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| In The White Time by Tony Frier |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 25. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 62 minutes. [Estimated!] Structurally in one act, but could be performed as a full evening's entertainment. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A Victorian historical drama, based on a true murder case |
| Synopsis | As a young teenager Mary Wheeler had witnessed her father being convicted and hanged for murder. The trauma resulted in her having intermittent blackouts which she termed her ‘White Time’. Mary invites her lover's mistress Phoebe around one afternoon, leading to her disappearance. Mary is trialled for murder, and only a mysterious letter may reveal the truth of the case. |
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In Whose Eyes? by George Kappaz
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Justice Peter and Abaddon are written male and Gabriella female, but casting that way is not essential. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy for the script suggests a couple of pices to be played over the opening of two of the scenes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act drama in a single, simple courtroom set. Historical images are intended to be projected during the show. The script has two endings, determined by the audience. |
| Synopsis | In a court where everything is at stake, the life and actions in the colourful career of Major Charles Derudio are challenged and defended. Are his reasons for the lives he has taken sufficient to earn forgiveness? His final destination hangs in the balance. |
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| An Inn Spectre Calls by Barry Lambert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy drama with a single (hotel lounge) setting. |
| Synopsis | Geoff and Laura have invited both sets of parents for a meal at a local hostelry to celebrate their engagement, but each one of the party in turn encounters a mysterious woman, whose disturbing revelations provoke a variety of reactions. She bears an uncanny resemblance to Laura's stepfather's first wife, but she died unexpectedly two years ago, so it can't be her! Or can it? |
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| Isaac and Ishmael by Christopher Kent |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful play for a small cast in a single living-room set. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Adam is waiting for the reading of his father's will, but that won't take place until the attorney arrives and Adam's institutionalised brother David is brought to the house. The noises only Adam can hear are scaring him, as does the fear his brother's madness may be genetic... |
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| John's Mother by Helen Boyce |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | Jenny knows that John’s mother isn’t her biggest fan, but when the put-downs and asides get too much, she confides to her best friend that she’d love Diane out of the way. But then Diane dies and the real trouble starts. |
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| John's Wife by Liz Dobson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Characters are four women one of whom appears at the start, another at the end (giving room for doubling). |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. |
| Synopsis | When Chris's happy life is devastated by the accidental death of her beloved Husband, she feels that it has turned into a nightmare. Sara, her good friend tries to convince her that given time, things will improve, but is she correct, or, with the arrival of Maria, is the nightmare just beginning? |
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| Josh's Wall by Ian Elmslie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Teenage cast recommended. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A thought-provoking short play, for GCSE level students. |
| Synopsis | Three friends meet up on Christmas Day to discuss the death of their friend. What does it mean, and why did they not know it was coming? And what would people say about them if they died? |
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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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| Katiana Was Here by Laura Guthrie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Mixed aged cast required for this play. |
| Run Time | Around 77 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful full length play, with numerous scene changes and some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Katiana is a bright and popular schoolgirl, but a small accident reveals a much more serious condition. As Katiana's health declines, her broken family must come together and resolve old issues. The play shows the effect that even a short life can have. |
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