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| The Doctor by Gary Diamond & Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Mister Smedley would seem to be male. The doctor could be either. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | A man is called into his doctor's office for some very bad - and surprising - news. |
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Don't Shout by Steve Menary
A Winner of the Lost Theatre Company Five Minute Festival, 2009 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two adults and two children (could be played by four kids.) |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, no requirement for props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | A brother and sister (who may have done something wrong) run rings around their parents in this funny short that will have kids and parents nodding in recognition. |
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| Don't Stand on Ceremony by Peter May |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (church) setting. |
| Synopsis | Two elderly ladies, distant members of the groom’s family, are waiting in the church before the wedding ceremony, and discussing proceedings. |
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| Don't You Get It? by Herb Hasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the central character is written (addressed as) male, it is the author's intention that all the characters could be played by either gender. The characters are two adults, two children, though all could be played by secondary school students. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A complex short (in that it has three locations - though each could be created by minimal indications) with lots of scope for interpretation. |
| Synopsis | A schoolchild encounters a few examples of communication failure during a typical day. |
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| Double Deck Of Cards by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch with a minimal set (but requiring two bus drivers' uniforms). |
| Synopsis | Two bus drivers discuss why people say 'If he was run down by a bus' and nearly come to blows over some bad jokes. |
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Double Walker by Henry P. Gravelle
Honorable Mention - Show Off! Festival 2007, Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, CA |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play, single interior (psychiatrist's office) set. |
| Synopsis | Bruce Arnold is referred to Psychiatrist Maria Dobbs after being linked to a series of deaths. He claims it is his shadow, his doppelganger that kills people who make him angry. Can the Doctor get to the truth... or is it already too late? |
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| Dr Death by Croft & Barnett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch set in a doctor's surgery. |
| Synopsis | Mr Peters wants a cure for his bad back, and the doctor has a suggestion that will definitely prevent him feeling any pain... ever again! |
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| Dream Job by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch set in an interview room (so a desk and a couple of chairs). |
| Synopsis | A job interview for a man who has - and knows he has - a nasty streak. |
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| Duck by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Three ducks, three swans and three hunters! |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute comedy play. Single set (no real set requirements) |
| Synopsis | Three different varieties of duck are arguing about which is the true Duck, when they are united by the threatening behaviour of the ruling swans. Sadly, before their revolution can get off the ground, three duck hunters arrive. |
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| Duck Bread by Billy Doyle |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are adults, but could easily be performed by teenagers. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch. Single (outdoor) set. The script includes mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A man is in the park, about to feed bread to the ducks. Unfortunately, it's the wrong sort of bread... |
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