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| Securing the Sponsor by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst Leonard and the director have masculine names, any of the characters could be played female. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
| Synopsis | For many shows, securing a sponsor to help finance the production is a crucial task. It doesn't always go as well as this... |
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| Seeking Sleeping Beauty by Mark Billen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play, subverting Sleeping Beauty and various other fairytales. |
| Synopsis | Prince Florimund and Nomdeplume are lost in the forest when they meet Lilac the Fairy and learn of the Princess sleeping an enchanted sleep. On their way to rescue her they meet Red Riding Hood, a wicked witch, a vampire and Rapunzel, and some other folks too. |
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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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| Service With A Sneer by Peter May |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirement. |
| Synopsis | A diner has trouble navigating the menu in an upmarket restaurant. The waiter grits his teeth and tries hard to apply the golden rule of service with a smile. |
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| Set to and Build by Peter Appleton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy during which parts of the set are built on-stage - sort of. |
| Synopsis | An AmDram crew meets ahead of the new show to build the set. Arguments over creative vision versus available materials, colours and building techniques, not to mention accidents, strain relations. |
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| The Shakespeare Convention by Christine Harvey (with YAK Drama Camp) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 38. No chorus. There are male and female characters, but in Shakespeare's day, they were all played by men, and there is no reason why the reverse convention should not be applied (or anywhere between the two ectremes). |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play (which might be regarded as a coherent collection of skits) for kids. There's a lot going on, but it doesn't need a complex set. A fun introduction to Shakespeare! |
| Synopsis | Bumbling producer Burbage and his irate associate Iggy have put together a Shakespeare convention, at which the actors perform four plays and a sonnet in a rather unconventional manner. Iggy is out to ruin Burbage, but loses the plot a little towards the end! |
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| Shakespeare Re-imagined by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are written male, but could be feminised if necessary! |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | Playwright Dennis uses inspiration from one of the greats to help with his show titles... |
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| Shakespeare's Last Act by Joan Greening |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Three male characters (so possibly a counterpoint to the three female characters in Joan Greening's Three Women and Shakespeare's Will.) |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Witty one-act comedy play in a single set (and not much of that), with plenty of Shakespeare references and a poignant ending. |
| Synopsis | Shakespeare is working on his final play, Henry VIII, collaborating with John Fletcher. The working relationship is tetchy. Shakespeare's friend, Richard Burbage, assumes he will get the lead, but Fletcher has other ideas. Shakespeare comes up with a plot to get his friend the part. |
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| Shakespeare's Women by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Four on-stage characters plus four phone voices (which could be recordings). |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy play. |
| Synopsis | Best-selling author, acknowledged world authority on Shakespeare and totally irresistible to women, Herbie has the world at his feet. Or rather, he did, until three mysterious visitors arrive late at night with a mind-blowing offer... |
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| Sherbet Lemons and Bon Bons by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch set in a sweet shop. |
| Synopsis | Pat and her daughter Janet are buying sweets in an old fashioned sweet shop. Pat expects everything to be old fashioned and voices her opinions. |
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| Sherlock Holmes and The Beast of Bingley Moor by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Characters include Woofer, the dog and The Speckled Band (a musical group whose role is to play three ominous chords). For the rest, the producer's copy of the script contains some guidance as to who might play which. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Family show (an alternative to British Pantomime) in two acts, treating Conan Doyle's famous creation to merciless parody. Multiple locations, but minimal sets intended. |
| Synopsis | The (self-proclaimed) World's Greatest Detective sets off with Watson in tow to discover who has been thieving from the larder of Doome-Layden Hall, but the pair find more than they’d bargained for when the run into the Beast of Bingley Moor. |
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