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| An Unexpected Duty by Robin Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play which could be used as a full length play. |
| Synopsis | Charlie's rushing off to Home Guard duty, but takes time to warn his wife about their daughter's scandalous dress sense and his worries about her new man. Little does he know that before the night is out he'll be facing down an armed spy! |
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| Unrelated Women by Daniel M. Wolpe |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The production notes contain suggestions for six classical pieces of music that feature in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A two act drama (though could be performed in one). Set in the US, though the play explores universal themes. |
| Synopsis | At her husband’s funeral, hard-bitten widow Fiona meets Laura, her husband’s young pregnant mistress, having been previously unaware of her existence. Their relationship, at first bitter, evolves into a profound and loving affiliation. |
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We're All Dead by Jonathan Edgington
Selected for and performed (by Precipice Productions) at Stockwell Playhouse's 2019 One Act Playwriting Festival in London where it received a 'Highly Commended' award. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Two of the male characters should look alike. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act ghostly drama with multiple settings (arranged by the actors). With adult themes and strong language.
First published in 2013, revised edition published 2019. |
| Synopsis | With time shifting between the present day and 1973, Russ and Rachel experience life changing events brought about by Russ's encounter with his younger self. |
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| Welcome Home by Roger Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act drama, with a single setting and some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Jimmy is finally out of prison, having served twenty years for murdering his wife's lover. He returns to his old house to face his son, where he expects and receives a hostile reception. |
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| Wheels by Chloe C.D. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Doctors, patients and extras can be doubled if need be. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for three pieces of background music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act drama for schools and youth theatre, with a simple set and flexible casting. |
| Synopsis | A one act play that follows the everyday struggles of a wheelchair-bound teenager, focusing on what is thought but not always said, and the aspects of life which an abled person may overlook. Issues and difficulties that often go unnoticed are brought to life in a story based on the author's own experiences. |
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| Where's Nigel by Jim Pinnock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Some non-speaking roles essential to the play. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act farce. |
| Synopsis | A group of friends meet for a party at Nigel and Stephanie's house. Events take an unusual turn as the services of a doctor and the police are needed as identities become confused and people are not who they seem. |
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** Poster template, illustrated by Dale French, for 'Where's Nigel?' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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| Writes And Wrongs by Andy Taylor |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama in a single (living room) set. |
| Synopsis | David is attending a local writers' group for the first time, and he's nervous. He's joined to meet Pauline, a published poet, but it's not really her literary abilities that are making him stammer. |
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| Wuthering Heights by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy with minimal settings, adapted from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. |
| Synopsis | A duo of comic narrators guide us through the familiar story including all of the important characters with the exception of Heathcliff who unfortunately could not attend. His last minute replacement - Tarzan! - admirably fills his shoes. |
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