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| Evil Laugh by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch with no requirements for props or set (although could easily use a desk and a couple of chairs). |
| Synopsis | A job applicant with an unfortunate 'disability' attends an interview.
A sketch from the 'Bright and Shiny Radio Show' collection |
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| Exam Results by Caroline Spencer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Four 18-year-old girls. (Intended to be performed by that age or younger.) |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | Four girls get their 'A-Level' results and though one doesn't get the grades she needed for University, perhaps she's not the one to pity in this subtle and well-observed piece.
(For readers outside England and Wales, 'A-Levels' are the equivalent of High School Graduation in the USA.) |
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| Excalibur - The Pantomime by Ralph Summers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. Characters include a gorilla! |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | All songs at the discretion of the Producer (no suggestions given in the script). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime - jokes, mayhem and magic, including the legendary 'Glastonbury Cabinet'. |
| Synopsis | King Arthur takes Guinevere out into the country to celebrate their wedding anniversary, leaving Lancelot in charge of the Throne and Aunt Philly in charge of the preparations for the party. Excalibur is left in the care of Trainee Knights Sir Endor and Sir Price. The wicked Mordred sneaks into Camelot with a parchment that says the rightful king is whoever sits on the throne holding Excalibur. He tricks the knights and gets the sword, but is foiled by Merlin and his magical cabinet, restoring order just in time for the royal couple's return. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Exercise In Discretion by Geoff Fulford |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 125 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length drama with a single gym rest room setting. |
| Synopsis | Take 5 ladies of varying backgrounds and put them in the rest room at an exercise class. They talk about their lives, their hopes and fears openly and unashamedly. Add into the mix a young, single, male fitness instructor and see what happens. |
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| The Exit Poll by Jim Pinnock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | The farcical comedy of politics. Simple sets. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Three candidates are contesting a by-election, but they all have secrets, most of which come to light before the results are revealed. Can any of them really claim the victory? |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Poster template, illustrated by Dale French, for 'The Exit Poll' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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| Explosion by Liz Dobson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single (kitchen) setting. |
| Synopsis | When a family is being torn apart and parent/teenager relations are at their most tense, will a crisis outside the family home help to repair the situation or will it be too late? |
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| Extended Relations by Eric Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters ages are especially relevant. |
| Run Time | Around 127 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A farce-style comedy, in two acts, with a single set. |
| Synopsis | Hillary has tracked down her birth Mother and has arranged a meeting - after six months of phone calls. Unfortunately for her, her adoptive Mother doesn't take the hint and comes round to visit on the same day. It doesn't help matters when her newly-discovered birth Dad drops by too! |
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| Extra Cream by Michael Pearcy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short, two-handed play, with a simple setting. |
| Synopsis | Housewife Lillian has a milkman Steve - who has called to respond to the note she left for him. In an intriguing interplay between the two, the contents of the note are gradually revealed, as sexual tension ebbs to and fro across the kitchen table. |
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| Extra Time by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters could be female. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play, with a simple set. |
| Synopsis | A student is into the last couple of minutes of his exam time when the new invigilator takes over. Despite exam conditions, the student seems determined to talk, and even test the invigilator on his mathematical skills. |
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| Extraction by S. P. Franksson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fast-paced one-act comedy (somewhere between thriller and farce). |
| Synopsis | Dentist John and his assistant and lover Alice accidentally kill their patient, but when they discover the man was carrying a huge amount of cash, they plot to hide the body and keep it for themselves. Complications arise when Alice's junkie boyfriend shows up, followed by John's suspicious wife. |
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