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What Goes Around... by Vicki Lloyd
Published: 6 December 2023 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fun concept for a sketch. Entertaining interaction between the two characters, which builds to a suitable pay-off. Unusual set - a tall plant, a model of a castle and a giant shell - but probably cardboard cut-outs. |
| Synopsis | Two goldfish are circling in their bowl. One recalls their early life with a huge family in the ocean. The other thinks they're making it up. |
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Never Alone Again by Olivia Arieti
Published: 29 November 2023 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch-length short, sentimental drama. US English. |
| Synopsis | Brett and Jenny are both unable to overcome the loss of their beloved ones. When they meet at the park, they discover they have something in common. |
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When All Around You by Tony Domaille
Published: 27 November 2023
Winner Pint Sized Plays 2023 |
| 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 | A ten-minute comedy skit. |
| Synopsis | In medieval England, Sir John is about to be executed for treason by the very personable executioner, Eugene. Sir John would do anything to get out of losing his head, and Eugene would really like a new best friend. |
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Rest, Ye Merry Gentleman by Cheryl Barrett
Published: 17 November 2023 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fun sketch that fits within a Christmas theme while avoiding all the usual cliches surrounding the season, this would be a novel addition to any festive evening of entertainment. |
| Synopsis | An elderly gentleman is sitting on a comfy armchair in an upmarket department store. His reverie is disrupted when he is taken to task by an irate woman. In a case of mistaken identity, can he convince her that he isn't who she claims he is? |
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Doctor Hoof by Diana Kimpton
Published: 6 November 2023 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. All characters are animals behaving as humans (with options for any mix of gender). Flexible singing chorus (from none to lots). |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Choruses set to traditional tunes are included in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short play for children. (It might be described as a light comedy or a light morality play.) Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Doctor Hoof only treats other horses. When he moves to a new town, he finds he's the only horse around, so there's no one for him to treat. Helped by the other animals, he gradually learns they are not as different from him as he thought. |
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The Man Who Would Be Shirley Temple by Jacob M. Appel
Published: 30 October 2023 |
| 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, absurd comedy sketch. (US English.) |
| Synopsis | Pretentious actor Reginald Pants (pronounced Pontse) visits a casting director, hoping to land the lead role in a remake of Bright Eyes - even though the director was hoping to cast a five-year-old girl. |
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The Knock by Elisabeth Marrion
Published: 16 October 2023 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Dramatic monologue. |
| Synopsis | Alma Zenick moved from Germany to England in the 1870s to work as a furrier. Decades later, in the first year of World War One, she awaits news of her sixth son. The other five have died in action, and she dreads receiving bad news about her last boy. |
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