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Eleven Fifty-Six by Michael Pearcy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 38 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play (somewhere between drama and thriller) with a single sparse set.
SynopsisNathan seems certain to remain in the hospital - found wandering naked and confused, he has no records, no identity, no money. Dr Caulfield thinks he's deluded, but there's something compelling about his claim to be a time traveller. Then there's his urgent desire to leave London...
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Falling Apart by Peter Harrison
2007. Sale One-Act play festival. Joint winner for Best Original Play under original title of The Lift. Production by Altrincham Garrick.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One of the characters is an off-stage voice, but since he converses with the other characters it is assumed that this should be done live.
Run TimeAround 34 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play, single very simple setting.
SynopsisUpon leaving their solicitor's office having arranged their divorce settlement Amanda and Andrew find themselves trapped between floors in the lift. The recriminations around their marital problems continue until the arrival of the lift attendant who manages not only to repair the lift but also their marriage, even though he is not all that he seems.
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Father's Day by Allan Williams
Awarded the Crawshay Cup for best original script at the 2011 All Wales Finals.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 32 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicTwo pieces of music are suggested in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA one act drama, with a single (living room) setting.
SynopsisOld soldier Harris is being cared for by daughter Alice, who is concerned about leaving him alone as she goes on a much needed holiday. Harris is confronted by a young visitor - Jamie, who is intent on robbing him, but soon finds he is up against a doughty old soldier.
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Fight for the Future by Damian Trasler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst Pruitt is written female, gender reassignment should be possible in her case.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort science-fiction play about time travel. Bare stage and just one prop - a piece of paper. That's all. Thousands of years of technological innovation leading to just one piece of paper. (Give or take the time capsule.)
SynopsisThe first ever time traveller journeys to the future and discovers a world very different to the one he imagined...
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Flesh and Blood by Shari Gledhill
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 27 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act drama with a single (living room) setting.
SynopsisJoanne has cared for her half-brother Eddie, who has learning difficulties, for many years whilst her brother Carl has avoided the issue. In one weekend Eddie and Carl come together in a revelatory expression of brotherly love.
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For Sale - Baby Shoes - Never Worn by Damian Trasler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The work is divided into three pieces, each for 1M, 1F. In theory the same pair of actors could play the roles in all three - one member of the couple in the first part appears in each of the succeeding parts.
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA sort of triptych for the stage. Three linked short plays, with minimal sets - essentially three stage blocks and a few props.
SynopsisThe story goes that Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a novel in six words. His response was 'For sale - baby shoes, never worn.' Damian Trasler takes each part of that phrase as the starting point of a short play - three stories in the life of a young couple, not necessarily going in the direction you might expect.
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Forgive Our Foolish Ways by Shari Gledhill
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama in a simple setting.
SynopsisCarl seeks sanctuary in a church on a dark and stormy night, to escape the merciless taunting of his controlling girlfriend Nancy. Father David sits with Carl, trying to ease his troubled mind, sharing stories of his own journey. Carl opens up, but his dark secret may be a confession too far.
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Gerald's Bench by Allan Williams
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act drama with a single (park bench) setting.
SynopsisTwo men - Gerald and Daniel, meet in a park. Neither are what they appear to be. The park bench is home to Gerald, but he has an unusual reason for being there which involves the unsuspecting Daniel.
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Gino of the Lamp by Paul Bovino
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two on-stage characters plus an offstage voice (which could be recorded).
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play. Single New York apartment set Contains swearing (and fantasy).
SynopsisBetsy is trying to get used to her lousy apartment after finally breaking up with Eddie after thirteen years. When she absently rubs an old lamp, Gino emerges and offers her a single wish. Out of the whole, what is it that Betsy will wish for?
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Gold! by Kate Stafford
New
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Two on-stage actors plus one female on video and 4 offstage male voices. So this is essentially a two-hander plus recordings.
Run TimeAround 42 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play with elements of comedy, drama and romance (plus a serious fight, and some swearing).
SynopsisJulie and Dave are a couple in their 60s who have been hiding a secret for decades - the stash of gold they stole as part of the Brink's-Mat robbery 40 years previously. With their daughter relying on them to fund her expensive wedding, they may finally have to cash it in, but someone from the past is following them.
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