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| Bill, Emmie and the Queen of Tonga by Philippa Roberts |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Characters are two adults plus one with a playing age of late teens to twenty and one with a playing age of a younger teenager. (Could be done by a mixed company of adults and younger actors or by a youth theatre company.) |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play in which a small piece of real history illuminates a slice of family life. Single (simple domestic) set. |
| Synopsis | A couple have traveled from Tonga to see their own queen come to England, and to make sure that their niece and nephew watch the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second on TV while their parents are in London. Unfortunately they are much more interested in the Tongan queen than in Elizabeth. |
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| A Pilot's Thoughts at the End of the War by Philippa Roberts |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Whilst this is a monologue, there is an option for a group of mournful dancers. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Five minute serious monologue with no set or prop requirements. |
| Synopsis | The war in question is the Second World War, and the pilot is regretting participating in the bombing of Dresden. |
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