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| The Nobodies by Jon Boustead |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Additional or fewer voices may be used to adapt to a desired cast size. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play for primary (junior) school children with simple settings. |
| Synopsis | In Nobody Land there are no stories, no reading, no dreaming, no nothing! In a manner reminiscent of the Thought Police, the Voices make sure that the rules are enforced. In the end the Storytellers prevail and The Nobodies at last become Somebodies. |
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| The Non-Emergency Call by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The roles could be played m or f. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch requiring props. |
| Synopsis | When in an accident, a call to the Emergency number should bring a response - and assistance, surely? |
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| Non-Sequitur by S. J. Edwards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch in the absurdist mode with no set necessary. |
| Synopsis | A number of characters interchange absurd conversations with a surprising conclusion. |
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| The Norman Conquest by Richard Morris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One set of song lyrics embedded in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Verse play, fitting with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 3 History syllabus. |
| Synopsis | We travel back in time to England in 1066 where William sails from Normandy (bringing an army and 'beaucoup fromage'). defeats King Harold and sets about building fortifications and surveying his new kingdom. |
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| North Wind by David Dunn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two adults and two children (could be played by four kids.) |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | A few minutes in a household where the eldest son may be autistic, or just challenging. His mother trusts that his younger sister can bring him out of himself, but his father is doubtful and scared. |
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| Not Another Nativity by Paul Cockcroft |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Genders for parts are nominated, but could be altered as required. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act nativity play with rehearsal settings. |
| Synopsis | Teacher becomes increasingly impatient (whilst retaining some, perhaps misplaced, optimism) as the cast rehearse for the forthcoming school nativity. Numerous interruptions and bored children abound in a refreshing new slant on the traditional. |
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| Not Easy by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two adults and two children (could be played by four kids.) |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | Does Dad have a favourite child? Is Mum too overprotective of her son? This short play shows how family politics can change in the course of a phone call. |
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| Not Long Before Waking by Matthew Taylor |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Theatrical surrealism (the actors are on stage, but their dialogue comes through a soundtrack). Short play, single set, a few props. |
| Synopsis | Two characters share a discussion inside a strange dream. The devil observes! |
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| The Not So Great Escape by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by Damian Trasler.) |
| Synopsis | Three POWs discuss possible escape plans in a World War 2 camp. |
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| Not Yet a Yeti by Lou Treleaven |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. There are three narrators, a number that could be expanded or contracted as the production requires, plus a group of hikers which could easily be expanded into a major expedition. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics that fit to traditional songs are embedded in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short, easy-to-stage play based on the picture book Not Yet a Yeti by Lou Treleaven, illustrated by Tony Neal. |
| Synopsis | All of George's family are yetis, and they love chasing hikers off the mountains with their big feet. George doesn't love doing that and he has small feet. Is he a yeti? Does he even want to be a yeti? |
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