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Phone Blackmail by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | While searching for his lost dog, owner Ben receives a sinister phone call. |
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Phone for Dinner by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch. A modern comedy of telephone manners. |
Synopsis | Terry has invited three of his old school friends over for a reunion dinner, but the evening is interrupted when each of the friends receives a phone call. |
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A Pig is a Pig is a Pig by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Nominally three men and three women, but the genders of the characters are not integral to the story (and have been changed from the original short story), so they can be switched around as required. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play. Single set (the front desk of Acme Express Shipping Company). |
Synopsis | When Mary Flannery receives a shipment of guinea pigs, she is forced to keep them whilst a dispute over shipping fees is settled. Guinea pigs breed quickly, however, and soon she has more than she can handle... Based on an original story by Ellis Parker Butler. |
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A Pilot's Thoughts at the End of the War by Philippa Roberts |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Whilst this is a monologue, there is an option for a group of mournful dancers. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Five minute serious monologue with no set or prop requirements. |
Synopsis | The war in question is the Second World War, and the pilot is regretting participating in the bombing of Dresden. |
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Pirate Radio by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Character Chris can be male or female. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | A slight misunderstanding arises about the preparation needed for a Pirate Radio station. |
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Pirates Ahoy! by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute presentation piece for schools |
Synopsis | A group of famous pirates are interviewed about the realities of Pirate Life in the Golden Age of Piracy. Long John Silver, as a fictional Pirate, is there on sufferance. A useful classroom introduction to the subject. |
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The Pitch by Hilary Mackelden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch intended for church groups. |
Synopsis | Film-makers pitch a movie called 'The Father of God'. (Matthew , 18-25) |
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Pitching the Show by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
Synopsis | Getting the show on the road is all about the initial idea's pitch... |
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The Plan by Sue Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Monologue for a teenage girl. Single set (her bedroom) can be represented minimally. Simple props. |
Synopsis | The plan was hatched between Donna and her friend Kaylee, and at the end of it, one of them was going to be going out with Danny, the swimming pool lifeguard. But which one? And would things actually go to plan? |
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Plastered by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. 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 | Satirical sketch for two actors. Set in a pub but can be played on an open stage. |
Synopsis | A rabbit goes into a bar for a quiet drink and encounters what he sees as discrimination. |
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