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According To Rumour by Robert Scott
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Identical (f) twins do not appear onstage together, intended doubling. One offstage megaphone voice could be recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 96 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A classic full length farce, staged in three acts, with a single set. |
| Synopsis | Carter can't remember exactly what happened last night, but the naked woman is the last person he wants his Mum to find in his flat. And there's the puzzling matter of the bag of money in his fridge... It's a fine tangle to be mixed up in! |
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| Acting Funny by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 52. Chorus. Three of the characters (two in one sketch, one in another) are intended to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for the opening and closing songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. (Original lyrics, music by Sir Arthur Sullivan) |
| Style | A revue - a set of 17 comedy sketches and songs, varying in length from one to ten minutes. Basically a family show, but includes mild swearing in a few of the sketches. |
| Synopsis | A collection of sketches, including opening and closing songs, five Great Moments from History, two French Lessons, three monologues, a very small circus, the ante-rooms to the after-life, a spoof of a medical soap opera, a martial arts demonstration and the Dead Carrot sketch. [Note that some of the longer sketches are also available individually.] |
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| The Amazing America Roadtrip by Rob Roznowski |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. 4 main roles (2M, 2F) and 18 further roles designed to be split between 2 actors (1M, 1F). |
| Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy adaptable to small or large casts. US English. |
| Synopsis | After a particularly challenging presidential election, a family decides they need to take a driving vacation across America. Along the way they meet a collection of colorful characters who restore their faith in the country. This surprisingly patriotic yet non-partisan comedy showcases the best of the American spirit. |
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| Bannockburn - The Almost True Story by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The eight clansmen and the messenger are written male, but could be played by female actors. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length play, adding darkly comedic (and occasionally anachronistic) touches to the true historical story. (Contains ripe language and adult themes.) |
| Synopsis | In 1314, as Edward II’s army advance on Scotland, the men of a small Scottish clan prepare to join Robert the Bruce's army at Bannockburn. Before leaving to defend their land, they deal with conflicts of the domestic kind, say their prayers, and down many pints of strong ale. |
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| Between Appointments by Frances A. Lewis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Eight on-stage characters plus two offstage voices and the option of additional non-speaking patients in the dentist's surgery. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Two-act comedy/farce with a split stage - half dental surgery, half living room. |
| Synopsis | Jeffrey gets himself into a tangle when his girlfriend Veronica and wife Claudia end up with identical handbags...
And just as Veronica has got herself out of that mess, there's the arrival of her jailbird brother who needs cover - and think's Veronica is it.
The two acts of this play function as separate one-act plays and are available separately as - Switched and AKA Charlie |
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| Beware of the Agapanthus by Robert Brown |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Nine on-stage characters and an offstage male voice (called Dave). |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play - a well crafted comedy with a gentle start which gathers pace as the chaotic situation develops. Contains swearing |
| Synopsis | The credit crunch has not been kind to ex-investment banker James who has not only lost his job but also his investments along with his gold digger wife Geraldine. His Father has died and left him, and spinster Sister Peggy, a large house in a village in rural Ireland where he decides to make a new life for himself. The barbecue party he has arranged to get to know his neighbours descends into chaos with a series of unexpected arrivals and equally unexpected revelations. |
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Chance Encounters by Jamesine Cundell Walker
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Can be played with a different cast in every scene, or with the same cast throughout. |
| Run Time | Around 76 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play comprised of nine connected playlets with a single (park bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | Nine encounters take place on a park bench during the course of a day in September. Some are dramatic, some comedic. |
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| Chariot by Chad Bearden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. The original production used adults to play the roles of Lenny and Margo. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script suggests five pieces of background music to be used during the course of the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length play, intended for two young pincipal actors (and various adult roles). |
| Synopsis | Lenny and Margo are left orphaned when their mother dies, but their Uncle Joe sneaks them away from government care and takes them on a wild road trip towards San Diego (where he claims to have a job). The kids use their imaginations to stay calm and happy on the trip. The family meet various personalities along America's highways who try to help the lost siblings and the loyal Joe set aside their fantasies and confront reality. |
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| Customer Service by Avis & Herb Hasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Characters are a variety of ages. Many could be played as either gender. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play (on the boundary between a one-act and a full-length play). Single (department store) set. Mildly surreal, bordering on farce, with lots of prop gags. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Just another day in a department store, where a pair of bewildered shop clerks encounter a clown, an accountant, a thief, some very colourful customers and a string of misplaced suitcases... |
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| Cutpurse Moll and the Lonely Hearts by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 9 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length comedy with music - a modern take on the life of a notorious 17th century figure. Four settings, but created by the company moving furniture, otherwise bare stage. |
| Synopsis | When cross-dressing criminal Moll Cutpurse agrees to 'marry' Sebastian, it is all part of the escort service she provides for gentlemen of society. In reality, young Sebastian wants to marry Mary, but his father has refused, so he tries to deceive him into believing that he intends to marry the notorious Moll instead. |
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