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The Actor by Ian Sharrock
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is, rather obviously, an actor.
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleMonologue. No set requirements, just a phone. Contains swearing.
SynopsisA short monologue presenting one side of a phone call by a wannabe actor who's really just a jumped-up extra. As he boasts of his next big role, he dreams of the opportunities it's going to bring, only to be brought back down to earth with a bump.
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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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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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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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Breaking News by Stuart Ardern
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is written female, but could be renamed and played male.
Run TimeAround 2 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTwo minute sketch. Single set (a news desk).
SynopsisA newsreader has to cope with unforseen technical problems in the newsroom.
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The Contestant by Allan Williams
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 9 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedy monologue with a simple (TV studio) set or can be played with no set.
SynopsisJake is a contestant on a TV quiz show. He obviously has a high opinion of himself and his abilities, but it soon becomes clear he is not as smart as he thinks he is.
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Diary Of A Squirrel Hunter by Peter Stallard
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. This is essentially a monologue. The final offstage police voice could easily be a recording.
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort sketch - exhibiting the comedy of bad taste! Minimal set (could easily be done as a front-of-curtain piece).
SynopsisDave the squirrel hunter has passed on, under unusual circumstances, but his friend Tyrone has found Dave's diary and is taking the opportunity to read out some of the final passages at the funeral.
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Digging up the Past by Chris Hicks
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA ten-minute dramatic monologue (featuring some black comedy).
SynopsisA building site manager struggles to cope when a body is discovered on school playing fields. When archaeologists turn up to excavate a Saxon burial ground, things take a turn for the worse.
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Grandma at the Village Fete by Cheryl Barrett
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.
StyleFive-minute comedy monologue. Contains ripeness.
SynopsisA humourous monologue about the excitement at this year's village fete, with Grandma's fortune telling, the exploits of Camp Claude and a host of other village characters.
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