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Battlefield Re-Enactment by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Characters Army 1 and Army 2 can be one person or several people each. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | An interviewer explores the exciting world of the amateur battlefield re-enactor. |
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Beach Buddies by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Whilst the two characters are women, they might be played as women by men in non-glamorous drag, provided they look good in beachwear. (British people with long memories are invited to contemplate Les Dawson in this context.) |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in a pair of deck chairs. |
Synopsis | Ange and Maxine are enjoying the benefits of a seaside holiday - the bracing air and the opportunity to sit in deck chairs grumbling about the men in their lives. |
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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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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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Being Nice by Mark Niel Performance by Ashrow Theatre Co. nominated for Best Production award at the Buxton Fringe Festival, 2011. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act, single set comedy play. (Contains swearing.) |
Synopsis | Geoff, a divorcee pays his mortgage by renting out rooms to Emily and Alison, two girls in their twenties. Emily has a crush on Geoff and is mortified when Alison, a much more outgoing and earthy type, weighs in with advice and practical help. The three ponder the different dynamic and set out the boundaries of the potential relationship, but does Alison have a secret she's not sharing with Emily? |
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Below The Belt by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch, with a simple setting. |
Synopsis | In the boxer's dressing room, a radio sports reporter finds talking does not reveal the whole nature of the sport. |
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A Bench In The Park by Robin Wilson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy thriller. |
Synopsis | Joe's bed is a park bench, which - during the day, is used by a number of seemingly unconnected people. As conversations unfold, their relationships with each other and with Joe take a surprising twist. |
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Best Foot Forward, Darling by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short rhyming monologue (though there is flexibility - the dancers could appear, as could the friend to whom Terence addresses his acid remarks). |
Synopsis | Terence, the highly strung choreographer watches and grumbles as dancers Monica and Jasper perform his creation. His mood swings from rage to praise and poor Monica feels the full force of his wrath. |
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