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Plan B by Robert Scott
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play, set in an accident and emergency waiting area. |
| Synopsis | Richie's had a bit of an accident while preparing the anniversary dinner, and he and his wife Susan are now waiting in the A&E department. Susan is more than a little disappointed, but perhaps some words from the eccentric Belinda will help? |
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| The Play Of The Year by John Peel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One M and one F voice are offstage, could be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 66 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy, with a fairly simple set. |
| Synopsis | The committee tasked with choosing the winner of the 'Play of the Year' competition really has their work cut out, and they also have to contend with being both helped and hindered by the building janitor and tea lady. A comedy drama with twists - which may keep the audience misled until the last moment! |
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| Playing Around by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, set (very simply) on a golf course and in the clubhouse. |
| Synopsis | Andy, Colin and Ian are golfing, but Ian is having a terrible round, made worse by the others' helpful comments. And the following week, Andy is agonising about how to tell Ian that he's not really been womanising, but seeing Ian's own daughter, and they want to marry. |
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| Playing With Elvis by James Skivington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (garden) setting. |
| Synopsis | Musicians John and Michelle have retired from showbusiness and taken up gardening. Their peace is interrupted by their old singing partner, the alcoholic Alec, who has news of a possible comeback. Comedy and pathos mingle as they consider their options. |
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| Pluck by George Freek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act period farce. Single set (the office of a 1900 Midwest department store). Few props. |
| Synopsis | Oliver is a successful department store owner who is disenchanted with his marriage (his check book tells him so) and he's looking for an outlet for his affections. His roving eye falls upon Isabella, a newly arrived immigrant who - unknown to him - is the former girlfriend of his store manager - that same store manager who Oliver is trying to marry-off to his wife's sister. All the ingredients of a classic farce, played out in 25 minutes. |
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The Point of the Pyramid - Musical by Sue Gordon
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Thirteen speaking roles with lots of supporting players (with a lot of scope for doubling). The songs need three or four soloists and a chorus or choir. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music (piano and vocal) for six original songs. |
| Style | One-act historical, educational, musical comedy mystery! (What more could you want?) A story of intrigue in Ancient Egypt with a lot of period detail (suitable for the Key Stage 2 history syllabus) snuck in! |
| Synopsis | Someone is plotting against the Pharaoh! On a visit to the construction site of his much-delayed pyramid, his life is threatened by a falling stone. Luckily, Baki, one of the slave builders, saves the Pharaoh and is rewarded with his freedom. Then Baki learns that the Pharaoh has had four food-tasters poisoned in the last three weeks. Can he save the Pharaoh's life again? |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** CD with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon.
** CD of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.)
** Zip file with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon.
** Zip file containing MP3s of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.)
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| The Point of the Pyramid - Play by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Thirteen speaking roles with lots of supporting players (with a lot of scope for doubling). |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | School play - a one-act educational comedy thriller! (What more could you want?) A story of intrigue in Ancient Egypt with a lot of period detail (suitable for the Key Stage 2 history syllabus) snuck in! |
| Synopsis | Someone is plotting against the Pharaoh! On a visit to the construction site of his much-delayed pyramid, his life is threatened by a falling stone. Luckily, Baki, one of the slave builders, saves the Pharaoh and is rewarded with his freedom. Then Baki learns that the Pharaoh has had four food-tasters poisoned in the last three weeks. Can he save the Pharaoh's life again? |
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| Poison by David Neale |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Two middle-aged men. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Thriller with elements of black comedy. Single interior set. |
| Synopsis | Dennis isn't expecting a visitor, but Archie has something to tell him. Intending to poison his own wife, Archie has been making toxic flapjacks. Sadly, Susan has been giving them away to Dennis, so he's the one who's going to die. But it's an odder day than that for both men.
One room, two men, one way to die! |
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| The Politics Of Bendy by Jim Pinnock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 39 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act political farce in a single setting. |
| Synopsis | Godfrey was hoping Charles would hand him the leadership of the opposition, leaving him a dead cert for Prime Minister, but now Charles has decided to hang on and Godfrey's wife is looking more like Lady Macbeth. |
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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 Politics of Bendy' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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| Pond Life by Nettie Baskcomb Brown |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two well-known songs are suggested for inclusion, with alternative lyrics provided for one of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Quirky one-act comedy for young actors, with songs and potential to use puppets. |
| Synopsis | Over one summer a newly planted pond becomes inhabited by a variety of amphibians and plants, but this delicately balanced ecosystem is threatened by an influx of new creatures. Will the ‘Newpond’ residents fight to retain their quiet way of life or is there another way to deal with this crisis? |
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