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| A Pig is a Pig is a Pig by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Nominally three men and three women, but the genders of the characters are not integral to the story (and have been changed from the original short story), so they can be switched around as required. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play. Single set (the front desk of Acme Express Shipping Company). |
| Synopsis | When Mary Flannery receives a shipment of guinea pigs, she is forced to keep them whilst a dispute over shipping fees is settled. Guinea pigs breed quickly, however, and soon she has more than she can handle...
Based on an original story by Ellis Parker Butler. |
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| Plain Women, Forgotten Men by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 49 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A trio of short one act plays with single (simple) settings which could be performed separately, or together as a set. |
| Synopsis | In 'Baggy Trousers' - elderly Sid relives his youth and poignantly remembers his late wife in conversation with an, at first, uninterested Social Worker. 'Two Left Feet' sees sad divorcee Jo find her salvation from depression, and the approbation of sister Carole on the dance floor. In 'Out of Print' - formerly famous children's book writer Erica - now in her eighties - finds that her works are no longer published, but finds encouragement by a letter from a fan. Each play is available to buy separately. |
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| The Play Of The Year by John Peel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One M and one F voice are offstage, could be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 66 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy, with a fairly simple set. |
| Synopsis | The committee tasked with choosing the winner of the 'Play of the Year' competition really has their work cut out, and they also have to contend with being both helped and hindered by the building janitor and tea lady. A comedy drama with twists - which may keep the audience misled until the last moment! |
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| Playing Out by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. 3 characters are children played by adults. 2 characters are offstage voices only, which can be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama with no set required. |
| Synopsis | Susan Trent, a woman in her seventies, looks back on her childhood in post-war London, and the friends she loved - and hated. Her childish love for Stanley endures throughout her life, despite an early tragedy. And her intense rivalry with Stan's older sister, Sandra, will probably never be resolved. If we could meet our younger selves - just once - what would we say to them? |
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| Poles Apart by John Furse |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 66 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Farce, structurally in two acts, but in length somewhere on the boundary between one-act and full-length play, set in the constituency office of a Member of Parliament. |
| Synopsis | MP Jerry Underwood has had a great night, meeting a wonderful girl who happens to be a pole dancer. The press are thrilled, but mistake the woman for a Polish diplomat's daughter, who is also a dancer. Confusion reigns. |
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| Potted Austen: Emma by Lou Treleaven |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. |
| Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, covering all of the relevant events and characters with minimal staging requirements. |
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| Potted Austen: Northanger Abbey by Lou Treleaven |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. |
| Synopsis | A short take on Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, covering all of the relevant events and characters with minimal staging requirements. Cast size can be reduced to six with some meticulous doubling! |
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| The Psychotherapist In Spite Of Himself by George Freek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comical farce in one act and one (simple, domestic) set. |
| Synopsis | Ronald wants to marry Janey, but he thinks she's worried about his acting career. He poses as a psychotherapist to see if he can convince her that he's a good actor - and ends up taking on her entire family's emotional problems in one very busy day. |
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| Puss in Boots (Small Cast) by James Barry |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. King can double as the Ogre. We assume that Harry (the hero) is played by a man and puss is played by a woman. (But this is pantomime, so make your own mind up!) |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One original song score provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script. Other song spots listed in the script, to be used at the discretion of the producer. |
| Style | Traditional pantomime, with jokes, slapstick and magic. |
| Synopsis | Harry, the miller's youngest son, inherits the magical talking cat (who refuses to answer to 'Tiddles'). Harry falls for the princess, but to win her hand, he has to confront the ogre in a battle of magical transformations. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Quickness of the Hand by Jim Hollingsworth |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy loosely adapted from a short story by Saki (H. H. Munro). |
| Synopsis | Sarah is celebrating her fortieth birthday with husband Adrian and some friends. A relative not seen for years shows up, and they're not sure whether it's Sarah's kleptomaniac cousin Frank or Adrian's Frankfurter cousin Frank. And then a box with two gold rings goes missing. |
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