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Petty Thievery 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 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute comedy play, single domestic set (indicated by a few props). |
Synopsis | Mary comes home to find evidence that her flat has been burgled. Policeman Patrick helps her to solve the case. |
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Phone Blackmail by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | While searching for his lost dog, owner Ben receives a sinister phone call. |
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Phone for Dinner by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch. A modern comedy of telephone manners. |
Synopsis | Terry has invited three of his old school friends over for a reunion dinner, but the evening is interrupted when each of the friends receives a phone call. |
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A Pig is a Pig is a Pig by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Nominally three men and three women, but the genders of the characters are not integral to the story (and have been changed from the original short story), so they can be switched around as required. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play. Single set (the front desk of Acme Express Shipping Company). |
Synopsis | When Mary Flannery receives a shipment of guinea pigs, she is forced to keep them whilst a dispute over shipping fees is settled. Guinea pigs breed quickly, however, and soon she has more than she can handle... Based on an original story by Ellis Parker Butler. |
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The Pink Posy Guide to Writing Romance by Fiona and David Barker |
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 funny comedy monologue, satarising (poor) romance writing. |
Synopsis | Marjorie is giving a talk to prospective writers of romance novels about how to write the more intimate scenes, but has little sexual experience herself and is prone to over-excitement. |
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Pirate Radio by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Character Chris can be male or female. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | A slight misunderstanding arises about the preparation needed for a Pirate Radio station. |
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Pitching the Show by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
Synopsis | Getting the show on the road is all about the initial idea's pitch... |
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Plastered by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Satirical sketch for two actors. Set in a pub but can be played on an open stage. |
Synopsis | A rabbit goes into a bar for a quiet drink and encounters what he sees as discrimination. |
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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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