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| Special Occasions by Roger Hodge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act play adapted from the middle act of Roger Hodge's full-length Eating Out. |
| Synopsis | Three very different couples eat at the same restaurant. It's a special occasion for all of them - or will turn out to be. |
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| Stardust by 10 x 10 Writers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 58 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Six short plays inspired by the life and work of David Bowie. |
| Synopsis | Six short plays, a mixture of comedy and drama, inspired by the life and work of David Bowie. All were winners of the October 2016 Chesil Theatre New Writing Festival. The plays are available individually, but are provided here as a collection at a discount. |
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| Starting All Over by John Peel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 111 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | Daisy and Roz share a house in the country - since Roz's latest husband died and Daisy's divorce. But Daisy's daughter still wants her parents to reunite. The pair struggle to find their place in the community and the wider world... with an unexpected ending? |
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| The Statement by David Morris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A tense one act thriller with a single (balcony flat) set |
| Synopsis | James' opening monologue sets the scene for a tragic event - his girlfriend's daughter's death, and her Detective Inspector mother's reaction to it... |
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| Steadman - In The Mouth Of The Lion by John Garforth |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 118 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length drama on a single church set. |
| Synopsis | Steadman reaches a turning point in his life and takes an irreverent look back over his career in local government, his marriage, and his battle with drink, and questions the choices he's made. |
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| A Straight Play by Natalia Knowlton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama in a single (simple) set. Contains adult themes. |
| Synopsis | In Colorado, 2003, newly married Kate joins a support group for married women, and finds it less than supportive. |
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| Strangers When We Meet by Scott Carpenter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A ten minute play. |
| Synopsis | Malcolm and Eira are both in their sixties, and looking for love. As the two make awkward small talk, childhoods are revisited and memories are stirred. Perhaps they are not strangers at all |
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| Sunshine on my Shoulder by John Peel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One well-known song is suggested to be played at the ending. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length drama about a holiday to Tenerife - though able to be performed with minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | The final sale of the family business has just been confirmed, and Thomas is off on a golfing holiday with his wife Pru and their friends Guy and Sally. But things aren’t quite as they seem for Guy and Pru. |
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| Sweet Dreams by Peter Appleton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act twisted psychological drama, verging on the melodramatic. |
| Synopsis | Plagued by nightmares after a mysterious accident, Anne has trouble telling reality from her dreams. Is her fiancé alive or dead? Is her father helping her, or holding her prisoner? Can she even trust her oldest friend? |
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| Take-Away by Pat Edwards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two older teens and two middle-aged characters. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play of shorter length, split set - in two flats with a lift, set between them. |
| Synopsis | Gail and Josh share a flat, but their relationship has soured - Josh is harsh and demanding, and Gail is quiet and compliant. The Barnstables live in the flat across from them, an older couple with a happy marriage. But no one seems happy with the way things are between Josh and Gail - not even Josh. |
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