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| A Pilot's Thoughts at the End of the War | Author | Philippa Roberts | |||||
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Whilst this is a monologue, there is an option for a group of mournful dancers. | ||||||
| Run time | Around 5 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| Music | None. | ||||||
| Style | Five minute serious monologue with no set or prop requirements. | ||||||
| Synopsis | The war in question is the Second World War, and the pilot is regretting participating in the bombing of Dresden. | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| A Second Hand | Author | Lucy Cooper | |||||
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is written as a male in his forties but could be played at a different age and, conceivably, could switch gender. | ||||||
| Run time | Around 8 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| Music | None. | ||||||
| Style | A short telephone monologue, delivering dead-pan comedy. No set. Simple props. | ||||||
| Synopsis | A salesman tries to buy a second hand car and ends up considering taking a second look at his chosen career. | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| A Ventriloquist's Tale | Author | Ray Lawrence | |||||
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst this is presented as a monologue, it could also be performed by three people, playing narrator, ventriloquist and psychiatrist. | ||||||
| Run time | Around 5 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| Music | None. | ||||||
| Style | Short rhyming comedy monologue (no set or props required). | ||||||
| Synopsis | A Ventriloquist who fears he's being controlled by his dummy seeks professional help and gets some straight talking. | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| Albert in the 21st Century | Author | 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 2 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| Music | None. | ||||||
| Style | Comedy monologue, in the style of - and referring to - Marriott Edgar's 'Albert and the Lion' (made famous by Stanley Holloway). | ||||||
| Synopsis |
You've heard how young Albert Ramsbottom At a zoo, for a lion, was chow Now here's a lament from Ray Lawrence Saying things like that don't happen now! |
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| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| An Arrowing Experience | Author | 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. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| An Ice Mess You Got Me Into | Author | Ray Lawrence | |||||
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Erm, an Iceberg! | ||||||
| Run time | Around 4 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| Music | None. | ||||||
| Style | Monologue. No set, no props. | ||||||
| Synopsis | An iceberg complains about the unexpected results of being struck by a certain liner in 1912. | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| Another Ice Mess You Got Me Into | Author | 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 5 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| Music | None. | ||||||
| Style | Short prose monologue. No set or props, though the speaker is required to dress as a ship! Contains mild swearing. | ||||||
| Synopsis | A ship reflects on its brief association with an iceberg in 1912 from its position on the seabed. | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| Archibald Page | Author | 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. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| 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! | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| Breaking News | Author | Stuart Ardern | |||||
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is written female, but could be renamed and played male. | ||||||
| Run time | Around 2 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| Music | None. | ||||||
| Style | Two minute sketch. Single set (a news desk). | ||||||
| Synopsis | A newsreader has to cope with unforseen technical problems in the newsroom. | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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| up & down | Author | Rob Ricards | |||||
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. There is one speaking character. A second character makes two appearances to bring on props. (This might be done by a member of the stage crew.) The character is written as male, but could be played female with just a couple of name changes. | ||||||
| Run time | Around 15 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | ||||||
| Music | None. | ||||||
| Style | Fifteen minute play - essentially a monologue - set on the step ladder that is life! | ||||||
| Synopsis | A character reviews the events of his (or her) life, using a handy step ladder as a metaphor. | ||||||
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | ||||||
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