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| Dave, Who's Dave? by Robin Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play, with a single (studio apartment) set. |
| Synopsis | Jessica is appalled when Dave walks into her twenty-first century apartment demanding that she leaves, as it belongs to him. She is confused when he claims that the year is 1946, and that Phyllis, his cleaning lady supports that claim. Dave declares that he works at the police station... But who is this unwelcome guest and what is he really up to? |
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| Dawn Of A New Day by Richard Hills |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | During the second world war a disparate group of people find themselves entering an amorphous place, somewhere between life and death. Meaningful relationships develop as they await their destiny and the futility of war becomes clear. |
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| Dawn of Remembrance by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A nicely written single-set short with a good handle on the tragedies of war and how they affect the mind. |
| Synopsis | Two soldiers in France, during World War 2, discuss what they have been through and what they miss about home, ruminating on how war has changed them forever. |
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Day of Days by Allan Williams
'Day of Days' was Finalist at the British All Winners One-Act festival, July 2012, on the way to which the production picked-up numerous awards including Best Play, Best Actor and Best Individual Performance. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Single domestic set (which can be done with minimal staging.) Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Maggie has some news for Tom. Unexpected news. News of his long-distant past - a time he has forgotten, or perhaps he wanted to forget... |
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De-Friend by Shari Gledhill
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 15-minute monologue with an insightful and humourous take on social media addiction, leading to a nicely grim punchline. |
| Synopsis | Brian is a middle-aged man trying to navigate the world of social media. His mood turns from enthusiastic to thrilled to devastated. Someone has de-friended him and he is desperate to work out who it is. |
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| Dead Air 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 58 minutes. [Estimated!] Performance anticipated to be one act length. |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes a suggestion for an opening song. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A non-interactive Murder Mystery in two acts, with the performance anticipated to be one act length. |
| Synopsis | It is 1965 and obnoxious and demanding radio star Oscar learns that his show is to be axed, pushing his nastiness to even greater levels. There are many suspects for his inevitable murder and the investigation takes many turns. |
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| Dead Lucky by Nigel Holloway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Zack, the TV compere, never appears on stage, so could be a series of recordings. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, satirising game shows. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Clive and Bonnie are competing in a global reality tv talent show, but how far are they prepared to go for the ultimate prize - being cryogenically frozen until the prize fund exceeds any fortune in the world? |
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| The Dead Shepherd by Robert Pope and Ian Dixon Potter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Bowing to historical accuracy, twelve of the characters are male, but cast them how you like! |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An intriguing full-length historical drama. Contains Shakespearean gore. |
| Synopsis | The events which led to the murder of Christopher Marlowe are recounted through the eyes of his friend and artistic collaborator, William Shakespeare. After Marlowe invites Shakespeare to the meetings of Sir Walter Raleigh's 'School of Night', Marlowe's heretical writings and loud public demeanour attract the attention of Sir Robert Cecil, who begins plotting to silence the playwright. |
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| Dead True by Geoff Rose-Michael |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act thriller with a single living room setting. Originally published September 2016, revised December 2018. |
| Synopsis | Jan was the main suspect in a murder case in the past but was acquitted. Ghost writer Kim is helping Jan to write a memoir of her experiences and soon finds herself subjected to a horrifying ordeal at Jan’s hands. |
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| Deadline by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama on a single set. |
| Synopsis | A writer of scathing theatre reviews is held to account by a playwright who feels one such review has ruined his life. |
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