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| Emporium 2 by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute comedy play, single (simple) set, simple props. |
| Synopsis | The Emporium has been broken into overnight (after the staff closed the shop at 5:37 the previous evening) and P.C. Bromley is sent to investigate. Ms. Dressoir, the shop owner, has some specific ideas about how the investigation should continue and how P.C. Bromley should stay away from her daughter Michelle. (Set in the same establishment as 'Emporium', so could be played stand-alone or as a sequel.) |
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| Emporium 3 by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play. Single (store) set. Part of a series set in the same bizarre venue. (A couple of remarks refer back to previous events, but can easily be changed to allow this to run as a stand-alone play.) |
| Synopsis | Candles and romance are waxing strong in Mme Dressoir's strange little shop, but customer dissatisfaction looms large, hindering growth and leading to broken promises and broken hearts. |
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| Emporium 4 by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play. Single (store) set. Part of a series set in the same bizarre venue (but functions as a stand-alone play.) |
| Synopsis | A tangled love story in a very odd retail outlet. Shop assistant Michelle tries to continue her romance with the local policeman, whilst Ms Dressoir, the shop manager tries to prevent it and also to getting free publicity from the local paper. |
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| The End of the Pier by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Three generations - target ages, 20, early 40s and early 60s. (Whilst this is intended to be played 'to age', it might be within the compass of the older echelons of a youth theatre group.) |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Single set (enough to suggest the location). |
| Synopsis | An exploration of the relationships and struggles of three generations of women. Cynthia has experienced a betrayal that changes her life dramatically and her daughter Mandy is determined to stay strong and pull her family back together. Billie, Mandy's daughter, is preparing to leave for university but has a secret to reveal before she goes. |
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The End of the Rainbow by Geoff Bamber
Production by Transylvania College, Romania, won 8 awards (including Best Show - Primary Section) in National School English Drama Festival 2014 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. |
| Synopsis | It is a well-known fact that at the end of every rainbow there is a pot of gold placed there by a leprechaun. Thus the appearance of a rainbow presents a pair of inept robbers with a chance of easy pickings. They simply have to find the pot of gold before anyone else turns up to collect it. Unfortunately their efforts are frustrated by a succession of inconvenient visitors getting in the way. Ultimately, however, the arrival of a real live leprechaun confirms that they are, for once, in the right place at the right time. If only it were that simple |
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| End of the Road Pub - a play about Hell by David Webb |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written as Australians, though there is no reason that they couldn't come from other places. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play with a Christian perspective on the riskier areas of the afterlife. (Single public bar setting, simple props.) |
| Synopsis | Marty and Jim stagger into a pub after a nasty car crash. They have a drink to steady their nerves but soon notice something strange about the pub. It turns out that crash was nastier than they thought and they've got their own lock-in, forever! |
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| The Engagement by Rebecca Preen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. All the characters are young adults. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch. The esential element of the set is (the outside of) a toilet cubicle with a practical door. Whilst this seems a lot for a short sketch, we think that it's worth it! |
| Synopsis | Mercedes is very keen for her two mates to admire her new engagement ring and tries to impress them with tales of her man's brilliance. Since they remain un-awed, she goes further and further until he accidentally reveals himself and is a lot less than they expected. |
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| Enjoying the Outdoors by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch set on a camping ground. |
| Synopsis | It's a man's world in the great outdoors, but sometimes a few extra luxuries help. |
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| Enlightenment by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One of the characters (Jim) is written as male but could easily be Jennifer. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch. Single set (the interior of a filling station), simple props. |
| Synopsis | Victor is seriously depressed - until a chance encounter in a filling station sends his life in an unexpected direction! |
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| Enough Already by Iris Winston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Two settings, but one is a pavement café - a table downstage - so really one main set and a little supplementary furniture.. |
| Synopsis | Elsie's children put her in a retirement community. As she struggles to settle in, an overly cheery support worker and a visit from her son fail to lighten her mood. |
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