |
| Synopsis | The tale of A Christmas Carol brought up to date and presented in a rhyming form, starring Willy Wonga, the unrepentant Payday Lender who's keen to get every last penny out of everybody he meets. Until, that is, this Christmas night... |
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| X-Traordinary Factor by Gary Diamond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Whilst PC Gorgonzola is written male, we believe that the character could easily be female (evening-up the numbers a little). |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play. Minimal set and simple props (so could easily serve as a very funny festival piece). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | In an attempt to escape the law, two bungling would-be thieves crash the auditions for a reality TV talent show. Unfortunately for them, there's a policeman auditioning, as well as a couple of other surprises in store... |
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| You See It All On The Radio! by Jilly McNeil |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The age range of the cast has not been specified deliberately to allow for greater flexibility. Likewise, the parts of Bev and Tess can quite feasibly become Ben and Terry. |
| Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy with a radio studio setting. |
| Synopsis | A small radio station is ambitiously transmitting a live performance of a period drama. The presentation crumbles as the actors struggle with their own relationships, To make matters worse, the sound effects go awry and transmission difficulties arise. |
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Zoo by Terry Adlam
Performance by Biggleswade Amateur Theatrical Society won three awards at Bedfordshire Drama Festival, 2011, & performance by Little Eyases won 'Best Comedy' at The 38th Wellington Drama Festival, 2011 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Five characters appear on stage, with a further eleven as radio or telephone voices. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Hilarious one-act comedy. Single set. Contains a little swearing, a little physical violence and a penguin. |
| Synopsis | It's an important day for the zoo manager - financier Sir Norman is coming for an inspection, and nothing must go wrong. So it would be a bad time for the gibbons to hijack a car, the tractor to run into croc lake and the tiger to take up residence in the coffee shop. And don't ask about the penguin. |
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