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| Archibald Page by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming comedy monologue |
| Synopsis | Archibald Page is an aspiring actor whose can't get any work because his face doesn't fit. He visits a plastic surgeon and subsequently has a run-in with a punch-line! |
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| Around The Fridge In Eighty Calories 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 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy monologue for a woman who is larger than she thinks she should be. |
| Synopsis | Kate contemplates changes to her weekly shopping list since starting her latest slimming group. |
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| An Arrowing Experience by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy monologue, no set, no props. Might even be regarded as educational (English Key Stage 3 history topic 'The Normans') |
| Synopsis | The 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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| Attagirls by Emma Wise |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama. Single set (it's actually set in a very specific location, but really the requirements for set are negligible). |
| Synopsis | Through monologues and dialogue, British pilot Ann and American engineer Lillian address what life was like for the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary - or the 'Attagirls' - during World War II. |
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| Back in the Saddle by Janice Sampson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short monody (a monologue with a little action and a few simple props) for a much-married middle-aged woman. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | Rita has had a somewhat chequered life when it comes to men. Four husbands with a few boyfriends thrown in along the way has given her a somewhat caustic view of weddings. Nevertheless she has accepted an invitation to her friend's nuptials despite the downmarket location at the local pub with a pork pie buffet. 'Back in the Saddle' is a comedy monologue in which Rita brings the wedding to life for us and we share in her surprise as her re-union with a long forgotten school friend at the reception has unexpected consequences for them both. |
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| Best Foot Forward, Darling by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming monologue (though there is flexibility - the dancers could appear, as could the friend to whom Terence addresses his acid remarks). |
| Synopsis | Terence, the highly strung choreographer watches and grumbles as dancers Monica and Jasper perform his creation. His mood swings from rage to praise and poor Monica feels the full force of his wrath. |
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| Best Served Cold by Alan Robinson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Reginald is described as being in his twilight years and should give the impression of being - how shall we put this? - well padded. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play for a gastronome. Set simply a table, chair and napkin. |
| Synopsis | In this bitter sweet monologue we have all the ingredients of an enthralling menu with a delicious twist for dessert. As food critic Reginald assesses another average meal, something has left a bad taste in his mouth - a taste that triggers memories of a sweet love, a bitter betrayal and a sour revenge. |
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| Body Confident by E. C. Chapman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short dramatic monologue, with no set requirements (assuming that a pilates mat counts as a prop rather than set). |
| Synopsis | Caroline, a Pilates teacher, attempts to counter ugly rumours which threaten to destroy her reputation and luxury lifestyle. |
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| Booted Out by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue (light comedy). Simple set (a table) and a few props.
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | A wistful sporting reminiscence told from an unusual perspective. |
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| Brian's Day Out in the Snow by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short, rhyming, humorous monologue. |
| Synopsis | Brian goes out in the snow to meet Steven. (All we'll say about that is that there is some misdirection involved.) |
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