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The Talky Bits by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 37. No chorus. Many of the characters are written with a specific gender, but most can be changed! |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of ten comedy sketches requiring little in the way of set or props (the most complex sketch requires a table, chairs and a few pieces of paper.) Most could be run front-of curtain. |
Synopsis | Ten comedy sketches with a theatrical theme, designed to be interspersed between other material in a drama and dance showcase. The sketches cover the theatrical process from pitching a show concept through to first night nerves. Most of the sketches are available individually. This collection is available at a discount to the sum of the individual prices. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Under the Hood by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama (on the lower boundary of two-act length). Simple sets. |
Synopsis | Rose, an actor, is rehearsing the title role in a new psychological interpretation of Red Riding Hood under a hot-shot director. Meanwhile, her husband, Mark, is torn between the frustrations of his well-paid dead-end job and the uncertainties of his dream of creating his own business. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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What A Performance! by Trevor Suthers |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play set in a theatre (stage and dressing room). Some adult language. |
Synopsis | A small group of actors are in a small provincial theatre as their performance ends - the action follows them to the (shared) dressing room. Petty jealousies give way to their assessments of what acting and theatre are all about. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Who's Hamlet by George Freek |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act farce in two acts. (I mean it's in two acts but is relatively short.) A farce, with misunderstandings galore and all the theatrical temperament you could wish for. All this comes with a simple set and small cast. |
Synopsis | A young actor takes the role of Hamlet from his ageing father. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Your Play or Mine? by Barry Lambert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act comedy with a single (writer’s study) setting. |
Synopsis | Impresario Larry Delpiero, a man of highly dubious reputation, accuses self-important playwright Edmund Parnell-Blake of plagiarism, threatening not only the writer's reputation but also his bank balance and general well-being. Karen Maxwell, Edmund's feisty PA,and Mrs Pond, his surprisingly gifted housekeeper, forget their own differences with their employer and rally round in an attempt to save his career. The arrival of fan and aspiring playwright Oliver Capron does nothing to ease Edmund's tension. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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