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| The Doctor by Gary Diamond & Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Mister Smedley would seem to be male. The doctor could be either. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | A man is called into his doctor's office for some very bad - and surprising - news. |
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| The Doctor's Waiting Room by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch, with a minimal set. |
| Synopsis | Two ladies trade tales of woe regarding their various aches and pains while in the Doctor's waiting room, but the first one to arrive has a surprise in store for her. |
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| Does My Bum Look Big In This? by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act adult comedy set at a café table. Australian settings but with opportunities for customising to other locations. |
| Synopsis | Long-time Aussie friends Donna, Janice and Sharon meet for coffee, prior to Janice flying off to attend her sister's wedding. Their get together is suddenly interrupted with news that the wedding has been called off. |
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| Dog in the Manger by Raymond Blakesley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Characters include a dog, a camel, a donkey, three stars and a flock of sheep! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics to simple songs (to well-known children's tunes) are included in the script. Additional (optional) carols are suggested. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Simple Nativity play for young children, told from the point of view of the animals! (No set or prop requirements.) |
| Synopsis | A dog, a camel a donkey and a star are all complaining about their lot in life, but they have important roles to play in Bethlehem. |
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| The Dog Sitters by Sarah Cowan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and teenagers. (Could be played by that mix, or by teenagers with make-up!) |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single set. |
| Synopsis | A group of girls invited to house-sit and look after a dog for an evening take the opportunity for an impromptu party, during which there is a problem with the dog... |
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| A Dog Walk by Ginny Davis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One music track suggested, to be played alongside speech at a certain point in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A comedy monologue with no set required. |
| Synopsis | Ruth outlines the perils of taking a group of dogs walking and the disruptions that can arise out of the idiosyncracies of both animals and owners. |
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The Dominatrix Solution by Jonathan Edgington
Long-listed for 2017 Pint-Sized Plays Writing Competition. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with adult themes |
| Synopsis | George has writer’s block, and resorts to an unconventional solution. He recruits hapless Kim and Laura who discover what his little problem is and in a surprise final twist solve a much bigger problem for him as well. |
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| Don't Get Me Started... by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Poignant comedy monologue set in the aftermath of a party. |
| Synopsis | Marilyn, a middle-aged domestic goddess, has an expensive lifestyle to maintain. |
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| Don't Mention the Dream by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play. Single set, modern realism, character, explores approaches to staging Shakespeare. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | It's the annual meeting of the Drama Society, but they're a bit thin on the ground this year. Will Russell get his way and produce a period 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' or will Lucy put a spanner in the works? |
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Don't Shout by Steve Menary
A Winner of the Lost Theatre Company Five Minute Festival, 2009 |
| 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, no requirement for props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | A brother and sister (who may have done something wrong) run rings around their parents in this funny short that will have kids and parents nodding in recognition. |
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