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Clause Fourteen by David Pollard
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 21 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act drama on a dressing room set. Part of the 'Illusion/Delusion' trio of plays, which can be bought separately or as a collection.
SynopsisAging actor Clifford finds himself in a hellish situation playing opposite his ex-wife Connie in a production which, against all probability, is a smash hit. He turns to his agent Katz to get him out of the show but he has signed an unbreakable contract and Katz is more interested in claiming his due. In the ensuing action, Clifford is made to face unpleasant truths about himself and his past relationships and to understand his position in a hell of his own creation. Think Dr Faustus!
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Dance Story by Frank Gibbons
Shortlisted in the SCDA Play on Words competition 2011.
Performance by Cardigan Theatre won the 'best actress' award at the Pembrokeshire one-act festival, 2012.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The announcer is written male (and sounds male, but need not be). PJs group of dancers are assumed female, but need not be. There are four of them but there could be more or fewer. Two parts written adult, the rest are of high school age.
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama. Not a musical (in the sense that it does not include songs), but the backdrop is rival dance troupes, so dance could be a major element.
SynopsisThe Dragon Belles dance team are through to the finals of the competition, but one of the members is too ill to dance. In fact, she has a heart condition that can only be cured at a hospital in Canada. Now they need the prize money to send her there, but will her replacement be good enough?
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The Editing Room by Christine Harvey
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. The gender of most of the characters is flexible.
Run TimeAround 50 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe script contains places where songs could be sung, but the songs are left to the discretion of the production. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleOne-act play for a school or youth theatre. Single set divided into three acting areas.
SynopsisWe're in the editing room of a TV studio where a group of production staff are editing and manipulating the participants in a reality TV show, whilst the staff themselves are being manipulated by the studio boss...
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Exit Stage Left by Geoff Bamber
Performance by Castrand Youth, Kells won the Lochside Youth Theatre Trophy in the Stewartry District of the SCDA festival, 2017.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters are all high school students.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy for high-school-aged actors. Simple set.
SynopsisA high school drama group arrive to rehearse a play. Their teacher, Mrs Finnegan, is indisposed so one of the group takes over the session. His efforts to conduct things seriously are undermined by his cast and the possibility of Mrs Finnegan being a serial killer.
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Find the Lady by Helen Sharman
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Written for two men and two women, but each taking several roles.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne act play. Minimal set, with only a dressing table and clothes rail, plus a sofa and table arrangement that remain onstage throughout. Contains very mild swearing.
SynopsisAn actress struggles to contain the character of Lady Macbeth as the play both infects and reflects other parts of her life.
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Glitz by Damian Woods
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 28 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama on a single theatre dressing room set.
SynopsisWhen a former Hollywood star attempts a stage combeack, the young reporter sent to interview her finds the actress determined to put things right with the family she left behind in pursuit of fame and fortune.
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Just Breathe In, Dear by Cheryl Barrett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 22 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act light comedy play set in a theatre wardrobe department. Originally published 2015, revised 2019.
SynopsisAs well as treading the boards in every show, Joyce is the wardrobe mistress for an amateur dramatic society. She is rather disorganised and leaves everything to the last minute. Deidre has piled on the pounds since the last pantomime, so her fairy costume won’t zip up. Joyce’s mood pre-show week swings from despair to rage and Deidre feels the full force of her wrath. Marjorie has been putting her DIY skills to good use. Julian has problems of his own. Ann has no sympathy for any of them.
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Laughing Through Curtains by Damian Trasler
New
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 21 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama set behind the curtain of a comedy club.
SynopsisMike has been looking forward to the break between his evening stand-up comedy performance and the late show, but a string of visitors fill his spare time - his manager, his fellow comedian and opener Ricky, the venue owner, and finally his ex-wife Cindy. Master of the quip though he is, can Mike find the right words for all of them?
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Leading Ladies - It's Behind You by Christina Simpkin
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play, set back-stage at a (British) pantomime.
SynopsisBehind the scenes at the annual panto, two ladies compare notes on this production, other productions and other members of the cast, while various characters drift through on their way to the stage or the Green Room.
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Lennon and Buddy by Clive David Lloyd Williams
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 41 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act drama on two (living room/backstage) sets.
SynopsisBuddy Holly and the Crickets perform at the London Palladium, and in Liverpool, John Lennon sees the performance on a friend’s TV set. He boasts that his band will surpass Buddy Holly.
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