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Here are all of our Short Play Scripts for Theatre Groups, Drama Clubs, Schools, Colleges, Professional Theatre, Classroom use and Youth Groups in one place for you to browse, read in full online and download instantly in both PDF and Docx formats. They're all less than one act in length. Length and number of characters can vary so you might find it easier to go here and use the search engine on the right of the page to narrow down your search.
These are Short Play Scripts with various themes.
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Dooba Dooba
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageTensions run high as a Guinea Pig is introduced to a Hamster Cage in a pet shop. (5E)
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A Small World Indeed
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageTwo strangers meet without knowing they’re meant to meet in an interview later. (3M)
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A Night Under the Stars
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA man on a park bench encounters someone who may not be ‘of this world’ (2M, 1E)
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Three Short Christmas Plays
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThree short Father Christmas themed plays for children. (12E)
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Mummers Play – The Turkish Knight
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA traditional Christmas folk play featuring St. George and a troublesome Knight! (7E)
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The Ant Farm
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThose who put humans on Earth are back to check on their experiment. (2E)
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Tell-tale Heart
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdgar Allen Poe’s tale of murder and guilt. (5E)
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Keeping Distance
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAfter receiving a less than friendly message from outer space, a scientist must come up with a reply to save the world. (2E)
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Linda’s Bagels
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageTalking Bagels help a ‘Horrible Boss’ change her ways. (2F & 1E)
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Moving On
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageTwo women from very different social circles meet on a park bench and find out they’re both potentially facing the same fate – that of being forced to move home. (2F)
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Genius
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA short moral tale about telling the truth (3F)
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Nora’s Ark
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageNora is tasked with building an Ark – a trip to IKEA beckons! (3M, 3F)
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Captain and the Jolly Sailors 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA dog discovers a WWII German Spy! (1E or 3E) 👂
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Plastic Funeral
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA group of male accountants hold a funeral with a twist for their female colleague (1F, 1M)
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A Merry Widow or Two
From £2.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA widow’s supposedly dead husband turns up and faces a dark twist (4F, 1M)
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Finding Maria
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageWhatever happened to Snow White. We find out as she encounters the Huntsman, many years later. (1F, 1M)
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Hop-frog
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdgar Allen Poe’s short story about humiliation and revenge. (2M, 1F, 5E)
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
From £3.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pagePoe’s detective, Dupin, solves the gruesome murders in the Rue Morgue. (1M, 1F, 4E)
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The Heist
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageFirst-hand account of a plot to obtain unlimited free samples at the Mall food court. (1E)
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The Antiquities Roadshow
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageSome unusual items are brought to be valued by the Antiquities Roadshow (6F, 2M)
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A Final Adventure in Wonderland
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA short play based on ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. (6F & 5M)
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One Little Snowflake
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA play to be performed by children with a strong message about global warming (4F, 4M, 20E)
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Green Grows the Garden
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAccused of arson, Toby confesses; but is there more to his story? (2M, 1F)
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The Fastening Penny 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageTwo agricultural workers have too much of a good time at the hiring fair. (1E or 5E, 1M & 1F) 👂
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The Queen’s Head 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageWhat would you do if Queen Elizabeth I wanted your teeth? (1E) 👂
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Love Under Construction
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA set-designer interrupts a show, thinking it’s just a rehearsal. (3E)
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The World’s End 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA seed from the tropics causes concern at the World’s End. (1E) 👂
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Five Ways to Remember
From £4.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageFive short plays set during World War I, but not the usual themes. (2F, 2M)
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The Truth Within
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThe proof of a divine being seems to be someone’s birthday present! (4E)
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An Inconvenient Crime
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA burglar turns up with a question… “is it convenient to rob you right now”? (1F, 2M)
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Out of this World
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA select few humans must prevent a race of aliens (who invented chocolate) from taking over earth! (3M, 3F, 2E)
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The Smugglers Rest 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageWith the Revenue Men around, how will the smugglers unload their contraband? (1E or 8E) 👂
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Smee
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA House party on Christmas Eve in the 40s has a ghostly visitor? (6F, 5M)
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Anywhere but Rotherham
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageMargaret arrives at the Pearly Gates in this Angelic tale with a Devilish twist. (2M, 1F)
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The Tooth Fairy
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA single parent tries to get to know the Tooth Fairy a little better. (3E)
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Park Bench Stories
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThree short plays set on a park bench (7 characters, 3 actors with doubling)
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The Old Ship 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA new man in the village revisits his past. (1E or 3E, 1M & 1F) 👂
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Samson Agonises
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageSamson has lost his motivation in this short adaptation of the Milton Play. (4M, 1F & 1E)
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Princess Puffery
