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| King Henry IV, Part 2 [60-Minute Abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 35. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 60-minute abridgement of the Shakespeare history.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but, because all the words are Shakespeare's and therefore out of copyright, performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | After the Battle of Shrewsbury, Falstaff is sent with Lord John of Lancaster to deal with the rebellion in the north. King Henry, who has been ill for some time, dies after a reconciliation with Prince Hal, who, as Henry V, abjures his former friendships. |
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| King Henry V [60-Minute Abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 60-minute abridgement of the Shakespeare history.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but, because all the words are Shakespeare's and therefore out of copyright, performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | King Henry is intent on reclaiming his entitlement to France. He invades Harfleur and then, with his troops exhausted and ill, wants to take his army to the English-ruled Calais - but the French bar his way and engage him in battle. On the fields of Agincourt, Henry achieves a surprising victory. |
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| King Richard the Second [60-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. All the doubled roles are male (so the numbers without doubling are 22M, 4F), but of course you can cast whoever you like. There are options to increase the cast size with non-speaking court retinue. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 60-minute abridgement of the Shakespeare history.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but, because all the words are Shakespeare's and therefore out of copyright, performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | King Richard II, badly advised, banishes Henry Bolingbroke. When Richard seizes the property of John of Gaunt, Henry's father, Henry returns to get restitution. He builds a strong following against the unpopular Richard, who surrenders the crown, is imprisoned, and murdered. |
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| Labour Pains by Rachael Ashworth |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy with a single (living room) set. |
| Synopsis | The high emotions surrounding the imminent arrival of Helen's first baby are made substantially worse by competing grandmothers to be, scatty Aunt Mel, the midwife, and a somewhat inept husband. |
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| Ladies by Scott Kingsnorth |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama |
| Synopsis | Elizabeth goes looking for Shelly, since the wedding they are both attending is winding down. Finding her in the Ladies', Elizabeth has trouble getting her friend out of the cubicle, only to find they're both locked in for the night. |
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| Ladies at the Seaside by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act drama on a simple set. Plenty of scope for the two actors to explore the emotional range. |
| Synopsis | Maureen and Dot meet on a trip to the Eastbourne seafront. Dot is being bullied and robbed by her daughter and son-in-law, and Maureen helps her build up the confidence to take back control of her life. |
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| Ladies' Room by Philip and Steven Schwadron |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestion for one optional musical outro. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act play for an all-female cast of high school actors. Some strong language and adolescent themes. |
| Synopsis | It's Prom night, but the Ladies’ room is seeing some brisk traffic as the girls take a break from dancing with their partners, and just the Prom itself. By the end of the night, hearts are broken, revealed and shared. |
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| The Lady or the Tiger by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play adapted from Frank Stockton's short story. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | The Princess's lover is on trial for his life. She can save him from certain death, but would the alternative be worse? |
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The Last Visitor by Allan Williams
Winner [under the name of The Visitor] of the Anglesey, Leverhulme and Wilmslow Drama Festivals, 2013 (plus various best actor awards). |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play. |
| Synopsis | Harry is an old man in a retirement home. Happy with the pace of life, he's surprised to receive a young visitor who seems to know a lot about Harry's wartime record. But there's more to the visitor than Harry suspects, because they have met before, just once - in a trench in France... |
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The Last Waltz by Johnny Grim
This play won the author the Best Writer award at the 2009 Perth ITA (Independent Theatre Association) Dramafest. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two protagonists are an Australian and Australian of Indian origin. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama (with elements of black comedy!) Single set with two locations - a taxi and a park bench. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | Shane Grantham plans revenge on the man who stole his wife. He requests a taxi to take him to the place where the man lives. For driver Krishnan Singh, this is just another routine call, and his passenger just another face in the crowd. A chance meeting between two strangers, two men from very different worlds, who on this one night discover that love is universal. |
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