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| The Wizard of Oz [Version 2] by Adrian Barradell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Aunt Em is the pantomime dame role (so usually played by a man). The chorus is assumed to include a number of children (playing the Munchkins). |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | All songs are at the discretion of the production. Please note that this is not the MGM musical of the Wizard of Oz, and the music from that version can only be used with the MGM script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | English pantomime treatment of the L. Frank Baum Story. |
| Synopsis | The classic and much-loved tale if Dorothy's trip to the land of Oz, and her quest to return to Kansas (with the help of Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion, and, of course, the Wizard of Oz) is given a panto spin while keeping the charm and (mostly!) the plot of the original. |
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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 Wizard of Oz [Version 3] by J. Thaddeus Chesher |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 32. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 103 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 8 songs are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Please note that this is not the MGM musical of the Wizard of Oz, and the music from that version can only be used with the MGM script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with assorted settings. |
| Synopsis | Subtitled 'The Amazing Adventures Of Dorothy Gale In The Middling Kingdom Of Oz', this show was originally produced at Beijing Playhouse, and the land of Oz seems to have gained a distinctively Chinese flavour.
A refreshing new look at the old story, with many panto ingredients and characters, plus a talking Toto and an ever-present Aunt Em, the Dame character!
A free pack of artwork and subtitles is available to go with the script. (Remarkably, this translates toto's Barking into English.) |
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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
** Free Zip file containing artwork and subtitles for 'The Wizard of Oz [Version 3]' by J Thaddeus Cheshire. (Only for use with this script.)
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| The Wizard of Oz by James Barry |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. The chorus is assumed to include a number of children (playing the Munchkins). |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for songs and dances. Please note that this is not the MGM musical of the Wizard of Oz, and the music from that version can only be used with the MGM script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Family show, with songs, visual jokes, physical comedy, wordplay. (Not strictly a British pantomime, but contains many panto elements, so would be at home in a panto season or at any other time!) |
| Synopsis | A tornado sends the farmhouse occupied by Dorothy Gale on an impromptu flight to the land of Oz, where she encounters Munchkins, witches, a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion in her quest to find the Wizard of Oz and return to her home in Kansas. |
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The Wolf Who Cried Boy by George Douglas Lee
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. A mixture of real and fairy tale characters. Aimed at a family audience. Could be played by children, by adults or by a mixture of adults and children. (There, who does that leave out?) |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for 8 original songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. (Part of the 'Master Scripts for Copying' and 'Performance Set of Scripts' packages.) |
| Style | Musical play in one act. |
| Synopsis | The Big Bad Wolf is past his prime and has no respect from anyone. He wishes he could be a little boy, a human boy, but when the wish is granted he finds life as a boy isn't the idyll he'd been hoping for. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Wolfbane! by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. As per any self-respecting horror story, the chorus is a group of pitchfork-wielding villagers. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script comes with a piano and vocal score to the overture plus nine songs. |
| Style | Comedy horror musical, set in a very Transylvanian Wales! |
| Synopsis | Three unscrupulous gypsies take advantage of the son of Ronald Talboots, the Lord of the manor, by pretending he's become a werewolf, so they can fleece the local people with fake protection amulets. Love, Lycanthropy and lyrical music abound. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| Working Man by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Eleven principals (including one child) plus chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script is accompanied by piano and vocal scores for one instrumental and six songs. |
| Style | Full-length musical play inspired by the paintings of Alexander Millar, set on Tyneside in the heyday of the shipyards. |
| Synopsis | Johnson's shipyard is under new management, but the new boss is unpopular - he's stopped the beer allowance, for one thing. The men strike, but are sacked. They need to find a better way to get him to change his mind. What about going back to workwithout pay? |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Backing tracks for the opening instrumental and six songs from Working Man by Peter Nuttall.
** Opening instrumental and vocal demo tracks for the six songs from Working Man by Peter Nuttall.
** Ten high resolution images of paintings from the Working Man collection by Alexander Millar for projection during performances of Working Man by Peter Nuttall
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| The World Turned Upside Down by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Optional chorus of would-be citizens storming the Bastille! |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for the two songs (one traditional, the other the Marseillaise) suggested in the script is provided with the Producer's Copy. |
| Style | One-act historical drama for kids. |
| Synopsis | A short dramatisation of the French Revolution from the point of view of the peasants (who join in the overthrow of King Louis but rapidly become disillusioned). |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Midi files of songs from the show
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| The Writer by Garry R. Keane |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. Flexible cast, with a non-speaking chorus of dancers, children and horrid creatures. (Far be it from me to say that there is any overlap between these categories.) |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for schools (about writing for the stage). Single set. |
| Synopsis | A young writer settles down to write a play, racing against the twin deadlines of school in the morning and dinnertime. He tries several genres, and the plays collide, forcing the characters themselves to lend a hand. |
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| Zechariah And Elizabeth by Richard Cowling |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. There are 16 speaking or singing roles, flexible sized chorus with non-speaking roles. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Full scores are provided for 13 songs with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A one act musical. |
| Synopsis | The story from St Luke's gospel of Elizabeth and her husband Zechariah, as they come to terms with a son they didn't expect to have - and his destiny. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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