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Ageing Disgracefully by Frank Gibbons
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch set at a Post Office counter.
SynopsisStella is manning the Post Office counter by herself, when a known awkward customer arrives.
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Alternate Reality by Jonathan Edgington
Selected (out of over 1,400 scripts submitted) for performance at the Short&Sweet Hollywood 2024 International Playwriting Festival in L.A.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. There are three roles, but Paula and Desirae are played by the same person. (Read the script to see why.) The Shop Owner is written male but could easily be female.
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy. Sci-fi or fantasy (it depends on where you draw the boundary) set in an unusual shop.
SynopsisLong suffering Paula is rapidly running out of patience with her nice but predictable and boring husband - so how will she react when he steps out of his comfort zone and buys her the most unusual birthday present ever?
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The Angry Doctor by Robert Scott
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Perkins is written male but could be either. The doctor sounds male, but also could be either.
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch. Single set (a desk to represent a doctor's surgery). Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisAn anxious patient meets a doctor whose bedside manner is, to say the least, unusual.
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Another Day, Another Gossip by Frank Gibbons
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Whilst the two characters are women, they might be played as women by men in non-glamorous drag. (British people with long memories are invited to contemplate Les Dawson in this context.)
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort sketch. Simple set representing a living room.
SynopsisA couple of 'mature' ladies take in tea, cakes and gossip.
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An Apple a Day by Cheryl Barrett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy sketch (bordering on a very short play) for a cast of two.
SynopsisSerial dieter Laura is on yet another diet but is struggling to maintain her willpower. Will her sister Nikki be able to get her back on track?
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Appropriate Clowning by David Lovesy & Brian Two
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 2 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA high value short sketch.
SynopsisA clown new to the profession seeks advice from a veteran performer.
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Assignation by Frank Gibbons
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Whilst the two characters are women, they might be played as women by men in non-glamorous drag. (British people with long memories are invited to contemplate Les Dawson in this context.)
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort sketch. Simple set.
SynopsisTwo holidaymakers review their vacation experiences over breakfast.
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An Awesome Award by Nicholas Richards
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 3 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch. Minimal set - could be done front of curtain.
SynopsisAn awards ceremony acceptance speech. Awesome.
I would like to thank Nicholas Richards for writing this sketch, Lazy Bee Scripts for publishing it, the inventers of computers and the internet for making it possible for these words to be present at all ponts around the world at the same time, all those little electrons skittering too and fro, but most of all, I'd like to thank you - yes, you - for reading it...
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Babies by Jonathan Edgington
Runner up in the 'Pint-Sized Plays' 2009 playwriting competition.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen minute comedy play in two acts! Simple sets. Contains swearing and adult content.
SynopsisTwo new mothers discuss life, work, men, sex and babies in two conversations three months apart.
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A Bag of Swag by Bob Hammond
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA two-handed comedy sketch with no set necessary.
SynopsisA cat burglar is going about his business one dark night, with a bag of swag over his shoulder, when he is confronted by a patrolling policeman. Can the burglar smooth talk his way out of his precarious situation? Will the policeman's suspicions be confirmed? Where do the turnips come from? Delve into A Bag of Swag and find out.
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