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The Portrait by James O'Sullivan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fun short, set in the artist's studio, which crosses characters of historical interest with some good jokes, this is likely to fit nicely into sketch nights and educational settings. |
Synopsis | Leonardo da Vinci is broke. His assistant Salai convinces him to finally sell the portrait he's been working on for four years. But will Lisa del Giocondo be happy with her likeness? |
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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Potted Austen: Emma by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, covering all of the relevant events and characters with minimal staging requirements. |
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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Potted Austen: Mansfield Park by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Cast size can be reduced to six with some deft doubling. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, covering all of the salient events and characters with minimal staging requirements. |
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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Potted Austen: Northanger Abbey by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. |
Synopsis | A short take on Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, covering all of the relevant events and characters with minimal staging requirements. Cast size can be reduced to six with some meticulous doubling! |
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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Potted Austen: Persuasion by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, covering all of the salient events and characters with minimal staging requirements. |
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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Potted Austen: Pride And Prejudice by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play ideal for schools or classrooms. |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, covering all of the salient events and characters. |
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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Potted Austen: Sense and Sensibility by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, covering all of the important events and characters with minimal staging requirements. |
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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A Price to Pay by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters are a male teenager and an adult lawyer of either gender. (The adult could be played by another member of a youth theatre company.) |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short and snappy drama that would be very easy to stage. |
Synopsis | Teenager James is being interviewed by his solicitor whilst on remand for the murder of his father. It is clear the father was violent and abusive, but why has James' mother made him promise the world won't know? |
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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Pride and Proton Lasers by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play, wittily mashing-up two familiar genres. |
Synopsis | A scheduling error at a theatre means that a production of a Regency period drama and a science fiction suspense play have to share the stage. |
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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The Princess and the Frog by Peter Bond |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Two song suggestions are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A short rhyming play. |
Synopsis | Spoilt Princess Gwendolen is not satisfied with her suitors, and the frog who turns into a handsome and eligible prince is no exception. He lives happily ever after - but what of the Princess? |
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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