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| Imperfect Speakers by Wally Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Gibson is written male but could, conceivably, be female. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play - something of a political thriller. Simple set - the interpreters' booth at an international conference - which could even, at a pinch, be played front-of-curtain (though it requires a few small desks). Includes swearing. |
| Synopsis | Andy and Nigel are two old school friends reunited whilst translating at an international environmental summit. Nigel has always been a rabble-rouser but Andy and Ingrid, a German translator with a teddy bear, both realize that his responsibility as a diplomatic translator and his interest in politics overlap a little too keenly. |
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| In One Form Or Another by Nikki Pontin |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Doctor could be played by m or f. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy includes 3 suggested pieces of music, to add atmosphere for this play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act gothic thriller, with a living room setting and specific lighting effects. |
| Synopsis | Helen, Edward and their son have moved into their dream home, unaware of its history and the events which took place there. With increasing horror, Jacob seems to be the catalyst for the terrifying happenings - which Helen in particular is unable to deal with. As she relates events to a psychiatrist, the full horror becomes apparent. |
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| iSchool - Learning environment of the future by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Nominally three adults (including the holographic teacher) and a boy on his first day of school, but the child much more likely to be played by a teenager or adult. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. No set required. |
| Synopsis | The learning environment of the year 2030. Young Timmy is introduced to his virtual teacher... |
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| It's A Funny Old World by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music to one song is provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script. (The tune is 'John Brown's Body' - or 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' if you prefer.) |
| Style | One-act youth comedy play. Single set (though a cricket pavillion on Neptune is a rather bizarre location). |
| Synopsis | A group of ladies from 1913 are marooned on Neptune. How did they get there, and why are they still alive? Two crews from competing nations arrive to try and puzzle out the mystery, but they need to know what happened to the other missions first... |
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| The Landing Party by Karen Fitzsimmons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play with optional set - suggested by the actors.
Part of the Aliens collection of short plays for youth people. |
| Synopsis | A young alien boy lands on earth and falls for Claire. As their relationship develops he realises he is on the wrong planet. |
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| Last Woman Working by Michael Pearcy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act satirical comedy with a single (office) setting. Some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Robots, with government backing, have taken over almost every job previously done by humans. Masses are protesting. Desperate to save her job in an electronics factory, Barbara Wooley takes an aggressive stand at her local MP's surgery. |
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| Live by Robin Fusco |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A ten-minute play set in an underground bunker. |
| Synopsis | A makeshift family must decide whether to die in the bunker they have called home or to embrace change and brave the outside world. |
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| A Long Time Ago... by Paul Barron & Sarah Dyson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The text contains spots for songs. The Producer's Copy of the script includes a list of song suggestions. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Science fiction, panto-style, with lots of nods to a well-known film franchise. |
| Synopsis | Anyone to whom the title seems familiar will recognise what is being parodied here.
The Evil Mange is trying to take over the galaxy but the planet Diptheria is yet to fall. If he can get the mystic Golden Thermos of Queeg, he'll have the power he needs. He recruits young Flash Artois to get it, but things don't work out as he hopes... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Looking for Mr Evil by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Since we are looking for Mr Evil, one of the characters is clearly male. The other is an interviewer, and they come in all shapes and sizes. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. A sci-fi parody. Single set - just a desk and a few papers. |
| Synopsis | A hopeful candidate attends and interview for the position of Ultimate Galactic Dictator... |
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| Love in the Time of Zombies by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One of the few one-act stage treatments of the zombie apocalypse. Single living room set. Contains mild (especially for a world over-run by the living dead) swearing. |
| Synopsis | Sometime in the near future. As flesh eating zombies terrorise the world, Brian and Susan attempt to maintain a normal life... |
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