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The Swan Princess by Dave Jeanes |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Production notes list recommended songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British Pantomime, based on Swan Lake. Magic, an evil villain, slapstick and running gags! |
Synopsis | Rothbart the sorcerer has turned Odette into a part-time swan. Fairy Truelove contrives to break his spell with the help of Prince Otto, Chester the Jester and dame Griselda Pudding. |
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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
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The Sword in the Stone by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. The usual panto flexibility with gender assignment! |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British pantomime, full of jokes, parodies and spectacle. |
Synopsis | The story of England's Greatest King gets a reworking, panto style. When humble page Arthur pulls a sword from a stone, he should become king, but jealous Mordred, aided by his witch of a mother, has other ideas and steals the throne. Can Merlin and Arthur's friends save the day? |
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A Tale Of A Nail - A Musical Play by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 37. Minimum total without doubling = 38. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for four original songs (and two original pieces of music) is provided with the producer's copy of this script. |
Style | A play (with music) for children featuring the human immune system - as an injured man imagines what is happening inside his body. |
Synopsis | When Mr Gauche accidentally hammers a nail through his thumb, he only wants medical help from the Doctor, but he gets a thorough lesson in the body's defence mechanisms anyway. A version without any music is available here. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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A Tale of a Nail by Nicholas Richards Performance by Central High School finished as runner-up in the Maine Principals Association drama competition 2014 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Whilst Mr Gauche, for example, is given a gender, it isn't really key to the plot! Many of the characters, are, when all's said and done, anthropomorphic personifications of cells and micro-organisms. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act play set in the imagination of a character fighting off an infection, where the protagonists - germs and blood cells - act-out their roles. Fantasy, but with a lot of educational value. |
Synopsis | When Mr Gauche accidentally hammers a nail through his thumb, he only wants medical help from the Doctor, but he gets a thorough lesson in the body's defence mechanisms anyway. A musical version is available here. |
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A Tantalising Christmas by Andrew Weaver |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 64. Chorus. The chorus takes two forms - a small choir and optional non-speaking roles. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the Script contains suggestions for 16 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act, large-cast, secular Christmas play for schools. |
Synopsis | It's Christmas Eve in Jack Jingle's toyshop, and he's nearly collected all the pieces of his Christmas Crystal, which will allow him to return to his old job as Head Elf in Santa's workshop. But Tanta Lies, the witch, is also on the trail of crystal. |
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Tap Tap by Bill Tordoff |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. The characters are a mix of adults and children, either to be played by that mix or by children. Whilst there are 28 (gender-specific) named parts, these could be cut down by reassigning lines amongst the 'oldies' and 'kids' groups. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for one song (new lyrics, familiar tune!) is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Play for kids with music (one song). Single set - a Youth Hostel common room (and since Youth Hostels come in a variety of shapes, this gives a lot of freedom!) |
Synopsis | A group of school children and their teachers find themselves in a Youth Hostel without beds due to a booking error. Is their fundraising trip finished before it begins? Luckily, sharing space with a group of old folks leads to more than just community spirit. |
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A Teenage Christmas Carol by Richard James |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 25. No chorus. Very flexible casting - there are 11 narrators, who could ultimately be condensed to one role, and other doubling would be possible. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play in a mix of verse (from the narrators) and prose (from the rest of the cast). No set requirements, simple props. |
Synopsis | The great granddaughter of Ebenezer Scrooge needs to be taught the same lessons he learned - and in a very similar fashion! |
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Theseus - The Journey To Athens by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 17. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Additional chorus members could be included. |
Run Time | Around 72 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for including the song |
Music | One song with score provided with the Producer's copy of the script |
Style | A one act play for a class-sized cast, with an optional finishing song. |
Synopsis | A fun presentation of an early episode in the life of a hero, Theseus. It could be used as the first part of a double bill with 'Theseus - The Maze and the Minotaur'. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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Theseus - The Maze and the Minotaur by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 19. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The scores for one optional song and one musical piece are included with the Producer's copy of the script. |
Style | A full length play for schools or youth theatre. |
Synopsis | After only a couple of months in Athens, Theseus discovers that children are being sent in tribute to King Minos of Crete, and fed to his monstrous Minotaur. Joining the children, Theseus is determined to destroy the beast and end the tribute. This is the second half of the Theseus legend, and so might form a double bill with 'Theseus - The Journey To Athens' |
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Theseus and the Minotaur by Tony North |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. The chorus is nominally 12 people (representing Athenian parents). There is also an ox (non-speaking) brought on to be slaughtered! |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short, large cast school play, in the style of Ancient Greek drama. (Appropriate for the English National Curriculum KS2 History topic Ancient Greece.) |
Synopsis | A minor tour of the legend of Theseus. (Complete with Kings, hero, labyrinth, bull-headed monster and a ball of wool.) |
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