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The Parking Lot by Peter Anthony Fields |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An easily staged and efficient drama that explores a few different themes. Likeable characters with believable dialogue. |
Synopsis | Three couples - a young woman and a young man, a mother and daughter, and a husband and wife - each experience a major moment of crisis in their lives while sitting in their cars at a (US) shopping mall parking lot. |
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Plain Women, Forgotten Men by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 49 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A trio of short one act plays with single (simple) settings which could be performed separately, or together as a set. |
Synopsis | In 'Baggy Trousers' - elderly Sid relives his youth and poignantly remembers his late wife in conversation with an, at first, uninterested Social Worker. 'Two Left Feet' sees sad divorcee Jo find her salvation from depression, and the approbation of sister Carole on the dance floor. In 'Out of Print' - formerly famous children's book writer Erica - now in her eighties - finds that her works are no longer published, but finds encouragement by a letter from a fan. Each play is available to buy separately. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Playing Out by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. 3 characters are children played by adults. 2 characters are offstage voices only, which can be pre-recorded. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama with no set required. |
Synopsis | Susan Trent, a woman in her seventies, looks back on her childhood in post-war London, and the friends she loved - and hated. Her childish love for Stanley endures throughout her life, despite an early tragedy. And her intense rivalry with Stan's older sister, Sandra, will probably never be resolved. If we could meet our younger selves - just once - what would we say to them? |
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The Pop Man by David Titchener Performances by Tomorrow Productions won awards for Best All-Male Cast & Best Male Performance (Tamworth Hastilow Drama Festival, 2008) and Best Original Play (BFame AETF Festival, 2008) |
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!] (In the original production, part of the run time came from the actors playing darts.) |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play, with a simple - bar - setting. |
Synopsis | Two friends in a pub talk over old times, and one admits something that's been bothering him a lot - is the man he remembers as his dad ACTUALLY his father? Or was it someone else? |
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Potted Austen: Emma by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, covering all of the relevant events and characters with minimal staging requirements. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Potted Austen: Mansfield Park by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Cast size can be reduced to six with some deft doubling. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, covering all of the salient events and characters with minimal staging requirements. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Potted Austen: Northanger Abbey by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. |
Synopsis | A short take on Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, covering all of the relevant events and characters with minimal staging requirements. Cast size can be reduced to six with some meticulous doubling! |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Potted Austen: Pride And Prejudice by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play ideal for schools or classrooms. |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, covering all of the salient events and characters. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Potted Austen: Sense and Sensibility by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, covering all of the important events and characters with minimal staging requirements. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Potted Austen: The Complete Set by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Six bitesize adaptations of Jane Austen's novels. |
Synopsis | A collection of six bitesize dramatic adaptations of Jane Austen's published novels. Each is fast-paced, witty, and amenable to small groups (cast size can be reduced to six with some crafty doubling). |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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