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| Beauty and the Beast [Version 6] by Dawn Cairns |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 15 songs are included in this pantomime, 13 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 various settings. |
| Synopsis | Beauty and the Beast with a difference, as two Dames, a talking dog, a talking rat and a mute cat join in the fun. Of course - evil witch Grimelza and her sidekicks Snivel and Snide, and some talking trees, are thwarted in their attempts to prevent the Beast from marrying the beautiful Belle. |
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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 Beauty Sleeping by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. It's a pantomime, so the gender of various characters is open to a wide interpretation. In any case, one of them is a cat. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | British pantomime. |
| Synopsis | A novel reworking of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale that includes a precognitive goblin, a money-obsessed king, a wicked witch, a good witch and a talking cat. |
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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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| Becoming the Drop by Henry P. Gravelle |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play with a simple set. US English. Adult themes. |
| Synopsis | In a whistle-stop town in 1878, the hangman does his job, with the sheriff and the judge as witnesses, but takes his bragging too far and places himself in a questionable position. |
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| Beetlemania by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are both written male, but Douglas could undergo gender reassignment with little pain! |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. No set or props required beyond a single handkerchief. |
| Synopsis | Douglas is delighted to hear that his old friend Michael has someone new in his life, but when they meet she's not what he expected... and it doesn't look like the relationship was meant to last. |
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| Behavioural Problems by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are written male. This is consistent with their behaviour, but of course, they might not be. |
| Run Time | Around 1 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short sketch. No set or props required. |
| Synopsis | Returning from his suspension from school, Thompson is keen to show his Headmaster just how much he has improved. |
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| Behind You! by Sharon Hulm |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 53. No chorus. Maximum cast of 53, minimum of 12 |
| Run Time | Around 68 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for eleven songs are included with the producer's copy of this script: Ten interlude songs, and one intended for performance. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A pantomime revue (a comedy sketch show with a pantomime theme) |
| Synopsis | A collection of 18 panto-themed sketches, including three witches, an interview with a genie, and Robin Hood-themed speed dating. |
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| Below The Belt by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch, with a simple setting. |
| Synopsis | In the boxer's dressing room, a radio sports reporter finds talking does not reveal the whole nature of the sport. |
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| Benny Manhattan And The Caponi Diamond by Carol Hill |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 30. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. Variable chorus size as desired by the Producer. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Music suggestions for nine optional pieces are included with the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A gangster farce in two acts, suitable for youth performers, with various settings. |
| Synopsis | The bumbling Manhattan gang, led by Benny Manhattan, get themselves embroiled in double crossings with the Caponi family. A bank robbery runs into difficulties when the Caponi diamond is inadvertently, or perhaps deliberately, included in the Manhattan's haul. |
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| Best Foot Forward, Darling by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming monologue (though there is flexibility - the dancers could appear, as could the friend to whom Terence addresses his acid remarks). |
| Synopsis | Terence, the highly strung choreographer watches and grumbles as dancers Monica and Jasper perform his creation. His mood swings from rage to praise and poor Monica feels the full force of his wrath. |
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| Betrayal by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act farce which starts as a simple domestic comedy then turns into a heist story that has so many twists and reversals it's like watching a Samba competition. |
| Synopsis | Leonard is depressed by the arrival of Spring. Margaret says he's a boring bank manager, but by the end of the day he's planning to run away with the money from the vault and the woman next door. Trouble is, he's not the only one with his eye on the money and a fast getaway. |
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