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My Sister, The Thief by Mary Stone |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two characters are written as female but can be played as male - this would of course require a change in title, which the author is happy for you to do. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act play ideal for teenage performers, with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Ally has always looked up to her big sister, Tee, the hockey star, the brightest pupil, so generous with gifts. But now she’s discovered that Tee has been stealing those presents, not buying them. |
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Night Thoughts by Kieron Toner |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Characters include an anthropomorphic personification. |
Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama in a single set. Contains strong language and drug abuse. |
Synopsis | Mickey's reached his lowest point, or so he believes. Without his wife, hooked on drugs, in debt to a real villain, he decides he's had enough. But his encounter with Death is not at all what he expected, and it might not be the end. |
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No Strings Attached by Johnny Grim |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for two songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act play with music, set in a puppet tent. |
Synopsis | Flip and Scratch are fairground puppets, once big stars but now fallen on hard times. Faced with the inevitable decline of their audiences, they discuss their various options. |
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The Observer by Paul Mathews |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are two middle-aged men and a boy in his late teens who suffers from the form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A terrific, three handed one-act play. In theory, there are two sets, but one is a single scene in a cinema, which could be indicated by a couple of chairs and appropriate lighting. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | George and Mike are the old guard of a paper being revamped. Editor George has been told that Mike must move from News to Features. Can the old News Hound pull one more exclusive out of the bag to save his career? |
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Outside the Audition by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play with minimal set and props. |
Synopsis | Bill and Jeff are waiting for their audition slot and help each other out by rehearsing their lines together. Unfortunately, they can't agree on what makes a good piece of drama. |
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The Pitch by Hilary Mackelden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch intended for church groups. |
Synopsis | Film-makers pitch a movie called 'The Father of God'. (Matthew , 18-25) |
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The Secret of Giving Up Smoking by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The script is written with the characters as two women and one man, however other mixes are possible. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play. Contemporary realism. Simple set, simple props. |
Synopsis | Barry and Nancy attend Celia's 'Give up smoking' seminar, but will it be the painless solution they're both looking for, or just another expensive con? |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Shakespeare Lite by Robert Black |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short historical play. |
Synopsis | An Elizabethan narrator introduces three Saxon 'mechanicals' who discuss their lives and the state of their country in the aftermath of the Norman invasion. |
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Shoe Horn by Henry P. Gravelle |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch with a single (shoe repair shop) setting. |
Synopsis | An elderly man examines the shoe repair shop he's inherited from his estranged brother and learns from a mentally challenged employee how to repair more than shoes. |
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Soldiers by Louise Wade |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short WW1-set drama on a simple set, suitable for adults or teens. |
Synopsis | Three soldiers find themselves in a holding cell as dawn breaks during the First World War: one on a drunk charge, one held for assaulting an officer, and one a conscientious objector. |
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