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| Clause Fourteen by David Pollard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama on a dressing room set. Part of the 'Illusion/Delusion' trio of plays, which can be bought separately or as a collection. |
| Synopsis | Aging actor Clifford finds himself in a hellish situation playing opposite his ex-wife Connie in a production which, against all probability, is a smash hit. He turns to his agent Katz to get him out of the show but he has signed an unbreakable contract and Katz is more interested in claiming his due. In the ensuing action, Clifford is made to face unpleasant truths about himself and his past relationships and to understand his position in a hell of his own creation. Think Dr Faustus! |
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| Clean Pants by Janice Sampson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are women in late middle-age. The tone is such that they could be played by men (in the manner of Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough). |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comic duologue. A telephone conversation between two domestic locations (which need only be hinted at). Contains mild swearing.
Linguistic disambiguation: this piece uses 'pants' in the English way, abbreviating 'underpants'. |
| Synopsis | Hetti and Emily are two old friends who have obviously spent a lifetime supporting each other through their respective trials and tribulations (mainly concerning hospital proddings and jabbings.) Hetti has received an appointment letter for her cataract procedure and outlines her concerns to Emily whose best advice turns out to be most prescient! |
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| Cleopatra and the Roman Way by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. No formal chorus, but opportunities for extras. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play for kids. A solid grounding in ancient history, but it's comedy, so there are plenty of anachronisms. |
| Synopsis | When the glamorous Queen Cleopatra takes over the throne of Egypt along with her brother Ptolemy XIII it coincides with the expansion of the Roman Republic (soon to be Empire) in her direction. Cleopatra does not find the advances of a succession of stylish Romans entirely unwelcome, even if her brother has to be disposed of in the process. Unfortunately, Roman politics being what they are, none of her suitors can be viewed as having any long-term prospects. |
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| Cleopatra Kicks Some Asp by Jonathan Goodson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 113 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime. |
| Synopsis | In this romp through Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome the search is on for the Mighty Jewel of the Pharaohs. The evil Avaricia assisted by slithery ugly sisters Pythonia and Viperianna, tries to cheat young Cleopatra and her adopted mother Dame Hotcakes out of the rightful ownership. Thankfully Kiki the cat and handsome Antonio save the day. |
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| Clerical Terrors by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch set in an office canteen (or a table and two chairs, as we say in the set design department). |
| Synopsis | The vicissitudes of office life reviewed over a mug of tea. |
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| The Clever Clogs Gang by Jim Pinnock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An unusual scientific theme for a one act play, and the majority of roles are male. |
| Synopsis | A team of research scientists find they're in line for a research grant, but may be out of a job shortly thereafter. Should they take the money and run, or apply themselves to producing some results before their time is up? |
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** Poster template, illustrated by Dale French, for 'The Clever Clogs Gang' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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| The Clock Mender by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming monologue. No set requirements. |
| Synopsis | A comic history of tinkering with mechanisms. |
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| Close Family by Iris Winston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful short drama giving us a sensitive take on the socially unacceptable subject of incest. Stage split between two domestic locations. |
| Synopsis | Janet, a young university student, is looking forward to her return to university after the summer break. She has exciting plans to move out of the halls of residence in Vancouver to live with her divorced father, Peter who has set up home there with his new partner, Janet’s pregnant Aunt Anne. Back home in Ottawa, Peter's divorced wife Carole is horrified to discover Janet's plans and does her utmost to dissuade her daughter from joining the incestuous home. Janet is insistent that her move to her father's house is in her best interests until she arrives and to her dismay the horror of her mistake is revealed. |
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Closure by Robert Scott
People's Choice Award by Manchester High School's Lancer Theatre Company, USA 2018 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play with a minimal set. |
| Synopsis | Luke's birthday party is a lonely affair - there's just him, until his ex-girlfriend Tanya walks in. She only meant to drop off his gift, but soon they're involved in a strenuous argument over closure and who gets it. |
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| Cloud 9 by Andy Johnson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for a (cast the size of a) whole school class. |
| Synopsis | Cloud 9 studio has a secret – they don't just predict the weather, thanks to their Climosphere 5000 they actually MAKE the weather. But the C5000 gets stolen, so the hunt is on for the thief before the weather goes to pot! |
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