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Ageing Disgracefully by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch set at a Post Office counter. |
Synopsis | Stella is manning the Post Office counter by herself, when a known awkward customer arrives. |
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The Angry Doctor by Robert Scott Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Single set (a desk to represent a doctor's surgery). Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | An 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 |
Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch. Simple set representing a living room. |
Synopsis | A couple of 'mature' ladies take in tea, cakes and gossip. |
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An Apple a Day by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch (bordering on a very short play) for a cast of two. |
Synopsis | Serial 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 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A high value short sketch. |
Synopsis | A clown new to the profession seeks advice from a veteran performer. |
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Assignation by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch. Simple set. |
Synopsis | Two holidaymakers review their vacation experiences over breakfast. |
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An Awesome Award by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Minimal set - could be done front of curtain. |
Synopsis | An 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. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute comedy play in two acts! Simple sets. Contains swearing and adult content. |
Synopsis | Two new mothers discuss life, work, men, sex and babies in two conversations three months apart. |
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The Bag Ladies by Frank Gibbons Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Three ladies somewhat beyond the first flush of youth. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. (Three old ladies, one park bench, lots of bags, one mild swearword.) From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | A pause on a shopping trip with plenty of opportunity for misunderstanding. |
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A Bag of Swag by Bob Hammond |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A two-handed comedy sketch with no set necessary. |
Synopsis | A 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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