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| 1001 Arabian Nights and a Matinee by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Characters include a pantomime camel. Dame assumed to be played by male, principal boy by female. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 7 original songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script. (Other songs at the discretion of the producer.) |
| Style | British Pantomime. Slapstick, visual jokes, puns, mayhem and a camel. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble brewing in old Baghdad! Unless the Princess Jasmina marries before her 21st Birthday, the evil Vizier will take control of the city! Things look grim... but hang on! A posse of would-be heroes are here to save the day! The love sick Ali Barber (who pines for the Princess), his dim witted brother Singbad the sailor and his fearsome mother, Dame Barber are ready to intervene and foil the villain's fiendish plot. They are helped along the way by their pal 'Bob' (a lad with a secret), a pantomime camel named Humpy and a lady Genie who's been stuck in a magic ruby for far too long! |
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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
** Rehearsal CD with music for the 7 songs which are supplied with the '1001 Nights' master scripts. [Note that the script also suggests two points at which additional songs might be added at the discretion of the producer. These are NOT on the CD!]
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| A 21st Century Nativity by Peter van der Sluijs |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] Carols can be sung between scenes that would extend the length of this play. |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script suggests six carols to be interspersed between the scenes. (These would increase the run time to up to 30 minutes.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short nativity play (though considerably longer if the suggested carols are sung), with optional traditional nativity tableau. Six scenes, but minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | What would the story of the birth of Jesus be like if it were to happen now? |
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| Absolutely Aesop by Lou Treleaven |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy play with a simple setting. For a cast of children, youth or adults. |
| Synopsis | As part of the series of Absolutely Ancients, Aesop is brought onto a chat show to discuss his most famous fables and meet some of the characters again. Things don’t quite go as planned. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Free zip file containing three versions of the logo (created by Lucy Treleaven) for Absolutely Aesop by Lou Treleaven.
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| Ace of Clubs by Garry R. Keane |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for a school or youth theatre. Single, simple set. |
| Synopsis | Two rival clubs - boys and girls - have to do some serious negotiating when one side seems to be gaining an advantage. But there's a bigger problem for both clubs on the horizon. |
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| Across The Road by Peter Lancaster Walker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch. Single set. Several domestic props - at least at the start of the play. |
| Synopsis | Mary and Henry are having a quiet afternoon at home, when Mary spots some strange goings on next door. It's a pity she doesn't keep a better eye on her own house... |
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| Activity Day - Inclusive of Aliens by Dian Donovan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy for children with a single (school playing field) setting.
Part of the Aliens collection of short plays for youth people. |
| Synopsis | With a satirical look at a non-competitive school sports day some time in the future, this play transports us into a world where aliens have become integrated into everyday life. |
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Adrian - The Alternative Pantomime (Clean Version) by Robert Scott
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. Character genders, outside the principal characters', are interchangable. |
| Run Time | Around 121 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for ten songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with one setting. |
| Synopsis | Adrian’s not your typical inhabitant of Pantoland. He’s level-headed, and can spot the difference between a wolf and a Granny. But due to unfortunate circumstances, he’s got the job of Fairy Godmother - for everyone! |
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Adventures in Wonderland by Bob Yelland
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. All characters except Alice can be played by any gender. Chorus can be doubled from actors not in current or adjacent scene. |
| Run Time | Around 86 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script suggests seven popular songs which might be used with the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A faithful, full-length adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic novel, ideal for youth theatre productions. |
| Synopsis | Relaxing on a warm summer’s day, Alice spots an agitated white rabbit in a waistcoat with a pocket watch. Unable to control her curiosity, she chases after him and tumbles down a rabbit hole into a surreal wonderland of talking animals. She now faces many adventures in her struggle to return home and her attempts to make sense of this world. This show, written for large youth theatres, adheres closely to Lewis Carroll’s original story 150 years after it was first published. |
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| The Adventures of Captain Blood by Geoff and Vera Rogers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Variable chorus size possible at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 56 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There are 7 song suggestions included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A family show (possibly an alternative to Pantomime) told in verse, structurally in two acts but run time is approximately one hour. |
| Synopsis | In an original comedic rhyming story, a band of treasure-crazy Pirates are caught in a storm... shipping them onto dry land. Unknown to the Pirates, this landfall will result in their meeting three women - determined to make husbands of them, and the disguised love of their press-ganged crewmember. There are opportunities for fun audience interactions and some familiar songs. |
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| Adventures of Oliver Twist by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. 16 speaking parts, plus an unspecified number of Urchins, playable by a company of 10 with a lot of doubling (and probably some rapid costume changes). |
| Run Time | Around 77 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A new, humourous adaptation, in two acts, of Dickens' classic novel. |
| Synopsis | The story of an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and lives with a gang of pickpockets before being rescued by a kind gentleman and an unexpectedly close relation. This is Oliver with a modern Twist. |
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