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| Mister Right by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comic dialogue (no set needed). |
| Synopsis | Two geeky friends, Vincent and Harry, both reckon the other has no chance of keeping a girlfriend unless they get rid of their favourite wall poster. |
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| A Modern Tale Of Red Riding Hood by Andrew Hull |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Narrator could be a female role. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | The traditional tale of 'Girl Meets Wolf' is given a modern spin, reflecting the ways of the world today - in a fun short piece. |
| 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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| Monkeying Around by Peter May |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (zoo enclosure) setting. |
| Synopsis | Two of the older residents of the zoo’s monkey enclosure are watching the public from a high tree branch. |
| 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 Monster Catch by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Five-minute comedy sketch. No particular set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Two fishermen discuss a new theory on the nature of the Loch Ness Monster. |
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| The Moon Landing by Gary Diamond & Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage characters (one of whom is silent), plus brief voiceover. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. Set indicative of a living room (a sofa, a television).
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | It's 1969 and Roger wants to watch the televised moon landing, but his wife, Jan, has something important to tell him... |
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| The Moon Was In Aquarius by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Prodcer's script suggests a song to be played over opening or close. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A comedic monologue with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Would-be writer Cheryl is trying to write something for a forthcoming spoken word open mic night but has a few writing blocks. |
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| More Nursery Crimes by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Old Mother Hubbard is nominally female, but could be played as a pantomime dame (by a male). |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play, parodying the style of Raymond Chandler, with Puss-in-Boots as a hard-boiled detective. No set requirements. The only listed prop is a handkerchief. |
| Synopsis | There is consternation at court! The famed slipper belonging to Princess Cinderella has been stolen! The Palace guards suspect the identity of the thief but do they have the right man? Enter private investigator extraordinaire, Puss In Boots to solve the baffling crime! A short crime story in film noir style, set in Nursery Land! |
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| Mother and Daughter by Christina Simpkin |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The daughter has a playing age in the early twenties. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short one-act play - a gentle comedy. Single set, representing a living room. |
| Synopsis | Ruth is off out on a date, but first she's got to answer all her mother's questions. Will mother ever approve of a man met over the internet? And why does she want Ruth to leave her computer on when he goes out? |
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| Mother of the Bride by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Either a rhyming monologue or a piece for a cast of five! No set requirements, no props. |
| Synopsis | A mother of four (unwed) daughters bewails the lack of matrimonial bliss in her family. |
| 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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| Much Ado About William by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Could be played by kids or by a mixed group of adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute comedy play. |
| Synopsis | A harassed Shakespeare tries to complete a play while his Stratford family bring noise, combat and teenage strife into the room where he works, until the silent Bard can take no more. |
| 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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