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| Tiger, Tiger by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length farce. Single set - a private lounge in a Dartmoor holiday lodge - with plenty of entrancesand exits. Contains (mild) swearing.
First published September 2010, Revised November 2015. |
| Synopsis | Sir Maynard Bullivant, MP, arranges a quiet weekend with Judge Dorothy Tranter at Beacon Tor Lodge in deepest Devon. The planne romatic trist is derailed by Dorothy's need to prepare a case, and Maynard's unxepected appointment to the Cabinet.
There's also the matter of an old flame of Maynard's arriving with a bag of stolen diamonds, which she expects Maynard to smuggle for her - a bit tricky, since henow has a Civil Service minder and a Special Branch Protection Officer monitoring his every move. Then there's the ex-con, the ambitious cub reporter and... oh yes, an escaped tiger.
Now, did someone mention a quiet weekend? |
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Tilapia by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
Tilapia was named Finalist in the Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition in 2009. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are middle-aged or above. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy play. Single dinner table set (only needs to be indicative). |
| Synopsis | An elegant couple discuss their meal, the recent past and some very peculiar events that took place during an abortive dinner party that very evening.
What the protagonists don't understand soon becomes clear to the audience! |
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A Time for Farewells by Damian Trasler
Winner of the Author's Award, RAFTA One-Act Play Festival, 2003 & (amongst other things) the Buckhaven Trophy [Best Moment of Theatre] SCDA festival 2008. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Serious, touching play. One act, one simple set. [Includes mild swearing] |
| Synopsis | As they dress for a social event that will mark the end of their married life together, Sarah and Alex review their relationship to find out what brought them to this point. |
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| Time Telescope by Kitty Harper |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Two pairs of roles are written to be doubled. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A 1990s pop track is required as opening music. The producer's copy of the script gives a suggestion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short drama with a single (classroom) setting. |
| Synopsis | Opposed to one another in their youth, Amy and Brian reminisce at their High School reunion and, in a time-slip sequence, relive a painful memory from the night of the leavers’ ball as they reflect on how their lives have turned out. |
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Time Travel Agent by Tony Domaille
Best Seller Winner 2018 international Pint Size Plays script writing competition |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a single (travel agent shop) setting. |
| Synopsis | Brian would like to book a time travel holiday, but can't decide where and when to go. Meanwhile, Mr Jennings arrives back from his holiday with complaints. |
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| Time Will Tell by Jamie Hope |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two human characters and a dog. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch set at a service counter (which is the only essential set). |
| Synopsis | Mrs Striker has a problem with her alarm clock. However, after taking it to the receiving office for domestic emergencies, she soon has a problem with Mrs Whacker, who keeps offering solutions to problems she doesn't have. |
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Tinkling on the Piano by Frank Gibbons
Production by Lochcarron ADS wom the Charlie Rennie Memorial Quaich (Comedy Award) and the Lochalsh Cup for overall runners up in the South West Ross District of the SCDA festival, 2018. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy. |
| Synopsis | A group of older people share a lounge in a short-stay convalescent home. The situation soon creates lots of questions, not least who is secretly tinkling on the piano and why is poor Snowy the cat blamed for all the mishaps? |
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| The Tinmaster's Tale by Mike Sparks |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script suggests the option of one song at the end of the piece. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play (with an optional suggested song) for Passiontide, using a mixture of biblical sources and British legend. |
| Synopsis | Soon after the execution of certain Nazarene, an Innkeeper is woken by a woman looking for her husband, who works for Joseph of Arimathea. It transpires that Joseph has taken the man with him to Britain, seeking to escape the animosity of the other Sanhedrin members. |
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| Tiny House by John Passadino |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Bernice is (male to female) transgender. How you cast this depends on your company. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act in a single split-level set.. A comedy drama with a surreal edge. US English. |
| Synopsis | Three old friends are trying to get their lives back on track by returning to their days of sharing a house - in this case, a tiny house in the wilds of New York State. But lots of things have changed and the house is very tiny. |
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| Tissues and Wine by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Single domestic setting. Set in Australia, though the situation is universal, and it could easily be moved. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | Sonia has just caught her husband having an affair, and has retreated to her mother's house for solace. That's not quite what she gets when Julia, the nosey neighbour, invites herself over to share in the bottle of wine and the advice. |
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