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| Bakers by Tim Cole |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Optional chorus of bakery workers. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length comedy play - a family show - with strong characters, running jokes and a fair amount of bakery horseplay! Single main set (a bakery) with front-of-tab scenes. |
| Synopsis | Thanks to Mary's business partner, her bakery is about to close. Luckily the Town Hall Bread suppliers have failed and she could pick up the contract and save the bakery - unless her partner can throw another spanner in the works. |
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| The Ballad of Jessica James by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Additional non-speaking roles may be added at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 56 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy, set in various locations - which could be simply set. |
| Synopsis | Jessica sets out on an adventurous journey to tame the Wild West. She doesn't take much - but she has a rucksack containing fabulous flapjack. (Recipe available with the Producer's copy of this script!) And the residents of Boulder Gulch were mighty glad she stopped off to volunteer as sheriff, when there was a risk to their bank... |
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| The Ballet of Fervour or Perhaps Bingo by Jos Biggs |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy-drama set on a stage or in a rehearsal room. |
| Synopsis | A director is sadly disappointed in the calibre of actors available for his masterwork. But though they may not fit the requirements of his play, his assistant happens to have another script they're perfect for - if the director will also act. |
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| Balloons in the Bar by Louise Wade |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy drama on a single (hotel bar) set. |
| Synopsis | Jessica has sneaked away from her own hen party, and found the quieter hotel bar tended by Jake. She’s just collecting her thoughts when Rob, the man hired as a stripper for the hens, staggers in, also having second thoughts. |
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| Bannockburn - The Almost True Story by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The eight clansmen and the messenger are written male, but could be played by female actors. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length play, adding darkly comedic (and occasionally anachronistic) touches to the true historical story. (Contains ripe language and adult themes.) |
| Synopsis | In 1314, as Edward II’s army advance on Scotland, the men of a small Scottish clan prepare to join Robert the Bruce's army at Bannockburn. Before leaving to defend their land, they deal with conflicts of the domestic kind, say their prayers, and down many pints of strong ale. |
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Banter by Robert Scott
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with no set required. |
| Synopsis | John and Angie are having a quiet conversation before breakfast - or so it would seem. Luckily for us, they each have an interpreter on hand so we can understand what they are really saying. |
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| Bar Wars - Return Of The Sauce by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen minute play (a comedy mystery), single set. |
| Synopsis | When 'Spanish Nights' restaurant opens up opposite 'Bella Italia', there's bound to be some rivalry. Then the famous secret pasta sauce recipe is stolen from Bella Italia and PI Fifi Phalange is called in. |
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| Barbecue by Stephen Scheurer-Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy on a single (living room) set. |
| Synopsis | Newly arrived Lydia and Edward decide to hold a barbecue to meet the neighbours, but from umbrella wielding eco-warrior Kate to pushy property developer Trevor, they soon realise they are ringmasters at a circus of warring factions. Can be performed alongside its sister play 'Eight Seconds'. |
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| Bardell versus Pickwick by Malcolm Seymour |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy play. Single period (1830s) set. |
| Synopsis | Members of the Pickwick Club, re-enact their founder's legal altercation with his landlady, Mrs Bardell.
Faithfully adapted from The Pickwick Papers, this hilarious romp highlights the Dickens' well-known dislike of the legal profession, with topical sideswipes at the modern 'no win - no fee' culture. |
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BARF by Richard Moon
BARF was one of the eight winners of the 2022 Ilkley Playhouse 8x8x8 Playwriting Festival and was performed at the Ilkley Playhouse in April 2023. |
| 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 funny sketch with a nicely grim twist. |
| Synopsis | Pauline's dishwasher is broken and Joe is confident he is the man to fix it for her. But why is Pauline so interested in Joe's private life? |
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