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| The Interview by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy play. An unusually updated, piece of Dickens. |
| Synopsis | An excerpt from David Copperfield - except that a lot has changed since the nineteenth century. David takes his good friend Traddles to discuss with the Misses Spenlow the matter of his engagement to their niece, Dora. |
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| Invasion from Planet Zorgon by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] Plus additional time for songs and dances. |
| Music | Production notes list recommended music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play for kids. Single, simple set. Lots of strong characters, lots of comedy. |
| Synopsis | Aliens land in a sleepy American town - the usual sort of sleepy American town, populated by cowboys, sheriffs, super-heroes and the occasional pizza delivery man. |
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| Invisible by Linda Stephenson and Alison Hudson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play for children aged 12 to 14, simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Dom and Ruth have the same issue - they're disabled kids in a school filled with regular kids. Some are kind, but some are bullies. Both Dom and Ruth have invisible 'inside' people, that these bullies won't get to know. Through an online chat room, they can allow their invisible selves to meet... |
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The Invitation by Juliet Devon
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. In theory there are four sets (three individual locations and a composite), but it's actually stageable in a single set with changes of lighting and props. |
| Synopsis | Eve is working hard on her wedding plans, which seem to involve doing everything her mother wants, regardless of how Eve feels about it. Eventually Eve's creativity takes over and the plans change in rather surprising ways. |
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| An Irregular Satellite by Meg Schenk |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Female character also sings. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for one of the two songs is provided with the Producer's copy of this script. (The other is a suggestion of a popular song.) |
| Style | A one act love story, with two songs, and a single simple set. |
| Synopsis | In an imaginative setting, good friends Fran and Scott gradually discover their love for each other. Written in American English. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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| Isaac and Ishmael by Christopher Kent |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful play for a small cast in a single living-room set. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Adam is waiting for the reading of his father's will, but that won't take place until the attorney arrives and Adam's institutionalised brother David is brought to the house. The noises only Adam can hear are scaring him, as does the fear his brother's madness may be genetic... |
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| It Never Rains But It Pours by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One song, to be played over the closing actions, is suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with minimal set requirements.
(Previous version published in 2019, revised edition published 2021.) |
| Synopsis | The ark has sprung a few leaks and Noah and his family have been bailing out water. Noah’s wife tells Noah to ask God to stop the floods. They soon discover that they need to make an appointment to speak to God, which isn’t as easy as they first thought. |
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| It's A Cat's Life by Louise Wade |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play for youth theatre. |
| Synopsis | A group of cats are introducing the latest kitten to life on the lane, when a stray offers a differing view of humans and their houses. Before any conclusions can be drawn, the kitten gets into danger and needs rescue. |
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| It's a Farce by George Freek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Does exactly what it says on the label, in two short acts (though of one-act length) with clever dialogue and physical comedy. Single living-room set. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A professional meeting between teacher Ernest and the head of his department, Janice, is misinterpreted as a clandestine romantic liaison. Unfortunately for Ernest, the misinterpreter is his wife's best friend who cannot help reporting her observations. Add in neighbour Bob, who has suicidal tendencies, and cookie 'therapist' Marcia who has arrived to offer Ernest a massage and we have a recipe for farcical mayhem. |
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| It's A Funny Old World by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music to one song is provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script. (The tune is 'John Brown's Body' - or 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' if you prefer.) |
| Style | One-act youth comedy play. Single set (though a cricket pavillion on Neptune is a rather bizarre location). |
| Synopsis | A group of ladies from 1913 are marooned on Neptune. How did they get there, and why are they still alive? Two crews from competing nations arrive to try and puzzle out the mystery, but they need to know what happened to the other missions first... |
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