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Accountant from Hell by Barry Wood
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy short, with an unexpected take on exorcism. Minimal set. |
| Synopsis | Father Murphy has been summoned because Karen appears to be possessed, and possessed by the spirit of an accountant. Worse still, it's an accountant Father Murphy knew in life. |
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| Acorn Fields by Barry Wood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy on a single (retirement home lounge) set. |
| Synopsis | Charlie is visiting Acorn Fields to move his father in. He’s much impressed with the facilities, though it turns out they’re looking after Charlie so nicely because they have mistaken him for his father, and think he’s a resident! |
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| A Cracking Pear by Barry Wood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Richard is at his first art class, and he’s nervous, but fellow student Steph tries to put him at ease. The trouble is, Richard is used to a very different type of subject for his drawings, and has problems adjusting. |
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| Elephant Jazz and the Intergalactic Spores by Barry Wood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sci-fi comedy sketch in the manner of a cheesy 1950s B-Movie. Minimal set to indicate a living room.
The script notes include a strong authorial opinion on comparative merits of certain comestibles. (He's not wrong.) |
| Synopsis | Adam has shocking news for his wife - the Earth has been invaded by microscopic alien invaders! Who knows how far the infection might have spread? But Martha doesn't seem that worried. In fact, she doesn't seem like Martha at all... |
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| It's Your Funeral by Barry Wood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Rachel the funeral director is doing her best to help Lee arrange his mother’s funeral, but there’s a slight drawback - she’s not actually dead yet. |
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