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Albert in the 21st Century by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 2 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy monologue, in the style of - and referring to - Marriott Edgar's 'Albert and the Lion' (made famous by Stanley Holloway).
SynopsisYou've heard how young Albert Ramsbottom
At a zoo, for a lion, was chow
Now here's a lament from Ray Lawrence
Saying things like that don't happen now!
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Another Ice Mess You Got Me Into by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 5 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort prose monologue. No set or props, though the speaker is required to dress as a ship! Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisA ship reflects on its brief association with an iceberg in 1912 from its position on the seabed.
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An Apple for Newton by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The perfect role for a wooden actor.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort prose monologue - no set requirements or props, but some ingenuity required for the costume!
SynopsisAn apple tree gets to the core of Isaac Newton's most famous discovery.
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Archibald Page by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleRhyming comedy monologue
SynopsisArchibald Page is an aspiring actor whose can't get any work because his face doesn't fit. He visits a plastic surgeon and subsequently has a run-in with a punch-line!
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An Arrowing Experience by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is an arrow. (Presumably the acting style required is pointed - even barbed - but essentially wooden!)
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy monologue, no set, no props. Might even be regarded as educational (English Key Stage 3 history topic 'The Normans')
SynopsisThe famous arrow that took King Harold in the eye at Hastings gives his (or her) side of the story. A humorous monologue with comedy accent.
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Birds, Bees and Gooseberry Bushes by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One adult and two teenagers.
Run TimeAround 5 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort sketch, no set requirements, simple props
SynopsisA father struggles to overcome his embarrassment long enough to explain the facts of life to his teenage son while they are on holiday.
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Booted Out by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Since the character is a football, the question of gender is academic.
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleMonologue (light comedy). Simple set (a table) and a few props.
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection.
SynopsisA wistful sporting reminiscence told from an unusual perspective.
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The Cautionary Tale of Eva Bird by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleRhyming monologue (with no requirement for set or props.)
SynopsisThe cautionary tale of Eva Bird - the Nuclear Nightingale.
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The Cautionary Tale of Miss Lucy Luckett by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A monologue for two persons! The intention is that someone should recite the verse whilst the story is acted out in mime.
Run TimeAround 3 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy monologue - a cautionary tale told in verse
SynopsisDesperate for a life on the stage, Lucy Luckett tragically over-stretches herself!
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The Clock Mender by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 2 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort rhyming monologue. No set requirements.
SynopsisA comic history of tinkering with mechanisms.
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