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| Harmony by Neil Armstrong |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Four of the roles are non-speaking. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano/vocal score for the song 'Harmony' is included with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | One act play (with a song) for a youth theatre group. (Originally commissioned for the youth of the South Shields Customs House Theatre.) |
| Synopsis | Established as a haven or harmonious living, the village of Harmony is waiting for the prophesied visitors that will declare the village the happiest in the world and bring about world peace. But Lizzy and Bez have dropped in on the vital day, and they will change everything. |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| The Harpington Toad Fanciers' Social by John Waterhouse |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act social comedy with a single living-room setting |
| Synopsis | It's the night of The Harpington Toad Fanciers' Social, but there's some debate about whether it's a social event or a toading event, and, indeed, whether the members have more in common than just toads. |
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| Harsh Lights by Ashley Harris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama with two settings (living room and park bench). Some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Genevieve has had a turbulent time at secondary school, but events take a darker turn after cruel and thoughtless remarks from a teacher about her dancing abilities. She responds by making false accusations of sexual harassment, with severe consequences for the teacher and for Genevieve's parents. |
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| Harvest by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children (plus a bird, a bee and a mouse), intended to be played by kids. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for six songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play for a school class with an educational theme. Multiple locations, but intended to be done with minimum sets. |
| Synopsis | A school class embarks on a village tour, exploring the theme of harvest. |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| Hats Off! - The Musical by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. A nucleus of seven actors, backed by a chorus (with no size limitations) singing the songs. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for seven songs (original lyrics to Victorian period music) is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical for children (could also be staged by adults for kids). Whilst by length we would class this as a one-act play, it is split into two acts and an interval is advised so that the single set can be redressed to mark the passage of time! |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Green is the real driving force behind 'Barker's Bonnets' a milliner's shop in Victorian England. However, she faces unemployment when Mr. Barker sells up to emigrate. A secret scheme is hatched to allow her to continue - and to thrive in the modern world of the 1870s. (The script tells an engaging story whilst exploring the novelties, inventions and social nuances of the Victorian world. This would fit well with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 History Topic, 'The Victorians'.) |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Hats Off! - The Play by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Play for children (could also be staged by adults for kids). Whilst by length we would class this as a one-act play, it is split into two acts and an interval is advised so that the single set can be redressed to mark the passage of time! |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Green is the real driving force behind 'Barker's Bonnets' a milliner's shop in Victorian England. However, she faces unemployment when Mr. Barker sells up to emigrate. A secret scheme is hatched to allow her to continue - and to thrive in the modern world of the 1870s. (The script tells an engaging story whilst exploring the novelties, inventions and social nuances of the Victorian world. This would fit well with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 History Topic, 'The Victorians'.) |
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| The Haunted Cabin by Matthew Lynch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A tense ghost story in two acts and a single set. |
| Synopsis | When Emily, Joe and Danny stumble across the isolated cabin on Shantler's Peak all is not as it seems. Strange noises and sinister apparitions plague the stranded inhabitants, who desperately seek a rational explanation. Will they survive the storm until help arrives, or just become the new eternal residents of the haunted cabin?
A sinister play with a twist that will fool your audience right to the end - one of the characters is a ghost and cannot be seen or heard by any of the others. He appears to be speaking to them, when in fact he is not. |
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| A Haunted Haunting by Herb Hasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 106 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length comedy with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | Two spirits, Mona and Edgar are bemused as to the manner of their deaths. Medium Mona uses her skills to summon up a host of oddball spirits to try to find the answer. Meanwhile a new family move into the house and many confusions ensue. |
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| The Haunting of Hardup Hall by David Lovesy & Steve Clark |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters are all adults, but could easily be played by kids. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short humorous ghost story told in verse |
| Synopsis | Lord and Lady Hardup are at their wits end. Their mansion is being haunted by a fearsome spook and soon they will be forced to flee! Mystic Maureen, psychic extraordinaire is called to save them from the spirits! |
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| Have You Any Bread? by Jos Biggs |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch with a minimal set (a simulated shop counter). |
| Synopsis | A customer attempts to buy bread from the bakery, but ends up investigating the surprising hours of the village. |
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