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One Solitary Line by Neil Walden
Winner of One-Act Play Writing Competition at Wexford Literary Festival 2017 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One (gender non-specific) character is an offstage voice only. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a single (dressing room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Two actresses cast in a Shakespeare play bemoan the fact that the Bard gives so few opportunities for meaty female roles. This causes their relationship to become acrimonious. |
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| Open Evening by David Dunn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three speaking parts and one unconscious cameo! Gender entirely flexible. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch for teenagers. Part of the Bite Size collection of Vampire plays |
| Synopsis | Three teens are getting ready for their vampire school open evening. Though they only have to get the drinks area ready, they've had a good look around and are ready to discuss all the other departments. Something tells me this is a night school... |
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| Our Last Respects 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, set in a graveyard.
From the Laughter Lines collection. |
| Synopsis | Two women with what ammounts to not quite a graveside eulogy for their deceased friend. |
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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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