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| Petty Thievery by Molly McCluskey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute comedy play, single domestic set (indicated by a few props). |
| Synopsis | Mary comes home to find evidence that her flat has been burgled. Policeman Patrick helps her to solve the case. |
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| The Plan by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue for a teenage girl. Single set (her bedroom) can be represented minimally. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | The plan was hatched between Donna and her friend Kaylee, and at the end of it, one of them was going to be going out with Danny, the swimming pool lifeguard. But which one? And would things actually go to plan? |
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| Plastered by Tony Domaille |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Satirical sketch for two actors. Set in a pub but can be played on an open stage. |
| Synopsis | A rabbit goes into a bar for a quiet drink and encounters what he sees as discrimination. |
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| The Play Selection Committee Selects A Play by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute comedy skit which does what it says on the label. Minimal set. |
| Synopsis | There are many excellent reasons why the selection committee should not choose Joe's play - and one compelling reason why they should... |
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| Point of Departure by Mike Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The cameo role - the acquaintance - is written male, but could be of either gender. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play set in a car. How the car is realised is left to the discretion of the producer - though the script does empahsise that cars tend to make a noise. |
| Synopsis | Bill and Jane are dropping off an acquaintance when he makes an innocent remark. Bill suddenly realizes there's something he doesn't know about Jane, something small but significant and he wants to talk about it more than he wants to drive home. |
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| Polytel by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute comedy play. Single set. |
| Synopsis | We're watching a couple discussing the new revolution in technology, Polytel... No, wait, we're watching the filming of a commercial for Polytel, and the actors are rebelling against it... No, wait, we've been watching a short film arguing against modern technology... Haven't we? |
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| Pompeii Up! by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Further parts could be added at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing with your choice of music. |
| Music | Two musical suggestions are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short one act play, suitable for a school assembly. |
| Synopsis | In this piece we have information and entertainment, with facts and figures from the eruption of Vesuvius - which buried Herculaneum and Pompeii. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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