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| The Cautionary Tale of Humpty Dumpty by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. No specific gender requirement. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A rhyming comedy monologue, with no set requirement. |
| Synopsis | The bullying Humpty Dumpty meets his deserved end, as the narrator reveals how he - or she - pushed him off the wall and describes the subsequent rejoicing. |
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| The Cautionary Tale of Mary Contrary by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for four songs are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short rhyming comedy play with a moral, for children, with two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Once upon a nursery crime - Mary Contrary demonstrates selfish actions, contrary ways and uncaring attitude to the environment, which lead to her eventual demise. |
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| The Cautionary Tale of Miss Lucy Luckett by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A monologue for two persons! The intention is that someone should recite the verse whilst the story is acted out in mime. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy monologue - a cautionary tale told in verse |
| Synopsis | Desperate for a life on the stage, Lucy Luckett tragically over-stretches herself! |
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| A Cautionary Tale by Howard Lipson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play with a minimal set. |
| Synopsis | A different take on the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, here showing the Rich Man (Ozymandias) arriving in torment, only for a fellow sufferer to point out the hopelessness of his situation. |
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| Celebrating Saint Patrick's by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play. Single pub set. |
| Synopsis | Larry is out to celebrate Saint Patrick's day, but his drinking partner is a little unexpected. |
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| Celebrity by Paul Mathews |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length modern comedy with a single (living room) set. |
| Synopsis | Max has writer's block as well as coping with his newborn and is struggling to meet publisher's deadlines. Wife Amber is harassed with celebrity clients' demands on her PR agency. The arrival of Max's long lost, ex-con, father into the thorny situation leads to even more complexities. |
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| Cell Mates by Mark Seaman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play with a single (prison cell) setting. |
| Synopsis | Young Terry Cole is entering the prison system for the first time. His youthful swagger is tempered by his apprehension about what lies ahead. His meeting with cell mate, murderer George, has a profound effect on him. |
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| Chain Reaction by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The author describes all the characters as 'of a similar age, which would ideally be around forty, give or take a decade or two.' |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy with two scenes (hotel bar and a living room) exploring adult themes with an intriguing mix of monologue and action. |
| Synopsis | A group of singles attempting to find partners with varying levels of desperation, happily resulting in reconciliation for at least one couple. |
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| Chair of Truth - Lance Boyle by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch set in a Television Chat Show Studio (which is just a couple of comfy chairs and a coffee table). |
| Synopsis | Chair of Truth interviewer Chris P. Bacon in conversation with champion haddock juggler Lance Boyle. |
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| Chair of Truth - Sir Neville Greville by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch set in a Television Chat Show Studio (which is just a couple of comfy chairs and a coffee table). |
| Synopsis | Chair of Truth interviewer Chris P. Bacon in conversation with vereran fighter pilot Sir Neville Greville |
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