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Night Thoughts by Kieron Toner
Published: 6 December 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Characters include an anthropomorphic personification.
Run TimeAround 29 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama in a single set. Contains strong language and drug abuse.
SynopsisMickey's reached his lowest point, or so he believes. Without his wife, hooked on drugs, in debt to a real villain, he decides he's had enough. But his encounter with Death is not at all what he expected, and it might not be the end.
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Citizen Putrumpkin by Richard Smithson
Published: 27 November 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 69 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act satire on populist politics.
SynopsisIn the Eastern European nation of Subsurbia, government ministers pick famous game show contestant Boris Putrumpkin to be their puppet president. When Boris's idiotic nature almost derails everything, they recruit convict Kiril Dvoynik to be his stand-in. But Kiril has his own plans for power.
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The Twa Sisters by Tom Guest
Published: 24 November 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicLyrics for four (out-of-copyright) Northumbrian folk songs are included in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA grim but well told tale, with some nice moments of black humour. Five locations, but with minimal sets.
SynopsisJealousy and resentment leads Ailsa and Blyth to murder their sister Corinne. But Corinne’s absence doesn't get Blyth the respect she craves from their mother, nor does it win back Duncan for Ailsa.
Based on a North East folk tale, with a backdrop of folk songs from the region.
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The Bath by Jim Hollingsworth
Published: 23 November 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 54 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act comedy, on one set which, despite the title, is the sitting room of a modern but run-down Edwardian house.
SynopsisJohn Pollington is squatting in the house of his wealthy Aunt Aurelia with his girlfriend Lucy. When family come to visit, and Aurelia intends to cut him out of her will, John hides in the bath, playing with his rubber duck. Aurelia tries to haul him out of the bath, leading to an embarrassing incident.
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The Ballet of Fervour or Perhaps Bingo by Jos Biggs
Published: 16 November 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 34 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy-drama set on a stage or in a rehearsal room.
SynopsisA director is sadly disappointed in the calibre of actors available for his masterwork. But though they may not fit the requirements of his play, his assistant happens to have another script they're perfect for - if the director will also act.
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Treasure Island Discs by Hugh Smith
Published: 16 November 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 21 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA funny, fast-paced one-act comedy, loosely based on Stevenson's Treasure Island (with an absurd overlay of BBC Radio's long-running Desert Island Discs).
SynopsisAt The Benbow Inn, Jim Hawkins finds a map showing the location of a collection of vinyl records that have been buried on a desert island. A career in the media awaits if he can find them and choose eight records to take back to a radio studio.
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The Cast Is Die by Peter Robbie
Published: 9 November 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort one-act play with a great self-referential twist on drama about drama. It has some silly comedy while retaining a strong thriller element, and the dialogue is snappy and characterful.
SynopsisFive members of an amateur drama group meet to plan their next production. Tensions, bitchiness and backstabbing abound. Their script is about five members of a drama group, who meet to plan their next production - a meeting which ends in madness and murder. Can the cast bring life to the script or does, as it seems, the script have a life of its own?
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Blue Murder at Gallows Bottom by Paul John Matthews
Published: 6 November 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 57 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act dark comedy with a dry wit and plenty of murder served up. Somewhere between satire and folk horror. Contains language that may be less palatable than the murder.
SynopsisThe village of Gallows Bottom is cut off by a flood and the only place to eat is Monica's Pastie Palace, where outsiders Jack and Mona encounter some very strange locals. Jack comments that this is a good place for a murder, and he turns out to be correct.
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Mum and Jack by S. P. Franksson
Published: 2 November 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 39 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play in a single set. An effective balance of emotional drama and gentle comedy.
SynopsisJack's mum is elderly and losing her memory. He visits her when he can, though he's got his own problems with his job and his girlfriend, who Mum disapproves of.
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The Cottage by John Dowsett
Published: 23 October 2023
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 65 minutes. [Estimated!] The author estimates the run time at 80 minutes.
MusicNone.
StyleA drama set in the 1960s. Structurally in two acts, but on the boundary between one-act and two-act length.
SynopsisAlex’s cottage was once a cosy family home, but since the death of his wife, he’s started to lose his grip on the place. Now his sons see an investment opportunity, if they can persuade him to move out.
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