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| Murdering Muriel by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The paramedic is written male, but could be either (with the occasional change of pronoun). |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short, one act play, with no set requirement, and includes adult themes and language. |
| Synopsis | Barry's affair with shapely neighbour Caroline is the catalyst for their plan to get rid of Barry's wife Muriel. Death by poisoned chocolate pudding is their weapon of choice, but things go badly awry for Barry. |
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| The Nearly New Sale by Paul Townsend |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act psychological Faustian drama with a single (village hall) setting. |
| Synopsis | After two long and painful years recovering from the death of their unborn child, Harry and Liz are presented with the opportunity to reverse their misery and grief. They need only sign it away to a dealer prepared to buy anything. With this prospect, however, comes the chance to correct more than just those few short years, as they realise that they can negotiate for better lives independently than they might have together. |
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| Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention by Liz Dobson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy, set in a single room in an old cottage - undergoing renovation. |
| Synopsis | Pete and Jools are modernising their dream cottage hoping to make it a family home. Their chances of having children are slim, but a visit from an intriguing old lady makes their dreams come true. |
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| Never Be Late by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The characters are of high school age. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play about a first date - with some laughs and some surprises. Simple set (a couple of tables, three or more chairs). |
| Synopsis | Jim's just dropping into his favourite cafe when he sees his friend Sally waiting for her blind date to arrive. When she won't let him sit with her, he moves on to another girl waiting for her beau. Mistaking him for her date, she starts to fall for him, but it all goes wrong, and not just for Jim. |
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Odd Ball by Steve Menary
Perfomance by Berriew YFC won the Best Production (plus two other awards) in the NFYFC National Finals, 2010. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. It would be possible to double Scott with The Spot, but that would require rapid changes, so would need a lot of thought to go into the costumes. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play about a teenager with testicular cancer. Rapid alternation of scenes implies an outline set, rather than detail - thus suitable as a festival piece. Contains mild swearing and discussion of a serious subject! |
| Synopsis | Danny is a football player on his school team, but he's got a secret - something like a spot in a very private place. It turns out to be a lot more serious than acne, and costs him his place on the team, and the friendship of his closest mate. Are they both gone forever?
(The script is in British English, so 'football' refers to a game in which the ball is addressed principally by the players' feet.) |
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| Potted Pride & Prejudice by Nadya Henwood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Written for a cast of 4 playing 14 roles (with one of the men playing the older female roles). |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!]
The original production (with a cast of 4) ran between 45 and 50 minutes. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, designed to be performed in a simple set (just furniture brought on by the cast). Essentially a drama, but with comedy, not least from the casting. |
| Synopsis | Mrs Bennet is keen to find husbands for her four daughters, especially when the wealthy Mr Bingley moves into the area. Elizabeth instantly dislikes the snobbish Darcy, and Lydia runs off with the charming Wickham, but not everyone is how they first seem. |
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| Quadrille by Robert Kibble |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama in a single simple set (the ubiquitous park bench). |
| Synopsis | Andy and Cassie recently met Rich and Yvonne on holiday, and they all began straying away from their partners. Over one afternoon in Green Park, the various relationships meet their resolutions. |
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| Remember Scarborough by James Baynes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One M and one F are non-speaking. Second F is small speaking role. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One piece of music is suggested, integral to the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | An affecting one act play, largely spoken by a sole actor, with three cameo roles. |
| Synopsis | In a one-sided conversation with his long dead friend, an old man recalls the war years - the excitement, adventure and loss of being an RAF bombardier. The other parts included - two dancers appear briefly, and at the end, the old man's daughter joins him. |
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| Revelations by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act play that offers a simple set and complex characters, emotional involvement and a satisfactory resolution - plus a few laughs along the way. |
| Synopsis | A couple brought in to see a specialist about their son's unusual medical condition come to realise that they have more to contend with and less in common than they thought. |
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| Sammy by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Brilliantly written full-length play about coping with the long-term medical problems of a family member (who never appears on the stage). Single domestic set. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Jenny and Mark have a young son, Sammy, who has Prader Willi syndrome, a compulsive eating disorder. Mark wanted a son desperately, but is shocked by Sammy's condition and the work it will entail. Christine and Phil next door can't have children at all, so they are constant visitors. Eighteen years of family strife in one play. |
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