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| Frequently Asked Questions by Peter Harrison |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play in a single set. A provocative drama with adult content. |
| Synopsis | Eminent astronomer Professor Smith has long had a theory about the nature of the universe, and whether our position in it is really unique. His lectures and writings have thus far been largely ignored but an enigmatic visitor to his home intriguingly turns everything upon its head. |
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Freshly Laid by Frank Gibbons
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch, set in a park - simple bench setting. |
| Synopsis | The elderly ladies are catching up with the latest - on hens, ducks, and possible other roostings. |
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Freya's Necklace by Jonathan Edgington
Selected for and performed at the 'Time For Something New' playwriting festival 2018 at the Bread & Roses Theatre, London. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a single (charity shop) setting. |
| Synopsis | Just a normal day in a charity shop? Probably, until Freya the Norse Goddess of Love and War enters on a bit of a mission. |
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The Friday Night Radio Play by Damian Trasler
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Characters are a range of ages, a mixture of adults and teenagers. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy (arguably a light farce), single domestic set. |
| Synopsis | It's an exciting night for the Branston family. The premier of aspiring writer Geoff's radio play is about to be broadcast and the family is gathered to listen. But just as it is about to start, the fuses blow. To ensure that Grandma is not disappointed, the show must go on... |
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| A Friend of Ronnie's by David Barry |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Edith and Arthur are relatively elderly, Susan a younger researcher. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act drama set in 1983 (twenty years after the main event). Single domestic setting. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | It's been a tense twenty years for Edith and Arthur. Now that Susan has arrived and is uncovering his shady past, will life improve for the pair of them, or simply reveal more regrets?
The play fills some gaps in the true story of the robbery, and the substitute train driver who was never caught. |
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| Friendly Bombs by Nicolas Ridley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy short on a single (office) set. |
| Synopsis | The last standing politician (after a wave of scandals and resignations) is not really geared up for a nuclear standoff, as he’s lost the codes. He must find a way out before the general takes over at midnight and fires both the UK’s missiles. |
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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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| Fright Size - Twelve Ghost Plays by 10 x 10 Writers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 43. No chorus. Several of the characters are dead (though this is not a requirement for casting.) One of the 12 plays has chorus roles (which could be filled by cast members from the other plays). |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collecton of 12 short plays for youth theatre. Generally simple to stage. |
| Synopsis | Various encounters with the supernatural, with varying results for all concerned!:-
'A Likely Story' by Heather Bryant
'Could Have Been Worse' by Gary Nicholson
'In Through The Exit' by Karen Fitzsimmons
'Just A Ghost Story' by Sarah Reilly
'Mizmaze' by Jonathan Edgington
'No Exit' by Dian Donovan
'Spooked!' by Margaret Histed
'Term Time Only' by Sarah Reilly
'That’s The Spirit' by Caroline Spencer
'The Boy Who Loved To Dance' by David Dunn
'The Ghost Letter' by Mike Plumbley
'Where Have You Been?' by Steve Menary |
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| The Frinton Fryer by Jim Pinnock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 3 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act play, with several solo songs. |
| Synopsis | Brenda is going for the 'Silver Star Show' audition, but Doris thinks she should try a more modern look, name, and song. Despite practice and good advice, Brenda sings as Brenda - but brings many new customers to the Fish 'n' Chip shop. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Poster template, illustrated by Dale French, for 'The Frinton Fryer' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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| The Frog Prince by Andrew O'Leary |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 98 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 11 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length panto - comedy, magic and mayhem with added frogs. |
| Synopsis | Prince Norman is about to be crowned king, since his father is stepping aside due to old age. But the king's evil sister, Norman's Aunt Phibian, has a plan to steal the throne for herself, leaving her nephew transformed into a frog! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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