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Across The Road by Peter Lancaster Walker
Published: 14 January 2008 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch. Single set. Several domestic props - at least at the start of the play. |
| Synopsis | Mary and Henry are having a quiet afternoon at home, when Mary spots some strange goings on next door. It's a pity she doesn't keep a better eye on her own house... |
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Across The Universe by Robert Scott
Published: 13 February 2013 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. In addition to the named characters there is an offstage voice that might be live or recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | Two co-workers in a search for Extra Terrestrial Life establishment discuss the value of their work. |
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Act Naturally by Giles Scott
Published: 19 October 2018
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 98 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy on two sets (community hall/park). |
| Synopsis | The Historic Sites Preservation Society is in financial trouble, and they need to do something about it quickly. Certainly a play seems like a good idea, especially when they save money by writing it themselves, but can they act? |
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The Act Of Living by Robert Scott
Published: 11 April 2014
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Evelyn doubles - as Sophie. |
| Run Time | Around 49 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama, moving through different eras, with a minimal (park bench) set. |
| Synopsis | Tom and Evelyn met when they were children during the war, and their relationship grew and changed. As an old man, Tom looks back across the years to re-live their time together. |
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Acting, It’s Not Plumbing… by Cheryl Barrett
Published: 14 February 2012 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act character comedy - set in a theatre workshop, so there's scope for over-acting! Single set - a village hall! Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Jill is running a drama workshop in the community centre, but is it really just for the benefit of those taking part? Whatever her motivation, Paul, Amy, Chelsea, Bob, Sandra and Fay are having a whale of a time. |
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Activity Day - Inclusive of Aliens by Dian Donovan
Published: 5 November 2013 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy for children with a single (school playing field) setting.
Part of the Aliens collection of short plays for youth people. |
| Synopsis | With a satirical look at a non-competitive school sports day some time in the future, this play transports us into a world where aliens have become integrated into everyday life. |
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The Actor by Ian Sharrock
Published: 8 February 2011 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is, rather obviously, an actor. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue. No set requirements, just a phone. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | A short monologue presenting one side of a phone call by a wannabe actor who's really just a jumped-up extra. As he boasts of his next big role, he dreams of the opportunities it's going to bring, only to be brought back down to earth with a bump. |
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The Actress by Hilary Mackelden
Published: 6 February 2013
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy prose monologue. Single set (a table and a phone), so could be performed front-of-curtain. |
| Synopsis | A phone call to the director of the village Harvest Festival pageant from an experienced actress who feels, yet again, that she has been mis-cast . |
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Addiction by John Passadino
Published: 7 December 2023 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Dark, dramatic monologue. Minimal set. (US English.) |
| Synopsis | Matthew talks to his wife, admitting his shortcomings as a partner and husband, but is finally overcome by rage. |
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Additional Dialogue by Catherine Shelton
Published: 31 July 2009 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. All the characters are high school students. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Music from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet is suggested (subject to the ability of the on-stage band!) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length romantic comedy play. (Not strictly a musical or really a musical play, but requires an on-stage band, with a small share of the dialogue.) |
| Synopsis | A rehearsal for a school production of Romeo and Juliet contains far more drama amongst the cast members than onstage, as friendships, new loves and old flames are tested, torn apart and reunited in a very busy afternoon. |
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