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| Rhyming Pinocchio by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The narrator is Gepetto's talking cat. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A simple, humorous rendition of the story of Pinocchio in rhyme, minimal set requirements. Not quite a full-blown pantomime, but in the same comedic area. |
| Synopsis | Geppetto makes Pinocchio, whom the Blue Fairy brings alive, however, as part of the spell, if Pinocchio tells lies, his nose will grow! Pinocchio is tricked into joining Stromboli's puppet show. Stromboli plans a show for the Duke which will make him rich, he tries to get Pinocchio to flatter the Duke's court, with disastrous results for the puppet's nose. Pinocchio is trapped, but who will rescue him? |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Right on Cue by Barry Lambert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Roles are written as 2 male, 2 female, but all could be played as either. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (police office) setting. |
| Synopsis | The Battersea Batterer is causing havoc for the understaffed local CID as he goes around the neighbourhood hitting people over the head with a billiard cue. The police are snookered at first but are assisted by a psychological profiler in solving the case. |
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| Robin Hood - An Investigation Into His Life And Times by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script suggests the use of one song! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short, risqué sort of British Pantomime. (Adult humour and something of a parody of the genre, rather than a straight retelling of the story.) |
| Synopsis | The narrator uses modern technology in his attempt to make sense of the legend of Robin Hood. He has to revert to traditional methods as Robin and his Merry Men, along with a comely Maid Marion, come to life to help him. |
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| Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Persons by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Lots of gender-flexibility (as is normal with British panto) |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for songs (and some original lyrics) are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short, British pantomime for a small(ish) cast. |
| Synopsis | A snappily-written version of the Robin Hood saga - rivalry between heroic Robin and the Sheriff (over who is entitled to money and over Maid Marian - who, in this version, is the Sheriff's daughter.) |
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| Robin Hood and the King's Bling by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. There is no formal chorus, but it would be possible to add villagers and sheriff's guards. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play for kids. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length. Simple (minimal) sets (give or take the tree), and simple props (give or take the tree stumps). |
| Synopsis | Robin Hood's mission statement - Steal from the Rich, Give to the Poor - is wearing thin with the local villagers who haven't seen much of him doing either. The arrival in the area of King John, complete with a box of royal jewels and an underhand plan for them, presents Robin and his outlaw band with a chance to redeem themselves. Unfortunately for Robin, his arch-enemy, the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham, stands in his way. |
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| Robin Hood and the King's Gold by Philippa Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Cast includes a Pantomime horse and disembodied voice. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for 9 songs at the discretion of the Director. |
| Music | All songs at the director's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Structurally in Two Acts but is a One Act length. |
| Synopsis | The Greek Gods enlist the help of Robin Hood and his Merry Men (along with their Panto horse, Porsche and Dame Mrs Hood) to deal with avaricious King Midas.The evil Sheriff and witch Griselda get in on the act too. |
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| The Romantic Legend of Don Quixote - A Knight to Remember by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Don Quixote's servant is normally male (Sancho Panza), but here is written female (Sancha Panza), though could be played by either. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-Act comedy (verbal and physical). Single set. Written for a company of adults, but could be played by teenagers. |
| Synopsis | When the penniless nobleman Don Quixote arrives in the town of Guadalcar he falls in love with the beautiful daughter of Don Alvaro and Donna Madeleina, the town's rulers. Unfortunately Don Quixote doesn't fit their idea of a suitable match for their daughter and Don Quixote has to complete seven tasks to prove himself. Fortunately he has help from Sancha, his servant, Romana, a fortune teller, and Gonzalo, an artist with questionable honesty, who make up for Quixote's distinct lack of bravery and imagination! |
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| Romantic Novelist by Graham Jones |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play for three ladies. Single set (written as a domestic interior, but could be hinted-at, rather than fully realised). Simple props. |
| Synopsis | Louella Packenham is struggling to finish her latest bodice-ripper with the help of her faithful assistant Miss Trent. But Louella's errant husband is clearly on her mind too, then her housekeeper Miss Fortune asks for help with her equally wayward brother. Can the straitlaced Miss Trent bring him back to the fold? |
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