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10 Abbey Court by Cheryl Barrett
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play, set in a kitchen. As the scene-setting direction puts it 'The kitchen is furnished with high tech kitchen appliances and bespoke units. These are imagined.' |
| Synopsis | Local estate agent (*) Jason is showing prospective client Abigail around a property that has just been put on the market. Her shocking reason for being so keen to view this particular property only becomes clear as the curtain closes. * Written in British English. In American, Jason would be a realtor. |
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| 1001 Arabian Nights and a Matinee by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Characters include a pantomime camel. Dame assumed to be played by male, principal boy by female. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 7 original songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script. (Other songs at the discretion of the producer.) |
| Style | British Pantomime. Slapstick, visual jokes, puns, mayhem and a camel. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble brewing in old Baghdad! Unless the Princess Jasmina marries before her 21st Birthday, the evil Vizier will take control of the city! Things look grim... but hang on! A posse of would-be heroes are here to save the day! The love sick Ali Barber (who pines for the Princess), his dim witted brother Singbad the sailor and his fearsome mother, Dame Barber are ready to intervene and foil the villain's fiendish plot. They are helped along the way by their pal 'Bob' (a lad with a secret), a pantomime camel named Humpy and a lady Genie who's been stuck in a magic ruby for far too long! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
** Rehearsal CD with music for the 7 songs which are supplied with the '1001 Nights' master scripts. [Note that the script also suggests two points at which additional songs might be added at the discretion of the producer. These are NOT on the CD!]
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| A 21st Century Nativity by Peter van der Sluijs |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] Carols can be sung between scenes that would extend the length of this play. |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script suggests six carols to be interspersed between the scenes. (These would increase the run time to up to 30 minutes.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short nativity play (though considerably longer if the suggested carols are sung), with optional traditional nativity tableau. Six scenes, but minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | What would the story of the birth of Jesus be like if it were to happen now? |
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| 2B Or Not 2B by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 29. Minimum total without doubling = 31. No chorus. Characters are (mainly) school children playing the parts of adults. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Single set, simple props, comedy designed to be played by a whole school class. |
| Synopsis | It's the Friday afternoon drama lesson - only the usual teacher has bunked off. The girls want to do a romantic costume drama, the boys want to fight. The time is ripe for an Arthurian romance... |
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| Abandon Ship by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | The ship is sinking, but Fred and Ernie’s prevarication and bickering leaves them vulnerable. |
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About Michael by Peter Anthony Fields
Audience Appreciation Award Second Place - The British Theatre Challenge 2017 Act II |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama on a stage divided into two sets. US English. Originally published 2018, revised 2019. |
| Synopsis | A high school English teacher meets with the administrators for his mid-term evaluation, only to discover that it is in fact an interrogation. |
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| Absolutely Aesop by Lou Treleaven |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy play with a simple setting. Intended for a teenage or adult cast (though the content is not unsuitable for children). |
| Synopsis | As part of the series of Absolutely Ancients, Aesop is brought onto a chat show to discuss his most famous fables and meet some of the characters again. Things don’t quite go as planned. |
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The Accident by Herb Hasler
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A play within a play with no props or set (that being close to the point). Contains very minor bad language. |
| Synopsis | A small theatre company is preparing for opening night of their friend's original play when an accident prevents the truck carrying costumes and props from arriving. Determined to salvage the production, the actors stage the play using other actors and their stagehands as scenery... |
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| Accidents Will Happen by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. Chorus. Non-speaking chorus of medical students. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch set on a hospital ward. |
| Synopsis | Jim goes to visit his friend Andy in hospital. The Doctor's bedside manner (or lack of it) rankles with Andy, who in turn tries the doctor's patience. |
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According To Schedule by Robert Scott
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 101 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length, good old-fashioned farce. A stand-alone follow-up to According To Rumour |
| Synopsis | Nina is keen to show off her fiancé to her sister Pippa and brother Roger. Sadly, Pippa finds him all too familiar, and his mobster parents aren’t much of a hit with the family either |
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