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Troublesome People by Jill Haas |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Two characters are offstage voices. |
Run Time | Around 82 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Some music suggestions are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full length drama, with a minimal setting in the kitchen and environs of a farm. |
Synopsis | The internment of refugees on the Isle Of Man during the early years of World War Two, and the effect on them and the local population is examined as characters poignantly come to life and develop both tense and loving relationships. |
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The Truth Fairies by Sally Kinnell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length play with touches of dark comedy, most suitable for adult cast and audiences. |
Synopsis | Aileen's had a long and successful acting career, but it hasn't prepared her for meeting up with a couple of old friends - because she thought they were dead. Actually Liz and Frankie are alive and well, and they have to set Aileen straight about one more thing... |
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Truth Will Out by Lin Robinson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 61 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama on a compound (living room/rooftop) set. |
Synopsis | Jack and his girlfriend Emma have just moved into their new student flat. Some friends arrive for an unexpected housewarming, and soon some deeply hidden secrets are brought out into the light. |
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Tsunami by Peter Harrison |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama with a single - hotel reception area - setting. |
Synopsis | It appears that Clive has been head-hunted for a high level position, but he does not know what the job is, or which company is involved. His interview, conducted by the formidable trio - Laura, Lucinda and Lydia takes many strange turns and it is only when Clive's wife Susan appears, he learns that this is not a job interview after all... |
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Two by Stephen O'Sullivan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Two retirees. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short one-act play for a cast of two. Set on a seaside bench. Gentle exploration of the characters of a retired couple. |
Synopsis | Frank and Rosie are at the seaside, trying to enjoy the environment around their new home. Frank is upbeat, but Rosie is more cautious. They talk about their life and family, then round off their visit with an ice cream from a proper ice cream van. |
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Two For The Price Of One by John Peel |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 66 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play with a single (kitchen-dining room) setting. |
Synopsis | Sarah is beginning to worry that her lorry-driver husband has a fancy woman in Coventry. Their daughter thinks 'augmentation' will help her keep a boyfriend, and Sarah wonders if it'll help her too. |
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Two Left Feet by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama for three actors and one simple set. |
Synopsis | Following her divorce, 40-something Joy has turned up at her sister Carole’s place, where she sags about on the sofa looking gloomy. Carole, on the other hand, has a richly fulfilling life in the ballroom with boyfriend Steve. Joy’s last dance, aged 15, was a disaster, but can she find strength on the dance floor at last? And is Steve really the romantic he's cracked up to be? |
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Underneath At Archie's by Robert Black |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short, one-act drama. Single simple set. |
Synopsis | Peter and Paula are contemplating some renovations, when Paula decides she doesn't want to get rid of the old painting from the nook. Peter is surprised, and this leads to a deep examination of their relationship and their roles as man and woman. |
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Uneven Surfaces by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for two female actors (and an off-stage male). |
Synopsis | Visiting her widowed grandmother Grace, who lives alone by the sea, Emily discovers the meaning of true love as Grace expounds on her vast collection of sea shells. |
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An Unexpected Duty by Robin Wilson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play which could be used as a full length play. |
Synopsis | Charlie's rushing off to Home Guard duty, but takes time to warn his wife about their daughter's scandalous dress sense and his worries about her new man. Little does he know that before the night is out he'll be facing down an armed spy! |
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