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H for Halloween by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A children's introduction to the traditions of Halloween. No set required. |
Synopsis | Mrs Pumpkin, Jack O'Lantern and Miss Witch assisted by some of their creepy, scary friends tell the story of the origins of Halloween. |
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Hack by Andy Haynes |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute comedy play, sending-up the pretentions of a writer and his agent. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Harold has written another play, just in time for a meeting with his agent Morty, who's dropped round to read him the reviews of his last play. It's not good news, but is Harold a man to be defeated by bad reviews? Maybe. |
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Halloween in the Lighthouse by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. All the characters are teenagers |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short spooky play for a cast of teenagers. Single set, halloween props and costumes. |
Synopsis | Seven girls plan a creepy Halloween party in a lighthouse, but it gets creepier still when a bunch of boys turn up dressed as Pirates. Their captain is creepier than they are, and things take a chilling turn when he meets the girl dressed as a princess... |
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Halloween Party Time by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Characters are teenagers. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A ghost story set in a High School gym. Single set, simple props. |
Synopsis | Nick's and Pat's preparations for the High School Halloween party are disturbed by a couple of strangers. |
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Hamlet auf Deutsch by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. As usual with Shakespeare, the characters are predominantly male. Of course, casting against gender is open to the production. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet aimed at students learning German. To enable such a short version, a narrator sets the scenes. All speeches, including narration, in German (but directions in English). |
Synopsis | Einige verkürzte Szenen auf Deutsch von Shakespeares Hamlet. A ghost walks the ramparts of Elsinore castle demanding revenge. Hamlet's uncle has siezed the throne. Will Hamlet take arms against a sea of troubles? Sein oder Nichtsein - Das ist hier die Frage. |
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The Hang-Up by Helen Gent |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A very short sketch which is simple, funny and easy to produce. |
Synopsis | A couple are at the end of a long phone call, but she has more trouble disconnecting than he does. |
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Hannah the Horrible by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are two adults and three children (aged 6 to 12). Whilst of course it could be played to age, it could also be performed by a youth theatre company (or even an adult company playing children). |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute (or so) comedy play. |
Synopsis | Hannah seems to be to blame for everything bad that happens in young Karen's class. Karen's mother confronts her teacher... |
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Hansel and Gretel [Verse] by Peter Bond |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short rhyming play. This approaches the border of the British pantomime genre. (Make you own mind up on that point!) |
Synopsis | A short rhyming play that preserves the villainous role of the father, but takes extreme liberties with other parts of the original tale, casting Hansel and Gretel in a less-than-favourable light. |
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Happily Ever After by Jon Boustead |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Variable Chorus size at Producer's choice. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for Junior or Elementary School ages. |
Synopsis | Loosely based on the 'Princess and the Pea' fairytale, the story unfolds through a newsroom and outside broadcasts, as the Prince and his true Princess are united. |
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The Haunting of Hardup Hall by David Lovesy & Steve Clark |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters are all adults, but could easily be played by kids. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short humorous ghost story told in verse |
Synopsis | Lord and Lady Hardup are at their wits end. Their mansion is being haunted by a fearsome spook and soon they will be forced to flee! Mystic Maureen, psychic extraordinaire is called to save them from the spirits! |
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