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Rhyming Robin Hood by Richard Coleman
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Most of the roles are nominally male, but don't let that put you off casting female Merry Men, for example! |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | English pantomime (more or less) as a short verse play. |
| Synopsis | Robin Hood and his Merry Men hatch a plan to rob the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and give back to the poor. The Sheriff finds out about Robin's plan and invents a scheme of his own to catch the outlaws. A few rhymes, imprisonments and swordfights later, good triumphs once again. |
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Rhyming Snow White by Richard Coleman
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Numbers are very flexible. There are nominally seven gnomes (not dwarfs in this version!), but this number could be shrunk or expanded. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A simple, humorous rendition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in verse. Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | On the run from the wicked queen, Snow White becomes housekeeper to a bunch of diminutive miners. The queen finds her and poisons her, but Snow White is saved by a handsome prince. The sort of thing that could happen to anyone. |
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| Rhyming Treasure Island by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. More major female roles than the original tale. (It should be noted that female pirates were not unknown!) There is a chorus of three pirates which could be expanded to as many pirates are aboard your ship. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming comedy (with some of the characteristics of a British panto). |
| Synopsis | Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of buried treasure adapted for the stage as a verse play. |
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| Rhyming Wind in the Willows by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Most of the characters are nominally male, but since they are clothed animals, who is to tell? |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming plays for a medium to large group of kids. Nominally six locations but no real set requirements. |
| Synopsis | An accident on a caravanning expedition leaves the flighty Mr. Toad with an obsession with motor cars and inflated opinions of his own driving. Despite the attentions of his friends, Toad ends in jail and the stoats and weasels of the Wild Wood take over his house. After Toad escapes, Badger, Mole and the Water Rat set about recapturing Toad Hall.
Kenneth Grahame's children's classic retold as a verse play. |
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| Richard III - Has Anybody Seen My Horse by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical comedy for kids. Structurally in four acts, but of one-act length. No specific set requirements. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | With the Wars of the Roses in full swing, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, finds himself on the right side when the House of York take the throne. Richard harbours an ambition to become King. Unfortunately his older brothers and his own nephews stand in his way. For a resourceful fellow with no principles this does not present a problem. Dark deeds inevitably ensue. Temporary success is achieved but a happy ending for the story of one of history's favourite villains (*) seems increasingly unlikely.
* This is only because this bit of history was written by the Tudors. (To the victor, the spoilers.) |
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| Robbins And Caruso by Ian McCutcheon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Optional chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Six song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime, with island-based settings! |
| Synopsis | In this departure from the more traditional panto, successful scientist Robbins quits the rat race - to settle on a desert island, accompanied by his faithful friend, gorilla Caruso. A passing ship makes landfall and the evil Lord Ruffbottom and his scurvy crew disrupt their idyll. The action-packed script provides fun for all ages. |
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| Robby Nudd by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. All the characters are adults, assumed to be played by children or a mixture of adults and children (with particularly the role of Sheriff and Friar open to adults). |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (Lyrics and music by Chris Donovan, additional music by Adrian Watts) for 7 songs plus two reprises is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | A sideways look at the Robin Hood legend! |
| Synopsis | Robby Nudd has become an outlaw because he's too small to join the police! Robby and his band of outlaws haven't robbed anyone in a long time and the women they have brought to the forest are sick of being cooks. The girls rebel and leave the forest. The men go to Nottingham Fair to try and win the archery contest, win the bag of gold and buy the girls some proper ingredients to cook with. The resulting clash with the Sheriff has an unexpected resolution. |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Robin Hood [Version 2] by Vicky Orman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Variable chorus size |
| Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Details of some custom lyrics to well-known tunes in the Producer's copy. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with various indoor and outdoor settings. |
| Synopsis | Dame Nursie and Red Riding Hood, Robin's sister, recruit the Merry Men to retrieve the magic arrow and free King Richard - who languishes in the evil Sheriff's dungeons. The Sheriff’s henchmen, together with the witch and a big bad wolf try to thwart them, but good defeats evil in the end. |
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| Robin Hood and his Merry Followers by Kate Goddard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 15. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Although many roles are written as male, the author encourages flexibility of casting - at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 52 minutes. [Estimated!] This is dependent on the optional use of music suggestions. |
| Music | Music suggestions for ten pieces are provided in the Producer's copy. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act play with music, suitable for performance by children and youth ages. |
| Synopsis | This fast paced play, includes song and dance, in re-telling the story of how Robin Hood recruited his Merry Followers and their subsequent adventures. They are faced with Prince John and his henchmen, including three soothsaying Hags and a frustrated executioner, as they help Robin and Marion achieve happiness. |
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| Robin Hood and his Merry Men by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] This is dependent on the songs chosen. |
| Music | No song suggestions included. All to be chosen by the Director or Producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A simplified version of Robin Hood - the pantomime. |
| Synopsis | The greedy Sheriff forces the noble Robin of Locksley to become an outlaw in Sherwood, fighting to regain his confiscated estate and win back his darling Marion. With King Richard held for ransom in the Crusades, who will defeat the wicked Sheriff? |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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