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Asking For Trouble by Pat Edwards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short topical play with simple sets. |
Synopsis | Two 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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Aspects of a Betrayal by David Pollard |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One character is gender non-specific and voice only. |
Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama on a drawing room set. Part of the 'Illusion/Delusion' trio of plays, which can be bought separately or as a collection. |
Synopsis | Dolly is visited by Tom, an old colleague of ler late husband Travis, who was a spy. The scandal which surrounded Travis’ defection fatally damaged Tom’s career and marriage. It becomes apparent that Tom is in fact spying on Dolly and that his past and present friendship has been nothing but a cover. At first devastated by yet another act of betrayal, Dolly sees the triviality of the whole process. At the close, she and Tom listen to Travis’ tawdry funeral as it is broadcast from St Petersburg. |
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The Attic Room by Elizabeth Anne Wells |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. One male character is offstage voice only. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama on a single set, an attic in WWII-era Vienna. |
Synopsis | Hanna, a young Jewish girl, hides from the Nazis in the house of an Austrian family. When soldiers begin to search the street, the family rush to decide what is right and wrong. |
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The Attic by Robert Scott Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act ghost story on a divided stage. |
Synopsis | Demi began trying to sort out the attic ahead of the house move, but she’s become obsessed with an incomplete letter she’s found. Is it a suicide note? A confession? What’s her connection with the woman from the past? |
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The Awesome Adventures Of Percy by Graham Milton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. Additional guests and statues at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act mythology play for children or youth ages, with various (simple) settings. |
Synopsis | The Prophets of Doom narrate the story of the birth of Perseus and we see his adventures, culminating in his encounter with Medusa, unfold before us. Contains a sprinkling of humour to lighten the storyline. |
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The Babbling Brookes: Ed And Breakfast by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A 25-minute comedy drama, part of the 'Babbling Brookes' trilogy. |
Synopsis | Eddie and his Mum are at loggerheads again, and this time neither will apologise. The trouble is, Eddie isn’t even sure what it is he’s not apologising for. Meanwhile, Richie is getting worked up about his annual Yard Sale. |
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The Babbling Brookes: Keep Calm and Kerry-Ann by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A 35-minute comedy drama, part of the 'Babbling Brookes' trilogy. |
Synopsis | The arrival of Grandad Joseph has the Brookes household in more of a spin than usual, and it’s up to Kerry-Ann to find a solution. The question is, would it be better to have brother Eddie or Grandad working with her? |
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The Babbling Brookes: Rags to Richie by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A 30-minute comedy drama, part of the 'Babbling Brookes' trilogy. |
Synopsis | Richie Brookes is a real liability - so much so that his wife won’t leave him alone without a responsible adult to supervise him. Today it’s their long-suffering daughter Kerry-Ann who’s drawn the short straw. |
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The Back Alley Bakery by Kim Watson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 79 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length comedy drama on a split (bakery/alley) set. US English. |
Synopsis | Carver's Bakery does brisk business, but in the alley behind it, there are all kinds of encounters. From the couple who live in the alley, to the people who walk down it, lives collide and are changed forever. |
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Back to the Start by Shari Gledhill |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama told with reverse chronology, mainly in a single kitchen set. Contains appropriately adult language. |
Synopsis | Jenny and Martin's relationship is charted from its acrimonious ending back to its optimistic beginning. |
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