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The Break Up by Jamesine Cundell Walker |
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 | Short drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
Synopsis | Alex and Bobby meet for a post hoc review of their relationship. |
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The Breakfast Police by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Two parents, an 11-year-old (written male) and two members of the police force. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. In theory, a domestic set - in practice, a table and chairs. |
Synopsis | Ignoring the wishes of his parents, Toby has chosen not to eat breakfast today - an illegal action which must be dealt with by the Breakfast Police. |
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Breaking News by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is written female, but could be renamed and played male. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Two minute sketch. Single set (a news desk). |
Synopsis | A newsreader has to cope with unforseen technical problems in the newsroom. |
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Brenda the Bunny by 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 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | A 'blind date' situation of incompatibility. |
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Brian's Day Out in the Snow by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. 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, humorous monologue. |
Synopsis | Brian goes out in the snow to meet Steven. (All we'll say about that is that there is some misdirection involved.) |
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A Brief Guide To Greek Tragedy by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. 2 narrators and 3 'actors' who each switch between multiple characters. Chorus can be any number of people, even just 1. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short educational sketch. |
Synopsis | Learn about ancient Greek tragedy in ten minutes, using the story of Cassandra (the prophetess whom no one believed) as demonstration. |
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Bright - A Play About Heaven by David Webb |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play with a Christian theme delivered in a direct style. No specific set - requires only a bench. |
Synopsis | A man suffering after his second heart attack meets a friend in a beautiful garden, where the air makes him feel better than the doctors have managed. Then he remembers that friend was badly hurt in an accident and begins to realise where he is. |
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Bring Me Sunshine by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short, nostalgic comedy play, set in a very specific location (but with a minimal set). |
Synopsis | George and Kate are taking a walk along Morecambe promenade to re-live old memories. George is shocked at what he sees, but the down-to-earth locals convince him that history won’t repeat itself. |
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The Brotherhood of Big Ben by Robert Black |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for three actors, no set required. |
Synopsis | Jack Steeple wants to join the secretive Brotherhood of Big Ben, but first he must undergo the initiation ceremony. |
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A Brush with Love by 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 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch for a table, two chairs and a couple of actors. |
Synopsis | George, a test tube brush salesman, finds his perfect partner. |
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