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Dracula by Damian Woods |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 62 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length drama adapted from the Bram Stoker novel. This has been written to be easily staged, by use of props, lighting and sound, rather than elaborate sets. |
Synopsis | The classic gothic tale is authentically brought to life, as young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to a Transylvanian castle to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is planning to move to England. But he doesn't realise that the Count has a taste for blood... |
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The English Game by Roger Hodge |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play. Single set. Some interesting challenges for the technical team! Contains mind swearing. |
Synopsis | Two German agents are preparing to meet a new contact on the eve of the Second World War. He seems genuine, but their suspicions become aroused and there is a confrontation. |
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Even Numbers by Tony Domaille Best Seller Winner of the Derek Jacobi Award for New Playwriting 2023. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Dr Vincent is written male, but could be played female. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Multi-award-winning thriller with strongly written dialogue and good roles for three actors. One-act, one set (prison consulting room) with a scene in a prison cell created purely by lighting. |
Synopsis | Mary-Ann has poisoned and killed five people and Doctor Vincent must make an assessment of her mental state for the court. In trying to establish if she is insane, or just plain evil, a shocking truth is discovered. |
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An Evening to Forget by Rupert Dick |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | The 'Boss coming to dinner' trope is one that has been used for years, but this script succeeds in taking it in a new direction in spectacular fashion with elements of light comedy, farce and thriller. |
Synopsis | Olivia is worried, because her boss is coming to dinner and it’s very short notice. And he’s bringing a companion. And it’s a very important dinner. But when things really go wrong, it’s not any of the issues she was imagining. |
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Ferndale's Folly by Jim Pinnock |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 31 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy with a single (drawing room) setting. |
Synopsis | In this crime caper, set between the wars, Inspector Swann is investigating the theft of Lady Ferndale's jewellery with the help of Constable Wilkins. Unfortunately the Ferndale family are not quite as honest or genteel as they appear, but then neither is Inspector Swann. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Poster template, illustrated by Dale French, for 'Ferndale's Folly' by Jim Pinnock. (High resolution jpg file with space for adding information about the production.)
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Gate Thirteen by Tony Frier |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy, with a dark twist. |
Synopsis | A disparate group of travellers with various levels of flying experience await the departure of their flight home from Marrakech. Gary and Julie are ingeniously attempting to avoid excess baggage charges, Derek and Pauline are collecting as many freebies as they can and the mysterious Carrie is handcuffed to her seat. |
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The Great Mallard by Martin Clare |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 131 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length comedy on two sets (hotel reception and bedroom). |
Synopsis | Ginny arrives at The Great Mallard, a dilapidated hotel in a failing British seaside resort. Surprised to have any guests during the off-season, the manager reluctantly accommodates her, but soon finds himself faced with more unexpected guests, all requesting to stay in the same specific room. It rapidly becomes clear that ulterior motives are at play in this tongue-in-cheek thriller. |
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He's Dead by Peter John Cooper |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length murder thriller. |
Synopsis | Rose's horrific nightmares become reality when her friend Maria is fatally stabbed. As the plot twists and turns ulterior motives are gradually revealed. |
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Hole in the Wall by George Douglas Lee |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 57 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act thriller with various simple settings. US English. |
Synopsis | Successful accountant and bibliophile Arthur is driven to desperate measures to deal with his wife’s constant infidelity. He decides to turn to his hero Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration in murdering not only her but her many lovers as well. |
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles [Version 2] by Matthew Harper |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 115 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length Victorian thriller, with various settings and many short scenes. |
Synopsis | A fast paced dramatisation of the Conan-Doyle favourite, moving quickly and effortlessly from Holmes' cerebral consideration of the case, to the perils awaiting him and Dr Watson, not to mention Sir Henry Baskerville on Dartmoor. |
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