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| The Comedy of Errors [60-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. Speaking roles - 4M, 4F, 8 either, plus at least 3 non-speaking townspeople. |
| Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors', with every word remaining Shakespeare's.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | Antipholus of Syracuse has come to Ephesus with his servant, Dromio. Unknown to them, their identical twin brothers, also called Antipholus and Dromio, have been living in Ephesus for many years. There is a heap of comic confusion until their true identities are at last revealed. |
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| Corner's Last Case by Martin Ward |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 66 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy whodunnit in two short acts. (In length it's on the boundary between a one-act play and a full-length play.) Three remarkably similar office sets. |
| Synopsis | The legendary, brilliant Inspector Corner is not only up against the dastardly Butcher of Baker Street but also has to contend with his superior the mysterious Superintendent Marsha Mallow. This jolly ripping yarn sees the Inspector solve more than just the murder of Sir Newell Post as he comes up against the Russian Mafia in the shape of the Sodov brothers (one of whom is female). |
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Coronation Fever by Vince Jones
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Character comedy play in two short acts. Single (village hall) set. |
| Synopsis | With the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second only a year away, the village of Wintercourse Frequent must prepare! The Vicar calls together some stalwarts of the village to plan for the big event over two meetings. |
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| Curtain Up! by Adam Croft |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 94 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length comedy, in two acts, with a simple setting. |
| Synopsis | The Gerrysthorpe Amdram group are putting on a new play, but despite finding a cast, they may be in trouble. The village hall is going to be demolished to make way for Waitrose, so the performances have been moved up drastically! |
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| Customer Service by Avis & Herb Hasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Characters are a variety of ages. Many could be played as either gender. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play (on the boundary between a one-act and a full-length play). Single (department store) set. Mildly surreal, bordering on farce, with lots of prop gags. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Just another day in a department store, where a pair of bewildered shop clerks encounter a clown, an accountant, a thief, some very colourful customers and a string of misplaced suitcases... |
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| Cyrano and Roxane by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two tracks are suggested in the producer's script - one to be played in the background at the end of a scene, one to be played from an instrumental recording as a character sings the lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length comedy drama with various settings. |
| Synopsis | A modern reworking of the romantic classic, bringing to life the story of Cyrano de Bergerac - a French soldier known for his poetic skills, bold adventures and large nose - his friend Christian and their love for Roxane. |
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| Daddy Dearest by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 99 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script ends with the cast singing and dancing the Italian wedding song Che La Luna. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length comedy with a single (living/dining room) setting. |
| Synopsis | In this madcap comedy, a dysfunctional, extended American family finds itself stranded by a severe storm. Three generations try to weather the storm as recriminations flow between Harry’s ex-wife and his estranged current wife as well as his son and his wife’s confrontation with their landlord. And then Danny’s father shows up unexpectedly, having 'run away from home'. |
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| Darling Deborah by Peter Harrison |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play in a single set dramatising events from the Diary of Samuel Pepys much in the manner of a Restoration Comedy. |
| Synopsis | A Victorian Transcriber is outlining sections of Samuel Pepys' diary as the events therein are brought to life by Pepys, Mrs Pepys and servant girl Deborah, reflecting the bawdy nature of 17th Century theatre. |
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| Date with Destiny by Karen Doling |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The non-speaking 'barperson' is written female in the script, but could be either. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy (with a touch of romance) in two acts. One simple set in each act - an office and a bar. |
| Synopsis | Mrs White has been running her dating agency for over forty years, but now she's decided to advertise! The new influx of customers get matched up, but the files are dropped and the only clue Mrs White's decisions is her remark 'They all match up as famous couples'... |
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| A Day in the Life by Gary Diamond & Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Wide range of playing ages. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A long one-act (or short full-length) farce. Single set. Contains a small amount of mild swearing and a large amount of fun! |
| Synopsis | A family gather for the reading of a late, but not lamented, step-Father's will. Unsurprisingly, there are surprises in store for the whole bunch. |
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