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| Just Desserts [One-act Comedy] by Judith Ezekiel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy with elements of farce. Two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Simon and Caroline's plans to renovate and resell an old house are thwarted by elderly sitting tenant, Dorothy. Assuming that the old lady will soon pass away they proceed, only to find that Dorothy is far from death's door. The only solution seems to be to hasten her death by nefarious means, but Dorothy is up to the challenge. |
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| Just Fifteen Minutes by Tony Frier |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act historical drama with several simple scenes. |
| Synopsis | Just fifteen minutes is how long it takes someone to die from strychnine poisoning. It's this method by which Doctor Thomas Cream disposed of his victims. Cream goes from fresh McGill graduate to a cornered criminal in this recounting of the life of the notorious 'Lambeth Poisoner', whose crimes stretched from Montreal to Chicago and London. |
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| Just Good Friends by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fifteen-minute play around a simple set. |
| Synopsis | Jane has just broken up with her latest boyfriend, and as usual, Tim is waiting to console her. But maybe this is his chance to step out of the friend zone and admit his feelings to her? |
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| Just Like Us by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. The characters are children plus two teachers (who could be offstage voices) and a voice on the radio |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Large cast play about children in World War 2 (covering areas of the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 topic on WW2). Simple sets, simple props. Includes robust language which some may find inappropriate. |
| Synopsis | Conflict between a group of London evacuees and the children whose school they join. |
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| Just Stop It by Katharine Earley and Hugh Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch that crosses modern satire with an edge of surrealism. Easily staged (the art gallery can be an empty stage) with a good balance of roles. |
| Synopsis | A man with a grievance against self-service tills arrives at an art exhibition armed with a tin of tomato soup. Does anyone have a tin opener? Can his daughter stop him damaging a valuable abstract painting? And, in any case, what’s it supposed to be? |
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| Just The Ticket by Philippa Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 96 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A satisfying story about a group of women coming together to help each other out, with strong character development and a good mix of topical and character-based comedy. Single interior set with parctical doors. |
| Synopsis | Gemma's sustainable fashion event, or clothes swap as her sceptical mother calls it, is going well despite the nosy neighbour, the newly single mum fretting about her ex, and the goats on the loose. Then a discarded jacket surfaces. In its pockets are a positive pregnancy test and a winning lottery ticket. |
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| Just the Two of Us by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act farce with a single (hotel room) setting. |
| Synopsis | In an attempt to inject some life into their jaded marriage, Will and Cath take their counsellor's advice and go on a second honeymoon. Things go awry when their respective lovers both turn up at the hotel. |
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| Justine and the Golden Sheep by Marcus Grollman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Opportunities for music at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act school play with a very modern retelling of Greek myth. Minimal set requirements and simple (though frequent) props, some of which are edible and, indeed, eaten. |
| Synopsis | Children struggling to save their school embark on a fund-raising adventure - an adventure which bears more than a passing resemblance to the tales of Jason and the Argonauts! |
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| Kaa! by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Very flexible cast numbers - roles can be spread amongst a larger cast or reduced. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for six original songs plus one reprise is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act musical play for kids, with a strong ecological theme. |
| Synopsis | A remote Pacific island is inhabited by a tribe of children who remain young because of oil collected from a precious orchid. Unfortunately for them, Gasco has a tip off that oil is to be found on the island. Gasco tempts the children with junk food and drink. Although the children are initially swayed, they return to their home in the nick of time, preventing Gasco from destroying their paradise. |
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| Kalifa's Amazing Adventures by Nikki Harmon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. The lead character is a young elephant and various others are animals. These are supposed to be indicated by costumes props or masks, rather than being entirely realistic! (There's a photographic example on the script page.) |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full length play - a fable along the lines of the Just So stories or Brer Rabbit. Aimed at a young audience, but to be played by adults or teenagers. |
| Synopsis | The growing pains of an inquisitive young elephant, as she learns about the dangers of her environment and the value of friendship. |
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