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The Ballad of Jessica James by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Additional non-speaking roles may be added at Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 56 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy, set in various locations - which could be simply set. |
Synopsis | Jessica sets out on an adventurous journey to tame the Wild West. She doesn't take much - but she has a rucksack containing fabulous flapjack. (Recipe available with the Producer's copy of this script!) And the residents of Boulder Gulch were mighty glad she stopped off to volunteer as sheriff, when there was a risk to their bank... |
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Bar Wars - Return Of The Sauce by Richard James |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen minute play (a comedy mystery), single set. |
Synopsis | When 'Spanish Nights' restaurant opens up opposite 'Bella Italia', there's bound to be some rivalry. Then the famous secret pasta sauce recipe is stolen from Bella Italia and PI Fifi Phalange is called in. |
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Barbecue by Stephen Scheurer-Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act comedy on a single (living room) set. |
Synopsis | Newly arrived Lydia and Edward decide to hold a barbecue to meet the neighbours, but from umbrella wielding eco-warrior Kate to pushy property developer Trevor, they soon realise they are ringmasters at a circus of warring factions. Can be performed alongside its sister play 'Eight Seconds'. |
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Bardell versus Pickwick by Malcolm Seymour |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length comedy play. Single period (1830s) set. |
Synopsis | Members of the Pickwick Club, re-enact their founder's legal altercation with his landlady, Mrs Bardell. Faithfully adapted from The Pickwick Papers, this hilarious romp highlights the Dickens' well-known dislike of the legal profession, with topical sideswipes at the modern 'no win - no fee' culture. |
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The Battle of Hastings by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Whilst their isn't a specific role for a chorus, there is plenty of flexibility to add soldiers and ladies-in-waiting |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Humorous history, peppered with anachronisms. Single simple set, simple props. Fits with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 3 History syllabus (at a stretch!) |
Synopsis | The events of 1066 captured with the aid of a war artist with an eye for melodrama and an outside broadcast team from an American radio station! |
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Beasts by Tony Best |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 35. No chorus. The characters are a mixture of adults and children, intended to be played by a Youth Theatre company or a mixed company. |
Run Time | Around 175 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Collection of five one-act plays based on short stories by Saki (H H Munro). Following the originals, the humour is very dark - verging on wicked. |
Synopsis | The stories are: Sredni Vashtar in which a boy oppressed by his aunt extracts an unexpected revenge Gabriel-Ernest about a werewolf The Storyteller featuring a subversive entertainer The Open Window in which the hero does not discover a rest cure and The Gala Programme which revisits Roman attitudes to female emancipation and entertainment |
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A Beautiful Day for a Duel by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute comedy skit. Single set (with no specific requirements) and a pair as duelling pistols as the main props. |
Synopsis | Andre arrives for his sixth duel of the year to find that his day is in danger of being spoiled by his inexperienced opponent. |
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Beauty and The Beast [Short Version] by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The chorus is optional - playing dockworkers and possibly used to perform musical numbers (not included in the script). |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy for kids. Several settings but intended to be performed with minimal scenery. |
Synopsis | Joshua Harcourt faces financial ruin. With a wife, three daughters and a house in the country to support, the outlook is bleak. A chance encounter with a rich and handsome prince looking, as handsome princes do, for true love, provides him with a chance of salvation. All that is needed is for Joshua's youngest and sweetest daughter, Belle, to fall for the prince. Unfortunately this prince has fallen foul of a witch who has turned him into a hideous beast. Can Belle's sweet disposition persuade her to ignore the prince's appearance and can the prince be restored to his former handsome self? As it all ends, as tradition demands, happily ever after, then the answer to both questions must be 'yes'. |
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Beetlemania by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are both written male, but Douglas could undergo gender reassignment with little pain! |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. No set or props required beyond a single handkerchief. |
Synopsis | Douglas is delighted to hear that his old friend Michael has someone new in his life, but when they meet she's not what he expected... and it doesn't look like the relationship was meant to last. |
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Behavioural Problems by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are written male. This is consistent with their behaviour, but of course, they might not be. |
Run Time | Around 1 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short sketch. No set or props required. |
Synopsis | Returning from his suspension from school, Thompson is keen to show his Headmaster just how much he has improved. |
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