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Joined at the hip – South African comedy scripts

JOINED AT THE HIP – SOUTH AFRICAN COMEDY SCRIPTS

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When Siamese twins Jack and Jill’s car breaks down in the middle of a one horse town in the South African Cape countryside, they try to rent a room in the town’s only hotel. Tensions and comedy run high when the dimwitted receptionist insists that they won’t be allowed to share a room because of them being a man and a woman because that sort of thing is simply not heard of. When the manager is called and she is found to share a similar view, Jack and Jill can hardly believe it. Joined at The Hip is a comedic view of people in small towns who have deep seated traditional values but who, at the heart of it all, have the best intentions.

Read more about playwright Dave Morgan.

Joined at the hip won the following awards at the recent Franklin Players National Play festival:

Best Original Script
Best Director
Best Comedy Role
Best Supporting Female Role
Runner up Best Production

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Owatonna High School, MN, USA – 2018

Other plays by playwright Dave Morgan.

Author: Dave Morgan

Genre: South African Comedy Scripts. See our full list of South African plays.

Type: One act plays

Cast: 3F 4M

Ages of the actors: Adult – late twenties up to late middle age

Length:  Thirty Minutes

Suitable for: All ages – odd sexual inuendo.

Set: A reception desk, bell, telephone, Lamp, window, door. Small table, 2 chairs, 2 wine glasses, 2 plates, tray, Sofa . Background sound effects for a vicious dog, telephone. A sign Reception. A sign Royal Hotel.

Combined costume for Jack and Jill i.e. baggy tracksuit bottoms with a shared leg and a skirt wrapped around one leg or similar. Combined blouse t-shirt, huge middle shoe and a stiffening device across the back of Jack and Jill to ensure stiff movement. A large surgical stocking or similar to hold 2 legs.

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Like this play? Other South African comedy scripts:

Santa’s holiday-South-African-Christmas-play
Stirred, not shaken – James Bond style award winning dark comedy
My Middle name is Angry – award winning on act comedy

A Wolf by the Ears – Irish comedy script in one act

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A WOLF BY THE EARS – IRISH COMEDY SCRIPT

When someone sets fire to Dinny Gallagher’s hay, Sergeant Marty McAteer needs to find a convenient culprit to blame. (Because, although it was an accident, Dinny Gallagher has always been “good” to the police) He decides to arrest the local Poet Hughie Doherty, because Doherty has always rubbed him up the wrong way, with his fancy rhymes that poke fun at people, and he needs to be taken down a peg or two. But it turns out that some real criminals are at large in the district….

Read about Irish playwright Mattie Lennon. Other plays by Mattie Lennon.

Author: Mattie Lennon

Genre: Irish comedy script

Type: One act play

Cast: 5M, 1F

Ages of actors: 20s to early forties

Length: 30 minutes

Suitable for: All Ages

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – maintaining the feel and humor of the play

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Like this play? Other one act comedies that we carry and YOU might like!

Odin and Christ – short comedy script for the non religious
Two cats, no dogs – award winning two hander comedy script
God’s visit – skit about when you say, ‘Oh God, and she appears

Naked – a One Act Romantic Comedy Play about the Pitfalls of Internet Dating

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NAKED – One act romantic comedy Play about the Pitfalls of Internet Dating!

Once upon a time two people met on the internet. Only… they really wanted to impress each other…and so…they embellished… a little. And then they met at a coffee shop. This is the play about meeting that special someone you haven’t quite told the whole truth to.  A nice two-hander, one act festival play for stage.

‘Naked’ won best runner up play in the Franklin Players festival of one act plays in April 2012 as well as best actor and best set.

