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| The Jungle Book by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Whilst many of the characters have a specific gender, the animal characteristics matter more for casting purposes! |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | An authentic adaptation of Kipling's well-loved stories, with lots of opportunity for the audience to become involved with the (nearly all) animal cast. |
| Synopsis | The wolf pack rescues Mowgli, the man cub, from the evil Shere Khan's clutches and defend him from the wicked tiger's attempts to recapture their charge. Shere Khan's henchmen, bumbling monkey pair Mojo and Jojo are thwarted in their comical antics by black panther Bagheera and Baloo the bear. |
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| Just an Act by Chantel Kuli |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. The chorus is optional, mainly for the final party scene. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act romantic comedy for teenagers. |
| Synopsis | Lisa is angry at Tommy because he hasn't learned his lines for the school production of Romeo and Juliet. Her anger is a mask for her growing attraction to Tommy, although she won't admit this to herself, Tommy or her jock-boyfriend Clark. Lisa finally realises her feelings when Clark provokes her, resulting in Lisa dumping Clark, but will Tommy take the initiative...? |
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| Just Fifteen Minutes by Tony Frier |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act historical drama with several simple scenes. |
| Synopsis | Just fifteen minutes is how long it takes someone to die from strychnine poisoning. It's this method by which Doctor Thomas Cream disposed of his victims. Cream goes from fresh McGill graduate to a cornered criminal in this recounting of the life of the notorious 'Lambeth Poisoner', whose crimes stretched from Montreal to Chicago and London. |
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| Just Stop It by Katharine Earley and Hugh Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch that crosses modern satire with an edge of surrealism. Easily staged (the art gallery can be an empty stage) with a good balance of roles. |
| Synopsis | A man with a grievance against self-service tills arrives at an art exhibition armed with a tin of tomato soup. Does anyone have a tin opener? Can his daughter stop him damaging a valuable abstract painting? And, in any case, what’s it supposed to be? |
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| Kaa! by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Very flexible cast numbers - roles can be spread amongst a larger cast or reduced. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for six original songs plus one reprise is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act musical play for kids, with a strong ecological theme. |
| Synopsis | A remote Pacific island is inhabited by a tribe of children who remain young because of oil collected from a precious orchid. Unfortunately for them, Gasco has a tip off that oil is to be found on the island. Gasco tempts the children with junk food and drink. Although the children are initially swayed, they return to their home in the nick of time, preventing Gasco from destroying their paradise. |
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| Kalifa's Amazing Adventures by Nikki Harmon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. The lead character is a young elephant and various others are animals. These are supposed to be indicated by costumes props or masks, rather than being entirely realistic! (There's a photographic example on the script page.) |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full length play - a fable along the lines of the Just So stories or Brer Rabbit. Aimed at a young audience, but to be played by adults or teenagers. |
| Synopsis | The growing pains of an inquisitive young elephant, as she learns about the dangers of her environment and the value of friendship. |
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| Katiana Was Here by Laura Guthrie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Mixed aged cast required for this play. |
| Run Time | Around 77 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful full length play, with numerous scene changes and some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Katiana is a bright and popular schoolgirl, but a small accident reveals a much more serious condition. As Katiana's health declines, her broken family must come together and resolve old issues. The play shows the effect that even a short life can have. |
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| Keep Smiling Through by Suzan Holder |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 15. Minimum total with doubling = 33. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Chorus size at Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing possible with songs used |
| Music | Well known songs from the wartime era. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A play for schools, with songs, set in a theatre in Britain in World War 2. |
| Synopsis | A Theatre Company preparing and presenting a variety show evokes life in wartime Britain through drama, song, dance and some pathos. |
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| Keeping Mum by Barry Blaize |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single domestic set. Includes mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Hetty nursed her Mum through a long illness, and now the old lady has died Hetty's sisters, Freda and Marion are there. Marion has come over from Spain for the funeral, but her companion, Carlos, arouses suspicions, as do rumours about Hetty's nursing. |
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| Keeping Up Appearances by Elizabeth Bell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play set in Dora Irvine's kitchen during the First World War. |
| Synopsis | Set in the early years of the Great War the play poignantly examines the devastating effects the war had on the womenfolk left at home whilst their loved ones were fighting and dying.
Based on JM Barrie's two-act play 'The Old Lady Shows Her Medals' (first performed 7th April 1917). |
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