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| The Play Selection Committee Selects A Play by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. 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 which does what it says on the label. Minimal set. |
| Synopsis | There are many excellent reasons why the selection committee should not choose Joe's play - and one compelling reason why they should... |
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| A Play Starring No One by Molly McCluskey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy skit. Designed to be perfomed front-of-curtain, so ideal material for covering a scene change in a sketch show. |
| Synopsis | Harold is working hard to make his customary introduction to a play that's had some trouble with leading ladies, but Noreen keeps interrupting him. What will the audience think? Nothing at all, as it turns out. |
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| The Price Of A Goat Is Not What It Seems by Nikki Harmon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are both written male, but they could be played by any combination of male and female. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act play. No set or props required. Could be performed and enjoyed by a wide range of ages. |
| Synopsis | A village headman tries to buy some goats for less than their worth, but the wily herdsman gets the better of him. |
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| A Price to Pay by Tony Domaille |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters are a male teenager and an adult lawyer of either gender. (The adult could be played by another member of a youth theatre company.) |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short and snappy drama that would be very easy to stage. |
| Synopsis | Teenager James is being interviewed by his solicitor whilst on remand for the murder of his father. It is clear the father was violent and abusive, but why has James' mother made him promise the world won't know? |
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| Rags Or Riches? by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch, with an untidy set! |
| Synopsis | Grunwald is not happy with recent company sales, but can the clothing designers make amends? |
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| Ramblers by Tony Domaille |
| 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 | Well-observed comedy short. No set required.
(Also available as part of the Love and Marriage collection of short comedies by Tony Domaille) |
| Synopsis | Jan and Ted are in a social rut and about to join a rambling club to make friends. But one of them is not so keen. |
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| Reason by Katherine Melmore |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A dramatic monologue, suitable for youth theatre, with no set requirement. |
| Synopsis | Homeless Wendy relates her experiences of living on the streets and brings her encounters to life. |
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| Reburying King Richard the Third by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Middle aged men. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch, minimal set, outdoors during a funeral procession. |
| Synopsis | Dave and George are standing at the roadside watching the procession of King Richard The Third's remains, as it makes its way through the streets of Leicester. They chew over some history, enjoy commenting on the merits of a good send-off, and the spectacle of this occasion. |
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Red or Blue? by David Hendon
Sky Blue Theatre - British Theatre Challenge 2017 - Winner. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A two-hander on a simple living room set. |
| Synopsis | Following a couple’s night out, a minor disagreement about colour leads on to a major incident. |
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| Relationship Counsellor by Hugh Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch in a simple domestic setting. |
| Synopsis | A man arrives home to be told by his wife that she's leaving him for George Clooney. The sort of thing that could happen to anybody. |
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