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| Animal Fables by Debbie Chalmers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. All characters can be played by either M or F. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A collection of four short plays for young children with various simple settings. For performance as a whole or as individual plays. |
| Synopsis | Aesop's fables are brought to life, giving young children acting as well as costume and prop-making opportunities, along with learning the morals of the fables. |
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Anniversary by Stephen Scheurer-Smith
Best New Play Sawston Drama Festival 2010 Production by Waterbeach Community Players |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy fuelled by family tensions. |
| Synopsis | Kevin decides to celebrate his 25th Wedding Anniversary by recreating the wedding reception but his plans start to unravel with the arrival of his drunken brother... |
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| Anniversary at Camelot by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Light-hearted one-act Arthurian romp for kids. |
| Synopsis | King Arthur and Guinevere plan to give each other a novel present to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They delegate the task to various knights who must encounter magical forces to complete the task. |
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| Antigone by Stewart Boston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act adaptation of a Greek myth |
| Synopsis | A dramatic retelling of Sophocles’ tragedy, suitable for performance by secondary/high school students and youth theatre. Two brothers died fighting each other for the throne of Thebes in Ancient Greece. Creon, the new ruler, has decided to honour one (Eleocles) and shame the other (Polynices). Their sister Antigone defies Creon's order and wants to arrange an honourable burial for Polynices. |
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| Any Colour But Red by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Fourteen on-stage characters (including a detective written male, but playable by either gender) and an offstage female voice. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] The original production took 50 minutes. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy whodunnit with adult themes. Two almost identical kitchen sets! |
| Synopsis | When Jim and Jani hold an Open Morning to sell their house, a mix-up in arrangements sends them some extremely unusual prospective buyers, some with bizarre expectations. Twenty-four hours later, the house has become a crime scene and the police need the help of the neighbours, Fred and Molly. |
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| Anyone for Bison? by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. All characters are adults, intended to be played by children. Whilst there isn't a formal requirement for a chorus, other characters could easily be added. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Costumed comedy for kids. Single set (with teepee). |
| Synopsis | This is what might of happened when a bunch of English settlers first encountered native Americans - a clash of cultures resolved in a uniquely American way. |
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Anything You Say, Your Majesty by Geoff Bamber
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. Multiple settings, but intended for production with minimal scenery. (The author is fond of 'a few stage blocks'.) |
| Synopsis | Surely a Queen looking for a new high-profile image and appearance in ‘Hi, there!’ celebrity magazine, can do no better than featuring in a coronation and a royal wedding at one and the same time. Of course the absence of both a crown and a suitable groom could be a problem. |
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| Apparently Not by Hayley Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Principal characters are four girls (plus the school principal and a teacher). The chorus is the bullies gang - number unspecified. The chorus lines could be spoken by one person or shared amongst several. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act play, set in and around a school. |
| Synopsis | A new girl in school, is forced to choose between supporting her new friend and fitting in with a gang of bullies, and makes the easier choice. |
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| Apple Strudel, Chess and Ethics by Vithal Rajan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience. |
| Synopsis | Game Five in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. Albert Einstein challenges J. Robert Oppenheimer to a chess match, with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar looking on, as they discuss physics and ethics in the lead-up to the Manhattan Project. |
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| April Groom by Pat Wollaston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play with a single apartment setting. Contains some adult themes and language. |
| Synopsis | Jim is to be married to Judy tomorrow. Best Man Phil and Judy's sister Mel set up an April Fool's joke which goes awry. |
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