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| Lay Your Cards on the Table 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 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue for an injured sportsman. Minimal set (a lap-top computer with some means of support). A tender mixture of comedy and pathos. |
| Synopsis | Wheelchair-bound former rugby player Tom has been surfing the web to keep himself occupied since his accident and has developed an interesting income stream. |
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| Leading Ladies by Christina Simpkin |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch set on a busy stage! |
| Synopsis | Bertha and Florence are backstage at the latest big production, preparing for the vital role they play in the piece. But they don't feed lines to anyone... |
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Legion by Jonathan Edgington
Selected for and performed at the Pensive Federation Theatre Company's 2016 Collective Project Playwriting Festival at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script includes one moment where characters dance, and the producer's copy suggests a song to be played at this point. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A dramatic sketch, suitable for a young adult company or youth theatre, with a single (railway platform) setting. Some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Thrown off the train for rowdy behaviour, a group of young friends are joined by a knowledgeable stranger who seems to be trying to 'recruit' them for an unknown purpose. |
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| Life by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The main characters are all 'mature ladies' - the production notes describe two as being in their sixties, the others a little younger. That's playing age. There is plenty of scope for younger players with make-up! |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute comedy play. Single café set. |
| Synopsis | Three pairs of women take separate tales at a café and discuss their lives, only to find that all of them have at least their opinions in common. |
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| The Lift Routine by Carol Roberts |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four on-stage characters plus an off-stage voice (which might be recorded, but interacts with the on-stage characters). |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A challenging piece to stretch the actors, suitable for companies of all types. |
| Synopsis | A thought-provoking short sketch set in a lift which breaks down, stranding a troubled married couple, a flirtatious young girl and a silent mystery man. They all deal with the situation in their own ways. Tensions rise and characters are revealed. |
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| Light of the World by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch intended for church groups. |
| Synopsis | What happened in the Inn the day after Jesus was born. |
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| Lily and Mona by Naren Weiss |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One (female) character is offstage voice only. Three (gender non-specific) characters are non-speaking 'dead bodies'. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Oddball twins Lily and Mona are finding their superpowers a little difficult to control, resulting in mysterious deaths and parental admonition. |
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| Listen With Mother by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch for one actress. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A story teller reads a slightly twisted tale of a Princess and a Prince. |
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| The Little Cottage by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute Irish folk tale. |
| Synopsis | The Doyle family have a perfect life, but then Margaret's parents move into their little cottage. They now feel crowded. Father Kelly's advice is to make the cottage even more crowded and has Dennis Doyle bring in goats and chickens, which make matters even worse. |
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| A Little North of Turnerville by 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 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch for a table, two chairs and a couple of actors. |
| Synopsis | Sandra and Stanley meet on a blind date and realise that having a lot in common is not necessarily a good thing... |
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