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| Mizmaze by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play - with some strong language. |
| Synopsis | A short, spine-tingling play based on the legend surrounding the mysterious, three hundred year old maze at the top of St. Catherine's Hill, Winchester. |
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| More by Ness Owen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama piece for three actors (and an offstage voice!) |
| Synopsis | Three workers have drawn lots to decide on who will take on an unpleasant task. Now the unlucky one has been chosen, the other two try to bolster their confidence ahead of the other's venture. |
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| More Than Friends by Anne Graham |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Widow June is visited by her late husband’s sister Hazel, who lost contact with her brother many years ago. Now homeless due to her gambling addiction, Hazel is looking for help. However, June’s revelations come as a shock. |
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| Moscow, Scotland by Paul Shaw Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Two principal characters and four (unspeaking) revolutionaries. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set in an apartment. |
| Synopsis | Karl, the Mayor of an unnamed European city, has invited Yuro, the building's handyman, up to his penthouse as the revolution rages outside. Karl has much to say before he is taken away, but he is also keen to hear from Yuro. |
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| Moving Day by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A monologue, female character, with a single (kitchen) setting. |
| Synopsis | Recently divorced Caroline is leaving the home she loves. She reflects on how her life has turned out and has mixed feelings about the move. A moving day for her in more ways than one. |
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| Mum! by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One female character is a non-speaking cameo role. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A monologue-style short play, with a single, old folks' home, setting. |
| Synopsis | Ever since his mum had gone into the old folks' home Colin and his wife Iris made sure that they visited her every day. They did not realise that their visits were not as important to Mum as they thought, and we learn exactly what she thinks about life in general. The inevitable end is respectfully handled by Colin. |
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| Murdering Muriel by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The paramedic is written male, but could be either (with the occasional change of pronoun). |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short, one act play, with no set requirement, and includes adult themes and language. |
| Synopsis | Barry's affair with shapely neighbour Caroline is the catalyst for their plan to get rid of Barry's wife Muriel. Death by poisoned chocolate pudding is their weapon of choice, but things go badly awry for Barry. |
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| Natalie's Vacation by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play, adapted from the short story A Tripping Tongue by Anton Chekhov. Single set, simple props. |
| Synopsis | Adapted from a short story by Anton Chekov. Natalie has been to Mexico with a friend, accompanied by an attractive young tour guide. Her husband suspects she may have fallen for their guide, and an argument arises which proves they are both as stubborn as each other. |
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| A National Treasure - A Lifetime's Interest by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Part one of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Her encounter with her client Mr Ranwell and his highly salacious collection of books confirms her opinions about the transient quality of beauty - and the yardstick by which a gentleman should be judged. |
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| A National Treasure - Lady with a Fan by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Part three of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Violet enters the world of art and culture, and makes the acquaintance of a beautiful portrait. But something tells our shrewd charlady that nothing is quite as it seems. |
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