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Life in the Cloud by Tony Domaille
Best Seller  Palace Players - Winner Ballincollig Drama Festival 2022
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play in a single living room set. The sci-fi-esque idea of a dead man's consciousness stored in the cloud is used for an engaging exploration of grief and moving on.
SynopsisIan was a workaholic, obsessed with his scientific work, until his sudden death. But before he died, he discovered how to upload his consciousness to The Cloud. Now he is trying to continue to live from the ether, whilst his wife, Mary, desperately tries to get on with her life and a new relationship.
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ad. Gerald P. Murphy
A production by Vanguard College Prep School in 2017 came second in their district competition and picked up 4 acting awards at the Texas state competition.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne act adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, designed for simple staging.
SynopsisThe classic tale staged as a one act play. Jo dreams of being a writer, and Laurie dreams of Jo, but life has different plans for them. Jo travels to New York and meets a Professor before becoming an author, and Laurie travels in Europe and marries Jo's sister Amy.
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Lizzy's Ghost by Allan Williams
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Offstage voice of Lizzy could be pre-recorded.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act ghost story, with a single (bar) setting.
SynopsisOn a working holiday researching a book, author Joanne finds herself in an isolated village pub on Halloween. The locals give her astounding background, for a gripping tale of the past, in which they are intimately involved.
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The Love Gambit by Vithal Rajan
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience.
SynopsisGame Six in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. Varadachary recalls New Years Eve, 1944 when Humphrey Bogart challenged Lauren Bacall to a chess match - and much more.
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Love Hurts by John Peel
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleDrama with a surreal edge.
SynopsisTommy is sneaking away to see the circus, but unfortunately catches the same bus as his mum. She's got secret plans of her own, while Tommy meets a female clown he hopes will become his girlfriend. They both learn that love hurts.
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Make Up by Terry Adlam
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One offstage voice, could be pre-recorded.
Run TimeAround 21 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short one act play, with a simple set.
SynopsisPartners in comedy for many years, Bob and Roy have reached a crisis point. Bob has had enough of the club circuit, but Roy isn't ready to give up. Will the two be able to compromise, or is it the end of the road?
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Mam by Allan Williams
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage characters, and an off-stage - disembodied - voice.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act play with a single set and strong characters. Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisTwo brothers have taken different paths in life. Richard, the younger, went off to University and made it big in London, married and divorced. Peter stood in for his late father, raising Richard and going out to work to bring in some money. Now they say things long kept secret.
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A Man of Quality by Richard Morris
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne act play, exploring slavery and its abolition in the West Indies. Multiple settings, but suitable for minimal staging, with location changes indicated mainly by lighting.
SynopsisA historical drama based on the experiences of Janet Shaw and her father, the English Abolitionist James Shaw. Janet travels to Antigua to see for herself the treatment of slaves on the sugar plantations. She is impressed by the intelligent and gentle Robert, a house slave of her hosts.
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Mari by Jackie Carreira
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. An adult female role, plus a male offstage voice (which could be recorded)
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act monologue in four scenes, all set in a library.
[A radio play version of this script was broadcast in 2014.]
SynopsisIn this powerfully emotive tale Mari tells us about her life, her love of books and her final triumph over an overbearing husband.
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Market Value by Liz Dobson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleNeat, short, one-act play with a well-twisted plot. Single set that can be as simple as you like.
SynopsisMartin Oaks is a con man, relying on his Solicitors to keep himself out of jail. His latest plan is to sell a rat-trap of a house for a quarter of a million to an unsuspecting couple who don't know it's falling down and about to be on a major road route. Or so he thinks...
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