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Scotch Broth by Geoff Bamber with songs by Stuart Ardern Production by Stranraer Drama Club Juniors won loads of trophies at the Wigton division of the SCDA festival, 2015 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for two songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of ther script. (Two further songs are suggested.) |
Style | A dramatised partial (probably in both senses) history of Scotland suitable for Primary School aged children and above. Minimal sets (although Hadrian's wall is built - very rapidly - during the show.) |
Synopsis | Two Inter-Galactic time travellers arrive in Scotland on a fact-finding mission. Guided by a helpful Narrator, they take an eventful journey through the nation's history and culture and encounter some famous faces on the way. |
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The Shelter Secrets by Deborah Heath |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Doubling possible for two characters, plus two offstage voices. |
Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length play, suitable for secondary age or youth theatre, with split staging to enable multiple rapid scene changes. |
Synopsis | Taking shelter from an air raid in their school's boiler room, four children swap secrets in the form of stories. They're surprised to find their tales all meet up and form a larger narrative, one that's completed by their teacher. |
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A Sixpenny War by Allan Williams |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama set during World War Two in the staff restroom of a Woolworths store in London. |
Synopsis | The horror of war (and the specific horros of the Second World War), seen through the eyes of a group of girls working at Woolworths each one of whom is personally affected, is dramatically evoked using contemporary political speeches as a background for the girls' experiences. |
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Soldiers by Louise Wade |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short WW1-set drama on a simple set, suitable for adults or teens. |
Synopsis | Three soldiers find themselves in a holding cell as dawn breaks during the First World War: one on a drunk charge, one held for assaulting an officer, and one a conscientious objector. |
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Suffragette by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A simple sketch (for an Edwardian Music Hall). No set - could be done front of curtain. |
Synopsis | Edward discovers - to his horror - that his wife is leaving... |
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Time Travel Agent by Tony Domaille Best Seller Winner 2018 international Pint Size Plays script writing competition |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (travel agent shop) setting. |
Synopsis | Brian would like to book a time travel holiday, but can't decide where and when to go. Meanwhile, Mr Jennings arrives back from his holiday with complaints. |
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Tremayne's Folly by John Garforth |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Three adult males, three females and a thirteen-year-old boy. |
Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A witty period script with some well-crafted characters. A single coastal setting. |
Synopsis | In 1803, former soldier Parsons has taken up residence as the official hermit of Lord Tremayne's estate. But this simple life is threatened when he gets caught up in the extra-marital affairs of Sir William Pitt, and a dead Frenchman washes up on the beach. |
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The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy (adapted Peter John Cooper) |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The piece is interspersed with the reminiscences of the old Anne Garland. (Her role coulde be doubled by her younger self.) |
Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length period drama. The scenes flow continuously, so intended to be performed with stage areas and levels rather than a formal set. |
Synopsis | Thomas Hardy's novel of life in the Napoleonic era, with soldiers massing to repel invasion, and village life in turmoil as a result. |
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Working Man by Peter Nuttall |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Eleven principals (including one child) plus chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script is accompanied by piano and vocal scores for one instrumental and six songs. |
Style | Full-length musical play inspired by the paintings of Alexander Millar, set on Tyneside in the heyday of the shipyards. |
Synopsis | Johnson's shipyard is under new management, but the new boss is unpopular - he's stopped the beer allowance, for one thing. The men strike, but are sacked. They need to find a better way to get him to change his mind. What about going back to workwithout pay? |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Backing tracks for the opening instrumental and six songs from Working Man by Peter Nuttall. ** Opening instrumental and vocal demo tracks for the six songs from Working Man by Peter Nuttall. ** Ten high resolution images of paintings from the Working Man collection by Alexander Millar for projection during performances of Working Man by Peter Nuttall
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