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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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One Little Snowflake
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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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An Inconvenient Crime
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Super Lunch
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Samson Agonises
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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We’re All Zoomed!
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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Anywhere but Rotherham
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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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About Dad
£3.99 – £8.99 Download 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 Insurance Salesman
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Hop-frog
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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A Merry Widow or Two
£2.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Five Ways to Remember
£4.99 – £9.99 Download 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 Ghost Writers
£2.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Stories from the Snug 👂
£1.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Genius
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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I’ve Got It
£2.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Princess Puffery
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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A Small World Indeed
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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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The Pardon 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Linda’s Bagels
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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The Body in the Snug 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Waiting Room
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Lady in Grey 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Dooba Dooba
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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More Stories from the Snug 👂
£1.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Captain and the Jolly Sailors 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Smugglers Rest 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Black Cat’
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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Tell-tale Heart
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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Green Grows the Garden
£1.99 – £6.99 Download 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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Mightier than the Sword
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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The Heist
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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 Angel of the Odd
£1.99 – £6.99 Download 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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The Perfect BFF
£9.99 – £14.99 Download 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 Antiquities Roadshow
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Moving On
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Keeping Distance
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Nuclear Strike
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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
£2.99 – £4.99 Download 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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At ODDS
£2.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Mummers Play – The Turkish Knight
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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 Old Ship 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Truth Within
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Free Birdie
£3.99 – £8.99 Download 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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Out of this World
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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 Tooth Fairy
£0.99 – £4.49 Download 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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Plastic Funeral
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Mummers Play – Robin Hood
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Smee
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Yellow Hollyhock
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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 Perfect Couple
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Raven
£0.99 – £4.99 Download 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 World’s End 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
£1.99 – £6.99 Download 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 Queen’s Head 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Errand Boy
£0.99 – £4.99 Download 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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AI (Artificial Irritation)
£2.99 – £4.99 Download 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 Fastening Penny 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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High Seas and Misdemeanours 👂
£2.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Park Bench Stories
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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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Nora’s Ark
£1.99 – £4.99 Download 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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The Bell Inn 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Goodlands
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
£3.99 – £6.99 Download 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 Ant Farm
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Left Behind
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Angler’s Catch 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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A Night Under the Stars
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Further Stories from the Snug 👂
£1.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Finding Maria
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Three Short Christmas Plays
£1.99 – £7.99 Download 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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Humpty Dumpty
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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Love Under Construction
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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 Travellers Rest 👂
£0.99 – £3.99 Download 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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The Masque of the Red Death
£1.99 – £5.99 Download 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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