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The Prisoners' Dilemma by Matthew Lynch |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Six main characters and four cameo roles. |
Run Time | Around 71 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A drama in two scenes, which could be played as two acts - making it a full length piece, with a single (prison cell) set. |
Synopsis | A disparate group of strangers are locked in a prison cell, not knowing the reason for their incarceration. They are all put to the test through a series of challenges, some of which could be lethal, and finally seem able to benefit - from finding their inner selves. |
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Reasonable Doubt by A.D. Peters |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Play in two short acts - courtroom drama and crime - the way the jury sees is, and the way it happened. |
Synopsis | A tense courtroom drama with the prosecutor battling a slick defence lawyer at the murder trial of social misfit Josephine Mason. The second act takes the form of a flashback portraying the murder of which she is accused. We are left with the dilemma of knowing jury's decision before we learn the identity of the murderer. We are then able to evaluate the justice of the verdict, wherein lies the final twist. |
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Relationships in Progress by Carl Zeitler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of six short plays linked by a theme, intended to be performed together, with various simple settings. US English. |
Synopsis | Relationships in Progress is made up of six short plays portraying various people in relationships we all can relate to: first dates, co-workers, spouses, siblings, and friendship. Whether fun and light, serious and deep, or some combination of those, the characters deal with their relationships with one another as well as the world around them. |
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Romeo and Juliet [75-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A 75-minute abridgement of Shakespeare's tragedy. (The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but, because all the words are Shakespeare's and therefore out of copyright, performances are royalty-free.) |
Synopsis | Two households in Verona are sworn foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. Whose misadventured piteous overthrows, do with their death bury their parents' strife. |
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Room for Another by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A well-written 65-minute ensemble drama on a single set, with stories developing naturally for all the characters. Suited to groups with a range of playing ages, with good roles for all. |
Synopsis | It's November 1940 and Hitler's bombs are raining down on London. Elsie and her daughter Carrie have their favourite night-time spot on a platform in the Underground - and on two successive nights they welcome a motley group of strangers to join them. |
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A Room With A Clue by Matthew Lynch |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play. Single set (clinical reception area). Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | This waiting room is a busy place. Eddie has arrived with a damaged arm and is impatient to get the receptionist to get him processed. But then there are the other arrivals, with a range of experiences... |
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Scarlett by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 73 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act, ghost story drama, with a single set. |
Synopsis | The passengers from a crashed bus take shelter from a dreadful storm, in an old barn. Unable to find rescue, they huddle together, but one of them is beginning to see visions of her dead sister. Has Scarlett come to haunt Grace, or someone else? |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Sound Effects CD specifically for this show
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The Secret Testament of John Shakespeare by Martin Lytton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Historical drama (on the boundary between a one-act and a full-length play). Single set. Lots of historical detail amidst a passionate story. |
Synopsis | William Shakespeare's wife drops in on her in-laws to mind her Father-in-Law while his wife visits a friend. The Informer James Langrake, who was responsible for the fall in Shakespeare senior's fortunes, calls in unannounced and nearly finds evidence to bring death to the household. |
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The Snow Queen [Version 4] by Hilary Mackelden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | In two acts, this is a new look at the Hans Christian Andersen tale. |
Synopsis | When the Snow Queen breaks her magic mirror, shards fly out into the world. She'll only see herself as ugly in every mirror, unless she retrieves every last shard from the hearts and eyes of men... Kay has the last two shards and the Snow Queen takes him prisoner, so Gerda must rescue her love from the queen. |
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Soldjer by Pete Benson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Mixed-age cast, with the central character played at various ages. The chorus is flexible, but the author recommends five principals plus a minimum of 15 in the chorus. |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Drama. Structurally in two acts, but in length on the boundary between one-act and full-length. No set as such, but requires some specific staging. |
Synopsis | Mike struggles against his contradictory upbringing - a father who encouraged him to question and learn about everything but faith - and finds his whole life affected. |
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