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Billy's Will by Seymour Cresswell Published: 20 May 2020 Runner-up Best Play, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Adjudicator's Award for Best Moment of Theatre at Glenealy One Act Drama Festival, January 2020 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Award-winning one-act drama in a single (Dublin living room) setting. |
Synopsis | Rookie solicitor David has been sent to draw up a will for Billy, an aged alcoholic, struck off solicitor. The straightforward task becomes complicated for David, as he witnesses family tensions and division - with their various disputes and secrets. |
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The Bird, the Mouse and the Sausage by Peter Nuttall Published: 24 March 2009 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute play for kids. |
Synopsis | A tale of domestic bliss upset - with a moral message about the dangers of fire. One of Peter Nuttall's Grimm Tales (for Little Horrors) |
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The Birdman of Barnocky by Roger Lee Published: 27 September 2019 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 87 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length drama on a single (disused hotel lounge) set. |
Synopsis | Having scattered his wife’s ashes on the island they both loved, Michael is hopeful he can buy the place and open the hotel they’d planned. But Alex also has plans for the island, as does Danny’s family. It’s enough to make you curse... |
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Birthright by Christine Steenfeldt Published: 18 June 2013 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play in a single setting. |
Synopsis | An original storyline suggesting a question mark over Shakespeare's birthplace in a short dramatic comedy, with a twisting plot! |
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Births, Deaths and Marriages by Stephen Scheurer-Smith Published: 23 March 2013 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. The chorus is a wating-room full of patients in the second act. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play in three acts (each in a different setting). |
Synopsis | A family saga told through three comic episodes. Laughter turns into tension in all three plays as family frictions and heartaches unfold. Each of the three components is also available separately: Arrival Oncology Anniversary |
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Bit of a Gossip by Frank Gibbons Published: 19 July 2011 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are descibed as 'a couple of mature ladies'. Make your own mind up as to what constitutes maturity! |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Five minute comedy sketch. Minimal set. Contains cream cakes. From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | A couple of ladies set the world to rights - largely by putting everyone else down. |
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A Bit of a Problem by Geoff Parker Published: 22 June 2015 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Mary should be old enough to be Adam's mother. |
Run Time | Around 106 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An unusual, full length play with strong language and adult situations, in two split settings. |
Synopsis | Against their better judgement, Mike and Adam have brought their wives to see the local drama group's play. But the plot of a man sleeping with his brother's wife hits a bit close to home and a whole surprising bunch of secrets come tumbling out in one busy evening. |
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A Bit of a Turn by Cheryl Barrett Published: 1 May 2018 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch on a minimal café set. |
Synopsis | Maureen and her Aunt Vera are discussing Brenda's latest accident. |
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A Bit of Light Froth by Kelsey Gray Published: 2 August 2018 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (coffee shop) setting. |
Synopsis | A customer’s attempt to get a cup of coffee is increasingly frustrated by the superior attitude of the barista. |
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Bite-Size - Six Vampire Plays by 10 x 10 Writers Published: 8 February 2011 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Three or four characters per piece. |
Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Collecton of six sketches, generally comedic, but with the occasional sharp edge. |
Synopsis | A collection of six short plays/sketches for teenagers with the theme of vampires. (All the plays are available individually, but are provided here as a collection at a discount.) |
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