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All Hallows Eve by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 36 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act melodrama, with a single, kitchen setting.
SynopsisLocal priest Hugh is having difficulty in defending his deeply held faith against the views of his wife, Morwenna, and his goth daughter, Verity. At Halloween - when something takes place in the church graveyard, seen only by Hugh - the family are reconciled.
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Falling Apart by Peter Harrison
2007. Sale One-Act play festival. Joint winner for Best Original Play under original title of The Lift. Production by Altrincham Garrick.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One of the characters is an off-stage voice, but since he converses with the other characters it is assumed that this should be done live.
Run TimeAround 34 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play, single very simple setting.
SynopsisUpon leaving their solicitor's office having arranged their divorce settlement Amanda and Andrew find themselves trapped between floors in the lift. The recriminations around their marital problems continue until the arrival of the lift attendant who manages not only to repair the lift but also their marriage, even though he is not all that he seems.
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Half Measures by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 33 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fun and efficient one act with wit and action giving an original take on the 'boring husband' trope. Easily stageable in one living room set, with just a bit of furniture shifting between scenes.
SynopsisSusan is fed up with her husband, who, after forty years of marriage, is more interested in his model trains than his wife. She wants an amicable trial separation, but Geoff refuses to leave. The solution involves a length of police crime-scene tape.
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Knock, Knock, Who's There? by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Offstage voices of one female laughing and multiple children, could be pre-recorded.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act comedy with a living room setting. Originally published 2015, revised 2019.
SynopsisYvonne is desperate for the council to arrange a transfer for her and husband Dennis, from their high rise flat in Barbara Castle Towers to a lovely maisonette with gnomes in the garden... Her case may be enhanced when a TV crew arrive to investigate poltergeist activity in the flat.
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Missing Links by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 47 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act farce with a split stage setting comprising two living rooms.
SynopsisThe inadvertent use of the wrong type of mushroom, causing temporary amnesia, leads to marital confusions for a friendly foursome who forget who is married to whom.
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Mummy's Boy by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA mostly-monologue style, one act dark comedy, with an English back yard setting.
SynopsisGraham's mother has died and his overbearing wife, Beryl is coldly supervising the disposal of her belongings, most of which are precious to Graham. When it comes to Beryl's insistence that the house must go, Graham comes up with a deadly plan - based on his knowledge of an infamous Victorian murder trial.
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There's No Place Like Home by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four on-stage characters and an off-stage female voice (which could be recorded, but, in our view, would be better performed live).
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy in a single domestic setting.
SynopsisWhen elderly Howard claims his dead wife Nancy has been talking to him, his daughter and her partner think he is suffering dementia and plan to move him into a home. But there's a surprise in store when he demonstrates how he contacts Nancy.
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Tsunami by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 34 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act drama with a single - hotel reception area - setting.
SynopsisIt appears that Clive has been head-hunted for a high level position, but he does not know what the job is, or which company is involved. His interview, conducted by the formidable trio - Laura, Lucinda and Lydia takes many strange turns and it is only when Clive's wife Susan appears, he learns that this is not a job interview after all...
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Voices by Peter Harrison
2012. Hale One-Act play festival. Winner Best Original play. Production by Altrincham Garrick.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Designed for one principal character and four on-stage voices, though the voices could be allocated amongst a larger number of actors.
The principal character is an old man, nevertheless, this could be played by a youth theatre company.
Run TimeAround 33 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe producer's copy of the script makes suggestions for accompanying music/songs. (For atmosphere, rather than live performance). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleOne-act play, set in the mind of the principal character, with other roles voiced but not interacting directly with him.
SynopsisA veteran soldier finds himself trapped in his own flat, facing an imagined enemy.
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Work Experience by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 28 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA gentle, enjoyable comedy. Easy to stage (in a single living room set) with a majority female cast.
SynopsisHousewife Melissa is very fond of her daily routine, so when her husband Gerald takes early retirement, she’s increasingly irritated by his disruptions to it. With the help of her friends, she devises a solution which brings her own life-changing experience.
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