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| Bride with Two Grooms by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The script calls for an unspecified number of Morris Dancers. A normal Morris side would be six dancers, however they need not all be visible on the stage and three might be doubled by other members of the cast. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comic melodrama on two simple sets, inspired by the sensational Victorian novel, Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, with the setting moved to the 1930s. |
| Synopsis | When the charming Miss Lucy marries wealthy widower, Sir Michael Audley, little is known about her past. But when she pushes her first husband down a well and then tries to blow up her new family, there are suspicions that she may not be as delightful as she appears. |
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| A Brief Encounter with Murder by Peter John Cooper |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Jones the Carpet is written female, but could be either. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Absurd comedy. Single livingroom set. |
| Synopsis | A restful holiday in a 1940s themed holiday home becomes a bizarre murder mystery as Mother goes missing with a bearded fisherman and a fat vicar lies dead in the front room. Was it the Rat Catcher, the Carpet Fitter or the French Dressmaker? And who is the Man with the Big Hammer? |
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| A Brief History Of The Ancient Olympic Games by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male (it was a requirement for the athletes!) but don't let that stop you from casting it how you like. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for kids. An educational piece sprinkled with a good deal of light comedy. |
| Synopsis | An inspirational dramatic presentation using the creation of the original Olympic Games as a vehicle for bringing history and mythology to life. |
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| A Brief History Of The United States by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 45. Chorus. Slick changes would be required if only minimum cast available. |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] Dependent on using all music suggested |
| Music | Song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | An assembly presentation play with eight songs. |
| Synopsis | A fast moving dramatisation of the rise of the USA, from the early days of discovery and colonisation through industrialisation and two World Wars up to the present day. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| Brief Lives by Andrew Beattie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama for young actors. Traces of black comedy and strong language. Two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Two teenage boys are presented with a difficult situation when, arriving for his regular music lesson, one of them discovers the dead body of his elderly music teacher. |
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| The Bright and Shiny Radio Show [Family Edition] by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 55. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Which could be increased with addition of musical numbers between sketches. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of 23 sketches suitable for either a radio show or a stage revue. (Thre are sound effects, but no props or set requirments listed.) This edition is [in the opinion of the writers] suitable for a family audience. |
| Synopsis | A comedy collection, which includes a number of very problematic job interviews, investigations into the difficulties of being a snake, a homing pigeon or an insect, various unlikely television and radio shows and the inevitable doctor's sketch. |
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| The Bright and Shiny Radio Show [Robust Edition] by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 61. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Which could be increased with addition of musical numbers between sketches. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of 26 sketches suitable for either a radio show or a stage revue. (There are sound effects, but no props or set requirements listed.) This 'robust' edition has three more sketches and a few more rude words than the family edition. |
| Synopsis | A comedy collection, which includes a number of very problematic job interviews, investigations into the difficulties of being a snake, a homing pigeon or an insect, unlikely various television and radio shows and the inevitable doctor's sketch, along with a couple of running gags. |
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| Broken by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The 2 male roles are very minor. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act thriller, with a single - old dining room - setting. |
| Synopsis | Lucy receives a mysterious email inviting her to a house that turns out to have been abandoned for years. Waiting there is her former mother-in-law, who still blames Lucy for the death of her son. But there are more surprises to come... |
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| Brush Yourself Off and Move On by Megan Boduch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One character (the Director) has two short lines, which could be done from offstage. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play - a character study - set outside a Broadway audition (though it could be a theatrical audition anywhere). No specific set requirements, simple props. |
| Synopsis | A Broadway hopeful is waiting nervously outside her latest audition. A rival gains her trust but proceeds to destroy her confidence, apparently for no better reason than her own amusement. Just as our girl is about to give it all up, however, a man arrives and is considerate and kind. He restores her confidence and points out her advantages over the more poisonous girl. Together they point out the girl's deficiencies to her and win the moral victory over her. |
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| Bucolic by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single domestic set, simple props. (Contains mild swearing and mild adult themes.) |
| Synopsis | Adam manages to come home earlier than usual, hoping to enjoy his restful country home, but there's an odd string of visitors, and his errant son returns unexpectedly from college. The new, attractive female, curate comes to call, and his wife reveals a most unexpected secret. |
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