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O, What A Lovers' War! by Karen Ince |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Optional numbers of non-speaking women and soldiers. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama, evoking times of the First World War, in various settings. |
Synopsis | A story of love during the Great War, told through a series of vignettes, looking at the Home Front through the lives of two families from different social classes - for whom the conflict has parallel effects. |
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Over the Top by Geoff Parker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama set in a First World War trench. |
Synopsis | As a seasoned sergeant and a young recruit wait for the signal to go over the top they console each other about the position they are in. A sharp reminder of the folly of war with a very surprising ending. |
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A Pilot's Thoughts at the End of the War by Philippa Roberts |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Whilst this is a monologue, there is an option for a group of mournful dancers. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Five minute serious monologue with no set or prop requirements. |
Synopsis | The war in question is the Second World War, and the pilot is regretting participating in the bombing of Dresden. |
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The Price of Firewood by Hilary Mackelden The author will be donating 50% of her royalties to go to the Charity 'World In Need', which works with refugees like the ones in the play (and with whom the author worked in Kenya) |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length serious drama on the politics and economics of war and trade. Split-stage set. |
Synopsis | A reporter sends a shocking bulletin from a refugee camp in a war torn country, but the government of that country is signing some very important trade agreements, and the help for the victims of violence seems very slow in coming, despite the official 'investigation'. |
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The Red Balloon by Damian Trasler Best Play, GDA Festival 2006 'A breath of fresh air' (competition judge giving 5 awards, Radnor 2010), Performance by Royal Manor Theatre won Best Youth Play at the Dorset Drama League Festival, 2013 |
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 | Single set (bare stage, with a few items of furniture brought on during the piece). Few props. Explores the nature of live theatre! |
Synopsis | A couple interrupt the premier of a piece of Modern Theatre and claim it's all rubbish. The performer challenges them to produce something better, and the three begin to work on the piece together. What will they come up with by the end of the evening? |
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Remember Scarborough by James Baynes |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One M and one F are non-speaking. Second F is small speaking role. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | One piece of music is suggested, integral to the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | An affecting one act play, largely spoken by a sole actor, with three cameo roles. |
Synopsis | In a one-sided conversation with his long dead friend, an old man recalls the war years - the excitement, adventure and loss of being an RAF bombardier. The other parts included - two dancers appear briefly, and at the end, the old man's daughter joins him. |
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Reporting From... by Liliya Sazanavets |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. A lot of doubling is possible, but the author does not recommend it, because each character represents a specific group in society and the characters have to deliver a clear message to the audience. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] This is based on the author's experience. Since there is no dialogue it is very difficult to judge! |
Music | None. |
Style | Mimodrama - a drama with no spoken words where plot and emotions are conveyed through actions. Performed well, this could be a very powerful piece. Props and furniture (including a swing) but no fixed set. |
Synopsis | An anonymous journalist reports on various horrific situations in areas of conflict in various parts of the modern violent world. Her message is all the more poignant as it is delivered without words. |
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Room for Another by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A 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. |
Synopsis | It'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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Secret Agent Scout by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Educational and entertaining play for kids, set in WW2. Very much in the style of the era - a sort of 'boys own' yarn. Contains two mild swearwords. |
Synopsis | Like many boys during World War Two, Peter Smith is eager to do his part, and he loves the radio adventures of 'Secret Agent Scout' who helps keep Britain safe from invasion. Little does Peter know that the radio show is based on his own adventures and attitude - and he gets to meet someone very important. |
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Sergeant Major Hewitt by Archie Wilson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. The Doctor and porter are written male, but could be played female. Thomas is a teenager, the rest of the characters are adults. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama. Single (hospital room) set. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | A World War One Veteran has to share his hospital room with a boy whose father died in World War 2. Though they are only together a short while, they have a great impact on each other's lives. |
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