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50/50 [Short play] by Jamesine Cundell Walker
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.
StyleShort drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only.
SynopsisJo is reluctant to look at the results of her pregnancy test, despite encouragement from her partner Danni. A short version of the one-act drama of the same name we have already published.
A longer (one-act) version of this story can be found here: 50/50 [One-act Play]
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Attagirls by Emma Wise
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort drama. Single set (it's actually set in a very specific location, but really the requirements for set are negligible).
SynopsisThrough monologues and dialogue, British pilot Ann and American engineer Lillian address what life was like for the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary - or the 'Attagirls' - during World War II.
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The Bags Of A Commercial Traveller by John Chambers
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen-minute play for a cast of two middle-aged ladies. Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisTwo women arrive for the funeral of a travelling salesman. One was his wife, the other was his mistress. After each realises who the other is, they exchange a few terse words, then come to realise they have more in common than just one man.
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Blackbird by Jamesine Cundell Walker
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.
StyleShort drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only.
SynopsisOverbearing mother Rosie drops off her anxious daughter Florence at the start of her first term at Oxford.
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The Care Home by Jamesine Cundell Walker
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.)
SynopsisPoignant short vignette in which Harriet, a young care-home worker, meets the retired Georgie on a park bench.
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Do You Remember? by Frances Bartram
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!] In the original performances, it ran between 25 & 30 minutes.
MusicNone.
StyleShort drama, with an informal set - furniture and a few props.
SynopsisIn this poignant examination of the effects of dementia we see Doris, who is not as young as she used to be, descend into a confused world through the eyes of her granddaughter Anna as they relive past events.
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For Both of Us by Peter Vincent
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are an ageing mother and her (adult) daughter.
Run TimeAround 5 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort play. Minimal set, minimal props.
SynopsisLisa tries to deal with her mother's increasing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. A story of love, loss and compassion.
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Guilt by Robbie Flowers
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One of the characters is nominally a child, but the role is unlikely to be within the range of many children of the appropriate age. The author suggests that it should be played with 'an obvious air of innocence'.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short emotional, possibly edgy, play. Minimal set, but a significant prop (a chest). Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisAngela is suffering for something she did. Until she agrees to talk about it, Sally won't let her out of the box. As Angela opens up, we find that Sally has more than a passing involvement in Angela's suffering.
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Honeyrose and Hayseed by Ged Quayle
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. In the original draft, Agg was written female and Enna male, but it doesn't really matter.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA horror short, with a fun twist on expectations. (Contains considerable levels of gore.)
SynopsisIn a seemingly post-apocalyptic Britain, two young people talk of the terrible dangers they face - and of a forbidden trip to a city.
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Kippers Can’t Swim by Jamesine Cundell Walker
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.
StyleShort drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only.
SynopsisTeenager Alex gets talking to elderly Gladys in a hospital waiting room.
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