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| Meet the Inventor by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written male, but could be played male or female. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A very short sketch. Set requirements: two chairs |
| Synopsis | An interview with the inventor of a time machine explores just some of the paradoxes inherent in time travel. |
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Meet the Solar System by Lou Treleaven
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. Delightfully, there is an optional chorus of Kuiper Belt objects. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics set to familiar tunes are embedded in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | This would make a fun assembly or classroom piece, suitable for primary school children. Some useful educational facts are imparted through songs which children would enjoy. No set or props required. |
| Synopsis | An astronaut visits the planets of the solar system. Songs based on well-known nursery rhymes are used to teach us about them all. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Free zip file containing three versions of the logo (created by Lucy Treleaven) for Meet the Solar System by Lou Treleaven.
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| Meet the Vikings by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Five plays with six characters in each. (Whilst the characters are nominally male or female, for the purpose of Readers' Theatre, the gender of the actors doesn't matter.) |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A set of five mini-plays (run times 4 to 6 minutes) for a class studying The Vikings (English National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Unit 6C - invasions and settlements of Britain). No set requirements, no props. Producer's Copy includes a quiz. |
| Synopsis | The history of Viking invasion and settlement of Britain told in a series of guided reading plays covering Viking life and mythology. |
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| The Meeting In The Park by Peter Wade |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play, with a simple (bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | Two men of differing ideals, but with some odd similarities, meet in the grounds of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. One, Adolf, is painting a picture of the palace. The other, Josef, is taking the air and watching the people... |
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A Meeting of Minds by Catherine Willacy & Andrew Bramble
Production by Cairns Little Theatre Inc, Queensland won Best Drama in the FNQATA One Act Play Festival in May 2018, in the Open Section for plays of 16-45 minutes. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama, well suited for festival performance. |
| Synopsis | An unexpected reunion leads to hard truths and hilarious memories. But what exactly is their relationship, and where will it all end? |
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| A Meeting on a Train by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written as young adults. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play, based on the short story 'An Enigmatic Nature' by Anton Chekhov. Single set (train carriage, with no specific furnishings), minimal props. |
| Synopsis | Meeting on a train, Ian tries to impress his travelling companion Ana. As it turns out, Ana impresses him in an unexpected way. |
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| Melissa's Big Birthday Bash by Eric Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. The on-stage characters are teenage girls plus a younger brother and his friend. There are a couple of offstage adult voices. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act thriller for teenagers with a single (living room) set. |
| Synopsis | It is Melissa's fifteenth birthday. Most of her friends are away or busy, so it looks as though her slumber party will not be a huge success. On top of that her mother has invited the dreaded Nikki Nolan, the girl everyone hates, to her party. But what looks like a boring and uncomfortable night for Melissa turns into something else entirely in this mystery thriller, which comes complete with ghost stories, an intruder, cut telephone lines and a neat twist at the end. |
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| A Melodramatic Guide To Victorian Melodrama by Jack Hutchinson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedic sketch educating the audience about Victorian melodrama. |
| Synopsis | A short journey through the intricacies and absurdities of the world of Victorian Melodrama - a passionate world of high emotions, daring deeds and dastardly villains. |
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| Memories by John Passadino |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage characters and an off-stage voice. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Romantic comedy in two short scenes. |
| Synopsis | Robert's a great actor, and Judith is certain he's the one to star in her new play, but he's having a lot of doubts about his ability to remember the lines. His co-star does her best to help him out, with startling results. |
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| Memories Of Tomorrow by Stewart Boston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act fantasy, or time-shift, drama with simple settings. |
| Synopsis | In his sick bed Peter hears some startling radio news of a high profile murder. Are subsequent events driven by his delirium, or has time actually shifted? |
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