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Blatant Disruptions by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Whilst six of the characters are written male, they are representations of famous archetypes and there's no barrier to them being portrayed by women wearing fake beards (or other appropriate indicators of character). |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Daft comedy sketch. No set requirements other than a semi-circle of chairs, but costumes would seem appropriate, given the nature of the characters. |
Synopsis | The newly combined groups of 'Blatant Confusions' and 'Archaeological Disruptions' have their first meeting to hear about the progress on Stonehenge and other plans for confounding historians and archaeologists of the future. |
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Hamlet auf Deutsch by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. As usual with Shakespeare, the characters are predominantly male. Of course, casting against gender is open to the production. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet aimed at students learning German. To enable such a short version, a narrator sets the scenes. All speeches, including narration, in German (but directions in English). |
Synopsis | Einige verkürzte Szenen auf Deutsch von Shakespeares Hamlet. A ghost walks the ramparts of Elsinore castle demanding revenge. Hamlet's uncle has siezed the throne. Will Hamlet take arms against a sea of troubles? Sein oder Nichtsein - Das ist hier die Frage. |
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Macbeth - Which Witch is Which? by Juliet Devon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. All parts written female but, at a pinch, the Head Teacher could be male. Assumed to be performed by a youthful cast (although, of course, the two teachers and the cleaner could be played by adults). |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy with a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Nikki, the drama teacher, tries to put the witches through their paces for a school production of Macbeth. Round and round the cauldron go - or would go, if the props team had finished making the cauldron. |
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Macbeth In Seventeen And A Half Minutes Or Less by Christine Harvey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 35. No chorus. Various minor parts may be doubled. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] This is dependent on the cast! |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one-act comedy, with no set required. |
Synopsis | The three witches attempt to tell their version of Macbeth in seventeen and a half minutes or less. As they condense it, an amusing and fast-paced summary emerges. Will they succeed in meeting their deadline? Don't blink or you'll miss all the fun of finding out! |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream In 17 And A Half Minutes Or Less by Christine Harvey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] (But see also the title - which assumes a fast pace.) |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act Shakespearean comedy with various simple settings. |
Synopsis | A fast-paced version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Perfect for schools, this is a compact, humorous adaptation of the classic tale of love and mishap in seventeen and a half minutes or less. |
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A Midsummer Nightmare by Karen Ince |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play for schools - with a single, village tavern, setting. |
Synopsis | William Shakespeare is suffering with writers' block. Struggling to find inspiration he visits a local inn, and whilst listening to a group of local workmen - who are planning to put on a play for a special wedding day, comes up with the plot he is looking for. |
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Much Ado About William by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Could be played by kids or by a mixed group of adults and children. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute comedy play. |
Synopsis | A harassed Shakespeare tries to complete a play while his Stratford family bring noise, combat and teenage strife into the room where he works, until the silent Bard can take no more. |
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Nailing The Audition by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the auditionee, Wayne, is written male, a female equivalent could be substituted. (This requires a little work because otherwise you end up with a production of Shakespeare's Juliet and Juliet, a tragedy too far ahead of its time to be staged.) |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
Synopsis | Finding the best cast for your show is always a problem... |
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One Hundred and Eighty! by Jonathan Edgington Runner up in The Maskers Theatre's 2011 Humble Hamlet play writing competition. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute comedy, playing on Shakespearean themes. Contains swearing and adult themes (and a darts player). |
Synopsis | Toby Hamlet is coming home, but his mother doesn't know why. She does know he's broken a promise he made to his dying father by becoming a pro darts player instead of a lawyer. What could he possibly want to speak to his mother about that he can't mention on the phone? |
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One Solitary Line by Neil Walden Winner of One-Act Play Writing Competition at Wexford Literary Festival 2017 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One (gender non-specific) character is an offstage voice only. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (dressing room) setting. |
Synopsis | Two actresses cast in a Shakespeare play bemoan the fact that the Bard gives so few opportunities for meaty female roles. This causes their relationship to become acrimonious. |
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