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Pilate's Wife by Julia Lee Dean
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. No formal chorus, but there is an off-stage crowd shouting - either live or recorded.
Run TimeAround 60 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleEaster play (from an unusual perspective), of one-act length but structured in three acts. Three locations, which could be formed as one simple composite set.
SynopsisThe story of Easter week told from the point of view of Pontius Pilate's household. (Mary Magdalene is presented as Pilate's mistress, allowing three very different interpretations of the events as they unfold.)
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The Pilgrim's Progress by Christopher Morgan
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 54. No chorus. Whilst there are fifty-four named roles, with a minimum of around ten, the author believes the optimal cast to be around twenty-two.
Run TimeAround 75 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleAllegorical play, with minimal set requirements and reasonably simple props.
SynopsisA stage adaptation of John Bunyan's allegorical story ('The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come', written in 1678) - the journey of Christian, a pilgrim, through the trials of Earth to the destination of Heaven.
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The Prisoners' Dilemma by Matthew Lynch
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Six main characters and four cameo roles.
Run TimeAround 71 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA drama in two scenes, which could be played as two acts - making it a full length piece, with a single (prison cell) set.
SynopsisA disparate group of strangers are locked in a prison cell, not knowing the reason for their incarceration. They are all put to the test through a series of challenges, some of which could be lethal, and finally seem able to benefit - from finding their inner selves.
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Reasonable Doubt by A.D. Peters
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 65 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StylePlay in two short acts - courtroom drama and crime - the way the jury sees is, and the way it happened.
SynopsisA tense courtroom drama with the prosecutor battling a slick defence lawyer at the murder trial of social misfit Josephine Mason. The second act takes the form of a flashback portraying the murder of which she is accused. We are left with the dilemma of knowing jury's decision before we learn the identity of the murderer. We are then able to evaluate the justice of the verdict, wherein lies the final twist.
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Relationships in Progress by Carl Zeitler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 64 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA collection of six short plays linked by a theme, intended to be performed together, with various simple settings. US English.
SynopsisRelationships in Progress is made up of six short plays portraying various people in relationships we all can relate to: first dates, co-workers, spouses, siblings, and friendship. Whether fun and light, serious and deep, or some combination of those, the characters deal with their relationships with one another as well as the world around them.
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Romeo and Juliet [75-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw
RolesMinimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 75 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA 75-minute abridgement of Shakespeare's tragedy.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but, because all the words are Shakespeare's and therefore out of copyright, performances are royalty-free.)
SynopsisTwo households in Verona are sworn foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows,
do with their death bury their parents' strife.
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Room for Another by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 65 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA well-written 65-minute ensemble drama on a single set, with stories developing naturally for all the characters. Suited to groups with a range of playing ages, with good roles for all.
SynopsisIt's November 1940 and Hitler's bombs are raining down on London. Elsie and her daughter Carrie have their favourite night-time spot on a platform in the Underground - and on two successive nights they welcome a motley group of strangers to join them.
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A Room With A Clue by Matthew Lynch
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 65 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play. Single set (clinical reception area). Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisThis waiting room is a busy place. Eddie has arrived with a damaged arm and is impatient to get the receptionist to get him processed. But then there are the other arrivals, with a range of experiences...
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Scarlett by Robert Scott
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 73 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act, ghost story drama, with a single set.
SynopsisThe passengers from a crashed bus take shelter from a dreadful storm, in an old barn. Unable to find rescue, they huddle together, but one of them is beginning to see visions of her dead sister. Has Scarlett come to haunt Grace, or someone else?
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ExtrasThe following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Sound Effects CD specifically for this show
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The Secret Testament of John Shakespeare by Martin Lytton
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 70 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleHistorical drama (on the boundary between a one-act and a full-length play). Single set. Lots of historical detail amidst a passionate story.
SynopsisWilliam Shakespeare's wife drops in on her in-laws to mind her Father-in-Law while his wife visits a friend. The Informer James Langrake, who was responsible for the fall in Shakespeare senior's fortunes, calls in unannounced and nearly finds evidence to bring death to the household.
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