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| Tumultus by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Most of the named characters are written male (for reasons of historical verisimilitude), but some could be played female. The two groups of supporters could accommodate a large number of extras, up to the capacity of your amphitheatre. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama (played for comedy) in which the protagonists speak Latin and the narrators, where necessary, translate. This is based on a real event, reported by the military historian Tacitus. |
| Synopsis | In 59 AD, a disgraced Roman Senator, Livineius Regulus, put on a spectacular gladiatorial contest in Pompeii. An incident at the contest sparked a riot (the Tumultus of the title) between Pompeians and rival supporters from Nuceria. This play takes us through the events.
(The run time may be extended, depending on the time spent in gladiatorial contests and riot.) |
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| Tyndale's Nativity by Paul Cockcroft |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama, focusing on the spoken words rather than the actions. |
| Synopsis | A sombre presentation of the Nativity story taken from Matthew and Luke, based on the translation by William Tyndale in 1534. |
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| The Ugly Duckling by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. The chorus is described as 'more ducks'. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Strong original plot riffing on the Andersen story. Good takes on traditional panto scenes and a good range of characters. |
| Synopsis | Ornithologist Hans Andersen is on the trail of the very rare Cackling Duckling. With a crew of friends, including Olly Pifflewaffle, his dog Poodle Maps, and housekeepers Miss Adventure and Miss Hap, Hans sets sail for Australia. By a failure of navigation, they find themselves at Loch Ness, where they are harassed by aggressive ducks intent on taking over the world. |
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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 Victorians by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. Very flexible numbers! The roles are a mixture of adults and children, but intended to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for six original songs (plus a late-Victorian popular song) are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Short educational and entertaining musical for kids. |
| Synopsis | A brief history of Victorian England brought together through a series of songs and Vignettes. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| War Prayer by Mark Twain adapted by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play. No specific set requirements and only one prop (a rope). |
| Synopsis | Mark Twain was no pacifist, but here he brings an angel to explain to a congregation the difference between a just war and Jingoism. (Human frailty prevails.) |
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| The War Time by Seán Lang |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children intended to be played by a youth theatre company. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ensemble piece for secondary schools, exploring the First World War. Multiple locations, mainly indicated by lighting and furniture. |
| Synopsis | A group of schoolchildren visit war graves in Belgium, but some have trouble connecting with the idea that the soldiers were real people, because it happened so long ago. Beth and Danny meet the Recollector, who takes them back in time and places them in the war, helping them understand. |
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| Weir of Hermiston by David McVey from Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. Characters are adults, plus one boy with a playing age of around 10, as the young Archie Weir. The chorus (non-speaking townspeople, servants, etc.) is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama, focusing on the relationship between Archie Weir and his tyrannical father. Adapted from an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Uses broad Scots (though omitting the less fathomable language from Stevenson's draft.) |
| Synopsis | Archie Weir is the son of the Lord Justice Clerk and in training to be a lawyer himself, though he is fearful of his hard father. Following advice from a family friend, Archie watches a trial held by his father and is horrified at the old man's apparent glee at hanging the poor wretch. He speaks out in public against the death penalty and is exiled to the family's country estate. |
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| Well Well Well by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. The chorus - additional peasants - is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for six original songs (Lyrics by Bill Tordoff, Music by Adrian Watts & Jonny Ardern) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One act musical play for kids. A pantomime setting, with panto characters, though not strictly a pantomime in terms of its original plot! |
| Synopsis | The down-trodden Pantoville peasants earn meagre wages singing happy choruses and smiling for tourists. When Councillor Purslove makes them redundant they're desperate for work and are grateful to Dick Whittington for using them in his TV commercials. But when he plans to privatise their well and employ them at starvation wages they take matters into their own hands. |
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| Westerfield at War by Marcus Grollman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children, intended to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions are made within the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A serious school play - but with a good deal of humour - set in World War 2. Mixture of full-stage sets and front-of-curtain scenes (allowing for set changes). |
| Synopsis | A series of modern-day reminiscences of the Second World War, played out through scenes of school, village and military life in war-time. |
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| What The Dickens! by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 45. Chorus. Roles can be doubled at will with some swift costume changes. |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for eight original songs is provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script. |
| Style | A full length musical play for secondary schools / youth theatre. |
| Synopsis | Charles Dickens hosts a musical journey through some of his most popular books. He links the works together and interacts personally with the various characters along the way. This includes some very feisty encounters with his less desirable creations. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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