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Consulting an Ancient Doctor by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A series of short educational scenes. The narration is in English and the dialogue in Latin. Suitable for Latin classes and assemblies. |
Synopsis | A series of comic scenes set in Roman times in which an ancient doctor deals with various patients - in Latin. Narrators bind the scenes together, explain the Latin for those who need it, and provide some elementary background information on ancient medicine. The piece is designed as an educationally useful but recreational activity for Latin classes, and could make an entertaining Assembly or be interspersed with other pieces in an end-of-term show. |
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Contact by Bob Tucker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Sketch, simple set (a park bench) no props. |
Synopsis | In the park, Simon and Alice are both waiting... |
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The Contestant by Allan Williams |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy monologue with a simple (TV studio) set or can be played with no set. |
Synopsis | Jake is a contestant on a TV quiz show. He obviously has a high opinion of himself and his abilities, but it soon becomes clear he is not as smart as he thinks he is. |
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Contract Killer by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch for two actors. Set in a pub but can be played on an open stage. |
Synopsis | Pub cat Tink's comfortable life is at risk when the owners call in a mouse-catching cat who wants to take his/her place. |
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Cops and Robbers by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One adult and one child (but it's comedy, so the age needs to be played, not necessarily actual). |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. No set required. |
Synopsis | Barry explains to his dad how the kids today play cops and robbers... |
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Copycat by Charles Dennison |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short one-act thriller - a drama with a twist, in a single kitchen setting. |
Synopsis | Chris seems to have ended up at Harriot's house because of an accident, but he has evil plans in mind. A visit from her neighbours isn't going to be enough to stop a notorious killer from claiming another victim. But who will the victim be? |
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Corner Property by Iris Winston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. All three characters are written male. The character with the pack would be the easiest to change. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play. Single set (with no requirements - could easily be played front-of-curtain. Contains swearing. |
Synopsis | Joe and Peter, two former soldiers, beg for change on a street corner and watch the world pass them by - whilst underneath, there's a power struggle going on. |
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The Corruption of Patience Undercroft by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four on-stage characters and an off-stage voice (that could be recorded). |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Modern pastiche of a Victorian melodrama (the same ingredients, but playing-up the comedy, rather than the Victorian sentimentality). Designed for a black-box set. Could easily be played as part of a Music Hall evening. |
Synopsis | During a village celebration for Queen Victoria's jubilee, sweet, innocent Patience Undercroft has ventured out to a barn, summoned by a note from an admirer. She is hoping that it comes from her childhood sweetheart, Victor Knightly. Little does she know that it is the wicked Squire Grimly Blackheart who lies in wait... |
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Could Have Been Worse by Gary Nicholson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for youth theatre. Three characters and two chairs. Also available as part of the Fright Size collection. |
Synopsis | Even though he's dead, Ken hasn't been able to leave his profession behind - especially not when there's Reg in support. JD seems to understand, but will his sceptical sister, Sarah? |
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Count Ferdinand Von Finkelstein's Fabulous Freak Show by Jack Burgess |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Cast of three adults and two children (or two small adults). The children should look identical, give or take the effects of having been fired from a cannon. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute comedy sketch. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
Synopsis | Count Ferdinand Von Finkelstein introduces his Fabulous Freak Show and circus, including the not-so-strong man, the non-so-bearded lady and Mickey the Meteorite (who has the temerity to want payment for the privilege of being fired from a cannon). |
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