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Checkmate by Robert Scott Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play, with a simple set. |
Synopsis | A tense thriller. In this play a friendly game of chess between husband and wife becomes more of a game of cat and mouse. Michael likes to think he's always one move ahead, but perhaps this time Amy has him in check. |
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Kill-Joy by Mike Rouse Partington Theatre Glossop 2018, Best Actress award, Rachael Hope, under original title of Mirror Image. |
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 two on-stage characters, there is a radio announcer's voice at the start. This is likely to be a recording. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] First production timed at 27 minutes. |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act thriller. Single set (which may be very simple). Contains swearing and adult themes. |
Synopsis | A man and a woman stumble into an alley behind a club. It’s clear what his intentions are, but she’s not going along with him. Not here, not now, not with a serial killer on the loose. |
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Kit Kat Man by James Addis |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An efficient spy drama - like a compact Le Carré. Realistic dialogue leading to a surprising but well-planted twist. Simple set - another chance to wheel-out the park bench. |
Synopsis | Moscow, near the end of the Cold War. Paula Wilson seeks to coax the defector Gerald Soames back to Britain, ostensibly as a means of undermining the intelligence Soames has given to the Soviets. In reality, her motives are more sinister. |
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