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A Frog Too Far by Nicholas Richards
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children. Could be played by the same, or by a company of either.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy play set in a classroom - represented by the teacher's chair and her story book.
SynopsisMiss Primrose tries to tell her class their daily story - a tale of princess meets frog - with the aid of a small troupe of mimes. The children, shall we say, have bright enquiring minds...
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Full Circle by Herb Hasler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleAn intriguing short comedy set in an American high school - an ideal vehicle for school or youth theatre. Stage split between simple representations of the school cafeteria and the principal's office.
SynopsisWith typical angst, five high school pupils are involved in various relationship difficulties with each other, resulting in assorted fracas in the school cafeteria which the long-suffering principal is left to resolve.
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Hannah the Horrible by Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are two adults and three children (aged 6 to 12). Whilst of course it could be played to age, it could also be performed by a youth theatre company (or even an adult company playing children).
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen-minute (or so) comedy play.
SynopsisHannah seems to be to blame for everything bad that happens in young Karen's class. Karen's mother confronts her teacher...
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Health and Safety by Nicholas Richards
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The characters - a schoolmaster and three boys - are written male, but need not be. They also need not be played by actors of appropriate age - it is, after all, a send-up.
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch. No set and no props - which is really the point of the sketch!
SynopsisA cautious schoolmaster is keeping the Health and Safety bods happy by holding cricket practice with not bat, no ball and no netting. And all this practice is for the match next Saturday, where just to be extra safe, there'll be no opposing team...
It is, of course, Health and Safety gone mad.
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Incident at Mulberry Road by Geoff Bamber
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Two of the cast are definitely children. The rest could be played by children or by adults.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleSketch. Minimal set requirements. Simple props.
SynopsisThe Council attempts to replace Mrs. Dugdale, the Lollipop Lady with a Traffic Regulation Operative. A duel ensues.
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iSchool - Learning environment of the future by Damian Trasler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Nominally three adults (including the holographic teacher) and a boy on his first day of school, but the child much more likely to be played by a teenager or adult.
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch. No set required.
SynopsisThe learning environment of the year 2030. Young Timmy is introduced to his virtual teacher...
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A Little North of Turnerville by Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 5 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch for a table, two chairs and a couple of actors.
SynopsisSandra and Stanley meet on a blind date and realise that having a lot in common is not necessarily a good thing...
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Macbeth - Which Witch is Which? by Juliet Devon
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. All parts written female but, at a pinch, the Head Teacher could be male. Assumed to be performed by a youthful cast (although, of course, the two teachers and the cleaner could be played by adults).
Run TimeAround 18 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy with a minimal set.
SynopsisNikki, the drama teacher, tries to put the witches through their paces for a school production of Macbeth. Round and round the cauldron go - or would go, if the props team had finished making the cauldron.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream In 17 And A Half Minutes Or Less by Christine Harvey
RolesMinimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 19 minutes. [Estimated!] (But see also the title - which assumes a fast pace.)
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act Shakespearean comedy with various simple settings.
SynopsisA fast-paced version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Perfect for schools, this is a compact, humorous adaptation of the classic tale of love and mishap in seventeen and a half minutes or less.
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The Ministerial Address by Damian Trasler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The minister is written male (for the purpose of pronouns in stage directions) but need not be.
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFun satirical wordplay. The minister's combination of extravagant language and total cluelessness about how to actually do his job may be reminiscent of real-world politicians, but the comedy is broad enough to be timeless.
SynopsisThe Education Secretary outlines the department’s new policies in a press conference.
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