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Miriam Waits by Amanda Giles |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Essentially a monologue, but with station Tannoy announcements (which could be played live or recorded) |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short well-written monologue with some interesting reflections on family relationships. |
Synopsis | As she waits at a railway station, Miriam recounts her relationship with her father over his final years. |
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Monkeying Around by Peter May |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (zoo enclosure) setting. |
Synopsis | Two of the older residents of the zoo’s monkey enclosure are watching the public from a high tree branch. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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The Moon Was In Aquarius by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Prodcer's script suggests a song to be played over opening or close. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A comedic monologue with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Would-be writer Cheryl is trying to write something for a forthcoming spoken word open mic night but has a few writing blocks. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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More by Ness Owen |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama piece for three actors (and an offstage voice!) |
Synopsis | Three workers have drawn lots to decide on who will take on an unpleasant task. Now the unlucky one has been chosen, the other two try to bolster their confidence ahead of the other's venture. |
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More Than Friends by Anne Graham |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama with a single (living room) setting. |
Synopsis | Widow June is visited by her late husband’s sister Hazel, who lost contact with her brother many years ago. Now homeless due to her gambling addiction, Hazel is looking for help. However, June’s revelations come as a shock. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Mother and Daughter by Christina Simpkin |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The daughter has a playing age in the early twenties. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short one-act play - a gentle comedy. Single set, representing a living room. |
Synopsis | Ruth is off out on a date, but first she's got to answer all her mother's questions. Will mother ever approve of a man met over the internet? And why does she want Ruth to leave her computer on when he goes out? |
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Mother of the Bride by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Either a rhyming monologue or a piece for a cast of five! No set requirements, no props. |
Synopsis | A mother of four (unwed) daughters bewails the lack of matrimonial bliss in her family. |
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Motor Mouth by Richard James |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are written male, but could be either |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch, requiring something to represent a dentist's chair. Family-friendly, light-hearted humour. Would fit easily into a community revue evening or an event of similar tone. |
Synopsis | A man shows-up for a dental appointment only to find that his usual dentist is participating in a government-sponsored job swap... |
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Moving Day by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A monologue, female character, with a single (kitchen) setting. |
Synopsis | Recently divorced Caroline is leaving the home she loves. She reflects on how her life has turned out and has mixed feelings about the move. A moving day for her in more ways than one. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Mrs Smith Monologue - At Centre Parcs by Dominique Vaughan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Mrs Smith is a lady of uncertain years but definite opinions. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short character monologue. No set or props required. |
Synopsis | Mrs Smith recounts her adventures on a family holiday to Centre Parcs |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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