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| A First Christmas In Rhyme by Aberuthven Primary School ed. Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for nine traditional carols or hymns. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A rhyming nativity play for primary schools. |
| Synopsis | A rhyming version of the traditional story of the first Christmas. |
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| First Day In Drama Class by Herb Hasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. A small class of students, a teacher and the Principal. (Could be played to age or could all be played by the members of a youth theatre group.) |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy for youth theatre with a single (classroom) setting. |
| Synopsis | A new drama teacher attempting to establish a rapport with his students uses unorthodox methods which serve only to alienate them. Then the Principal arrives to reveal that all is not what it seems. |
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| Five Days in May by Geoff Bamber |
| 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 for kids, one of whom is confined to a wheelchair. Structured in five acts. In theory a number of locations, but these can be indicated with the minimum of set. |
| Synopsis | When Sarah's disabled cousin Josh comes to stay with her, she introduces him to Billy, her would-be boyfriend. Josh is appreciative of Sarah's fussing concern for him but welcomes Billy's company and, much to Sarah's despair, the pair of them immediately form an unlikely bond. |
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| Five Minutes by Mike Plumbley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two adults and two children (could be played by four kids.) |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | Two teenagers are out late at night in the rain, they've missed the last bus and the only phone they have can't get a signal. Both their single parents are worried but can't agree on action. |
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| Friends by David Dunn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Characters are all teenagers. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play for teenagers. No set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Bex and Sam discuss the nature of friendship, while Sam's younger brother tries to figure out how to explain away an expensive present. |
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| Full Circle by Herb Hasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An intriguing short comedy set in an American high school - an ideal vehicle for school or youth theatre. Stage split between simple representations of the school cafeteria and the principal's office. |
| Synopsis | With typical angst, five high school pupils are involved in various relationship difficulties with each other, resulting in assorted fracas in the school cafeteria which the long-suffering principal is left to resolve. |
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| Galileo & Co. by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play for school age children, which might kick-start projects about the stars, about science, about history, or about religion. |
| Synopsis | Galileo has been summoned before the Holy Office to renounce his heretical findings that the Earth rotates around the sun. In the few minutes before his hearing, some unusual characters try to convince him to stick to the truth. |
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| The Game by Mary Stone |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch, highlighting relationships and friendships. |
| Synopsis | In different social circles at school, Gem and Katy are horrified to discover that their parents are dating. They resolve to break the couple up, but don’t seem to anticipate the results of having to work together on the project. |
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| The Ghost Letter by Mike Plumbley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch for youth theatre. A few simple props to indicate location (a room).
Also available as part of the Fright Size collection. |
| Synopsis | Ellie has brought Tom to her late grandmother's house. In search of... what? |
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| God's Messenger Department by Bill Siviter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. Option for more animals to be added to the stable tableau.
One of the characters is a star. Well, they're all stars, but you know what I mean. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Irreverent approach to the nativity (the story is all there, but the perspective is unorthodox!). Likely to appeal to older children rather than the youngest element normally associated with such plays. |
| Synopsis | The Archangels are all relaxing in their common room when they get a call from the Boss... There are messages to be delivered, to Joseph, Mary and the three kings. Not to mention the shepherds in the fields too - Gabriel has to put down his Nintendo and get busy! |
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