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A Desirable Location by Cheryl Barrett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Whilst James is written male, he could be a she without
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy sketch set in an estate agent's office.
SynopsisCan James the estate agent find the right house for Ruth?
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Desperate Gallery by Sophie Chapman
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen-minute comedy play set in an art gallery. Contains mild swearing (and art).
SynopsisCamelia is a young artist is displaying her work in a local art gallery in the hope of achieving her first sale. Two inept art thieves are the only 'customers' and in her desperation for artistic fame she explores various strategies with them. The arrival of snooty art critic Jorgen Tyson interrupts their planning and his disparaging remarks become increasingly annoying - with fatal consequences! However in a witty final twist his presence may help Camelia to achieve her goal after all.
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The Devil and Tom Walker by Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 18 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short fantasy melodrama, adapted from the Washington Irving short story. Compèred by rhyming narrators.
SynopsisTom Walker meets the Devil, who offers him buried treasure in exchange for his soul. Eventually Tom agrees to the bargain and becomes a merciless moneylender, hoarding his great fortune. Later, Tom begins to fear damnation and makes a great show of being religious. Despite Tom's newfound piety, the Devil comes for him on a black horse, and Tom is never seen again.
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Diary Of A Squirrel Hunter by Peter Stallard
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. This is essentially a monologue. The final offstage police voice could easily be a recording.
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort sketch - exhibiting the comedy of bad taste! Minimal set (could easily be done as a front-of-curtain piece).
SynopsisDave the squirrel hunter has passed on, under unusual circumstances, but his friend Tyrone has found Dave's diary and is taking the opportunity to read out some of the final passages at the funeral.
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The Dieter's Lament by Cheryl Barrett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicOne song suggestion is included with this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA comedy monologue, with a simple (table and chair) setting.
SynopsisAmy has been dieting on and off for almost a year but has only lost a few pounds. As she attempts to eat yet another salad, she relates her difficulties.
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Difficult People by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two parents and their student son.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFifteen minute play, single set, simple props, adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov.
SynopsisA family disagreement over how the money should be spent - or is it?
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Digging Deep by Frank Gibbons
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters' playing ages are 86 (Robert) and 77 (Elaine), but they are sprightly (not to say frisky).
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch set on a bench in a graveyard. Contains a naughty word.
From the Laughter Lines collection.
SynopsisA chance meeting in a graveyard could well lead on to other things (starting with a cup of tea and a slice of apple pie).
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Digging up the Past by Chris Hicks
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA ten-minute dramatic monologue (featuring some black comedy).
SynopsisA building site manager struggles to cope when a body is discovered on school playing fields. When archaeologists turn up to excavate a Saxon burial ground, things take a turn for the worse.
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Dinner at Luigi's by Brian Coyle
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 14 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short drama with a single (restaurant) setting.
SynopsisA mother and her two grown-up children get together for a celebration meal. As dinner is served, the dynamics of their dysfunctional relationship are uncovered and family secrets revealed for the first time. The meal descends into deeper and deeper water.
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Dipsticks by Frank Gibbons
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 3 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short sketch, in a garage-workshop setting.
SynopsisA vehicle needs repairing - but is that all that needs fixing? ...with a bit of banter.
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