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| Symphony Dreadful by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. 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 for three performers |
| Synopsis | The TV show Talent Today presents a guest who has several of the attributes of the great Ludwig Van Beethoven. But it’s the one that’s missing which causes the problem. |
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| T'um Fu Society Demonstration by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters written as one adult and one child. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short skit. Contains mild swearing. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | A demonstration of martial arts by a Great Warrior (Stanley Ramsbottom) and his young assistant. |
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| Table For One by Sydney Weiss |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy on a single restaurant set. US English. |
| Synopsis | Daniel eats at the same restaurant every day of his life. He likes the food, but he likes the waitress even more. He keeps getting roped into sitting with stuffy Mike and crazy Susan, when all he wants is a second alone with Meg. Will Daniel ever be able to marry Meg, or will the chaotic ambiance of the diner render this task impossible? |
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| Take a Hike by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with no set required. |
| Synopsis | Sarah is fed up with everyday routine and wants to make a few changes to her life. Sarah’s husband Richard thinks she is having a mid-life crisis and humours her ever-changing moods. When Sarah suggests an outdoor picnic, Richard is only too happy to oblige. |
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| Take a Seat by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute light comedy monologue with poignant moments. |
| Synopsis | Freda loves her favourite bench in the park, where she can watch the world go by. But nothing has prepared her for the sudden appearance of a runaway bride. What advice if any can Freda give, especially when a desperate young man appears on the scene? |
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| Take Me To Your Leader by Caroline Spencer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch, set in a school headteacher's office.
Part of the Aliens collection of short plays for youth people. |
| Synopsis | Mr Golightly has a strict rule for his school - there is no such thing as an Alien Being. Is his insistence on enforcing this rule a device to hide his own identity? |
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| Taken! by Jordon Hadfield |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play well suited for youth theatres. |
| Synopsis | A group of teenage boys are struggling to find their way in life and become involved in criminal behaviour. It takes the death of their friend to bring them into adulthood. |
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| Taking An Interest by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch for three actors, with minimal or no set. |
| Synopsis | Older ladies Mary and Alice are in a long queue at the bank and they pass the time in idle conversation full of malapropisms, when young Ben joins the queue. The ladies' interest in Ben grows as they wait, until Mary comes to a startling and somewhat irritating realisation. |
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| Tales from the Seventh Galaxy by Mike Plumbley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play with a simple (or none if preferred) set.
Part of the Aliens collection of short plays for youth people. |
| Synopsis | An Earthman finds himself attempting to rescue a girl held hostage by Aliens, only to have a rude awakening... |
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| Talk in the Park by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch set around a park bench.
From the Laughter Lines collection. |
| Synopsis | A chance meeting of old friends and a chance for a catch-up on family gossip. (Or a chance for some daft jokes, depending on how you look at it.) |
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