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The Babbling Brookes: Ed And Breakfast by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A 25-minute comedy drama, part of the 'Babbling Brookes' trilogy. |
Synopsis | Eddie and his Mum are at loggerheads again, and this time neither will apologise. The trouble is, Eddie isn’t even sure what it is he’s not apologising for. Meanwhile, Richie is getting worked up about his annual Yard Sale. |
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Badly Drawn by Alan Robinson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. There are two on-stage speaking characters, two offstage voices and four masked cartoon characters - products of the cartoonists imagination! |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short, intreguing, one-act play, dealing with events of a psychological nature. Single, minimal set. |
Synopsis | Spectre has taken Saskia. Where and why, she can't be sure. As he recounts his tale of shattered dreams, stolen ideas and cursed cartoons, Saskia begins to realise the lines that he draws run parallel to her own and soon both are on a collision course to meltdown. |
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The Beast by Louise Wade |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The lead characters are 12 years old, the other roles are older. (The adults might be played by teenagers.) |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act drama. Multiple setings, but intended for simple presentation. |
Synopsis | Jane's parents and brother think her sighting of a beast in their garden one evening owes more to her teen vampire books than her eyesight. Luckily, her friend Mark takes a more scientific approach to gathering evidence. |
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Black Combe by John Peel |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 49 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama, creating some tensions, with a single set. |
Synopsis | Three separate meetings take place on the same day, in the bar of the Duck and Feathers. Each of them, in their own way, affects the life of the landlord, Jimmy. Is it true that the clouds over Black Combe are bringing him bad luck? |
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Caiaphas by Mike Sparks |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play which can be produced with minimal staging (so could easily be done within a church). |
Synopsis | The events of the last few days of Holy Week are shown from the viewpoint of High Priest Caiaphas and his family. |
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Chance Encounters by Jamesine Cundell Walker Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Can be played with a different cast in every scene, or with the same cast throughout. |
Run Time | Around 76 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length play comprised of nine connected playlets with a single (park bench) setting. |
Synopsis | Nine encounters take place on a park bench during the course of a day in September. Some are dramatic, some comedic. |
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Chekhov's Shorts by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of five short plays based on short stories by Anton Chekhov. |
Synopsis | A Lottery Ticket adapted from the story of the same title A Meeting on a Train Loosely adapted from 'An Enigmatic Nature' Difficult People adapted from the story of the same title Natalie’s Vacation adapted from 'A Tripping Tongue' I’m Famous based on 'Joy' |
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A Christmas Carol In 60 Minutes Or Less! by Martin Prest |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Various doubling alternatives suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. |
Run Time | Around 51 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play in various settings. |
Synopsis | Staying as true to the original Dickens story as time allows, it unfolds neatly through narration and action. Originally published in 2014, revised edition published September 2017. |
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Connie's Kitchen by Maureen Speller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama with a single (kitchen) setting. |
Synopsis | Connie has lived in the same house since World War Two and has no intention of passing it on to unsuitable occupants, even if it means coming back to haunt the kitchen. Exchanges between a harassed estate agent and Connie’s ghost make for confusion all round. |
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Deadly by Jonny Ardern Performance by BATS Youth won 'Best Dramatic Moment' award at Haynes Drama Festival, 2010 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for teenagers/young adults. Single simple set. Simple props. The script contains swearing (which may be toned-down to suit the requirements of a particular production). |
Synopsis | Seven friends attempt to make the most - or least - of their summer holidays. Each has a vice but it's a vice they're comfortable with, until Lewis makes a move on Priscilla, the new girl in town. Then it emerges that their sins could end up deadly... |
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