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Clause Fourteen by David Pollard |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama on a dressing room set. Part of the 'Illusion/Delusion' trio of plays, which can be bought separately or as a collection. |
Synopsis | Aging actor Clifford finds himself in a hellish situation playing opposite his ex-wife Connie in a production which, against all probability, is a smash hit. He turns to his agent Katz to get him out of the show but he has signed an unbreakable contract and Katz is more interested in claiming his due. In the ensuing action, Clifford is made to face unpleasant truths about himself and his past relationships and to understand his position in a hell of his own creation. Think Dr Faustus! |
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Closure by Robert Scott People's Choice Award by Manchester High School's Lancer Theatre Company, USA 2018 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play with a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Luke's birthday party is a lonely affair - there's just him, until his ex-girlfriend Tanya walks in. She only meant to drop off his gift, but soon they're involved in a strenuous argument over closure and who gets it. |
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Cold Blooded Killer by Geoff Rose-Michael Won the New Writing Award at the Leatherhead Drama Festival, 2013. (Also received nominations for best actor and best actress.) |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Characters include one mysterious figure (non-speaking) and two female voices which might well be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act thriller, single set. First published 2014, revised 2018. |
Synopsis | Recently widowed Jack disturbs Becky, an intruder, and is shocked by how much she resembles his late wife, who died along with her mother in mysterious circumstances. Jack attempts to persuade Becky to impersonate his wife, to inherit the fortune of her mother. Their web of deceit becomes progressively tangled culminating in a shocking ending. |
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Coppers by Kate Stafford New |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four onstage characters and an offstage (male) voice. |
Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act tale of brutal deceit in the world of politics, building to a satisfying twist. Two sets (office and pub) indicated by furniture. Contains swearing. |
Synopsis | In 1984, government minister Christabel and police chief Neil grapple with the embarrassment of having rings run around them by a criminal gang, while journalist Suzy is sniffing out a scandal and attempting to bribe Christabel’s old flame. |
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The Dating Circus by Robin Fusco |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Simple-to-stage, short one-act comedy. American English. |
Synopsis | Showman and dating expert P.T. Bailey teaches the audience how to make a first date successful. He guides hapless volunteer Gary through a mock date with his glamorous assistant Veronica. But Veronica becomes more attracted to the true Gary than P.T. intended, and has her own take on how to date. |
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Day of Days by Allan Williams 'Day of Days' was Finalist at the British All Winners One-Act festival, July 2012, on the way to which the production picked-up numerous awards including Best Play, Best Actor and Best Individual Performance. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama. Single domestic set (which can be done with minimal staging.) Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Maggie has some news for Tom. Unexpected news. News of his long-distant past - a time he has forgotten, or perhaps he wanted to forget... |
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Dead Lucky by Nigel Holloway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Zack, the TV compere, never appears on stage, so could be a series of recordings. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play, satirising game shows. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Clive and Bonnie are competing in a global reality tv talent show, but how far are they prepared to go for the ultimate prize - being cryogenically frozen until the prize fund exceeds any fortune in the world? |
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The Diary of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain adapted by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The voice of God could be a recording (as it so often is). |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play (adapted from 'The Diary of Adam Eve' by Mark Twain. Single set (representing the Garden of Eden and what lay beyond), simple props. |
Synopsis | Alone in the Garden of Eden, Adam is bored and, though he doesn't realise it, lonely. Of course, God has the answer... What follows is told through the diaries of those involved. |
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Digging Up Edwin Plant by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama in two settings. |
Synopsis | Bernard's been looking for traces of his old school bully - has he changed since the bad old days? Are these poems really by him, and if so, do they indicate regret? Lucy doesn't think so. |
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Disloyalty by Liz Dobson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama |
Synopsis | After twenty years of marriage Chris is unimpressed when her husband Gary buys her a present of an exercise mat. Having used every excuse possible to delay her exercise session, including housework and a coffee with her best friend Lou, she feels duty bound to give it a go and feel the burn. It is during this exercise session that Gary arrives home and drops the bombshell. |
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