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| Medieval Help Desk by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The Herald and Advisor are written as male roles. It is not imperative that they should be played as males. Likewise the Messenger is referred to as 'he' and as only one person, though there could be as many as five of her! |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch - a torrent of parody and puns - set in a medieval office. |
| Synopsis | You've reached the Medieval Help Desk. How can we give you excellent service? |
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| The Misfortune Of Lionel Schlusselberg by Aisha Tritle & Keelia McGovern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy skit |
| Synopsis | Lionel, an antisocial medical blogger, is coaxed into a blind double date as a favour to his best friend. Contrasting backgrounds, conversations, and the effect of peanuts result in a short-lived liaison between one pair. But all is not lost for Lionel. |
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| Modern Santa by Colin Calvert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Whilst the Chairman and Mr. McCrumm are written male, the author has no objection to their gender being reassigned. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute skit. No specific set requirements, and no requirement for movement. (Could be done as a party-piece or front-of-curtain during a set change). Contains mild swearing and adult humour. |
| Synopsis | Santa appears before a committee vetting his application for seasonal work. (They suggest that his contract needs additional clauses.) |
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| The Monster of Morgrave Manor by Louise Bramley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 101 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play on a manor house set. |
| Synopsis | McClutchy the butler is enjoying a semi-retirement in Morgrave Manor, but his peace is shattered by new arrivals. Elaine is the niece of the previous owner, and has inherited the Manor. Old secrets are about to be uncovered. |
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| The Mother-in-Law by Ginny Davis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. 3 adult roles and 3 optional non-speaking roles for children. |
| Run Time | Around 51 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy with a three-part composite set (living room, bedroom, kitchen). |
| Synopsis | Irene’s scheming elderly mother Grace needs to be cared for, so Irene persuades reluctant husband Peter that the best answer is for Grace to move in with them. What follows is a game of pig in the middle as the trio struggle to cope with the situation. |
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Mourning Calls by Troy Shearer
Winner of the 2007 Geneva Theatre Guild's Playwright's Playreading Contest. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. One of the characters is dead. One of the characters is a child. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very black comedy. Contains swearing and strong adult themes. |
| Synopsis | Chris wakes up to find a dead hooker in his bed. His best friend isn't being very helpful and his wife is on her way home. Should he call the cops or try to dispose of her body himself? Then he finds out his wife is due home early than expected... |
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| Murder at the Murder Mystery Party by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy thriller in two short acts and one (dining room) set. |
| Synopsis | Richard and Miranda's stormy marriage might reach some semblance of stability during a murder mystery party for their friends. Unfortunately tensions abound at the party and someone is actually murdered. |
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| Neighbourhood Watch by Liz Dobson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act light comedy. Single domestic set. |
| Synopsis | We are privy to the goings on at the Smeaton Neighbourhood Watch Committee at the home of Mrs Wilson-Smythe.The members of the Committee are upstanding and influential citizens who are all victims of a recent spate of burglaries in their prosperous, previously crime-free village. Their local police officer joins the meeting to address their concerns and ascertain the extent of their losses so as to begin investigation. As they recount their losses we discover not only the monetary value but also the touching sentimental value each piece has. But, of course, there is a twist... |
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| Nelson's Driving Test by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch, with verbal and visual gags and anachronisms. Single set (can be very simple). |
| Synopsis | A young Horatio Nelson prepares to take his Naval Captaincy Proficiency Test in front of an eager TV crew. |
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| The Neville Report - Village of Fear by Gary Diamond, John Fryer & Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. In theory, because it's a radio play, this could be done with a very small cast - Neville, the central character plus one other male and one female playing the rest of the characters. One of the characters - Harry the Leg - is purely a sound effect! |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play - a comic pastiche of a 1950s radio drama intended for presentation as a staged radio play. |
| Synopsis | A comedy radio play that pits intrepid reporter Neville Reville against the supernatural goings-on in Merry Waddle on the Weddle. Aided only by a leg in disguise, Neville braves the Portals of Hell (a pub), Lusty Wanda (a siren) and the evil Mordred to rescue Lady Purity! |
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