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| Can Malone Die? by David Pollard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama on a study set. Part of the 'Illusion/Delusion' trio of plays, which can be bought separately or as a collection. |
| Synopsis | Max Feeney is a best-selling author on the point of killing off his character the ‘Ethical Assassin’ when the fictional character appears to argue to be spared. In the ensuing debate, hidden and unacknowledged truths are surfaced and the question of the debt owed by creator to creature is examined. Ultimately, Max succumbs to a heart attack while grappling with his creation. Has this all been the result of Feeney’s descent into madness or is illusion more real than we think? |
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| Can We Stop It There? by Trevor Suthers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play/sketch. Bare stage set (could even be done front of tabs). Contains some swearing. |
| Synopsis | A play about a director directing a play about a director directing a play about a director directing a play about... er... well, that's not important really. Can I try that again from my cue? |
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| The Cape and the Klan by Ted Ryan and Tin Penavic |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. One character is an offstage voice only and could be doubled with another (male or female) role. |
| Run Time | Around 98 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There are 13 points in the script, mostly at start of scenes, where music is cued. The Producer's script includes specifric suggestions for 6 of these and the rest are at the producer's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length drama based on a true historical story, with various suggested settings. |
| Synopsis | 1946. As the civil rights movement for desegregation is about to get underway, lone reporter Harry goes undercover to expose the Ku Klux Klan. He realises that changing the hearts and minds of others will take the help of a powerful, famous individual, so brings his story to an old war buddy of his, the producer of the radio show The Adventures of Superman. Ultimately, the Man of Steel brings the fight against racism and bigotry to millions of listeners. |
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| The Capers at Cricketers' Copse by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Two act comedy play. |
| Synopsis | A tale of intrigue, and double cross as the Ladies of the village of Fritton-upon-Sewer decide to stage their own cricket match, when Fritton should be playing in the first round of the Brewster Cup. Meanwhile a diverse range of suspicious characters are trying to take control of the cricket ground. All this, and hidden treasure too... |
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Captain Bluebeard's Monkey by David Pemberton
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Chorus size very flexible, at the Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act piratical fantasy comedy. |
| Synopsis | The eponymous monkey uses his guile to thwart the late Captain Bluebeard's swashbuckling crew in their attempts to discover Bluebeard's treasure - which is not what it first appears to be. |
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| Captain Crimson by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. This is another script in which wooden acting might be an advantage. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Parody sketch. (If you don't understand what is being parodied, then it clearly isn't for you!) |
| Synopsis | It's another tough day at crime-fighting organisation PRISM's HQ. Someone has been paralysing the agents of Prism one limb at a time! Could it be the Mysteroffs? And why is Captain Crimson holding those shears? |
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| Captain Hook's Revenge by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy (Peter Pan) by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A few song suggestions are made in the production notes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British Pantomime. Slapstick and silliness, lots of jokes and a crocodile. |
| Synopsis | Captain Hook plots his revenge on Peter Pan, with the help of a crocodile and a poisoned cake. Peter Pan, Tonkerbell (the punk fairy) and the crocodile have other ideas. (Follows much of the plot of Peter Pan, but has more collisions with trees.)
Note that as with all adaptations of Peter Pan, we pay half the author's royalties to Great Ormond Street Hospital |
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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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| A Captivating Situation by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play. Contemporary realism. Single set, simple props. |
| Synopsis | Howie's having a bad day - he left the house for little shopping, now, a few hours later, he's holed up in an abandoned house with a hostage upstairs and a bullet in his stomach. Can he negotiate a solution with Police Officer Zip before the SWAT team arrives? |
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| Captive Audience by Jenny Gilbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play with a serious - even sinister - twist. Single simple set (give or take the table anchored to the floor). Includes mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Tom's on a short residential course as part of his Open University studies, and he's in a spot of bother, having been handcuffed to a table by a passing drunk. Other people on other courses gather around to help Tom in his hour of need, until Dave arrives to spill Tom's dark secret. |
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| Cardigan Coast by Louise Bramley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length comedy. Contains strong language and adult themes. |
| Synopsis | The world of reality TV sets its sights on the senior market, as the pilot of 'Cardigan Coast' kicks off. There are five housemates, all in their twilight years but determined to show the camera they’re up for anything. |
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