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The Dial Conspiracy by Bob Tucker
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Stage crew - optimum number 2, are non-speaking roles.
Run TimeAround 27 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short-ish one act comedy/farce, with a single (hotel room) setting.
SynopsisA crime caper at a remote hotel in the Highlands of Scotland, where weird and wonderful stratagems are used - as a succession of unlikely characters including a surly porter and the driver of a lime green Ferrari, vie with National Security officers.
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The Diary of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain adapted by Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The voice of God could be a recording (as it so often is).
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play (adapted from 'The Diary of Adam Eve' by Mark Twain. Single set (representing the Garden of Eden and what lay beyond), simple props.
SynopsisAlone in the Garden of Eden, Adam is bored and, though he doesn't realise it, lonely. Of course, God has the answer... What follows is told through the diaries of those involved.
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A Different League by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy on three simple sets. This is the sequel to Three Nil Down At Half Time, also published by Lazy Bee Scripts. The two can be performed individually or together.
SynopsisA football team are looking forward to the new season when disaster strikes and the girls' league they are due to play in is disbanded. Fortunately (although much to the consternation of several parents), the team receive an unexpected invitation to play in a boy's league.
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Digging A Hole by Geoff Rose-Michael
Winner of Madeline Boden New Writing Award at Woking Drama Festival ((October 2023)
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. All Luka's speeches are recorded, since all her stage appearances are as a corpse.
Run TimeAround 66 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy thriller in a single (livingroom) set. One-act in structure, but run-time on the boundary between full-length and one-act.
First published in 2022, revised 2024.
SynopsisOne night, Fi accidentally kills a stranger in her flat, who she believes to be a burglar, but who is in fact an acquaintance of her flatmate and ex-partner Ellie. They attempt to cover up what Fi has done by manufacturing evidence that their visitor was really a burglar. Then they discover the truth...
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The Director by Jos Biggs
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short one act, light comedy, with a potentially collapsible set.
SynopsisA harassed director is trying to get an advert filmed, but the actors have left. Using handy studio audience members, the roles are filled and directions given to bring off the perfect take. Except the cameraman wasn't filming that one!
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Director's Cut by Chris de Vere Hunt
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 24 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act comedy with a single (village hall) setting.
SynopsisThe Huntscombe Valley Players are rather unambitious and set in their ways when it comes to choosing the annual village play. Newcomer Tristram, an experienced director, puts the cat amongst the pigeons - with his bold attempts to break the mould.
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Disconnected by Paul L. Harwood
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Several characters appear as (old) adults and their youthful selves. This is open to being done by two actors or by one acting different ages.
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play. Single set which morphs into different locations. An exploration of time, decisions and consequences. Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisBernie is an old man, but he's haunted by the consequences of a promise he made to his childhood friend Joe, who died in World War Two. Now Bernie is reliving important moments of his life - could he really be about to undo the most disastrous decision he ever made?
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Disguise by David Pemberton
RolesMinimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 31 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA modern comedic reworking of The Siena Academy's Gl'ingannati, the principal source for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
SynopsisA twin sister disguises herself as a boy to get the man she loves, only to find that when her identical twin brother shows up, he is mistaken for her. This play forms act two of Amore by the same author.
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Do Me A Favour by Trevor Suthers
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 55 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play. It needs to be performed in its entirety, but because of its structure - a series of seven prison visits - it could be performed front of curtain as part of a sketch show. Contains extreme swearing.
SynopsisBill's banged up inside, and Ben is his regular visitor. Since Ben owes Bill, it's only natural that he should carry out any instructions the senior villain gives him. Even if they are a bit... iffy. eventually Bill gives one order too many and a little while later their positions are reversed.
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Do You Come Here Often by Richard Hills
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play, requiring little more than a bench. (Oh, all right, some actors as well.)
SynopsisTwo men meet when they both retreat from their wives to a peaceful bench. They swap tales of woe, then retire to the pub just before their wives enter and give each other the other side of the story. Domestic bliss!
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