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| A National Treasure - Lady with a Fan by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Part three of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Violet enters the world of art and culture, and makes the acquaintance of a beautiful portrait. But something tells our shrewd charlady that nothing is quite as it seems. |
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| A National Treasure - Trouble for Sixpence by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Part two of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Violet's next job lands her in a creepy attic with a mysterious bricked-up window. What exactly happened there over a hundred years ago? And has she found love at last - a century too late? |
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| The Nativity Problem by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four male secondary school pupils and their teacher |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen minute play, with a Christian theme. Nominally set in a Church of England school, but no specific set requirements, and minimal simple props. |
| Synopsis | It's time to start rehearsals for the school Christmas play, but with some understandable reluctance among the all male cast to play angels and virgin mothers, an alternative slant on the story must be found... |
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| The Nativity by Juliet Devon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Narrator is the only speaking part. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 4 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A rhyming, short nativity, for young children (with songs). |
| Synopsis | The script is written for a narrator and miming cast, telling the nativity story. |
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| The Nature Trail of Class 3B by Andrew Hull |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Intended to be adults playing children. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with no set requirements (an imaginary set!) |
| Synopsis | Teacher is taking her class on a nature trail. The children (played by adults) and their naughty antics lead Teacher to take drastic action. |
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| Nelson's Driving Test by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch, with verbal and visual gags and anachronisms. Single set (can be very simple). |
| Synopsis | A young Horatio Nelson prepares to take his Naval Captaincy Proficiency Test in front of an eager TV crew. |
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| Never Alone Again by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch-length short, sentimental drama. US English. |
| Synopsis | Brett and Jenny are both unable to overcome the loss of their beloved ones. When they meet at the park, they discover they have something in common. |
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| Never Be Late by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The characters are of high school age. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play about a first date - with some laughs and some surprises. Simple set (a couple of tables, three or more chairs). |
| Synopsis | Jim's just dropping into his favourite cafe when he sees his friend Sally waiting for her blind date to arrive. When she won't let him sit with her, he moves on to another girl waiting for her beau. Mistaking him for her date, she starts to fall for him, but it all goes wrong, and not just for Jim. |
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| A New Job For The Wicked One by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. As you might expect from the title, one of the characters is a bit of a devil. The other is Mr Shufflebotham, but it could equally be Mrs Shufflebotham. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch set in a job centre. |
| Synopsis | Just another regular day in the Little Noddingsbury Jobcentre - or so it seemed. Now Mr Shufflebotham has a very peculiar client - Satan himself has come up from the realms of Hades and is looking for a new job. |
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| The Newest Oldest by Janet S. Tiger |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are ancient. It's comedy, so the actors need not be. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch. Written in American English (so, for British readers, when Emiline walks in carrying a large purse, she is actually sporting a handbag). |
| Synopsis | The oldest woman in the country is paid a visit by the second oldest, who wants to claim the number one spot. |
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