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| The Shy Prince and the Dragon by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play for young children. Two locations, but minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | Two knights, a pirate, a cowboy (or a cowgirl) and Superboy (or Supergirl) all fail to rescue a princess from a dragon. Will a shy, insecure, young prince succeed where the others have failed? |
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| Shyfari by David Lovesy & Brian Two |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch |
| Synopsis | Come on a Safari tour in the Kruger National Park: seeking those animals that are much harder to find! |
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| Sic Notus Ulixes? by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Whilst all bar Circe are written male, the author would be happy with any liberties taken with gender - and, in any case, what evidence do we have that Homer was male? |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Humorous Homeric epic in a fifteen minute play aimed at beginners' classes in Latin! |
| Synopsis | Three scenes from the story of Ulysses' homecoming translated from the original Greek (*) and thoroughly mangled and distorted for dramatic presentation. Narrated by the original poet himself.
* Whilst the above summary notes the translation from Greek, it does not note what it is translated into. In this case, it's Latin (which itself is translated - or at least clarified - into English by the narrator). |
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| The Sick, Sad Wolf by Jamie Hope |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Twisted, somewhat adult riff on a fairy tale. Single set. |
| Synopsis | Jack is always drawn to beauty, but as soon as he recognises that it will fade, a terrible compulsion overcomes him and he does dreadful things. After such an encounter, he meets a pure little girl called Red Riding Hood, and things are different. |
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| Signs of Grace by Sarah Howard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Friends and narrators parts may be doubled, at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play with simple (or no) set. |
| Synopsis | In a modern setting and using narration with action, the Old and New Testaments of the Bible are brought together - to provide a parable, showing why Jesus died for our sins. |
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| Silver Linings by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama with a single (clifftop bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | A young man has had an argument with his girlfriend and has spent the night on a bench. The old tramp who usually uses the bench, in a fatherly fashion, draws out the difficulties the young man has had throughout his life and identifies a silver lining for himself. |
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| Silver-Tongued by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch set in a bar. |
| Synopsis | Dave and George are spending a night out at the local pub. George is seeking advice from Dave about his silver wedding anniversary. |
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| Simpleton and the Queen Bee by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short fantasy play for children. |
| Synopsis | Grimm's fairy tale is brought to life as the animals help Simpleton complete the tasks which will bring him his true love. |
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| Sin by C Henchley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The play is written for two characters, but there is an option of adding a crowd of silent extras. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Unusual, short holocaust drama in a single minimal set. |
| Synopsis | Two men on their way to Belsen debate the morality of lying to a couple wanting to marry. Is the joy they can impart before the horror of the camps worth the cost to the liar’s immortal soul? |
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A Single Moment by Tony Domaille
Runner up UK Community Drama Festivals Federation Geoffrey Whitworth competition for Best Original Script, 2015 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play with a single (Betting Shop) setting. Part I of the author's 'Changes' trilogy. |
| Synopsis | Danny's gambling has finally brought him to rock bottom. He has lost everything and now finds himself in the bookmaker’s shop learning lessons from a bag lady and a bookmaker. Whilst salvation is offered from surprising sources, it is a single moment that saves him when his most unlikely bet is won because on 5th June 2009 snow fell across parts of the UK. |
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