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Blatant Disruptions by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Whilst six of the characters are written male, they are representations of famous archetypes and there's no barrier to them being portrayed by women wearing fake beards (or other appropriate indicators of character). |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Daft comedy sketch. No set requirements other than a semi-circle of chairs, but costumes would seem appropriate, given the nature of the characters. |
Synopsis | The newly combined groups of 'Blatant Confusions' and 'Archaeological Disruptions' have their first meeting to hear about the progress on Stonehenge and other plans for confounding historians and archaeologists of the future. |
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The Book Club Of Little Witterington - The Vicar's Wife by Joan Greening |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy with a single (living room) setting. The third in a series, it can be presented either separately or alongside the first two as a full evening's entertainment. |
Synopsis | The ladies of the bookclub have gathered again, this time with a new member, the vicar’s newlywed. Once again, gossip and tittle-tattle overwhelm the discussion of the chosen book, ‘The Rector’s Wife’, and the new member finds herself and husband Dennis are the centre of attention. |
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A Brief Guide To Greek Tragedy by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. 2 narrators and 3 'actors' who each switch between multiple characters. Chorus can be any number of people, even just 1. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short educational sketch. |
Synopsis | Learn about ancient Greek tragedy in ten minutes, using the story of Cassandra (the prophetess whom no one believed) as demonstration. |
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Charlie to the Checkout Please by Robert Scott Charlie To The Checkout Please - Best Play Legacy High School Theater, Las Vegas (2018) |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. All roles are gender non-specific. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act comedy set in a supermarket with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | It’s Riley’s first day on the checkout, and things are not going well: product returns, complaints, queue-jumping and an armed robbery! Charlie said he’d be on hand, but he’s not answering the PA. So Riley steps up. |
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A Christmas Carol - The Real Story by Colin Calvert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Two characters required for performance as a simple duologue, a further 7 (nominally 5F, 2M) required if the action is staged. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Essentially a duologue which could either be done without additional actors, (as an after-dinner piece) or be staged as a narrated mime. Minimal staging requirements. Makes no attempt to be 'politically correct'! |
Synopsis | Two narrators tell the story of a modern day Scrooge who's having the wool pulled over his eyes by dishonest Bob Cratchit and his gang of cronies. |
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Counter Secret by Clive David Lloyd Williams |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. The character genders can be whatever you wish, with a few changes of pronoun. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Macabre thriller set in a shop. |
Synopsis | Dumpling and Pottage run a butcher's shop, with great pride in the quality they offer. However, behind their success is a carefully guarded secret - they have hit upon a novel way to reduce overheads by taking an innovative approach to serving some of their customers. When the Law intervenes, there are some rapid changes of ownership. |
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The Crime Done in Rhyme by tlc Creative Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Rhyming skit (parody of Dr. Seuss) no set requirements, a few common props. |
Synopsis | There's been murder afoot, but who can have done it? If there's a prize for rhymed mystery, this one has won it! The victim's a cat, but much more than that, He's a cat that has often been seen in a hat. A detective is called and a Mistress is found, (while the corpse of the cat is left there on the ground). It's funny, irreverent and won't take much time, and the best of it is, every line is in rhyme! |
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Emporium [One-Act Version] by Bob Tucker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play, single set - the interior of a small and very odd store. (An expanded version of Bob Tucker's original ten minute Emporium.) |
Synopsis | A few minutes in the day of a very peculiar shop...excuse me, I mean Emporium. Befuddled employees and confused customers combine with disdainful management to provide a unique shopping experience. |
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Girls' Talk by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of six comedy sketches, each with a cast of two women. |
Synopsis | Sketches tackling the difficulties of office life, men, gossiping and more men. (Each of the sketches is available individually.) |
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A Human Write by Amelia Armande Production by Ury Players won the 2018 Aberdeen SCDA district youth competition and the Kincardine district trophy. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. The writer is written male, though need not be. His thoughts - the chorus - are genderless. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fascinating one act drama that uses mime and rhyme to take us into the mind of a struggling writer. Contains one mild swearword. |
Synopsis | The writer is grappling not only with his writing but also with his personal life as he desperately attempts to strike up a relationship with Janis, a beautiful girl he sees on a bus. Well paced and gathering speed, the play uses the chorus to reveal the writer's thoughts - sometimes cogent, sometimes chaotic - come to life as the surreal become real. |
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