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| The Ups And Downs Of Rise And Shine by Clive Carthew |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] Practical run-time should be much shorter! |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length farce set in the foyer of a new office block. |
| Synopsis | The brand-new Crown Building is scheduled to open tomorrow, but the lift is still erratic and unreliable. Can Michael, the office manager, really get it fixed in time, while still keeping the building's occupants happy? And if he can't keep them happy, can he keep them safe? There are two new arrivals acting extremely suspiciously... |
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| A Very Roman Family - 235 AD by Roger Hodge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. The eight minor roles can be shared by two actors. |
| Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Bawdy Roman farce! Contains a tiny amount of mild swearing (and lots of innuendo). A single set is implied - the courtyard of a Roman home in 235 AD.
Originally published in 2010, revised 2015 |
| Synopsis | Titus Rambus is a senator, who intends to become emperor by means of assassination. He has chosen Formaggius Vastus to be the assassin in the mistaken belief that Formaggius, a seller of asses, has a brilliant army record. As if that were not bad enough for Formaggius, Emperor Severus has learned of the plot - but not the intended assassin - and he too engages Formaggius to bump-off his rival. Not only that, but Formaggius learns that after the deed the assassin will not survive for long. Can Formaggius save himself and his diverse family? |
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| A Wake All Night by Mike Warrick |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 142 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A spooky full length comedy with a single set. |
| Synopsis | The enigmatic Sir Roger Laughton has died, and following his funeral, several select guests are invited to try and spend the night at his haunted mansion. But why these guests? There’s more than deception being practiced tonight. |
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| We All Make Plans, Don't We? 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 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short, one act farce, with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Earl is devastated to learn that his very large investment in a financial scheme has been lost, when the scheme turns out to be a scam. His friend the vicar has also been swindled by the same scheme, in which he had invested the church funds. Earl's teenage daughter exacerbates Earl's distress with some news of her own involving the scheme's perpetrator. |
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| We Love Barney by Joseph A. Jones |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act farce. Single domestic set. |
| Synopsis | Barney is to decide who is to become the Assistant Branch Manager, and competition is fierce. Will newly-separated Barney give in to the wiles of Sharon, or will he be persuaded by Phyllis's experience and dedication? And what of Nigel, who doesn't want the job, but is marrying a woman who wants him to have it? It's going to be a busy night at the company drinks party. |
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| A Weekend In The Country by Peter Ayre |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 111 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length farce, set in a tastefully decorated living room. |
| Synopsis | Jenny wants to secretly swap ownership of the cottage, which is in Brian's name, to herself - so as to raise money for her pressing and substantial gambling debts. She recruits Colin, an inept private detective, to impersonate Brian and get him to sign the legal paperwork as if he were Brian, thus transferring the ownership solely to her. But things don't turn out the way Jenny had planned, as other people get tangled up in the transactions... |
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| Where the Brass Bands Play by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Detective Sergeant Cross is written female, but could be male with minor adjustments to the text. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full length farce. Single interior set (with inevitable French window and sundry places to hide). Warning - contains entendres, some of them twice. |
| Synopsis | Simeon Gandalf, one-time thespian, now theatrical agent, settles into Mrs Esme Golightly's Seaview Guest House, keen to develop the career of his young protégée, Louise Laverne. Despite Simeon's allegedly innocent intentions towards Louise, the last things he needs are the arrivals in quick succession of his long-estranged fifth wife, seeking a divorce and his long-term mistress, keen to be made into an honest woman. It's just as well that Simeon's solicitor is on hand to dig him out of the hole he is digging for himself. Also present, but wishing they weren't, are a hapless burglar and a member of the local constabulary. Will Mrs Golightly's no hanky-panky policy hold up and is there really a contract killer on Simeon's trail? |
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| Where's Nigel by Jim Pinnock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Some non-speaking roles essential to the play. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act farce. |
| Synopsis | A group of friends meet for a party at Nigel and Stephanie's house. Events take an unusual turn as the services of a doctor and the police are needed as identities become confused and people are not who they seem. |
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** Poster template, illustrated by Dale French, for 'Where's Nigel?' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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| Who Was That by Charlie Cook |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act farce. A fast moving one-act comedy full of mistaken and doubly mistaken identities. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | We are fully aware of who Tom, Sylvia, Richard and Harriet are - or is it Harry? - but they are not. We relish their confusion as the merriment gathers speed and they struggle to come to terms with who's who and who is having an affair with whom. The appearance of the unintelligible Michael adds to the misunderstanding but eventually leads to realisation... |
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| Who's Hamlet by George Freek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act farce in two acts. (I mean it's in two acts but is relatively short.) A farce, with misunderstandings galore and all the theatrical temperament you could wish for. All this comes with a simple set and small cast. |
| Synopsis | A young actor takes the role of Hamlet from his ageing father. |
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