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Partners by Henry P. Gravelle
Red River Screenplay Comp.-2023-Winner |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | Barry and Diego are on the run after just robbing a bank. They choose the wrong apartment to hide in. |
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| Party Games by Alan J. Laing |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Characters are children plus two teachers (assumed to be played by children) |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute classroom comedy play for kids, with a moral. |
| Synopsis | The day before the Christmas Holidays, and the class are filling their spare time with various activities. Penny has a surprise for the school, but it's spoilt kids Amber and Jade who are the most surprised. |
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| The Party Poopers by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Three speaking roles, with optional non-speaking extras. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch for three actors set at a party. |
| Synopsis | At a party, one guest tries his best to impress a beautiful lady. |
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| The Passion by Mike Sparks |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Modern version of a medieval mystery play. Single set (a cart!), basic props. |
| Synopsis | The betrayal, trial and crucifixion of Jesus. |
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| Pawn by Brian Marchbank |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 72 minutes. [Estimated!] Experiential run time (first production) 1 hour, 2 minutes. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Character comedy structured as a thriller. Single pawn shop setting. On the boundary between a full-length and a one-act play. |
| Synopsis | The robbery of a Manchester pawn shop goes wrong and becomes a hostage situation, trapped together the hostages and hostage takers realise there is history between them, the resulting friction requires the novice police negotiator to deal with both volatile groups to resolve the situation. |
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| Pea Pandemonium by Jessica Sandys-Clarke |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters are nominally female, they are, when all is said and done, vegetables! |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute farce for kids. Minimal set, simple props. |
| Synopsis | It's a regular day in Chill Pepper's Salon, with massages, manicures and bizarre temper tantrums. Today also sees two pea twins reunited. |
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| Peace by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy, somewhere on the boundary between a sketch and a ten-minute play! Single set, simple props, lots of loud sound-effects. |
| Synopsis | A couple try to relax in the idyllic atmosphere of their holiday cottage, despite the wildlife, the handyman and the building work going on down the road, but is there worse on the way? |
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| A Peg or Two by Ged Quayle |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | This is definitely just for adults (and won't be to everyone's taste). For those who like this sort of thing, it's a fun, smutty comedy sketch with a sweet ending. |
| Synopsis | A married couple decide to experiment in the bedroom. It doesn't go quite as they'd hoped. |
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| Peggy's Pirate Panto by David and Fiona Barker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 96 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script has spots for up to 16 songs and dances (plus overture and entr'acte), with some examples suggested in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime, traditional style, but an original story - albeit with many familiar pirate tropes thrown in. |
| Synopsis | Peggy wants to follow in the footsteps of her late pirate mother and recover her fabulous lost treasure, but her father wants to keep her safe. Sadly for him, the wicked pirate Captain Crook needs Peggy to get that treasure. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Penguin Is Mightier Than The Swordfish by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One offstage voice, could be recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a single (cab office) setting. |
| Synopsis | Clive and Barry are in a cab office waiting for a taxi, after spending a night out at the local pub watching a televised football match. Their football debate takes a different turn in the cab office. |
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