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Singulatitis by Troy Shearer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Dr. Swanson is written male but could be reassigned! |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute surreal comedy sketch, set in a doctor's surgery. |
Synopsis | A man with extreme hiccups receives a strange and fateful diagnosis from his doctor. |
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The Sinister Mrs Eaves by Robert Black |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short one-act play, single set (Sherlock Holmes' study). |
Synopsis | Holmes and Watson tackle the bizarre case of the Sinister Mrs Eaves and twenty-one-and-a-half Harper Street without leaving their comfortable rooms at 221b Baker Street. A fine Holmes mystery with more than a touch of humour. |
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The Sisters Grimm by Robert Black |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A sketch for young teenagers, with a minimal set. |
Synopsis | The four witches Hubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble try to agree on the best way of dealing with Twitter trolls who are giving witches a bad name. Unfortunately there is little agreement... |
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Sixth Wife by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two live characters plus a voicemail announcement which is assumed to be prerecorded (as is the nature of such things). |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A nice twist on the monologue format as the script jumps between Roy and Cathy's reflections on Roy's past wives and their upcoming marriage. A simple set, two good characters with fun, witty dialogue would make a good challenge for a pair of actors. |
Synopsis | No, not that sixth wife. Roy is about to get married for the sixth time. But do he and the bookish Cathy have that much in common? |
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Size Zero by Dave Payne |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama with a single (kitchen) setting. |
Synopsis | Gill struggles to deal with her daughter's anorexia. She tries every trick in the book to persuade, cajole, beg and guilt-trip Claire into eating, but when Claire refuses, a tortured Gill snaps. |
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The Skateboard by Jamesine Cundell Walker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy/drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
Synopsis | Two elderly ladies react to a skateboarder in the vicinity of their park bench. |
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Skeggy '62 by Anne Graham |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy, with a single (seaside café) setting. |
Synopsis | It is the summer of 1962, just before The Beatles sack drummer Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr. Young Jane is about to leave for London when she encounters Liverpool girl Abbie - who has been courting Ringo Starr, but has decided that Pete Best has better prospects. Abbie points out the dangers of leaving home, as well as persuading café owner Charlie to give Jane a job. |
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Skindeep Safari by David Lovesy & Brian Two |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | Two tourists at the Safari park run into trouble and are helped by the park ranger |
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Skinny Cap to Go by Richard James Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch. Set in a coffee shop, but since there are no real set requirements, it could be done front-of-curtain to cover a set change in a sketch show. |
Synopsis | A customer at a coffee shop just wants a coffee and a ham sandwich, but the barista has a few questions. Oh, and then a few more questions. |
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Sleeping Beauty [10 Minute Version] by Jonathan Edgington Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. We've assumed that all the fairies are female and that the King is male, but it's a pantomime, and you can make your own mind up as to who plays what. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short British pantomime in prose. (No songs, but the production notes include an alternative ending which suggests a song.) |
Synopsis | In this bite-sized panto, the King and Queen invite several fairies to Princess Courtney's christening, but one bad fairy places a curse on the young royal. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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