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| The Secret Testament of John Shakespeare by Martin Lytton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical drama (on the boundary between a one-act and a full-length play). Single set. Lots of historical detail amidst a passionate story. |
| Synopsis | William Shakespeare's wife drops in on her in-laws to mind her Father-in-Law while his wife visits a friend. The Informer James Langrake, who was responsible for the fall in Shakespeare senior's fortunes, calls in unannounced and nearly finds evidence to bring death to the household. |
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| Secrets by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-Minute comedy play. Single interior set. (Contains a little swearing.) |
| Synopsis | A case of mistaken identity leads D.I. Dourbridge and Daphne, his probationary constable, to the home of Dafydd Jones, a home which Jones seems to be in a hurry to depart. |
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| Securing the Sponsor by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst Leonard and the director have masculine names, any of the characters could be played female. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
| Synopsis | For many shows, securing a sponsor to help finance the production is a crucial task. It doesn't always go as well as this... |
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Seeing Red by Karen Ankers
Production by Dingwall Players won Best Play, SCDA One Act Festival (Moray Firth District) 2019 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with humorous undertones, with a single, park bench setting. |
| Synopsis | With a strong touch of satire, we find Nellie brazenly committing the supposed heinous offence of knitting. Young Belinda is horrified as she discovers Nellie openly and defiantly knitting in such a public place... but is liberated as Nellie's past experiences come to light. |
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| Seeking Sleeping Beauty by Mark Billen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play, subverting Sleeping Beauty and various other fairytales. |
| Synopsis | Prince Florimund and Nomdeplume are lost in the forest when they meet Lilac the Fairy and learn of the Princess sleeping an enchanted sleep. On their way to rescue her they meet Red Riding Hood, a wicked witch, a vampire and Rapunzel, and some other folks too. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Self Centre by Jackie Carreira |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act prose monologue. |
| Synopsis | As she deals with a series of customers, Vivi, a receptionist at a new age health centre, reflects on the circumstances that brought her here and the loss of her brother. |
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| Self Defence by Laura Belcher |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with various settings - a split stage could be used. |
| Synopsis | A victim of domestic abuse, Hannah decides to join a self-defence class - as much as for a social outlet as for a means of defending herself. With the support of her fellow class mates, whose light touch relieves the tense atmosphere she is living in, Hannah is empowered to assert herself. |
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| Selfie Beauty and the Beast by Warren McWilliams |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act pantomime designed to be performed in individual video recordings to be stitched together to form a show! |
| Synopsis | Prince is transformed into a mean beast (for being mean) and has to redeem himself by making Beauty fall in love with him. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Senior Speed Date by Jeff Bray |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. One character is voice-only and can be voiced live or pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 39 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (pub room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Recently separated from her husband, Joan has been persuaded by her daughter to attend a speed dating evening. She is confronted by a procession of highly unsuitable candidates. |
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| Sent Back Standing by Jenny Gilbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. An uneven distrubution of roles, with the play dominated with the director (though, unusually in these circumstances, the director is on stage). |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, single set (pretty much a bare stage). |
| Synopsis | A director struggles to keep her sanity through the stresses of a Tech rehearsal in a venue that's being rebuilt around the company. She's also haunted by her husband's affair, and trying to work through her private grief in a very public place. |
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