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Scripts 81 to 90 of 103
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Port and Starboard by Rob Burbidge
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Archibald is written male but could be played female (preferably with a different name, and as 'secretary' rather than 'office boy')
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play adapted from an O. Henry short story. Single set divided into three rooms and a waiting area. (This sounds complex, but could be done physically or just with imagination.)
SynopsisLawyer Gooch has handled many cases of divorce, and arranged the rescuing of more than one marriage. This time he faces three clients, all involved in the same marital discord. Can he untangle the threads and still come out a winner?
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Potted Pride & Prejudice by Nadya Henwood
RolesMinimum 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 TimeAround 50 minutes. [Estimated!]
The original production (with a cast of 4) ran between 45 and 50 minutes.
MusicNone.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisMrs 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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Quite a Buzz! by Alan Robinson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. An unusual cast of characters!
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort one-act comedy play, minimal set requirements (a chair), simple props. Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisBlue has got herself stuck, but Mr S is not helping her - in fact, he's tied her up. Two more fall victim to Mr S's trap, before we meet his lady-friend and find out what - or who - is really for dinner.
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Red Nose, Floppy Shoes by James Brosnahan
2019 Monkey Bread Tree Script Competition - Winner, Best Character Arc. “It’s a bit of a ridiculous event, and the whole thing would be mighty entertaining on screen, especially with these personas.”
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. One of the five listed characters is a voice-over.
Run TimeAround 45 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act satirical comedy. Single (domestic kitchen) set.
SynopsisMichael's DNA test confirms his self-diagnosed Coulrophobia (fear of clowns). When Dr Keegle informs him he actually has the dreaded Clown Syndrome and only a week to live, his wife must keep him away from any form of comedy. Michael agrees to attend a support group. Tragically, the DNA test was mixed up, and rather than Courophobia, Michael has actually got the Clown Gene - he's a clown, and cannot help himself delivering an improvised stand up routine to the members of the Clown Syndrome support group. Exposed to comedy, they die in droves and Michael is carted off to prison, charged with murder. At the last moment his sentence is commuted to Community Service and his family must adjust to the new Michael, from his red nose to his floppy shoes.
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Santa and Elf by John Furse
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Elf is written female but could be played by a male. The disembodied voice (making Post Office announcements) is assumed to be recorded.
Run TimeAround 28 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play in a single (Post Office) set.
SynopsisThe Giggleton Post Office has to get a sack of mail off to the Sorting Office ASAP - it’s kids' letters to Santa. Little do they know that Santa himself is on hand to collect the sack, if his Elf assistant can stop causing traffic accidents!
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Sassenach by Ronnie Dykstra
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Eleven roles (plus two actors who play themselves before taking on characters), designed to be playable by a cast of three plus a cameo from the director.
Run TimeAround 34 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA spoof 'English' Macbeth based shamelessly on Shakespeare's tragedy, stealing many of his famous words and taking disgraceful liberties. One-act, single set (largely a living room).
SynopsisWhen a witch prophesises that Arthur Robinson could become chairman of the bath plug manufacturer he works for, his wife Samantha coerces him into speeding the process along by having his boss clobbered with a saucepan. His subsequent rise to power is hindered by the blood on their hands and rival employee Andrew Duff.
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Second Thoughts by Colin Calvert
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. (The max. and min. numbers depend on whether the production follows the author's intention and uses a quartet of four female singers to punctuate the action. There are also a few lines addressed to passers-by who might or might not appear on stage.)
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play, single minimalist set - a bus stop. Few props. A study of an attempted mid-life affair.
SynopsisHarold is waiting at the appointed spot, a bus shelter, for a meeting with his old school friend Patti, and wondering if he's up to having an affair, if that's even what's on offer.
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The Senior Speed Date by Jeff Bray
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. One character is voice-only and can be voiced live or pre-recorded.
Run TimeAround 39 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act comedy with a single (pub room) setting.
SynopsisRecently separated from her husband, Joan has been persuaded by her daughter to attend a speed dating evening. She is confronted by a procession of highly unsuitable candidates.
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Socks by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
3rd Place, the Ian Wishart Quaich in the 2023 Edinburgh round of the Scottish Community Drama Association's One-Act Festival.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four principal characters plus an off-stage female voice (which could be pre-recorded).
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort, one-act comedy play. Single set - the inside of a clothes dryer at a laundromat! ( A delightful contribution to an under-used sub-genre of costume drama!)
SynopsisA group of single socks discuss their plight. Should they attempt escape? Why have they been abandoned? Don't humans know that socks are the cornerstone of civilization?
A tale of abandonment, rejection and hope in the confines of a clothes dryer.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of clean laundry must be in want of the correct number of socks.
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The Soldiers' Tale by Mike Sparks
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleModern version of a medieval mystery play. Single, minimal set, basic props.
SynopsisThe events on Calvary discussed from the perspective of bystanders, including the soldiers who administered the crucifixion.
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