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| Great Moments in History, Number 1 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical skit in three short scenes. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | The Norman Conquest. Up-to-the-minute news reports from the Battle of Hastings, using state-of-the-art news-gathering tapestry... |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 2 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical skit in one short scene. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) Contains mild swearing and a telescope. |
| Synopsis | The Spanish Armadillo. A Lady finds a fully paid-up Fool on look-out duty. |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 3 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Script includes a parody of the title song from Oklahoma. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Musical skit, parodying the creative process! (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | The Rogers and Frankenstein Story! Richard Rogers and his collaborator, Oscar Frankenstein III, ponder the creation of a new Broadway musical, whilst eating pizza. |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 4 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. 1 (female) Angel and Three Shepherds |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute skit. Contains mild swearing. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | Christmas - The Untold Story. In which an angel takes a wrong turning... |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 5 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Five-minute sketch. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | The Sinking of the Titanic. Observed, with stiff-upper-lip, by two elderly gentlemen and by a steward. |
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| The Greatest Invention In History by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Scientist is a gender-neutral description. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch, no set, just a few props. (For those who don't have a matter transporter handy, teleportaion/materialisation may be represented by a sound effect.) |
| Synopsis | A scientist about to reveal his world-changing invention has a number of unexpected interrupting visitors. |
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| Grecian Cat by Erica Glenn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A snappy short play about four twenty-somethings. One set (the kitchens of two adjoining apartments). |
| Synopsis | Amber's Grecian cat figurine guards the front of her apartment and she believes it guards her fortune too, so when her new neighbour crushes it with his car, she wants revenge. The two adversaries and their roommates learn a lot about each other and themselves. |
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Greece! - The Musical by Sue Gordon
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. This could be performed in Ancient Greek style, with three actors playing all the principal parts, or the principal roles could be shared amongst a larger company. The Greek chorus comments on the action, individually, in unison (chant) or in song. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for six original songs supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Modern version of Ancient Greek drama with a humorous interpretation of Greek myths and legends. No set requirements, few props. The text is identical to Greece! - The Play, except that some of the chants are replaced by songs. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble on Mount Olympus - the boiler has stopped working and Zeus isn't getting any hot water. Zeus is in a temper and Dionysus has a hangover. It's up to Hera to sort things out by calling for Heracles, the odd job man of Ancient Greece... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** CD with instrumental backing tracks for each of the six songs (plus reprises) from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** CD with sung tracks for each of the six songs from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** Zip file containing instrumental backing tracks for each of the six songs (plus reprises) from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** Zip file of sung tracks for each of the six songs from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
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| Greece! - The Play by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. This could be performed in an Ancient Greek style, with three actors playing all the principal parts, or the principal roles could be shared out amongst a larger company. The Greek chorus comments on the action, individually or in unison. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Modern version of Ancient Greek drama with a humorous interpretation of Greek myths and legends. No set requirements, few props. The text is identical to Greece! - The Musical, except that some of the chants are replaced by songs. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble on Mount Olympus - the boiler has stopped working and Zeus isn't getting any hot water. Zeus is in a temper and Dionysus has a hangover. It's up to Hera to sort things out by calling for Heracles, the odd job man of Ancient Greece... |
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| The Grilling by Barry Lambert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch for two people and a pub table. |
| Synopsis | Flamboyant actor Gregory Walton sits in a pub hoping to be recognised by fans. He is approached by Ms Price, but discovers she is no fan when she starts to interrogate him about his past activities. |
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