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| The Swan Queen by Frank Canino |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. There is one speaking voice, Lenore. She addresses the audience as a friend, but also addresses two other people (1M, 1F) who might appear on stage. There is also an option for a group of male dancers. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two pieces (associated with classical ballet) are suggested as accompaniment. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Powerful, brilliantly-written one act play. Single set with simple furniture representing multiple locations. |
| Synopsis | A former Prima Ballerina navigates the final months of her life, balancing her health concerns with those of her stepson, an artist with AIDS. Despite some stark differences at first, the pair find common ground and become allies as they each cope with their diagnoses. |
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| Sweet Dreams by Peter Appleton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act twisted psychological drama, verging on the melodramatic. |
| Synopsis | Plagued by nightmares after a mysterious accident, Anne has trouble telling reality from her dreams. Is her fiancé alive or dead? Is her father helping her, or holding her prisoner? Can she even trust her oldest friend? |
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Switched by Frances A. Lewis
Performance by Carbost Village Drama won the MacKinnon Salver and the Wakefield Quaich Award for stage presentation, Scottish One-Act Festival, 2014. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. There are two off-stage voices which might be live or recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act farce, with a single set split between a dentist's waiting room and a living room. |
| Synopsis | Jeffrey gets himself into a tangle when his girlfriend Veronica and wife Claudia end up with identical handbags...
Note that a companion piece - AKA Charlie - is also available. The two plays function independently, but can also be played together. |
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| Switching Off by Ashley Harris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are all 'middle-aged'. You'll have to make your own mind up as to what that means. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy in a single living-room set. A great comedy set-up, with a fun dynamic between the three characters, and good twists and escalations that keep the plot moving quickly. |
| Synopsis | Yoga teacher Ruth is holding a lesson in her living room with client Emily. But Ruth's husband, Alistair, believes he has reserved the room so he can watch an important programme. It's a territorial battle, and Emily is caught in the crossfire. |
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| Sword Game by David Dean |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch on a single (office) set. |
| Synopsis | Grace's agent Tony got her a role on the TV series Sword Game, but she’s not happy, despite the awards that have come her way. She wants something that will stretch her a little more, but Tony thinks she needs pushing... |
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| The Sword in the Stone by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. The usual panto flexibility with gender assignment! |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime, full of jokes, parodies and spectacle. |
| Synopsis | The story of England's Greatest King gets a reworking, panto style. When humble page Arthur pulls a sword from a stone, he should become king, but jealous Mordred, aided by his witch of a mother, has other ideas and steals the throne. Can Merlin and Arthur's friends save the day? |
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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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| Symphony Dreadful by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. 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 for three performers |
| Synopsis | The TV show Talent Today presents a guest who has several of the attributes of the great Ludwig Van Beethoven. But it’s the one that’s missing which causes the problem. |
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| T'um Fu Society Demonstration by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters written as one adult and one child. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short skit. Contains mild swearing. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | A demonstration of martial arts by a Great Warrior (Stanley Ramsbottom) and his young assistant. |
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| Tabbed by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. The script is about a group performing a British Pantomime, therefore Widow Twankey is intended to be played by a man, and Aladdin by a young woman. The chorus is optional (the chorus part could probably be doubled by a couple of the principals.) |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy, set in the middle of a (disastrous) pantomime performance. |
| Synopsis | It's Panto time again for the Witherington Over Mired Brook Amateur Theatrical Society (WOMBATS), but things aren't going well... Aladdin's had a nasty accident and had to be replaced at short notice, the script is illegible, the stage crew are in revolt and the lights and curtain aren't behaving themselves either. Can Widow Twankey hold things together? |
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| Table For One by Sydney Weiss |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy on a single restaurant set. US English. |
| Synopsis | Daniel eats at the same restaurant every day of his life. He likes the food, but he likes the waitress even more. He keeps getting roped into sitting with stuffy Mike and crazy Susan, when all he wants is a second alone with Meg. Will Daniel ever be able to marry Meg, or will the chaotic ambiance of the diner render this task impossible? |
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