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Dummy Cabs by S. P. Franksson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Four on-stage characters, seven live voices (which could, conceivably, be played by one male actor) plus a recorded message.
Run TimeAround 114 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fun full-length comedy with likeable characters in a single taxi office setting.
SynopsisIt's the 1990s and Dermy Cabs is under threat from a competitor. Beryl, the overworked switchboard operator, struggles with phone, radios and in-person customers whilst trying to keep the company's drivers under control, especially Bob, whose wife has kicked him out of the house.
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Emporium - The Story of the Store by Bob Tucker
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. A crowd of indeterminate number enters towards the end of the final act. (The minimum is one, which is small, as crowds go, but in this case feasible!)
Run TimeAround 115 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length comedy play (in three acts). Single set. A combination of the five short plays of the Emporium series.
SynopsisIn a strange retail outlet (no matter what the problem, our happy smiling staff are always here to blame the customer!) romance blossoms between one of the staff and a policeman brought-in to investigate a break-in.
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Emporium 5 by Bob Tucker
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. There is a non-speaking 'crowd' of indeterminate number who enter and exit near the end of the piece.
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play. Single (store) set. Part of a series set in the same bizarre venue (but functions as a stand-alone play.)
SynopsisThe worms in the shop finally turn, with Cynthia thrown out and Michelle getting hitched to her sweetheart, Rex. Madam Dressoir, the dreaded emporium manager, finally gets what's coming to her...
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Everybody's Talking by Frank Gibbons
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 47. No chorus. Some scripts require offstage voices which could be recorded.
Run TimeAround 75 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA collection of comedy sketches, with a variety of simple sets.
SynopsisA collection of confrontations, revelations, and scenes of a gossipy nature.
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The Fall and Rise of Gordon Grimshaw by Sandy Truman
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 110 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA consistently funny farce with a variety of storylines that all come together satisfyingly.
SynopsisGordon fears that downsizing to Finchurch-on-Sea is the end of his life, with no job, no bowls club, and wife Marion putting him on a strict diet. But he hasn't reckoned on their bizarre new neighbours, kamikaze seagulls, brushes with the law, half-marathons, and getting reeled into amateur dramatics!
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Finding Goddard by Deborah Hugill
Performance by Ury Players won the Gallery Trophy in the Aberdeen District of the SCDA one-act play festival 2023.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. 11 minor roles can be easily shared by two actors.
Run TimeAround 29 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act comedy with a variety of locations but minimal set requirements.
SynopsisWhen it turns out a modest, unassuming man in Helions Bumpstead is really God, everyone has an angle and everyone wants in. But soon enough, people affected by 'Acts of God' want their day in court.
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The Food Rationing Auction by TLC Creative
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. Chorus. As written, there is a non-speaking (though possibly giggling and nudging) chorus of ladies (who, in the absence of sufficient ladies, might be played by men in drag).
Run TimeAround 3 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by David Lovesy and Brian Two.)
SynopsisWar time rationing leads to an unusual auction!
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Get Staffed by Frank Gibbons
Cyril V Hines Trophy (Outstanding Actress) awarded to Stella Hutchinson playing Gaynor in the Droylsden Little Theatre's production, GMDF one-act festival, 2012.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Eight on-stage characters (with playing ages of 18 to 25) and an offstage Australian female voice.
Run TimeAround 45 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comical farce. Single (hotel reception) set.
SynopsisIt's opening day for the newest Buzz Hotel, but things are not going well. Their first diners have come down with suspected food poisoning, and their only room booking is probably a hoax - surely it's not the real Kylie Minogue?
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Girls' Talk by Frank Gibbons
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA collection of six comedy sketches, each with a cast of two women.
SynopsisSketches tackling the difficulties of office life, men, gossiping and more men.
(Each of the sketches is available individually.)
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The Happy Wanderers by Dawn Cairns
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Seven on-stage characters and a pair of off-stage voices.
Run TimeAround 60 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 3 songs (and the invitation to replace them with anything else suitable). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleAn entertaining and easily staged one-act play with a lot of good humour.
SynopsisOriginally a walking club for single people, the Happy Wanderers have mostly ditched the walking and taken up drinking. At a social barbeque, Tony introduces his new fiancée, Brian tries it on with all the women, and the friend Julie brings along is not who anyone expected.
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