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| Split Infinitives by JJ Crossley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. All three characers are written as male, but need not be! |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple-to-stage one-act comedy play (packed with sci-fi silliness.) |
| Synopsis | An unscrupulous pair of business executives hatch a plan to establish once and for all the exact age of the universe, and reap the fame and rewards, by recruiting a test pilot for their recently acquired, but rather unreliable time machine. |
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| Sponge Cake And Leopard Skin by Jane Hilliard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fifteen minute comedy monologue |
| Synopsis | A middle aged woman relates a somewhat stale, routine marriage and an exciting illicit adventure only to discover her husband’s amazing secret life which breathes new life into their life together. |
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| Spoofing For Gordon by Duncan Battman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama, with two simple settings and some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Ten years ago, a group of friends entered an agreement binding them all to assisted suicide in the event that any of them became terminally ill. Gordon is now in that position, and the friends gather at his house and agonise over their pact. |
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A Spot of Murder by Geoff Bamber
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Richly comic murder mystery play. Full-length play, single domestic set. Contains mild swearing and mild adult themes. |
| Synopsis | When faded theatrical diva, Corrina Marcham, senses that she is in great danger, she calls in Detective Inspector Trench to investigate a murder that hasn't been committed yet - her own. With the suspects, marooned at the Marchams' isolated house because of a storm, Corrina ensures that Trench's journey has not been wasted by conveniently dying. Has Corrina simply died of fright after an alarming Tarot card reading? Has she committed suicide in a bout of thespian depression, or has she really been murdered? And by whom? Somebody with something to gain? Somebody with something to hide? Or simply somebody she had upset? Can Trench and the eager PC Pendlebury uncover the truth before they have to call in somebody else to do it properly? |
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| The Spy On Ward Four by Jonathan Goodson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy with a bit of an edge. Simple set - a hospital ward, though, unusually for that setting, the focus of the play is not sickness. |
| Synopsis | Oswald is in an Arkansas hospital, trying to recover from his heart operation, but they want to deep-clean his ward and everyone's been moved out except him. Then he becomes unwittingly privy to a plot by a nurse and her boyfriend to steal surplus supplies, and worse... His wife is looking for him! |
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A Spy With A View by Robert Scott
Best Seller The Maidenhead Drama Guild (UK) won Best Comedy and came 2nd in the Open Class at the Maidenhead Drama Festival. (2019) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Paulo is written male but could be reassigned. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy thriller with a single hotel room set.. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | David and Vicky are on holiday, but the weather has trapped them in their hotel room. The monotony is broken by the delivery of a mysterious briefcase, with a recording that self-destructs! Where's the real spy? |
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| A Square Peg in a Round Hole 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 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short monologue with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Peggy has had to go into a care home and reflects on the changes to her life. |
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| Squeezy and the Wicked Queen by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act rhyming pantomine with a variety of settings. Includes roles suitable for young children. |
| Synopsis | This story picks ups where 'Snow White' ends. The Seven Dwarves, who work for the Queen down the mine, decide to go and help Santa instead by working in his workshop. Snow White is now on a reality TV series, so the Dwarves need some money of their own. However, all does not go to plan, and the Queen tries to ruin Christmas by poisoning Santa's reindeer. Who will save the day? |
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| Squirrel Caper by Jamie Hope |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (park bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | A gang of squirrels mastermind a plan to mug an old lady who visits the park every day. Their meticulous plan hits a snag when the old lady unexpectedly brings her dog with her and a pesky chipmunk tries to muscle in on the action. |
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Squirrel Plays His Part by Stuart Ardern
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The characters are three narrators and lots of jungle animals. The numbers are intended to be flexible, with options to combine or redistribute lines. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play for young children. No set requirements. A few simple props. A moral story about prioritisation and co-operation! |
| Synopsis | The jungle animals are supposed to be growing crops, but they keep getting distracted by ants! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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