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| Speakeasy by Jane Quill |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama in a single (minimal set). |
| Synopsis | Spend a few evenings with the Speakeasy group, an informal talking session where people can deal with their issues, helped by Gary, the founder. Michael is struggling with depression, Rachel is alcoholic and Bettina is really Johnathan, but they all have the group in common. |
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| Special Occasions by Roger Hodge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act play adapted from the middle act of Roger Hodge's full-length Eating Out. |
| Synopsis | Three very different couples eat at the same restaurant. It's a special occasion for all of them - or will turn out to be. |
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| A Spell of Bad Weather by Giles Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. The Giant is an offstage voice, so could be recorded or live. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act fairytale/fantasy for kids. Several settings, but each intended to be indicated by a single item of stage furniture. |
| Synopsis | The village of Winsome has been suffering from continuous storms. Something must be done. Preferably something heroic. Fortunately, there's a hero to hand, not to mention a teacher, a weather forecaster, and a policeman. They set off on a quest to find the cause. A quest involving a giant, an invisible wall, The Wizard of Nastiness, a good fairy and The Princess Delightful (a delightful princess). |
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| Spelled by Adrian Cale |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 75-minute comic murder mystery play in a single set. Structurally in two acts, but could be paired with a much shorter play to create a longer entertainment. |
| Synopsis | Zelda is the head witch of a modern-day coven, but is despised by its members - she's plagiarised Florence's Big Book of Spells, turned Ethel's owl into vol-au-vents, and made Dora quack like a duck. When Zelda is found dead, the Council of Witches send an investigator to solve the case. |
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| Spice Up Your Life by Sarah-May Simpson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Twenty roles (male and female) but written so that they might be played by the five principal characters. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The score for one original song is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script which also suggests the use of 3 other songs. |
| Style | Play-with-music. Written for teenagers, but contains strong language.
Single set (mainly a school dance studio, but lighting used to indicate changes to other unspecific locations). |
| Synopsis | Five girls are preparing a Spice Girls-themed entry to a school talent show. But the problems going on in all their lives cause tensions within the group to be stretched. |
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** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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| Spiked by S. J. Bailey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Eleven on-stage characters plus three voices which might be recordings. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play set in a shared house.
Contains swearing and the sort of adult themes (or as near adult as students get) that you'd expect from the summary. |
| Synopsis | Housemates Rosie and Joe have the usual student problems - a looming essay deadline, a useless property manager, and Joe's spoiled girlfriend spending too long in their shower. Oh, and there's also a notorious drug baron holding them hostage, and the police besieging the building. |
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| A Spirit for Evermore by Ian McCutcheon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Cast include the usual pantomime juxtapositions (Dame played by a male, principal boy by a female) plus a pantomime dog! |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for songs (but not sheet music). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime with an original story. |
| Synopsis | The Kingdom of Evermore is nearly bankrupt, thanks to the thieving of evil butler Skulk. To restore their fortunes, the Princess Daisy is to be married to rich but thick Lord Larry of Luton, but then she meets George and falls in love. Will Skulk stop the match to get his hands on Larry's loot too, or can Willow the ghost come to the rescue? |
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| The Spirit of Christmas by Annette Cameron |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. The numbers are very flexible, with generic roles (Elves, Bears, Soldiers, Dolls, Farm Animals) which can be spread thinly or doubled with ease. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for one original song is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script, together with a list of other suggested songs and music. |
| Style | One act play with music for young children. (A secular Christmas play!) |
| Synopsis | It's close to Christmas, but Santa has lost his Christmas Spirit. Can Mrs Claus and the Elves find it in the huge Workshop before it's too late? |
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| Spirits of the Age by John Chambers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play, with a single (multi-functional) set. |
| Synopsis | The relationship between Houdini and Conan Doyle is examined - through the medium of their investigation of the spirit world and its practitioners, in an intriguingly-staged drama. |
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| Spirits! by Karin Diann Williams |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Eight roles but two of them are written to be doubled by specific cast members. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A very silly, raucous farce set around a séance. Fun characters, cheeky wit, a lot of physical humour, and some audience interaction. (American English.) |
| Synopsis | Madame Sirena prepares to conduct a séance at the mansion of wealthy widower Taffy, who has sworn to bring his late wife's murderer to justice before he remarries - but the clock is ticking for his fiancée, Felicity, who must wed before she turns 30 to claim her inheritance. Meanwhile, escape artist Harry Hugweenie resists the advances of his spirited assistant as he waits on a promised message from the other side. |
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