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| A Thousand Words Speak A Picture by Lynda Bray |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A monologue with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Grandmother Rita is reminiscing about her life as she looks through her old photographs. Her memories flood back but she cannot see the implications that we can. |
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| A Throw of the Dice by Ben Alexander |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. One male character is voice-only and more suited to being pre-recorded than performed live. The hospital staff (surgeon, nurse and duty manager) are written female but could be either. |
| Run Time | Around 104 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 7 songs are suggested, to be played (but not performed by cast) at specified points in the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length thriller on a single (hospital waiting room) set. |
| Synopsis | Henry, whose father is close to death, and Judy, whose husband has been seriously injured, meet for the first time one evening in a waiting room of a private hospital. During the course of a long night, they get to know each other sufficiently for Henry to be able to help Judy when her husband's two brothers arrive the following morning to intimidate her into signing away her rights to her husband's wealth. However, Henry has a hidden agenda. |
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| To Shut The Mouth Of Lions by Dave Clark |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 98 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play, containing strong adult language. |
| Synopsis | At a dysfunctional family’s Christmas gathering, head of the family William is facing a terminal illness. His wilful refusal to acknowledge his gay son's right to full humanity forces him to choose between dying alone or facing his homophobic feelings and their cause. |
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| Towards the Light by Judith Ezekiel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One popular song suggested for diegetic use throughout the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act supernatural drama on a single set. |
| Synopsis | Twenty-year old Neil has given Poppy, a teenage runaway, shelter in his London flat. But Poppy senses the ghostly presence of a previous tenant and calls in a medium to exorcise the property. No-one quite realises the potency of Letitia, a heartbroken older spirit seeking reconciliation with her long-lost daughter. Love, laughter and dance bring in a final understanding between the two worlds and herald optimism for the future. |
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A Train Ride Away by Frank Gibbons
Performance by Aiken High won The Garcia Theater Project, North Augusta 2010. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. Characters are mainly adults with one young child. Could all be played by children. The chorus is optional, but there are several scenes where crowds would create atmosphere. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play. Intended to have figurative sets (possibly just lighting transitions), rather than realistic depictions of the locations. Props could be real or indicated by mime. Includes mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | The story of a family of Hungarian Jews being transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in the holocaust of 1944. |
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| Transfusion by Daniel Taylor-Brown |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama - adult themes, with various settings - compound set suitable. |
| Synopsis | Terminally ill Carol is being cared for at home by her trainee-nurse son, Ben. Their very close relationship stands up to the stresses and strains involved and they are also able to help Ben's boyfriend Max deal with his homophobic parents. Ultimately Ben has to take drastic steps to give Carol an optimistic future. |
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| The Turing Test by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Three principal females. The cafe manager, carer and social services manager could be male or female and could be played by one actor. Equally, the carer could be played by two actors, each taking a scene. |
| Run Time | Around 49 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An emotional one-act drama in which a family confronts dementia.. (Could be staged with just furniture, making it a good festival piece.) |
| Synopsis | Alison Grove, an artificial Inteligence researcher, is struggling to cope with her mother's Alzheimer's disease when she should be focused on the question of whether machines are capable of rational thought. |
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| The Twa Sisters by Tom Guest |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics for four (out-of-copyright) Northumbrian folk songs are included in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A grim but well told tale, with some nice moments of black humour. Five locations, but with minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | Jealousy and resentment leads Ailsa and Blyth to murder their sister Corinne. But Corinne’s absence doesn't get Blyth the respect she craves from their mother, nor does it win back Duncan for Ailsa.
Based on a North East folk tale, with a backdrop of folk songs from the region. |
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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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