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| The Gloves Are Off by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama with a single (kitchen) setting. |
| Synopsis | What looks like marital bliss to the outside world is a facade to a hidden world of domestic violence, one that Jack and Natalie live with every day. |
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| Going Digital by E. C. Chapman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A monologue set in an armchair surrounded by remote controls. |
| Synopsis | Patricia, in her eighties, struggles to adapt to the increasingly complex technology which threatens to leave her generation behind. |
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| Good Enough by Karen Ankers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A hard-hitting one act drama |
| Synopsis | Single mother Janine struggles desperately with severe lack of confidence brought about by the derogatory voices of her parents, ex-husband and son which she relives in her head. These voices are played out on stage. |
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| The Great Outdoors by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act drama with a single (older teenage boy's bedroom) setting. |
| Synopsis | Set in the future, we see the consequences of the present-day trend of young people retreating to a virtual world, brought to life in this acerbic look at how society may develop into an Orwellian world. |
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| Guilt by Robbie Flowers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One of the characters is nominally a child, but the role is unlikely to be within the range of many children of the appropriate age. The author suggests that it should be played with 'an obvious air of innocence'. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short emotional, possibly edgy, play. Minimal set, but a significant prop (a chest). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Angela is suffering for something she did. Until she agrees to talk about it, Sally won't let her out of the box. As Angela opens up, we find that Sally has more than a passing involvement in Angela's suffering. |
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| Hamlet auf Deutsch by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. As usual with Shakespeare, the characters are predominantly male. Of course, casting against gender is open to the production. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet aimed at students learning German. To enable such a short version, a narrator sets the scenes. All speeches, including narration, in German (but directions in English). |
| Synopsis | Einige verkürzte Szenen auf Deutsch von Shakespeares Hamlet.
A ghost walks the ramparts of Elsinore castle demanding revenge. Hamlet's uncle has siezed the throne. Will Hamlet take arms against a sea of troubles?
Sein oder Nichtsein - Das ist hier die Frage. |
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| Hearts and Minds by E. C. Chapman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue, set in a Northern Irish kitchen. |
| Synopsis | Ulsterman Michael grew up in the Troubles and fears his beloved Belfast has failed to learn the lessons of the past. |
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| Holding Up A Mirror by Wally Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute play. No set requirements (unless three chairs count as a set - in this case, I would count them as props). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A discussion about theatre and the nature of drama... but are you watching them, or are they watching you? |
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| I Really Need This Job by Iris Winston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage female characters and the off-stage voice of the male would-be employer. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama exploring issues younger and older women face in the world of work. Set in Canada (but permissible change of a word or two could put it anywhere else). |
| Synopsis | A new graduate and an older woman, who's been out of the job market for a number of years, have applied for the same job and meet while they are waiting to be interviewed. Will either be employed? |
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| I'm Not One To Gossip But... by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | Brenda has met up with her old friend Sharon for lunch and a friendly gossip at Phillip's café. Through the gossip, a few skeletons in Phillip's cupboard are revealed. |
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