|
| A History of the Olympics - Readers' Theatre by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 36. No chorus. Six plays with six characters in each. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A set of six mini-plays (with run times around 10 minutes) designed for 'readers theatre' (i.e. use for small group reading), though they could also be performed as plays. No set requirements. Producer's Copy includes a quiz for each play. |
| Synopsis | Olympic history, comparing the ancient games to the modern olympics and studying the development of the modern Olympic games through references to events, sportsmen and controversies. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Hit Man by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch with no requirements for props or set. |
| Synopsis | A 'Green' assassin for hire conducts business.
A sketch from the 'Bright and Shiny Radio Show' collection |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Hit or Miss by Barry Lambert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 56 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (study) setting. |
| Synopsis | Barbara has engaged 'Mr Smith' to dispose of husband Tony so she can go off with new boyfriend Freddie. However, things take an unexpected turn when the surprisingly compassionate hit man finds Tony in a state of deep depression over his failing marriage and talks him out of his proposed suicide. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| The Hitchhiker by David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch. It is possible that David Lovesy has been reading too many children's books... |
| Synopsis | Simon picks up a hitchhiker and is shocked to learn Perry's secret identity. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| The Hobby Room by David Lewis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 49 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act mystery play, set initially in an empty room - which gradually becomes furnished. |
| Synopsis | Sisters Florence and Josie inherit a large old house and decide to convert the top floor into a space for their hobbies. The atmosphere becomes tense and heightens as they make some surprising discoveries about the previous occupants. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Holding Up A Mirror by Wally Smith |
| 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. No set requirements (unless three chairs count as a set - in this case, I would count them as props). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A discussion about theatre and the nature of drama... but are you watching them, or are they watching you? |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Hole in the Wall by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 57 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act thriller with various simple settings. US English. |
| Synopsis | Successful accountant and bibliophile Arthur is driven to desperate measures to deal with his wife’s constant infidelity. He decides to turn to his hero Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration in murdering not only her but her many lovers as well. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Holiday by Colin Calvert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act farcical comedy. Single set with practical door. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | Donna is trying to hold the fort at the travel agency where she works, but her co-worker Linzi has run off to be a mud wrestler in Morocco and there's an inspector coming from Head Office. New recruit Sandra finds herself thrown in the deep end and experiencing the weird and wonderful folk who come looking for a holiday. Have the pair been nice enough to their customers to pass the inspection? |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Holiday Lets by Jenny Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy on a compound set (two adjacent hotel rooms). |
| Synopsis | Sharon and Ray are enjoying their hotel room, much to the chagrin of Donald, in the next room with his wife Noreen. But Ray’s not so pleased about Sharon going to see strippers, and nor is Donald that Noreen’s gone with her. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| The Holiday Show by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 44. No chorus. Lots of characters, but lots of flexibility for doubling. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A series of weather-themed sketches linked by the format of a fictional TV news/current affairs show. |
| Synopsis | A TV show about the British Weather and global warming, designed for a class presentation. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|