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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 Battle of Hastings by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Whilst their isn't a specific role for a chorus, there is plenty of flexibility to add soldiers and ladies-in-waiting |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Humorous history, peppered with anachronisms. Single simple set, simple props. Fits with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 3 History syllabus (at a stretch!) |
| Synopsis | The events of 1066 captured with the aid of a war artist with an eye for melodrama and an outside broadcast team from an American radio station! |
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| Be Careful What You Wish For by Jon Boustead |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The author suggests (but does not insist) that the Chorus consists of five or more actors. In addition to their occasional speaking and animated roles, the chorus perform physical theatre, becoming parts of the set and props. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act fantasy play for children with various simple settings. Drama and opportunities for physical theatre. |
| Synopsis | A group of children visit a strange castle and are taken on a salutary journey by the castle keepers on which the children's wishes are fulfilled. The children learn the importance of being careful what they wish for. |
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| Bench by Janice Sampson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play. Single set, which is mainly one of the characters! Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | A village green bench tells us about his day and why everyone should sign the petition against moving him to another location. |
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Big Bad and Little Red by Raymond Blakesley
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Nine principal characters plus jury. The jury can be the audience (plus two or more actors planted amongst them to make and encourage responses) or could be set on stage. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy for kids in which fairy tales meet courtroom drama. |
| Synopsis | It's the trial of the decade, with the Big Bad Wolf accused of swallowing Granny against her will and making a mess on her carpet! Can the judge keep order in the court long enough to reach a verdict? You are the jury! |
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| The Big Courtroom Drama by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. Chorus. The characters are a (male) teacher and his (mixed) class of (older teenage) students. The text assumes a chorus ('the rest of the class'), but it would be possible to play the piece without them. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, set in a modern drama classroom. Props are mainly tables and chairs. |
| Synopsis | A group of drama students improvise a courtroom scene, but when the teacher becomes the accused, can they tell where the make-believe ends? |
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| Birthright by Christine Steenfeldt |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play in a single setting. |
| Synopsis | An original storyline suggesting a question mark over Shakespeare's birthplace in a short dramatic comedy, with a twisting plot! |
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| Blind Date, Inc. by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A series of linked comedy sketches set at a speed-dating event. Simple set - two tables, four chairs. |
| Synopsis | A series of couples meet for the first time, introduced by Blind Date Inc. |
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| Blind Date, Inc. 2 by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A series of linked comedy sketches. Simple set - two tables, four chairs. |
| Synopsis | This follows exactly the same structure as Blind Date Inc, but with a different set of couples working out different relationships as they play the dating game! |
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| Botany Bother by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. Gerald, Geoffrey and Aloysius are written male, but need not be - well, give or take the beard. There are six speaking parts amongst the natives, but there could be many more chanting parts, if you happen to have a spare chorus of natives to hand. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play. The majority of characters speak a hitherto undiscovered language. (Fortunately, the script contains a glossary.) |
| Synopsis | A pair of intrepid botanical collectors have an unfortunate encounter with the local inhabitants. |
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