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Careless Talk by Hugh Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch - a parody verging on the surreal. Set on a railway station, but really doesn't need any set. |
Synopsis | Two wartime spies meet at a railway station and talk nonsense. |
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The Cat and the Dog by Victor Callen |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | This is, essentially, a talking heads piece, but since the heads are those of a cat and a dog, the comedy could be enhanced by costume or make-up. (Some animal content.) |
Synopsis | A simple conversation piece between a cat and a dog about the relative merits and disadvantages of their places in life and the household. |
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The Cat Club by Dominique Vaughan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. All the characters are cats (anthropomorphised and inhabiting a very human environment). |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play - a comedy and character piece with a single bar-room set. |
Synopsis | A group of cats meet up at their regular haunt to share some sad news about one of their number. They remember her fondly (in the main) and decide how they will go on. |
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Caught Out by Steve Shaw |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute comedy play. Single, simple set. |
Synopsis | Two burglars break into Mrs. Forester-Brown's House, but their noise attracts attention. Meanwhile, Mrs. Forester-Brown's husband has gone missing... |
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Celebrating Saint Patrick's by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play. Single pub set. |
Synopsis | Larry is out to celebrate Saint Patrick's day, but his drinking partner is a little unexpected. |
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Chair of Truth - Lance Boyle by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in a Television Chat Show Studio (which is just a couple of comfy chairs and a coffee table). |
Synopsis | Chair of Truth interviewer Chris P. Bacon in conversation with champion haddock juggler Lance Boyle. |
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Chair of Truth - Sir Neville Greville by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in a Television Chat Show Studio (which is just a couple of comfy chairs and a coffee table). |
Synopsis | Chair of Truth interviewer Chris P. Bacon in conversation with vereran fighter pilot Sir Neville Greville |
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Chair of Truth - Tabitha Tritt by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in a Television Chat Show Studio (which is just a couple of comfy chairs and a coffee table). |
Synopsis | Chair of Truth interviewer Chris P. Bacon explores the disordered life of heiress Tabitha Tritt. |
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Charlie's Last Lap by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters written male, but Charlie, the ventriloquist's dummy, could be played by a girl dressed as a boy. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Simple set - a chair. From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | A ventriloquist settles down to watch Match of the Day, accompanied, as usual, by his dummy. |
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Charmed I'm Sure by Kate Phimy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. An eighty-year-old lady and her carer (a young lady in her twenties). |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play - light comedy but with plenty of opportunity to develop character. Single set (minimal indications of an old lady's living room). |
Synopsis | Jess has called in on Winifred to see how she's getting on and show off her engagement ring. Winifred is pleased, as Jess is a better carer than that awful Vera... They talk about life, the future and, of course, Winifred's pet, Basil. |
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