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| The Marrying Kind by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch, in a simple office setting. |
| Synopsis | Paul is looking for something in the store, but he seems to have gone into the wrong department... |
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| Me Tarzan, You Jane 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 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch for a table, two chairs and a couple of actors. |
| Synopsis | It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a hefty length of vine must be in want of a swing through the jungle.
A blind date throws together Tarzan of the Apes and Miss Jane Austen - but will they hit it off? |
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| Meet the Inventor by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written male, but could be played male or female. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A very short sketch. Set requirements: two chairs |
| Synopsis | An interview with the inventor of a time machine explores just some of the paradoxes inherent in time travel. |
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| A Melodramatic Guide To Victorian Melodrama by Jack Hutchinson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedic sketch educating the audience about Victorian melodrama. |
| Synopsis | A short journey through the intricacies and absurdities of the world of Victorian Melodrama - a passionate world of high emotions, daring deeds and dastardly villains. |
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| Merc-y by Michelle Drapeau |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A married couple. (Currently.) |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch with a sharp edge. |
| Synopsis | Andrew is trying to tell his wife what's so special about the car he's drooling over. Trouble is, he's not listening to what she's saying to him until it's too late. |
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| Mermaid by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play - a scene with a twist - that rapidly establishes character and plot. |
| Synopsis | It would be the birthday of Laura and Nathan's daughter, who's been missing for twelve years. They receive an unusual phone call. |
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| Message For Sophie by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The Doctor should be considerably older than Sophie. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch, with minimal (a chair) set. |
| Synopsis | Sophie is really, really attached to her mobile and the Doctor thinks it's time for drastic measures. |
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| Military Intelligence by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the characters are written male, this is a comedy sketch and the author would not be alarmed if women were cast! |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by Mark Niel.) |
| Synopsis | Two German spies report back to their superior on their failed mission to London and blame the map provided. |
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| Minimum Security Holiday by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch with a minimal set. |
| Synopsis | Three prisoners are learning about each other - a good rapport is not easily established, when in prison... |
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| The Ministerial Address by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fun 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. |
| Synopsis | The Education Secretary outlines the department’s new policies in a press conference. |
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