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| Make Me a Celebrity - Now! by Trevor Suthers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The only stipulation about the character is that she is under 30. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue. No set, no props. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | A rant about the desire for fame. |
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| The Meeting In The Park by Peter Wade |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play, with a simple (bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | Two men of differing ideals, but with some odd similarities, meet in the grounds of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. One, Adolf, is painting a picture of the palace. The other, Josef, is taking the air and watching the people... |
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| Merry Christmas Fritz by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act dramatic monologue set in a World War One hospital. |
| Synopsis | A soldier, seriously wounded in the early part of the Great War, relates the horrific experiences which brought him to his hospital bed and his hopes for the future, sadly to be thwarted by events to come.
(The dramatisation allows Tommy to know a little more about the details of the strategy of the First World War generals than he would have known, but not as much as we know with hindsight.) |
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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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| 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. |
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| Moscow, Scotland by Paul Shaw Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Two principal characters and four (unspeaking) revolutionaries. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set in an apartment. |
| Synopsis | Karl, the Mayor of an unnamed European city, has invited Yuro, the building's handyman, up to his penthouse as the revolution rages outside. Karl has much to say before he is taken away, but he is also keen to hear from Yuro. |
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| Mum! by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One female character is a non-speaking cameo role. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A monologue-style short play, with a single, old folks' home, setting. |
| Synopsis | Ever since his mum had gone into the old folks' home Colin and his wife Iris made sure that they visited her every day. They did not realise that their visits were not as important to Mum as they thought, and we learn exactly what she thinks about life in general. The inevitable end is respectfully handled by Colin. |
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| Murdering Muriel by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The paramedic is written male, but could be either (with the occasional change of pronoun). |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short, one act play, with no set requirement, and includes adult themes and language. |
| Synopsis | Barry's affair with shapely neighbour Caroline is the catalyst for their plan to get rid of Barry's wife Muriel. Death by poisoned chocolate pudding is their weapon of choice, but things go badly awry for Barry. |
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| Natalie's Vacation by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play, adapted from the short story A Tripping Tongue by Anton Chekhov. Single set, simple props. |
| Synopsis | Adapted from a short story by Anton Chekov. Natalie has been to Mexico with a friend, accompanied by an attractive young tour guide. Her husband suspects she may have fallen for their guide, and an argument arises which proves they are both as stubborn as each other. |
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| A National Treasure - A Lifetime's Interest by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Part one of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Her encounter with her client Mr Ranwell and his highly salacious collection of books confirms her opinions about the transient quality of beauty - and the yardstick by which a gentleman should be judged. |
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