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| The Coffee Shop by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Whilst the script specifies three characters, two of them are played in different eras, so could be done by different actors. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. Set in a coffee shop, but without need for any particular set.
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | A coffee shop customer has another encounter with the tyranny of choice! |
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| Coming Home by Roger Woodcock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The main characters are an aged father and his son. The Tea Lady is a very brief cameo. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play, set in a private room in a nursing home. (Which could be indicated with the minimum of detail.) Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Barry's Dad is in hospital, his mind slipping back and forth through time. Barry needs him to sign some forms, but he can't help but be interested in spectres from the past that he's not heard of before. Until one secret catches him by surprise and changes everything. |
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| The Commandments by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A very black comedy, satirising the world of work and petty rules. |
| Synopsis | Four guards on their coffee break debate what rules should govern their lives - before their supervisor returns... |
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| Confessional by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are one adult and one teenager (both male owing to the particular nature of the teenager's concerns, and the traditions of priesthood). Could be played by two teenagers or two older folk with one acting as a teenager. (It's comedy.) |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. Set in a confessional booth, though a physical set is unnecessary, the location need only be indicated. |
| Synopsis | A stressed teenager visits a Priest to discuss his concerns... |
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| Contact by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch, simple set (a park bench) no props. |
| Synopsis | In the park, Simon and Alice are both waiting... |
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| Cops and Robbers by David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One adult and one child (but it's comedy, so the age needs to be played, not necessarily actual). |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. No set required. |
| Synopsis | Barry explains to his dad how the kids today play cops and robbers... |
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| Corner Property by Iris Winston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. All three characters are written male. The character with the pack would be the easiest to change. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play. Single set (with no requirements - could easily be played front-of-curtain. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | Joe and Peter, two former soldiers, beg for change on a street corner and watch the world pass them by - whilst underneath, there's a power struggle going on. |
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| Could Have Been Worse by Gary Nicholson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch for youth theatre. Three characters and two chairs.
Also available as part of the Fright Size collection. |
| Synopsis | Even though he's dead, Ken hasn't been able to leave his profession behind - especially not when there's Reg in support. JD seems to understand, but will his sceptical sister, Sarah? |
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| Count Ferdinand Von Finkelstein's Fabulous Freak Show by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Cast of three adults and two children (or two small adults). The children should look identical, give or take the effects of having been fired from a cannon. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute comedy sketch. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | Count Ferdinand Von Finkelstein introduces his Fabulous Freak Show and circus, including the not-so-strong man, the non-so-bearded lady and Mickey the Meteorite (who has the temerity to want payment for the privilege of being fired from a cannon). |
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| Covered by Rachel Ihasz |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play featuring three teenage girls in a single woodland camp setting. |
| Synopsis | Three friends are sharing their monthly camping trip but Trace feels left out. When Erin leaves, she confronts her old friend Marcy but learns more than she was prepared for. |
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