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| In Transition by Simon Darlington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy with a single (triathlon transition area) setting. |
| Synopsis | Divorced Brian, an experienced triathlete, and spinster May, a first-timer, meet at the start point of the race. Both have widely different reasons for participating and neither had any thoughts of romance before the event, but their thoughts are soon dispelled as their relationship develops. |
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| The Killers by Henry P. Gravelle |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. One male character is voice only so could be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act farce with a single (apartment) setting. US English. |
| Synopsis | Struggling artist George and his partner Paulie are presented with a golden opportunity to transform their perilous financial situation when their landlord’s wife needs a hitman to dispose of her brutish husband. A burglar, a policeman and a malfunctioning toilet enter the fray as the plan goes awry. |
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| A Knight to Remember by Johnny Jarman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 135 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length farce on a single (hotel suite) set. |
| Synopsis | Sir Ronald is going to accept a Lifetime Acting Achievement award, if he can learn his speech in time. But sadly for him, his night is going to be full of interruptions from all kinds of people - and even his own murky past! |
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| Mudboy and the Messkings by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Mom, the parent and the announcer are (obviously) written as adults, but there is no impediment to them being played by teenagers. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven songs and two reprises are supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A comedy play with music in one act. Three sets - representative rather than detailed, though the final scene does require a practical mud pit! |
| Synopsis | Robby Robindale and his gang, the Messkings, are experts in getting everything - particularly themselves - muddy. However Robby's nemesis is at hand in the form of Lilly Lucas whose ambition is to take Robby to the school dance, whether he likes it or not. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| The Purse by E. Bert Wallace |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 53 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act commedia dell’arte play on a single (village square) set. US English. |
| Synopsis | In a small Italian town in days of old, Arlecchino, a happy but none-too-bright servant, tries to keep the peace between his miserly master, Pantalone, and Dottore, a tipsy scholar. Dottore’s son Fabrizio returns from the University and promptly falls in love with Pantalone’s beautiful young wife, Isabella. Meanwhile, the bragging Capitano and his villainous sergeant Brighella arrive, seeking to con the town. |
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| Ronnie Tumbler Gets Her Goat by Rajapillai Pillai |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 41 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There is a set of lyrics built in which can either be put to the tune of 'Oh Susanna' or recited as a poem, with optional guitar accompaniment. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act comedy show performed by adults for children with various suggested settings. |
| Synopsis | The tale of a wild west feud between Bullets McGraw and Otis Mills, with some educational gems thrown in. As the reasons for the feud start to become clear, Ronnie Tumbler and Rocky the talking goat do their best to bring the two sides together. |
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| Set to and Build by Peter Appleton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy during which parts of the set are built on-stage - sort of. |
| Synopsis | An AmDram crew meets ahead of the new show to build the set. Arguments over creative vision versus available materials, colours and building techniques, not to mention accidents, strain relations. |
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| Squirrel Caper by Jamie Hope |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (park bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | A gang of squirrels mastermind a plan to mug an old lady who visits the park every day. Their meticulous plan hits a snag when the old lady unexpectedly brings her dog with her and a pesky chipmunk tries to muscle in on the action. |
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| Tempting Fête! by Alan Robinson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length action-packed farce with a single (village fete) set. |
| Synopsis | Cathy is trapped in an idyllic country nightmare. Her husband's gone native and she's been taken hostage by the ladies from the local Cake Club. Forced to run their cake stall, she decides to make her escape, only to find herself thwarted by squashed confections, tangled bunting, rampaging bullocks and irresistible temptation. Contains adult themes. |
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| A Twitch In Time by Horry Parsons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play. Single set. |
| Synopsis | John may have just spotted a Windy - a rare bird not seen in the UK for over a hundred years. But his wife is keen to start her drama group meeting and is cross her house has been invaded by Twitchers. Now the bird won't reappear and the meeting is bothering the Twitchers and vice versa. |
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