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Christopher Columbus Was A Brat by Richard Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters comprise of a crusty old hobo and a teenage girl |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act fantasy with a hilltop setting. |
Synopsis | CT is on her way to the other side of the mountain. Not to, really, but 'away from'. In her special quiet place she meets a strange man, dressed as a hobo who has some important things to tell her. |
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Cinderella's Beanstalk by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short rhyming pantomime mixing folk tales. |
Synopsis | A wonderful rhyming collision of Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella, with an unexpected but happy ending for everyone except the no-so Charming Prince. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Cinderella's Grumpy Turkey by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion (non-speaking roles). |
Run Time | Around 41 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act rhyming panto-style play. |
Synopsis | Wesley, a particularly Grumpy Turkey, is dispatched to Cinderella to be fattened for Christmas dinner, but Wesley is clearly not happy to be the dinner! Captain Hook, Piratical guests, and even Abanaza too, are invited to the Palace for Christmas, but the sisters - being far from elegant, are not to be suited. However, it turns out lucky for Wesley that the Genie can concoct a better recipe for success. |
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Circus Daze by Robert J Withers Performance by Lamlash Drama Club won the AK Wooley Cup (Best Overall Production) at the Isle of Arran Drama Association one-act festival 2024. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy in a single domestic set. |
Synopsis | Harry and Gabs' marriage has turned stale due to his reluctance to seek any excitement in life. When a circus arrives across the road, an unexpected house visit from a clown and ringmaster stirs things up. |
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Cissie Encountering The Gods by Sandra Horn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act monologue. |
Synopsis | Cissie tells us of her life and her strange neighbour Thea. Thea and her daughter Cory have had a big effect on Cissie's life. They bring an interest beyond her brief and boring marriage and the prying eyes of her other neighbours, as well as a genuinely unexpected intimate encounter. |
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The Class by Michael Pearcy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy play with lots of action. |
Synopsis | This play finds us at the church hall joining Melanie's self defence for ladies class. New member Wendy is a little apprehensive at first, but soon joins in with the other ladies as relationships develop and tensions appear, with Brian at the centre of the conflicts. His intriguing male presence at a class for ladies is gradually revealed as the class proceeds. Then, in an amusing and surprising final twist we find that Brian has other interests. |
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Clause Fourteen by David Pollard |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama on a dressing room set. Part of the 'Illusion/Delusion' trio of plays, which can be bought separately or as a collection. |
Synopsis | Aging actor Clifford finds himself in a hellish situation playing opposite his ex-wife Connie in a production which, against all probability, is a smash hit. He turns to his agent Katz to get him out of the show but he has signed an unbreakable contract and Katz is more interested in claiming his due. In the ensuing action, Clifford is made to face unpleasant truths about himself and his past relationships and to understand his position in a hell of his own creation. Think Dr Faustus! |
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The Clever Clogs Gang by Jim Pinnock |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An unusual scientific theme for a one act play, and the majority of roles are male. |
Synopsis | A team of research scientists find they're in line for a research grant, but may be out of a job shortly thereafter. Should they take the money and run, or apply themselves to producing some results before their time is up? |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Poster template, illustrated by Dale French, for 'The Clever Clogs Gang' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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Closure by Robert Scott People's Choice Award by Manchester High School's Lancer Theatre Company, USA 2018 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play with a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Luke's birthday party is a lonely affair - there's just him, until his ex-girlfriend Tanya walks in. She only meant to drop off his gift, but soon they're involved in a strenuous argument over closure and who gets it. |
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Cold Blooded Killer by Geoff Rose-Michael Won the New Writing Award at the Leatherhead Drama Festival, 2013. (Also received nominations for best actor and best actress.) |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Characters include one mysterious figure (non-speaking) and two female voices which might well be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act thriller, single set. First published 2014, revised 2018. |
Synopsis | Recently widowed Jack disturbs Becky, an intruder, and is shocked by how much she resembles his late wife, who died along with her mother in mysterious circumstances. Jack attempts to persuade Becky to impersonate his wife, to inherit the fortune of her mother. Their web of deceit becomes progressively tangled culminating in a shocking ending. |
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