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A is for Arsenic by David Pemberton
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 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A funny comedy which uses popular themes (crime and amateur writers) in an original and surprising plot. Easy to stage, on a single set. |
| Synopsis | A small group of aspiring crime writers meet every week under the critical eye of their course tutor - a successful author who is always daring them to better him. When one writer decides to take up his challenge, it provokes a chain of consequences straight from the pages of a crime novel. |
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A.I. Guy by Jonathan Edgington
Selected for and performed at the Pensive Federation Theatre Company's 2016 Significant Other Playwriting Festival at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy with a single living room setting and some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Despite being close friends Veronica and Courtney have very little in common and their friendship is going a little stale. Seeking a more stimulating companion, Veronica introduces Carlos into the relationship. This is much to Courtney’s chagrin - until she discovers that Carlos is a robot. |
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| Abandon Ship by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | The ship is sinking, but Fred and Ernie’s prevarication and bickering leaves them vulnerable. |
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| ABC December by Sherrill S. Cannon & Kerry E. Gallagher |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. Chorus. There are no specific characters. The lines are intended to be recited by one or more children. The lines could be spoken by individuals or an ensemble. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for ten songs to accompany the piece. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Performance piece for a nursery school / kindergarten class. |
| Synopsis | A rhyming review of December festivals (with a North American bias - it covers Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other American celebrations, with a nod to their antecedents in other countries). |
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| The ABC Of Christmas by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. Roles interchangable for girls and boys. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy contains suggestions for seven songs, including sheet music and lyrics for one original piece. |
| Style | A Christmas play for primary schools |
| Synopsis | The letters of the word Christmas are spelled out and depicted, in words and music, by various characters from both modern and holy yuletides. The light-hearted seasonal sketches, songs and poems can accommodate all year groups. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| Abi's Apartment by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Four roles, but the author suggests that Monsieur and Madam might be played by the same actor. |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An odd but fun comedy with lively fast-paced dialogue and good roles for (three or) four actors. Single set and easy to stage. |
| Synopsis | Abigail and Benjamin, a maid and chauffeur, await the return of Madam, their famous employer, from a costly court hearing involving her unfaithful boyfriend. Fearing for their positions, they play an elaborate role-playing game to outwit each other and try to gain their mistress's favour. |
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About Life by Rob Ricards
New |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A funny one-act play with some dramatic depth. Simple to stage (single set, could be just a table and chairs). |
| Synopsis | Mabel's slobbish, bullying husband Jack has died in the night, and she's glad to be rid of him. Her friend Gladys is initially shocked by Mabel's attitude, but soon joins her in planning what to do with the newfound freedom. |
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About Michael by Peter Anthony Fields
Audience Appreciation Award Second Place - The British Theatre Challenge 2017 Act II |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama on a stage divided into two sets. US English. Originally published 2018, revised 2019. |
| Synopsis | A high school English teacher meets with the administrators for his mid-term evaluation, only to discover that it is in fact an interrogation. |
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| About Sylvia by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short monologue - a tender mix of comedy and pathos. |
| Synopsis | Busy mum and housewife Sylvia is sitting in her kitchen reflecting on her life. She wants to 'find her voice' and decides to take up a rather exotic hobby. |
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Above and Beyond by Robert Scott
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 98 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Music to be played in background at certain points in the script, including a TV-style theme tune, to be chosen at producer's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length farce on a single set - which is both a bookshop and a hotel lobby. |
| Synopsis | Mortimer and Philomena run a hotel with their child, Alexus. But this is no normal hotel - for one thing, it’s in a bookshop, and for another, the clients and owners are from outer space! |
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