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We're All Dead by Jonathan Edgington
Selected for and performed (by Precipice Productions) at Stockwell Playhouse's 2019 One Act Playwriting Festival in London where it received a 'Highly Commended' award. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Two of the male characters should look alike. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act ghostly drama with multiple settings (arranged by the actors). With adult themes and strong language.
First published in 2013, revised edition published 2019. |
| Synopsis | With time shifting between the present day and 1973, Russ and Rachel experience life changing events brought about by Russ's encounter with his younger self. |
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| What If It's True? by Peter Marshall and Mark Seaman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. Four principal characters plus chorus (so the minimum of 6 would use a very small chorus, where larger would be preferable). |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script comes with piano/vocal scores to 11 original songs. |
| Style | One-act musical with a very direct Christian message. No real set requirements - a few stage blocks plus a few props to indicate locations. |
| Synopsis | Chris and Kathy Blake are a young couple who embark on married life together with all its traditional demands. Like so many others, they feel that together they are invincible and secure from the challenges and temptations of the outside world. For a while they get on with their new roles of Mr and Mrs, eventually starting a family and not looking beyond their own immediate comfort and needs. However, when their relationship comes under pressure through Chris's excessive social drinking and infidelity the cracks begin to show... |
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** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| Whatever Happened To Old Miss Weere by Richard Hills |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One male character has an offstage vocal part |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama, set in the single location of a bar at the Rose and Crown. |
| Synopsis | Some of the regulars have gathered in the Rose and Crown, and conversation turns to old Miss Weere. She hasn’t been seen about for a few weeks, not even coming in for her usual drink. Perhaps they should call the police? |
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| Will at the Tower by Pete Hartley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Five principals plus a chorus of singers. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The dialogue is interwoven with multiple instances of five original songs. |
| Style | Period drama. Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | A story (based on a local tradition) of Catholicism in the reign of Elizabeth 1st. The Jesuit priest, Edmund Campion pays a clandestine visit to Hoghton Tower in Lancashire with a young Will Shakespeare in tow. They observe the life of the house as the new lady of the manor tries to marry off the daughter of the previous lord. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Yard Sale by Michael Paul |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Two main characters plus six others who could be played by two people. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single set. |
| Synopsis | Mark and Julie are holding a yard sale, but having strangers rummaging through their possessions brings some darker thoughts and feelings to light, and it's not long before their marriage is at crisis point. |
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| You Can't Take It With You by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The solicitor is named Sam and could be Samuel or Samantha. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy with a blend of pathos and mirth. Single domestic set (from which most of the furniture and effects have been removed!) Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Expecting a windfall bequest after their 'beloved' Uncle Fred's death, avaricious sisters Carol and Pauline descend on his house to claim the spoils. Their hopes are dashed when they discover that someone has beaten them to it and the house is empty. The will reading increases their frustration as their bequests fail to meet expectations. |
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