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA conceited princess has lost her charm but a series of adventures help her find it once more. (3M, 4F & 1E)
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The Insurance Salesman
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAn insurance company are selling something unusual and deadly. (2E)
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The Pardon 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageSet in Victorian times, the Gallows Inn is the scene of an unexpected pardon. (1E) 👂
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The Raven
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdgar Allen Poe’s most famous poem adapted for stage. (1M, 1E)
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The Perfect BFF
From £9.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageIn this 30-minute musical for schools, a pupil at a new school tries to find a new best friend. (15E or 20E or 30E)
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The Lady in Grey 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA new employee at a supposedly haunted pub sees something in the cellar! (1E) 👂
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdgar Allen Poe’s short story about the afterlife. (1M, 6E)
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The Bell Inn 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThere’s something odd about the Inn in the mist; could it really be frozen in time? (1E) 👂
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Nuclear Strike
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThe hero stops an evil villain, but not until contracts are negotiated (1F, 1M and 2E)
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One Night Stand
From £2.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA one night stand is ruined by Nick’s nerves, some awkward home-truths and a blocked toilet. (1F, 1M)
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The Angel of the Odd
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdgar Allen Poe’s comedy about chaos and unfortunate events. (1M, 2F, 2E)
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High Seas and Misdemeanours 👂
From £2.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageTwo P.I.’s and three suspects but what was the crime and who has the answers? (1M, 6E) (Audio version) 👂
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The Errand Boy
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageSet in the 1820s, a tale of the meeting between a political giant and a literary legend. (1F, 2M)
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The Waiting Room
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA melancholy drama in which a father waits patiently for his family to return because where he is now, it’s the only thing he can do. (1M, 1F, 2E)
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Blood
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA mortal visits a hotel inhabited and run by vampires in this short drama with a twist (3F)
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageShort play for kids based on the famous fairy tale. (1M, 2F, 2E)
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The Angler’s Catch 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageMelanie catches an enchanted fish who grants her a wish, but does she ask for too much? (1E) 👂
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At ODDS
From £2.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageHas a curse left the pages of a play, or is something else causing the unfortunate events at the Ollynsmead and District Dramatic Society? (6F, 1M, 1E)
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Left Behind
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA left-handed employee joins a company which seems to take issue with ‘lefties’ (4E)
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Stories from the Snug 👂
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageFour short Monologues with mystery, intrigue, deception and magic! (1E) 👂
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The Perfect Couple
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA marriage counselor encounters a couple with an unusually challenging problem: they are too perfect. (3E)
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About Dad
From £3.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageHenry’s father is trying to make amends with his son, from beyond the grave. (5M, 2F)
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The Yellow Hollyhock
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA man meets a woman on a park bench, but only through a wild mis-interpretation of why she’s there. (1F & 1M)
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The Masque of the Red Death
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdgar Allan Poe’s tale of inescapable mortality. (2M, 1F, 2E)
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Free Birdie
From £3.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAn exotic stranger turns a widower’s life upside-down. (2M, 3F)
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Further Stories from the Snug 👂
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageFive short Monologues with mystery, intrigue, smugglers and a helpful dog! (1E or 1F, 1M and 5E) 👂
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Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Black Cat’
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdgar Allan Poe’s demon cat sends its owner into madness and murder. (2M, 2F, 3E)
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Mummers Play – Robin Hood
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA traditional folk play featuring Robin Hood and some odd characters! (6E)
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AI (Artificial Irritation)
From £2.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page3 Septuagenarians acquire an AI assistant who goes just a little too far in ‘improving’ their lives. (3F, 3M)
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The Ghost Writers
From £2.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThe ghosts of Coward and Austen help a couple navigate a tricky situation. (4F, 3M)
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We’re All Zoomed!
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAn Amateur Theatre Group meet on-line to plan their new socially distanced season. (3M, 2F & 1E)
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Super Lunch
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageTwo retired super-heroes meet for lunch and decide to show society that they’re not ‘past-it’ (3E)
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The Goodlands
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pagePlans for a new utopian life soon fall apart (3M)
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Double Blind
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBoth participants in a blind date try to get out of the arrangement with an unexpected twist. (3F, 3M)
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The Travellers Rest 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA search for a missing ruby-eyed eagle yields surprising truths for Brother Dominic (1E) 👂
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Humpty Dumpty
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageDid Humpty fall or was he pushed? Anchorman William Winkie investigates. (1M, 6E)
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More Stories from the Snug 👂
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThree short Monologues with scruples, mistrust and ghosts! (1E) 👂
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Mightier than the Sword
From £1.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAfter being challenged to write a story by his father, the son’s fantasy story comes to life. (4M, 2F)
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I’ve Got It
From £2.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageSeven sketches connected by the same three words : “I’ve Got It!” (2E playing 14 characters)
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The Body in the Snug 👂
From £0.99 More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAn insurance investigator can’t get a case out of her head (1E or 8E) 👂
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