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Dracula by Damian Woods |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 62 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length drama adapted from the Bram Stoker novel. This has been written to be easily staged, by use of props, lighting and sound, rather than elaborate sets. |
Synopsis | The classic gothic tale is authentically brought to life, as young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to a Transylvanian castle to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is planning to move to England. But he doesn't realise that the Count has a taste for blood... |
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An Evening to Forget by Rupert Dick |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | The 'Boss coming to dinner' trope is one that has been used for years, but this script succeeds in taking it in a new direction in spectacular fashion with elements of light comedy, farce and thriller. |
Synopsis | Olivia is worried, because her boss is coming to dinner and it’s very short notice. And he’s bringing a companion. And it’s a very important dinner. But when things really go wrong, it’s not any of the issues she was imagining. |
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The Great Mallard by Martin Clare |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 131 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length comedy on two sets (hotel reception and bedroom). |
Synopsis | Ginny arrives at The Great Mallard, a dilapidated hotel in a failing British seaside resort. Surprised to have any guests during the off-season, the manager reluctantly accommodates her, but soon finds himself faced with more unexpected guests, all requesting to stay in the same specific room. It rapidly becomes clear that ulterior motives are at play in this tongue-in-cheek thriller. |
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He's Dead by Peter John Cooper |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length murder thriller. |
Synopsis | Rose's horrific nightmares become reality when her friend Maria is fatally stabbed. As the plot twists and turns ulterior motives are gradually revealed. |
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Hole in the Wall by George Douglas Lee |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 57 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act thriller with various simple settings. US English. |
Synopsis | Successful accountant and bibliophile Arthur is driven to desperate measures to deal with his wife’s constant infidelity. He decides to turn to his hero Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration in murdering not only her but her many lovers as well. |
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles [Version 2] by Matthew Harper |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 115 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length Victorian thriller, with various settings and many short scenes. |
Synopsis | A fast paced dramatisation of the Conan-Doyle favourite, moving quickly and effortlessly from Holmes' cerebral consideration of the case, to the perils awaiting him and Dr Watson, not to mention Sir Henry Baskerville on Dartmoor. |
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The House Amongst The Willows by Robert Scott Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length thriller with a single set |
Synopsis | Fletcher is taking his fiancée Sadie to stay with the parents of his previous wife. He hasn't really told her much about his last wife's death, and Sadie makes several startling discoveries before she learns the truth about everything. |
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Hump Day by Alan Hargreaves |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length comedy with a single (office) setting. |
Synopsis | Unassuming accountant Barry is auditing the books at the inefficiently run Reynolds head office when he discovers that new recruit Andy plots to take over the firm. But Barry has nefarious ideas of his own. |
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The Invisible Man by Rob Johnston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. 8 characters, designed to be split between 3 actors. |
Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length gothic thriller, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, on a split stage. |
Synopsis | When a new guest arrives at the Coach and Horses in swathed in bandages, he is assumed to be a shy accident victim. But Griffin is in fact a scientist who has turned himself invisible, and not yet found the antidote. His condition, and the refusal of others to help, is destined to drive Griffin to violent madness. |
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Legacy by Lee Stewart |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 99 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy thriller with two settings. |
Synopsis | A dysfunctional family has arrived to hear the reading of Uncle John’s will disposing of his not insubstantial estate. Everyone is staggered by the provisos contained in the will but nevertheless decide to persevere. One of the family is determined to have it all and succeeds using shocking and nefarious means. |
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