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| Rustics by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of four sketches. No set requirements, simple props (and only two of those). The sketches could be presented together, or could be used separately (for example as front-of-curtain interludes in a sketch show). |
| Synopsis | Two local yokels discuss whatever comes to mind! |
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| Sad Angel by Robert Foylan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama set in a park. |
| Synopsis | Grace is walking in the park, preparing herself for a dramatic moment in her life, when she meets a sad-looking man. He seems to know a lot about her and her life, but could he really be her guardian angel? |
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| Samaritans, Can I Help You? by Brendan Williams |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, dealing with a disturbing subject. Single simple set, simple props. Contains swearing and sexual themes. |
| Synopsis | A man in torment over a love affair calls the one organisation he feels might listen without prejudice. |
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| Sand to the Egyptians by JPS Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Basically a two-hander (Samantha is the minor role). |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play with a neat twist. Two sets, but both can be done minimally. |
| Synopsis | James is at a speed dating event, and Natalie has just made it to his table. He's easy to talk to and she's soon telling him a great deal, but then, he's a Police negotiator, so that's not really surprising, is it? |
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| Santa and Elf by John Furse |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Elf is written female but could be played by a male. The disembodied voice (making Post Office announcements) is assumed to be recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play in a single (Post Office) set. |
| Synopsis | The Giggleton Post Office has to get a sack of mail off to the Sorting Office ASAP - it’s kids' letters to Santa. Little do they know that Santa himself is on hand to collect the sack, if his Elf assistant can stop causing traffic accidents! |
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Santa School by Louise Wade
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Characters include adults, elves and children. Who actually plays the roles is up to you! |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs (for which lyrics are embedded in the script). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Fun family entertainment for the Christmas period, which puts Santa into an original situation that avoids the clichés while fitting in lots of songs. |
| Synopsis | Santa's test of a new sleigh has resulted in a crash, and while he waits for the recovery team of elves to arrive, he ambles off to investigate a Santa School. Can the real Santa pass muster for a corporation Santa at Toyland? |
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| Sarah by Mark Seaman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Pat and Sarah are 21 but the actors also play them as children. Pat's parents change age in step with her. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A touching, well-crafted one act play that uses monologues and flash-backs to achieve a fine balance between sensitivity and sentimentality as the story of Pat's relationship with her father and her friend Sarah unfolds. Single set. Mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Pat is about to mark her twenty first birthday in a very different way. Her best friend Sarah will be there, but this year their relationship will change and things will never be the same again, for either of them, as the true nature of their friendship is revealed. |
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| Sassenach by Ronnie Dykstra |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Eleven roles (plus two actors who play themselves before taking on characters), designed to be playable by a cast of three plus a cameo from the director. |
| Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A spoof 'English' Macbeth based shamelessly on Shakespeare's tragedy, stealing many of his famous words and taking disgraceful liberties. One-act, single set (largely a living room). |
| Synopsis | When a witch prophesises that Arthur Robinson could become chairman of the bath plug manufacturer he works for, his wife Samantha coerces him into speeding the process along by having his boss clobbered with a saucepan. His subsequent rise to power is hindered by the blood on their hands and rival employee Andrew Duff. |
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| Saving Grace by Len Cuthbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. If using minimum cast numbers, re-assigning lines is recommended. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script makes suggestions for three songs. One of them is, of course, 'Amazing Grace'. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act drama with optional music. |
| Synopsis | Set in a Canadian High School, this play was inspired by the life of John Newton, the writer of 'Amazing Grace'. It tells of the arrival of a new student and the life-changing effect she has on her fellow students. |
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| Saving The Planet, Maybe by Eric Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. All characters are high school students aged thirteen plus. |
| Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play suitable for youth theatre, with a simple set. |
| Synopsis | Allison has written a play she's planning to direct, but her cast are a mixed bunch - either too professional or not nearly professional enough. Her would-be boyfriend David is on hand to help, but real environmental issues get in the way of this play about environmental issues. |
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