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Inspector Snow And Toto Too by Skip Chalker
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 47 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy for a family audience, a deft mixture of police procedural and the wonderful world of Oz.
SynopsisInspector Snow and Sergeant Merryman have been assigned to the Merry Old Land of Oz for a while. Almost at once, a witch arrives to accuse a girl called Dorothy of murder, and assembling a gang for a hostile takeover...
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Inspector Whalley's Cause for Alarm by Barry Lambert
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Dr Dorris Boffin talks a strange, clipped form of English. This is deliberate.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy/drama. Single set - a police operations room with a single entrance (which need not be a practical door).
SynopsisThe police are concerned when someone burgles four dwellings in one night without leaving the slightest trace. They are even more baffled when the stolen items are mysteriously returned the following night. Will the irascible DI Whalley and his motley team be able to solve this intriguing case?
'Cause for Alarm' is available with two other episodes in Inspector Whalley's Casebook.
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The Killers by Henry P. Gravelle
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. One male character is voice only so could be pre-recorded.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act farce with a single (apartment) setting. US English.
SynopsisStruggling artist George and his partner Paulie are presented with a golden opportunity to transform their perilous financial situation when their landlord’s wife needs a hitman to dispose of her brutish husband. A burglar, a policeman and a malfunctioning toilet enter the fray as the plan goes awry.
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Me And You by Tony Domaille
Journeyman Theatre Productions - Best Director, Best actor, Best actress and Best Supporting actor, Avon Short Play Festival 2020
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 31 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act comedy drama. Part II of the author's Changes trilogy.
SynopsisPhil and his mates have bungled a robbery and he and his friend, Mikey, have run to the only safe place they can think of: The 'Me & You Café', owned by Phil’s daughter. Whilst they wait to see if the police are on to them, Phil and his daughter find themselves exploring how it all came to this, and whether their relationship can withstand past and present pressures.
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The Merry Women of Windham by Nicholas Conti
Winner in the Nov. 2005 Gettysburg College (PA.) World Premiere One Act Play Festival. Performance by Trinity Drama Group placed second in the Confined Category in the Balbriggan One Act Festival 2009
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 65 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleBlack comedy set in a modern American suburb. One-act, single set.
SynopsisA Garden Mystery or 'Victoria's Secret'... The women of Victoria's Garden Club devise novel ways of dealing with problems in their domestic relationships. All the solutions are permanent, though they require a fair amount of digging, and Victoria's garden contains some unusual plants. All the club members are blissfully contented until the digging and the ceremonial chanting is brought to the attention of a local policewoman, who comes to investigate...
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Micky Marvello by Tony Domaille
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act comedy with a single setting.
SynopsisMicky Marvello is Circus Fantastique’s accident prone magician and now he has disappeared. The police are investigating how and why he has gone missing, whilst people in the circus aren’t sure if it is a case of foul play or magic gone wrong.
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Neighbourhood Watch by Liz Dobson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act light comedy. Single domestic set.
SynopsisWe are privy to the goings on at the Smeaton Neighbourhood Watch Committee at the home of Mrs Wilson-Smythe.The members of the Committee are upstanding and influential citizens who are all victims of a recent spate of burglaries in their prosperous, previously crime-free village. Their local police officer joins the meeting to address their concerns and ascertain the extent of their losses so as to begin investigation. As they recount their losses we discover not only the monetary value but also the touching sentimental value each piece has. But, of course, there is a twist...
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The New Patio by Barry Lambert
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The police are written male but could become female with a few small tweaks to the script.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fun and witty one-act comedy in a single set.
SynopsisSarah's marriage to Jeffrey is effectively over, even before he emails her to say he's absconded with fraudulently earned riches. She shows the message to the police, but they find no evidence of the crime. Can she be planning to join him or has she instead formed a liaison with friendly builder Ted, who has just laid her new patio?
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Our Little Secret by Rollin Jewett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 52 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comic drama with a single apartment setting.
SynopsisDarlene is surprised by an armed intruder entering her apartment. Tensions build as police arrive in force to the neighbourhood, searching for the miscreant. She soon discovers that the intruder is not quite what he seems and a relationship develops between them.
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Pawn by Brian Marchbank
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 72 minutes. [Estimated!] Experiential run time (first production) 1 hour, 2 minutes.
MusicNone.
StyleCharacter comedy structured as a thriller. Single pawn shop setting. On the boundary between a full-length and a one-act play.
SynopsisThe robbery of a Manchester pawn shop goes wrong and becomes a hostage situation, trapped together the hostages and hostage takers realise there is history between them, the resulting friction requires the novice police negotiator to deal with both volatile groups to resolve the situation.
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