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| Sredni Vashtar by Tony Best |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. Chorus is written as a 'Greek chorus', talking in unison and commenting on the action. (This could, of course, be done in other ways.) |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play based on a short story by Saki. Intended to be played near-continuously on a simple set (different parts of the stage representing different locations). |
| Synopsis | This might be described as a black comedy, since our sympathies lie with Conradin, the orphan at the centre of the story who is oppressed by his aunt. Eventually, the aunt gets her comeuppance from Sredni Vashtar, Conradin's very dangerous pet, and Conradin gets to eat more toast. |
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| Stand and Deliver [Panto] by Ian McCutcheon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for six songs are made in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with an original story. |
| Synopsis | The villagers of Widdledown are sad the old lord of the manor has died, but are looking forward to meetng his son, who is returning from the Navy. The new Lord wants to double the rents... but is he really who he claims to be? |
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| Stoneybroke Hall by Georgina Cawood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children. Written for children to perform, but could be played by a mixture of adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Melodrama. Multiple sets, but sets can be stylised rather than realistic. |
| Synopsis | Stoneybroke Hall used to be an excellent school, but recently it has started to go down hill. Staff have been leaving and, mysteriously, the rival school at Graspyng Grange seems to have benefit. The mystery is unfolded by a cast of teachers, pupils and historical figures accidentally caught in a time machine |
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| Storm in a Spell Book by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | No music is included, but points at which songs could be added if desired are suggested. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act comedy based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, with various settings. Suitable for performance by children. |
| Synopsis | Survivors of a shipwreck find themselves on the island inhabited by Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, who's used his magic to bring them here and plans to regain his title. All manner of magic and confusion ensues. |
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| The Strictly Talent Factory by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Intended for a youth theatre group, but could well be performed by adults or a company of mixed ages. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script suggests 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Comedy play with (suggested) songs. In length it's on the boundary between a one-act play and a full-length play (it could occupy a full evening or be paired with a shorter piece). Structurally in two acts. |
| Synopsis | A musical play with energy, fizz, music and dance. In a world dominated by television talent competitions two families with great ambition battle it out for the ultimate prize of celebrity. The Lemons and the Greens continue a long-running feud with each other on to a TV talent show. With an astute use of Shakespearian themes and quotations ('the perfect antidote to all this madness') along with imaginative settings and flashbacks we are taken on a modern journey with a wry and satirical comment on reality television and the culture of celebrity. |
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| Stromboli the Puppet Master by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Principal characters nominally adults (give or take a wooden puppet and a cat). Chorus could be mixed adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Magic, evil villains, jokes and a talking cat. An unconventional pantomime (without a doe-eyed heroine). |
| Synopsis | Geppetto makes Pinocchio, whom the Blue Fairy brings alive. Pinocchio is tricked into joining Stromboli's puppet show. He overhears Stromboli's plan to marry, then kill the Duchess Chloroform, so Stromboli must get rid of him. Pinocchio escapes, and Stromboli chases him into the wood, where the Weird Sisters protect him and get their revenge on Stromboli. Pinocchio, achieves his greatest wish to become a real boy. Everybody is happy - Hurrah! |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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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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** 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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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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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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| Territorial Actors by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute skit, no set requirements. Single prop (a field telephone) |
| Synopsis | A drill sergeant takes a set of rookie part-time actors through their paces. |
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