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| The Moon Landing by Gary Diamond & Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage characters (one of whom is silent), plus brief voiceover. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. Set indicative of a living room (a sofa, a television).
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | It's 1969 and Roger wants to watch the televised moon landing, but his wife, Jan, has something important to tell him... |
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| The Moon Was In Aquarius by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Prodcer's script suggests a song to be played over opening or close. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A comedic monologue with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Would-be writer Cheryl is trying to write something for a forthcoming spoken word open mic night but has a few writing blocks. |
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| More by Ness Owen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama piece for three actors (and an offstage voice!) |
| Synopsis | Three workers have drawn lots to decide on who will take on an unpleasant task. Now the unlucky one has been chosen, the other two try to bolster their confidence ahead of the other's venture. |
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| More Nursery Crimes by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Old Mother Hubbard is nominally female, but could be played as a pantomime dame (by a male). |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play, parodying the style of Raymond Chandler, with Puss-in-Boots as a hard-boiled detective. No set requirements. The only listed prop is a handkerchief. |
| Synopsis | There is consternation at court! The famed slipper belonging to Princess Cinderella has been stolen! The Palace guards suspect the identity of the thief but do they have the right man? Enter private investigator extraordinaire, Puss In Boots to solve the baffling crime! A short crime story in film noir style, set in Nursery Land! |
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| More Than Friends by Anne Graham |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Widow June is visited by her late husband’s sister Hazel, who lost contact with her brother many years ago. Now homeless due to her gambling addiction, Hazel is looking for help. However, June’s revelations come as a shock. |
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| Mortal Fears by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A husband and wife. No particular age. |
| Run Time | Around 1 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short (slightly dark) comedy sketch. In theory a domestic setting, but no real requirement for set or props. Requires some sound effects. |
| Synopsis | Geoff, a rather neurotic hypochondriac discusses his latest symptoms with his wife, Susan. |
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| Moscow, Scotland by Paul Shaw Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Two principal characters and four (unspeaking) revolutionaries. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set in an apartment. |
| Synopsis | Karl, the Mayor of an unnamed European city, has invited Yuro, the building's handyman, up to his penthouse as the revolution rages outside. Karl has much to say before he is taken away, but he is also keen to hear from Yuro. |
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| Moses in the Bullrushes by Bill Siviter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Flexible cast, with options for multiple narrators, maidens, Egyptians, Hebrews and members of the Egyptian army. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming play for kids. No set requirements and props are optional. |
| Synopsis | A fun version of the Exodus story that includes all the relevant elements and allows a fair sized (and flexible) cast to present the story in a dramatized but simple fashion. |
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| Mother and Daughter by Christina Simpkin |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The daughter has a playing age in the early twenties. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short one-act play - a gentle comedy. Single set, representing a living room. |
| Synopsis | Ruth is off out on a date, but first she's got to answer all her mother's questions. Will mother ever approve of a man met over the internet? And why does she want Ruth to leave her computer on when he goes out? |
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| Mother of the Bride by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Either a rhyming monologue or a piece for a cast of five! No set requirements, no props. |
| Synopsis | A mother of four (unwed) daughters bewails the lack of matrimonial bliss in her family. |
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