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| Darts! by Lucy Turmaine |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play, set in a public bar - with space for a darts game, and with a second minimal set. |
| Synopsis | It's ladies darts night and the team face their arch-rivals, the team from the White Lion. Rivalries in darts, love and life will raise their heads, but the conclusion of the night will see changes for almost everyone. Intended for adult audiences. |
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| The Date by Franco Ambriz |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Filomena may be dead, but she has a speaking part! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] First staged reading ran to 25 minutes. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful, intriguing, American one act drama with a single (apartment room) set. Some strong, but appropriate language. |
| Synopsis | A psychological drama digging into a family's past and its effect on their present. |
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| Dave, Who's Dave? by Robin Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play, with a single (studio apartment) set. |
| Synopsis | Jessica is appalled when Dave walks into her twenty-first century apartment demanding that she leaves, as it belongs to him. She is confused when he claims that the year is 1946, and that Phyllis, his cleaning lady supports that claim. Dave declares that he works at the police station... But who is this unwelcome guest and what is he really up to? |
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| Dawn Of A New Day by Richard Hills |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | During the second world war a disparate group of people find themselves entering an amorphous place, somewhere between life and death. Meaningful relationships develop as they await their destiny and the futility of war becomes clear. |
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Day of Days by Allan Williams
'Day of Days' was Finalist at the British All Winners One-Act festival, July 2012, on the way to which the production picked-up numerous awards including Best Play, Best Actor and Best Individual Performance. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Single domestic set (which can be done with minimal staging.) Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Maggie has some news for Tom. Unexpected news. News of his long-distant past - a time he has forgotten, or perhaps he wanted to forget... |
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| Daylight Come by Myrna Moore |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 38. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 15 songs are suggested in the producers' copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length drama with a single multi-functional setting. |
| Synopsis | Daylight Come is a celebration of the Windrush generation, spanning the 1950s to the present day. At Grace’s funeral, her family and friends gather to remember her life - leaving Jamaica, her early days in England, and her marriage. The funeral brings a surprise or two as well, but that’s all part of life. |
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| Dead Air by Martin Ward |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 58 minutes. [Estimated!] Performance anticipated to be one act length. |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes a suggestion for an opening song. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A non-interactive Murder Mystery in two acts, with the performance anticipated to be one act length. |
| Synopsis | It is 1965 and obnoxious and demanding radio star Oscar learns that his show is to be axed, pushing his nastiness to even greater levels. There are many suspects for his inevitable murder and the investigation takes many turns. |
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| Dead Lucky by Nigel Holloway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Zack, the TV compere, never appears on stage, so could be a series of recordings. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, satirising game shows. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Clive and Bonnie are competing in a global reality tv talent show, but how far are they prepared to go for the ultimate prize - being cryogenically frozen until the prize fund exceeds any fortune in the world? |
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| The Dead Shepherd by Robert Pope and Ian Dixon Potter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Bowing to historical accuracy, twelve of the characters are male, but cast them how you like! |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An intriguing full-length historical drama. Contains Shakespearean gore. |
| Synopsis | The events which led to the murder of Christopher Marlowe are recounted through the eyes of his friend and artistic collaborator, William Shakespeare. After Marlowe invites Shakespeare to the meetings of Sir Walter Raleigh's 'School of Night', Marlowe's heretical writings and loud public demeanour attract the attention of Sir Robert Cecil, who begins plotting to silence the playwright. |
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| Dead True by Geoff Rose-Michael |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act thriller with a single living room setting. Originally published September 2016, revised December 2018. |
| Synopsis | Jan was the main suspect in a murder case in the past but was acquitted. Ghost writer Kim is helping Jan to write a memoir of her experiences and soon finds herself subjected to a horrifying ordeal at Jan’s hands. |
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