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| Once Upon A Time In Fairyland by James O'Sullivan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play for kids. |
| Synopsis | When the magic mirror tells the Queen she's not as fair as Snow White, the miffed monarch sets off to the Seven Dwarfs' bar where the mirror says Snow is working, only to find Goldilocks hiding out from the three bears there. Will Snow White be at the Prince's Ball? The hunt is on... |
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| One Breakdown Too Many by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A sketch, with a single simple set. |
| Synopsis | Hannah, and her tipsy friend Mary, have broken down on their journey home. Unfortunately for the man on the other end of the phone line, Mary is determined to help her friend make the call to the breakdown service. |
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| One Foot Under by Jordan Handford |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Reverend Goodwinks is presumed male but could be female. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy with a single living-room set. |
| Synopsis | Michael's already tense relationship with his in-laws is put under further strain at a funeral with a surprising finale. |
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| A One Hearse Town 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 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming monologue. |
| Synopsis | An Irish village is bereft of a spiritual centre since the Priest departed with a lady named Bridget. Luckily, the Pub now stands in the church's stead, offering solace, groceries, community and, of course, whiskey. |
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| One Hell of an Interview by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch, single simple set (office) |
| Synopsis | A recruitment drive for a commercial television channel receives interest from an unlikely and unwelcome source. |
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One Hundred and Eighty! by Jonathan Edgington
Runner up in The Maskers Theatre's 2011 Humble Hamlet play writing competition. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute comedy, playing on Shakespearean themes. Contains swearing and adult themes (and a darts player). |
| Synopsis | Toby Hamlet is coming home, but his mother doesn't know why. She does know he's broken a promise he made to his dying father by becoming a pro darts player instead of a lawyer. What could he possibly want to speak to his mother about that he can't mention on the phone? |
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| One in the Eye by Bill Siviter with Lea Anderson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Since the characters include 'William's Army' and 'Harold's Army' the numbers are rather vague (or very flexible, depending on the gloss you want to apply). Most of the characters are supposedly male, but don't let that stop you. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music for six original songs (one of which is reprised). |
| Style | An educational, historical, rhyming comedy musical. (There. What does that leave out?) |
| Synopsis | The story of the Harold, the last Saxon king of England who proves adept at dealing with his riotous brothers and Viking invaders, but is finally overcome by William, Duke of Normandy, with his secret weapon... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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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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| One, Two... One by Alexis Coward |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act drama |
| Synopsis | Two homeless people are sleeping rough in an alleyway. They pass the time in conversation which becomes ever more intimate and emotional. Their relationship comes to an abrupt end when the immense value of their meagre possessions is brought to life. |
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| Onion Rings: The Tale Of A Very Bad Date by Susan Gayle Haws |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. An additional 8 to 12 band/crowd characters can be played by actors on stage or as pre-recorded voices. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with various settings. |
| Synopsis | Shirley has returned to her hometown after 40 years for a school reunion. She has been in Facebook contact with Bill, also from her school, and has accepted his invitation to dinner. Things do not go according to plan, Bill’s addiction to onion rings being the least of Shirley’s problems. |
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