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| Jane Eyre - A One Act, Musical Farce by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. One of the characters is a dog. (This is a speaking role, although most of the words are Ruff.) |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for four songs and three instrumentals are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Eyre on a G-string. A musical comedy treatment that follows Charlotte Brontë's story accurately (within the constraints of reducing 38 chapters to a single act). |
| Synopsis | The classic Brontë tale given a comic twist, reduced to one act and set to music! Unlike any other Eyre you've seen! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Janet and John by Michael Pearcy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama, largely through a series of intertwined monologues. |
| Synopsis | Janet and John have been married a long time, but she has no idea what announcement he might have in store for her. She only knows that it's unheard for him to give up his Friday night at the railway society to take her out to dinner. Why? |
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| The Japes at Jester's Reach by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. All characters are adults. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A very funny comedy with strong characters and various plot lines woven well together to a satisfactory resolution! Requires careful set design. |
| Synopsis | The annual Snorton Bennington Croquet Tournament is being held at Jester's Reach, home of Lord and Lady Digby-Slushing. When the local champion pulls out, a stand-in is required. However, due to an unfortunate incident with a policeman's helmet the tournament stand-in isn't who everyone thinks he is either. Chaos ensues as unexpected visitors arrive and attempts are made to rig the tournament and steal the trophy. |
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| Jason and the Golden Fleece by Dominique Vaughan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Chorus includes various mythical creatures! |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short epic(!) told in verse. Ancient Greek myth as a rhyming play for children. No set requirements, no props specified (though many might be used in a particular production). |
| Synopsis | The myth of Jason and the Argonauts on their quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece. A tale of heroes, kings, goddesses, sirens, harpies and the occasional shipwright. |
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| Jesters, Jousters & Donuts by Patti Veconi |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Eight pieces of Renaissance-themed music, scored for junior school musicians, are provided with the Producer's copy of this script. |
| Style | A one act Renaissance-themed school play with music. |
| Synopsis | A troupe of re-enactors assemble in a small town to stage their annual Renaissance Fair - just as contractors with the Dept. of Buildings arrive to announce plans for the sale of the land they are on. The narrator arranges a stay of execution and the show, featuring an archery contest, juggling jesters, a jousting match and not one, but three rival queens, can go on. When the contractors return, (with donuts to share), the actors make their sad goodbyes and exit. The clever Narrator, however, makes a discovery that saves the Renaissance Fair and brings the charming village of Notting-Sher-Wessex-Wood back. |
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| Jetty by Stuart Smithers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama with a gentle edge of comedy in a simple set. Would make a good drama festival piece. |
| Synopsis | On a lakeside jetty, two strangers, both in their 60s, begin a conversation. As Edward teaches Veronica the tricks of skimming stones, they try to guess the circumstances of each other's lives. |
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| The Jewel Of Lamjung by Richard Ward |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The cast includes an on-stage sound effects operator. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] (The original production, including dances, ran to 22 minutes.) |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short Melodrama with a comedic edge (suitable for inclusion in a Music Hall evening, for example). Set in a regimental ballroom in Nepal in the days of British rule. |
| Synopsis | The Music Hall Chairman takes us through the action as smooth blackguard Major Ponsonby adds the theft of the jewel of Lamjung to his many dastardly misdemeanours. He is finally undone as, following his daughter's lead, the Colonel sees that Ponsonby really is a cad, a bounder and a disgrace to the regiment. |
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| Jiggy Jiggy by John Chambers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act adult comedy (that's definitely 'adult' in the sense of 'contains rude bits'), in a single set - a bed and a bedside table. |
| Synopsis | Mark's not happy with his life. He's come up with a novel plan to thrust himself and his wife Kaz into the limelight where he thinks they belong. And all it will take is a performance in their bedroom in front of three cameras... |
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| Jilted Lovers Helpline by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy set in a call-centre office (two workstations with phones). |
| Synopsis | Along with organisations such as Beyond Blue and The Samaritans Helpline, there’s another lesser know organisation providing service to the community. The 'Jilted Lovers Community Help Centre' is a recent addition to the Government's 'Family Care and Planning Network', providing an avenue for 'dumped lovers' to re-build their broken hearts. |
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| Jim Jam by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy on a simple set. |
| Synopsis | Jim, his wife Mary, and one of their sons, are all stuck in a traffic jam. Jim’s frustrated, his wife is trying to stay serene, and their son is desperate for the loo. |
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