Production History

Franklin and Friends Festival, Roosevelt Park, South Africa 2012
EADS festival, Edenvale, South Africa, 2012
Pine Tree Players, Canmore, Alberta, Canada, 2016
Sturgis Area Arts Council, SD, USA – 2017
Black Box Theater, Las Positas College, CA, USA – 2018
Village Green theatre co, Queensland, Australia – 2018
River Valley Players Association, AB, Canada – 2019
Dew Drop Inn, Little Theatre, Co. Kildare, Ireland – 2019
TC Williams High School, VA, USA – 2019

Author: Morley Shulman

Characters: 1M, 1F

Genre: One act Romantic Comedy play

Suitable For: PG 14

Ages of Actors: Late 20’s up

Type: One Act Festival Play

Length: 20 Minutes

Set: Simple – a coffee shop

Read more about playwright Morley Shulman. Other full length comedies by Morley Shulman. Other one act dramas by Morley Shulman.

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Copyright August 2011 Morley Shulman and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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A Blind Date – a best selling one act comedy about two misfits who go on a blind date
My Middle Name is ‘Angry’ – a two-hander one act comedy for two women
Stirred, not shaken – an award winning one act black comedy
The Window – a one act play about marriage (and windows)

Missing the Mark – a comedy in one act

Missing The Mark – A Comedy in One Act

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In this comedy in one act, Devon and Ethan have known each other since high school and now they have a successful racket as con men.  Devon has the perfect plan to scam a boat load of cash off of rich women by posing as producers making a big Hollywood blockbuster.  The two men set up a phony office and hire a pistol of a temp named Starla to run it.  A couple of promising marks come along including Shelly, a ditzy blonde, and Charlene, the eccentric wife of a billionaire who would give anything to be in the movies.  Everything seems to be going to plan until Devon’s ex-girlfriend Callia, who was also ripped off  by Devon shows up. She wants revenge…and a cut of the action.  Comedy and hijinx ensue as everyone tries to find out who’s conning who in this comedic farce.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Bispham CastAways, Lancashire, UK – 2022

 

Author: Michael Maxwell

Characters:  Cast 5F, 2M

Length: 60 Minutes

Genre: Comedy

Suitable for: Suitable for All Ages

Age of  Performers: Twenties to Middle Aged performers

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 (Timing)

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Price $9 for this best selling digital play

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Copyright August 2011 Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Guilty party – whodunit three act farce
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A Cut Above the Rest – one act farce for stage

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A CUT ABOVE THE REST – ONE ACT FARCE FOR STAGE

In this one act farce for stage, Snake and Harry, con artists, have the steal of a lifetime – the famous Devonport diamonds, owned by the late Amelia Devonport. All they have to do is discover where they are hidden, when they attend her funeral. The only problem is – where the hell are they? And who else is in on the deal?

Read more about playwright Claire Linda Demmer.

Performance History of A Cut Above the Rest

Franklin Players, Roosevelt Park, South Africa – 2011
Center Players – New York,  USA – 2016
Redhill High School, Sandton, South Africa – 2016
National University of Singapore, Singapore – 2016
Avon, CT, USA – 2017
Haven Theatre Company, West Sussex, UK – 2018
Catalina Players Inc, New South Wales, Australia – 2018
Clifton College, Bristol, United Kingdom – 2019
Westville Theatre, Durban, South Africa – 2019
Watertown High School, SD, USA – 2020
Whitefield Academy, GA, USA – 2021
Holy Rosary Convent, Edenvale, South Africa – 2022
Canyon Ridge High School, ID, USA – 2022
Clifton College, Bristol, United Kingdom – 2022
Performing arts lifestyle institute, Pretoria, South Africa – 2022
Great River School – MN, USA – 2023

 

Author: Claire Linda Demmer

Characters: 5M, 3F and guests.

Length: Script: 40 minutes length 

Genre: Comedy,  One act Farce

Suitable for: Suitable for all ages

Ages of Actors: 20 and up

Difficulty: 9/10 – farce, timing, crowd control

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Copyright July 2011 Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? More like it:

Death of a Gerbil – a dark comedy about waking up. Dead
If God ate fried chicken – short comedy plays
Missing the mark – when you’re the conman and you get conned.