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| High Tea by Peter Stallard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single set (a Welsh pensioner's flat). Simple props, give or take the stuffed parrot. (Includes mild swearing.) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Edryn Pugh lives alone, dwelling on the memories of his communist past, with only a stuffed parrot (called Lenin) for company. When his chirpy neighbour, Liz, drops in, she finds him drinking fortified tea and telling tales of his family, including his brother-in-law, the undertaker Sniffer Watkins, who has occasion to call... |
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| The Highwayman by Martin Sims |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act ghost story. Single set of just a woodland camp fire. |
| Synopsis | Two strangers meet by the road one dark and cold night in 1750. They talk of the legend of Black Tom, the ghostly highwayman said to haunt the area, and soon they are plagued by phantom noises and fears. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Zip file containing two sound effects (with two options for one of them) for 'The Highwayman' by Martin Sims
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| His Shoes Were Far Too Tight by John Chambers |
| 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. |
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| Hissed Off by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch, with a simple set. |
| Synopsis | Two senior citizens exchange ideas on what makes, or deserves, a hissing... |
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| Hit Man by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch with no requirements for props or set. |
| Synopsis | A 'Green' assassin for hire conducts business.
A sketch from the 'Bright and Shiny Radio Show' collection |
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| Hit or Miss by Barry Lambert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 56 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (study) setting. |
| Synopsis | Barbara has engaged 'Mr Smith' to dispose of husband Tony so she can go off with new boyfriend Freddie. However, things take an unexpected turn when the surprisingly compassionate hit man finds Tony in a state of deep depression over his failing marriage and talks him out of his proposed suicide. |
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| The Hitchhiker by David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. 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 comedy sketch. It is possible that David Lovesy has been reading too many children's books... |
| Synopsis | Simon picks up a hitchhiker and is shocked to learn Perry's secret identity. |
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| Ho Ho Ho by Ged Quayle |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fun, filthy sketch with a non-judgemental depiction of sex work and a sweet edge to it. Requires nothing in the way of set or props.
(Contains adult themes and language. In our view, this is unsuitable for minors.) |
| Synopsis | Lucy runs her own very successful 'adult entertainment' studio. She's hired well-known star Rex to play Santa to her naughty elf, but when they meet in the rehearsal room, she realises he is her old English teacher. |
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| The Hobby Room by David Lewis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 49 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act mystery play, set initially in an empty room - which gradually becomes furnished. |
| Synopsis | Sisters Florence and Josie inherit a large old house and decide to convert the top floor into a space for their hobbies. The atmosphere becomes tense and heightens as they make some surprising discoveries about the previous occupants. |
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| Hold the Arsenic by Marilyn Ollett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Five live actors and one dead body. (This could be a live actor playing a dead body, or it could be a dummy.) |
| Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy play in a single domestic set.
(Originally set in New Zealand, but could be customised to any locality.) |
| Synopsis | Angela's partner has conned her out of half a million and run off, leaving her in desperate need of money. With the women from her book club, she comes up with a scheme - to run an escort agency that will meet the needs of elderly single men. All goes well until a client dies in the middle of Coronation Street. |
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