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| Family Spirit by Pat Wollaston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Play in two acts (in length, somewhere on the boundary between a one-act play and a full-length - that is to say, another shorter piece could be fitted in the same program if desired). Single domestic set. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | When Arthur dies, he's a little surprised to find that he's still in his old house. His guide angel, Simon, explains that he's being assessed to determine which way he goes next, but there are a few complications between Arthur's funeral and his final destination. |
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| Family Ties by Mark Seaman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. All characters are adults, with a range of ages. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length drama in three acts. Single domestic set. Contains swearing, intolerance and other forms of familial behaviour. |
| Synopsis | It's Ted's sixtieth birthday and Doris has planned a family get together. Son Ian and his wife Sally only live down the road, but Paul has been living away in London, and doesn't get on with his Dad. It was always going to be tough, but Paul lets slip a devastating secret. |
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| Family Vacation by Brooklyn Fredrickson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. The roles are a mix of adults and children, but the style would suit a school or large youth theatre company. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy in a single (tropical beach) set. (US English.) |
| Synopsis | Stan has taken his family on an exotic vacation, but his daughter is heartbroken, his son is petrified of sharks, and his wife won’t stick to the itinerary. The whole family have to learn to relax, or they’ll need another vacation. |
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| A Fantastic Feat of Muscular Manipulation by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The main character is the strong and silent type! All the words are spoken by the Music Hall chairman. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch for a Music Hall. |
| Synopsis | A Victorian strongman performs a feat never before attempted on the Music Hall stage. |
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| Fantasy Games by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written as two children and their mother, but this is a comedy sketch, and could be equally funny played by all adults or all kids. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short skit. Single (minimal) set, but would be best costumed. |
| Synopsis | Two teenage online gaming addicts are hassled to do their daily chores by their mother. |
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| Far Away and Long Ago by Shari Gledhill |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An emotional script with well-written dialogue that allows exploration of issues such as PTSD and family relationships without becoming overly sentimental. Good, thoughtful representation of deafness. |
| Synopsis | Harry, a homeless and deaf war veteran, intervenes when he sees Val being mugged at the bus stop. Harry is injured and so Val invites him home. But the arguments between Val's family cause great stress to Harry, which is worsened when Harry meets teenage Katie's new boyfriend. |
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| Fashion School by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | It's the first evening of fashion school and the tutor is putting the new students through their paces. |
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| Fast and Furious by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. A customer, a helpdesk operator and a voiceover (which could be recorded) |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch requiring a couple of desks.
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | A computer user tries to get help with a technical problem. |
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The Fat Of The Land by Richard James
20% of the authors royalties from this play will be donated to The Alzheimer's Society. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 93 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length farcical comedy, based upon an idea by Gerry Anderson. |
| Synopsis | Second son Peter has inherited the crumbling stately pile but none of the money, which has gone to his brother. Peter, faced with the prospect of selling the delapidated home, is determined to restore the house to its former glory. The buyer turns out to be his elder brother Andrew who has designs on turning the ancestral home into his new corporate HQ. Peter makes a last ditch attempt to make the Manor profitable and so Merridale Spa is born, playground of the rich and gullible. |
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Father's Day by Allan Williams
Awarded the Crawshay Cup for best original script at the 2011 All Wales Finals. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two pieces of music are suggested in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act drama, with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Old soldier Harris is being cared for by daughter Alice, who is concerned about leaving him alone as she goes on a much needed holiday. Harris is confronted by a young visitor - Jamie, who is intent on robbing him, but soon finds he is up against a doughty old soldier. |
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