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Three Little Words by Jamesine Cundell Walker New |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of eight short plays, loosely on the theme of love. Multiple settings, but simple sets requiring just furniture (and not much of that). |
Synopsis | Malcolm and Karen find themselves trapped in the office storeroom. Ken and disillusioned Brian reminisce about life, comedy duos, and lost loves. Elderly Marjorie has lost interest and decided to spend her life in bed. Overbearing Rosie drops off daughter Florence at the start of her first Oxford term. Graham's ex-wife appears at his mother's funeral. Teenager Alex gets talking to elderly Gladys in a hospital waiting room. Despite Danni's encouragement, Jo is reluctant to look at the results of her pregnancy test. Malcolm hopes to appear at the wedding of his ex-girlfriend, but her sister has something to say about it. (Featuring returning characters from three previous scenes.) |
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Troublesome People by Jill Haas |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Two characters are offstage voices. |
Run Time | Around 82 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Some music suggestions are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full length drama, with a minimal setting in the kitchen and environs of a farm. |
Synopsis | The internment of refugees on the Isle Of Man during the early years of World War Two, and the effect on them and the local population is examined as characters poignantly come to life and develop both tense and loving relationships. |
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Up, Up and Away by John Peel |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. In addition to the four on-stage characters, there are five off-stage voices. Three male, two female. (These might be recorded but some sections would probably be better live.) |
Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play with drama, emotion and humour. Contains mild swearing. Multiple locations, but achieved by lighting and a few props. Originally published 2015, revised 2019. |
Synopsis | It all starts with the funeral - although to the grieving widows, Elsie and Mary, this seems a bit final. But, from their new vantage point, James and Clifford find that they are able to look down, as well as look back. However, it's looking forward that gives them the most concern... |
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Will at the Tower by Pete Hartley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Five principals plus a chorus of singers. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The dialogue is interwoven with multiple instances of five original songs. |
Style | Period drama. Minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | A story (based on a local tradition) of Catholicism in the reign of Elizabeth 1st. The Jesuit priest, Edmund Campion pays a clandestine visit to Hoghton Tower in Lancashire with a young Will Shakespeare in tow. They observe the life of the house as the new lady of the manor tries to marry off the daughter of the previous lord. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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