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Judicial Review of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus by Geoff Fulford |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama with a single (courtroom) setting. |
Synopsis | A judicial review debates the death and resurrection of Jesus using attorneys and contemporary witnesses, some present at the crucifixion, along with interested parties. |
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Just Fifteen Minutes by Tony Frier |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act historical drama with several simple scenes. |
Synopsis | Just fifteen minutes is how long it takes someone to die from strychnine poisoning. It's this method by which Doctor Thomas Cream disposed of his victims. Cream goes from fresh McGill graduate to a cornered criminal in this recounting of the life of the notorious 'Lambeth Poisoner', whose crimes stretched from Montreal to Chicago and London. |
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The Killing Of Richard by Roger Mathewson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 77 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A two act drama with a single (rehearsal stage) set. |
Synopsis | Casting is in progress for Shakespeare's Richard III. Obnoxious leading actor Richard is auditioning for the part of King Richard, in opposition to Harry Richmond. In a subtle mirroring of the Bard's work we witness Richard's end. |
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Lennon and Buddy by Clive David Lloyd Williams |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 41 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama on two (living room/backstage) sets. |
Synopsis | Buddy Holly and the Crickets perform at the London Palladium, and in Liverpool, John Lennon sees the performance on a friend’s TV set. He boasts that his band will surpass Buddy Holly. |
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Limbo Café by Stewart Boston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. 3 voices are offstage characters, and could be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 52 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A two act satirical fantasy drama in a one act length, various settings. |
Synopsis | Hard-headed Canadian businessman Michael and his currency-market speculator partner Joan, are killed in a car crash. In their attempts to vacate Limbo their lives are put on trial - by figures from history, to determine their future. They find that Hell has no limits. |
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Lions Versus Elephants by Graham Dillistone |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. 4 onstage characters (2M, 2F), plus 5 (2M, 3F) who are voice only and may be pre-recorded. |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length comedy, presented as three acts, on a single (living room) set. |
Synopsis | Bernard follows the book 'Man is a lion, woman is an elephant', but his dinner guests Gerald, Ann and Peggy will test his beliefs. Gerald and Ann’s marriage falls apart, Peggy preys on both men, and Bernard misses the simple life. |
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The Loft by James Brosnahan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play, with plenty of challenges for the actors! (Contains mild swearing.) |
Synopsis | An apartment building (the Loft of the title) is scheduled for demolition, and shares a few of the stories he has witnessed before the button is pressed. |
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Love by John Collings |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. The chorus of dancers is optional. |
Run Time | Around 44 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act romantic comedy drama with a single multi-functional set. |
Synopsis | A young girl dreams of finding real love and breaking away from her dominant mother. |
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Missing by Sue Bevan Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Voices of 7 parents may be off stage or recorded. |
Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A gritty one act play for youth theatre. |
Synopsis | Tom's run away from home but finds he's spent his first night on Lizzie's 'turf'. Is she going to help him, or take his stuff? Perhaps Lizzie's idea of helping Tom isn't the same as his... |
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Natterjack by John Peel |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Rod is an off-stage voice and therefore might be doubled or recorded. |
Run Time | Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play - at its heart, a drama of practical politics, but leavened with plenty of comedy. |
Synopsis | A shed by a river has become home to a tramp. When he discovers that plans to build a bridge put his home under threat, he engages with politicians, engineers and a barrister. Chaos ensues, and a visit from the Minister for Transport spectacularly fails to improve the situation. |
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