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| A Brand New Ancient Tradition by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the sketch doesn't require a chorus, additional characters would be in the spirit of the piece. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch, set in the aftermath of a revolution. |
| Synopsis | The people of Sovazni have revolted and a new regime is in its infancy. But the new state needs tradition and history behind it to bring a bit of legitimacy to its identity... |
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| Brave Saint George by Kate Goddard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. The script allows for - indeed, encourages - four different actors to play Saint George. Whilst many of the characters have a specific gender casting across gender would be entirely appropriate to the form! |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script suggests suitable music to accompany the performance. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Modern version of a traditional English mummers' play. Since such things were often performed outdoors, informally, there is no requirement for a set. |
| Synopsis | St George, a noble knight is keen to marry Princess Saffron and to show how brave he is. The King and Queen set him a test - to fight the toughest enemies from faraway lands. He defeats each enemy in turn - though each is brought back to life by a different doctor (a special character with a strange cure.) St George is, unfortunately, a bit of a big-head, and by the time he defeats the last enemy, the Dragon, Princess Saffron has begun to have other ideas about a suitable partner... |
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| Break Both Legs by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. There is no formal chorus, but the sketch is about a theatrical rehearsal, so there could be other actors around. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
| Synopsis | As all actors know, there are plenty of superstitions linked to the theatre... |
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The Break Up by Jamesine Cundell Walker
New |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
| Synopsis | Alex and Bobby meet for a post hoc review of their relationship. |
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| The Breakfast Police by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Two parents, an 11-year-old (written male) and two members of the police force. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. In theory, a domestic set - in practice, a table and chairs. |
| Synopsis | Ignoring the wishes of his parents, Toby has chosen not to eat breakfast today - an illegal action which must be dealt with by the Breakfast Police. |
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| Breaking News by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is written female, but could be renamed and played male. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Two minute sketch. Single set (a news desk). |
| Synopsis | A newsreader has to cope with unforseen technical problems in the newsroom. |
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| A Breath Of Fresh Air by Kate Goddard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. One character is an offstage voice |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for 16 songs or music pieces included |
| Music | Optional assorted music with suggested tunes and some popular songs with re-written words. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act play with optional music and dance. |
| Synopsis | Carbin Dioxide the second is determined to find more oil and gas to make himself even richer. His assistants discover they can reach the deposits under the North Pole if they increase global warming to melt the ice. Who can stop them? |
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| Brenda the Bunny by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | A 'blind date' situation of incompatibility. |
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Brian the Christmas Tree by Sarah Cowan
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. The number of characters is very flexible. It would be easy, for example, to add a number of dancing Christmas trees! |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Musical suggestions made in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Non-religious Christmas play for young(ish) children. Simple sets, simple props. |
| Synopsis | It's Christmas and the trees are waiting to be sold. All except grumpy Brian, who doesn't want to be a Christmas Tree - he wants to grow up to be a telegraph pole. |
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| Brian's Day Out in the Snow by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short, rhyming, humorous monologue. |
| Synopsis | Brian goes out in the snow to meet Steven. (All we'll say about that is that there is some misdirection involved.) |
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