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Funeral for the Cat by B. G. Craig
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Elizabeth is written female, but could be played male (and renamed Elliot).
Run TimeAround 28 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA good mix of emotional drama and dark but gentle comedy. Easy to stage on a single living room set.
US English.
SynopsisJudy, an elderly widow, is holding a funeral for her beloved and recently departed cat. Her daughter and granddaughter are alarmed to find that, since a pet coffin was too expensive, Miss Mopsy is lying on the coffee table.
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Gabriel-Ernest by Tony Best
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Either for a youth theatre company, or for a mix of adults and children.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act stage adaptation of a subversive Saki story - this one is edgy, verging on (gothic) horror. There are nine scenes, intended to be played seamlessley with the stage divided into one area for a house and one for all other scenes.
Synopsis'There's a beast in your woods.'
So it seems. Van Cheele's life is interrupted by the arrival of a strange boy, with disturbing behaviour and an unusual disregard for clothes.
(The author makes some suggestions about how to deal with this last point whilst remaining within the bounds of decency!)
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The Gala Programme by Tony Best
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst there isn't a formal requirement for a chorus, one could easily be added, as the protagonists refer to the reactions of crowd.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort one-act play, adapting a story by Saki. Single set (as simple as you like). A comedy, if you have Saki's very dark sense of humour.
SynopsisA sufragette rebellion is projected back to Roman times. The Romans, needless to say, did not have very modern attitudes to female participation in the political process, and the emperor's solution to the problem is calculated to please the crowd of the circus maximus rather than twenty-first century sensibilities!
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Game - Love by Dominique Vaughan
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play with a simple single set and simple props.
SynopsisThree couples meet one another at a speed-dating evening while the company moderator looks on. Two find they have at least enough in common to meet again, but the third pair find they have more in common than they want to share.
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The Game is a Foote by Peter Robbie
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 26 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe Producer's copy of the script includes a suggestion for a song to be played at opening and close. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA wordplay-heavy one-act comedy on a single sitting room set.
SynopsisLord and Lady Cardigan of Punaway Manor receive an unexpected visitor - Inspector Foote of the Yard, investigating the baffling murder of the young bank clerk, Clark Clarke. The real Inspector Foote announces himself from the audience and the case is brought to a shuddering denouement with the arrest of the ‘real’ criminal.
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The Gardener's Tale by Mike Sparks
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleModern version of a medieval mystery play. One-act play, eight scenes, but no specific set requirements. A few simple props (including a wheelbarrow).
SynopsisA gardener from Jerusalem tells her story of Holy Week and the odd bunch of characters she has run into. All of them have tales to tell about 'that Nazarene who's been causing so much trouble.' The story covers the time from Palm Sunday through to the burial of Jesus.
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Gentlemen Callers by Pam Mackenzie
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 32 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act comedy - play with a single set.
SynopsisLavinia and her friends like to meet regularly for afternoon tea and cribbage. The old ladies are disturbed by three burglars who quickly find that, with these wily old ladies, they have taken on more than they expected. In fact it's the last job they ever do.
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The Gentlemen of the Press by Stuart Ardern
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA very short humorous costume drama. Two simple sets.
SynopsisDuring the Napoleonic wars, two junior officers are sent out to find men to fill the complement of their ship. One of them has other motives.
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Gerald's Bench by Allan Williams
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.
StyleA one act drama with a single (park bench) setting.
SynopsisTwo men - Gerald and Daniel, meet in a park. Neither are what they appear to be. The park bench is home to Gerald, but he has an unusual reason for being there which involves the unsuspecting Daniel.
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Ghost Walk by Gary Diamond
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 21 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act comedy drama, with various settings.
SynopsisOn a ghost walk in York various locations are visited - associated with ghostly happenings. Our guide is finally revealed... to be not the sort of person we thought he was.
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