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| The Exit Poll by Jim Pinnock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | The farcical comedy of politics. Simple sets. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Three candidates are contesting a by-election, but they all have secrets, most of which come to light before the results are revealed. Can any of them really claim the victory? |
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** Poster template, illustrated by Dale French, for 'The Exit Poll' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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Exit Stage Left by Geoff Bamber
Performance by Castrand Youth, Kells won the Lochside Youth Theatre Trophy in the Stewartry District of the SCDA festival, 2017. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters are all high school students. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy for high-school-aged actors. Simple set. |
| Synopsis | A high school drama group arrive to rehearse a play. Their teacher, Mrs Finnegan, is indisposed so one of the group takes over the session. His efforts to conduct things seriously are undermined by his cast and the possibility of Mrs Finnegan being a serial killer. |
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| Exodus in XX Minutes by John F. Glen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A set of song and music suggestions are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act irreverent, humorous, biblical epic play for kids, simple sets. |
| Synopsis | The Second Book of Moses (complete with bulrushes, plagues, red sea and commandments) told in 20 minutes - hence the title! This version of the story takes place close to Alexandria - however in this case, it is the Alexandria just south of Loch Lomond, hence the script is written in (phonetic) Scots. |
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| Explosion by Liz Dobson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single (kitchen) setting. |
| Synopsis | When a family is being torn apart and parent/teenager relations are at their most tense, will a crisis outside the family home help to repair the situation or will it be too late? |
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| Extended Relations by Eric Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters ages are especially relevant. |
| Run Time | Around 127 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A farce-style comedy, in two acts, with a single set. |
| Synopsis | Hillary has tracked down her birth Mother and has arranged a meeting - after six months of phone calls. Unfortunately for her, her adoptive Mother doesn't take the hint and comes round to visit on the same day. It doesn't help matters when her newly-discovered birth Dad drops by too! |
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| Extra Cream 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 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short, two-handed play, with a simple setting. |
| Synopsis | Housewife Lillian has a milkman Steve - who has called to respond to the note she left for him. In an intriguing interplay between the two, the contents of the note are gradually revealed, as sexual tension ebbs to and fro across the kitchen table. |
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| Extra Time by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters could be female. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play, with a simple set. |
| Synopsis | A student is into the last couple of minutes of his exam time when the new invigilator takes over. Despite exam conditions, the student seems determined to talk, and even test the invigilator on his mathematical skills. |
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| Extraction by S. P. Franksson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fast-paced one-act comedy (somewhere between thriller and farce). |
| Synopsis | Dentist John and his assistant and lover Alice accidentally kill their patient, but when they discover the man was carrying a huge amount of cash, they plot to hide the body and keep it for themselves. Complications arise when Alice's junkie boyfriend shows up, followed by John's suspicious wife. |
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| An Eye for an Eye by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Single set (prison cell with practical door). Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | James Nash is awaiting trial for the murder of his father. The horrific details of the crime have shocked the nation, and Nash has been offered lots of money for his story. But he chooses to tell it to a couple from his local paper, for a pittance given to charity. What is his story? |
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| The Eye of the Pharaoh by Roger Hurn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Most of the characters are not gender-specific. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A light and fun Egyptian romp for a school or youth theatre company. |
| Synopsis | The Eye of the Pharaoh is a jewel of immense power that ensures the continued reign of Ramenha. His Uncle Ahketnan doesn't want that reign to continue - he wants to be pharaoh, and recruits Salen to help him steal the jewel. But Salen uses it to raise a demon... |
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