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According To Rumour by Robert Scott
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Identical (f) twins do not appear onstage together, intended doubling. One offstage megaphone voice could be recorded.
Run TimeAround 96 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA classic full length farce, staged in three acts, with a single set.
SynopsisCarter can't remember exactly what happened last night, but the naked woman is the last person he wants his Mum to find in his flat. And there's the puzzling matter of the bag of money in his fridge... It's a fine tangle to be mixed up in!
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Acting Funny by Jack Burgess
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 52. Chorus. Three of the characters (two in one sketch, one in another) are intended to be played by children.
Run TimeAround 90 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicPiano and vocal scores for the opening and closing songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. (Original lyrics, music by Sir Arthur Sullivan)
StyleA revue - a set of 17 comedy sketches and songs, varying in length from one to ten minutes. Basically a family show, but includes mild swearing in a few of the sketches.
SynopsisA collection of sketches, including opening and closing songs, five Great Moments from History, two French Lessons, three monologues, a very small circus, the ante-rooms to the after-life, a spoof of a medical soap opera, a martial arts demonstration and the Dead Carrot sketch. [Note that some of the longer sketches are also available individually.]
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Adventures of Oliver Twist by David Pemberton
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. 16 speaking parts, plus an unspecified number of Urchins, playable by a company of 10 with a lot of doubling (and probably some rapid costume changes).
Run TimeAround 77 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA new, humourous adaptation, in two acts, of Dickens' classic novel.
SynopsisThe story of an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and lives with a gang of pickpockets before being rescued by a kind gentleman and an unexpectedly close relation. This is Oliver with a modern Twist.
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Alekhine's Greatest Defeat by Vithal Rajan
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. Chorus. The characters include Ramanujan Varadachary, an old Indian story-teller - a sutradhari, as he is called in Indian drama tradition and his younger self in the 1920s. The (non-speaking) chorus comprises student chess players in 1920s Paris.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Split-stage set, simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience.
SynopsisGame One in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. Varadachary, the story teller, relates how he witnessed Russian Grand Master Alexander Alekhine fall in love whilst losing a chess match in Paris to a beautiful student.
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All the President's Turds by Bernard Scahill
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Whilst most of the characters are written male, adjustment would be easy. There are nominally five reporters in the White House press corps, but their lines could easily be combined.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFifteen minute comedy play - a parody of war-mongering and political coalition building.
SynopsisThe President of the USA needs a distraction as he comes up for re-election, so he 'finds' a new Al-Qaeda base, but he needs a coalition to lead. Bob and Jay can only find one country to go along with it - the newly formed Turdistan.
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All's Well that Ends Well [60-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 60 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleAbridgement of William Shakespeare's 'All's Well that Ends Well', with every word remaining Shakespeare's.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.)
SynopsisWhen the low-born Helena cures the King's illness, she chooses as her reward marriage to Bertram, Count of Rousillon. Bertram, unimpressed by this, goes to war to avoid his new wife. Helena concocts a plan to win him over.
A comedy in the Shakespearean sense of a story with a happy ending. In modern terms, more of a drama.
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The Amazing America Roadtrip by Rob Roznowski
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. 4 main roles (2M, 2F) and 18 further roles designed to be split between 2 actors (1M, 1F).
Run TimeAround 64 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedy adaptable to small or large casts. US English.
SynopsisAfter a particularly challenging presidential election, a family decides they need to take a driving vacation across America. Along the way they meet a collection of colorful characters who restore their faith in the country. This surprisingly patriotic yet non-­partisan comedy showcases the best of the American spirit.
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Angel of Happiness by David Pemberton
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 68 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA two-act comedy, liberally adapted from Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’.
SynopsisWhen Oliver had a nervous breakdown, Angelo was there to help him. But now that he’s Oliver’s guru, does Angelo really have Oliver’s best interests at heart? Why’s he trying to seduce Oliver’s wife, and break up his daughter’s romance?
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Asking For Trouble by Pat Edwards
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus.
Run TimeAround 23 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short topical play with simple sets.
SynopsisTwo girls, approaching their sixteenth birthdays, go out and are refused entry to a club. Against their will, an older guy gets in to share their taxi and there is an unwanted incident. Was how they were dressed a contributory factor?
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The Axe Of Albion by Nicholas Richards
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Various parts can be doubled and played by m or f.
Run TimeAround 66 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act comedy suitable for school age or youth performers, minimal set required.
SynopsisAn original storyline in which King Arthur is suffering some unfortunate disappearances - his favourite crown, the round table... Then comes news that the fabled Axe of Albion has been stolen from the cave wherein it rests, and doom must befall the whole kingdom. The quest is on!
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