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A Pair of Vents by Peter Appleton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. At least one of the ventrilloquists' dummies is female, but, when all's said and done, they are supposed to be ventrilloquists' dummies. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. No set (could be done front-of-curtain with just a couple of chairs). |
Synopsis | Two ventriloquists and their 'dummies' give us a very funny exchange of verbal dexterity, to the point at which the dummies take over the act. |
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Panto Question Time by Sue Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. The characters are all nominally adults, but could be played by children. Having a pantomime theme, it would be entirely possible to play one or more of the female characters as a pantomime dame (i.e. played by a male) |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute sketch, combining pantomime themes with the format of the TV 'Question Time' panel format. |
Synopsis | Cinderella's Stepmother, Alice (Mrs. Whittington), the Giant's Wife (from the top of the beanstalk) and Jack's Mother (from the other end) take questions from (planted in!) the audience and might well come to blows... |
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Pantomania by Mike Sparks Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Whilst Cinderella and the fairy are nominally female, this is a pantomime, and it doesn't really matter who plays which gender. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script suggests the use of one (optional) song. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A short rhyming pantomime with no set requirements. |
Synopsis | There's Cinderella, Jack (of beanstalk fame), a dame, a comedy character, an evil henchman and a fairy. All the ingredients of a pantomime, but which one? |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Parents! by Margaret Histed |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. The script assumes a cast of four with one male and one female doubling as each set of parents. Of course, these roles could be separated. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play for and about teenagers. Minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Jaz and Izzy compare notes on whose parents are harshest, but end up surprised when their Mothers have a chat in town... |
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Partners by Henry P. Gravelle Red River Screenplay Comp.-2023-Winner |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (living room) setting. |
Synopsis | Barry and Diego are on the run after just robbing a bank. They choose the wrong apartment to hide in. |
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Party Games by Alan J. Laing |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Characters are children plus two teachers (assumed to be played by children) |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute classroom comedy play for kids, with a moral. |
Synopsis | The day before the Christmas Holidays, and the class are filling their spare time with various activities. Penny has a surprise for the school, but it's spoilt kids Amber and Jade who are the most surprised. |
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Peace by Bob Tucker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy, somewhere on the boundary between a sketch and a ten-minute play! Single set, simple props, lots of loud sound-effects. |
Synopsis | A couple try to relax in the idyllic atmosphere of their holiday cottage, despite the wildlife, the handyman and the building work going on down the road, but is there worse on the way? |
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A Peg or Two by Ged Quayle |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | This is definitely just for adults (and won't be to everyone's taste). For those who like this sort of thing, it's a fun, smutty comedy sketch with a sweet ending. |
Synopsis | A married couple decide to experiment in the bedroom. It doesn't go quite as they'd hoped. |
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The Penguin Is Mightier Than The Swordfish by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One offstage voice, could be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (cab office) setting. |
Synopsis | Clive and Barry are in a cab office waiting for a taxi, after spending a night out at the local pub watching a televised football match. Their football debate takes a different turn in the cab office. |
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People Could Die by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Whilst the two characters are women, they might be played as women by men in non-glamorous drag. (British people with long memories are invited to contemplate Les Dawson in this context.) |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch, requiring very little in the way of scenery and props. |
Synopsis | Dorothy and Sylvia are in the doctor's waiting room, contemplating their state of health (and everyone else's)... |
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