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| The People's Act of Literature by Rupert Haigh |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act play - a comedy drama. Single simple cafe location. Contains swearing (and acting). |
| Synopsis | Two friends get into a discussion about theatre after one of the men starts learning to write from a local author. Set in a diner, they attempt some improvisation and, after getting some help from the waitress, life begins to imitate art and vice versa. |
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| Perceptions by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play set on a park bench. This would be a romantic comedy, if only Alan and Dianne would let it. |
| Synopsis | Alan sits on a park bench next to Dianne. They both have misleading impressions of the other until, awkwardly at first, they begin a conversation. Things develop between them in completely different directions from their first impressions. |
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| Percy and The Holy Grail by Sharon Hulm |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song 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 pantomime with a good take on the Arthurian storyline. |
| Synopsis | When King Arthur is poisoned by his evil half-sister Morgana, only a drink from the fabled Holy Grail will save him. With all the knights proving unequal to the task, can young Percy master his urge to ask questions, find the Grail and win his girl? |
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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 Perfect Couple by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch, set in a living room. |
| Synopsis | Whilst comparing their idyllic marriage with that of other couples' relationships some surprising home truths come out. |
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| Perfect Duck by Paul Gisby |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Two of the characters have brief non-speaking roles. All characters are adults. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full length drama with a lot of comedy. Mainly one set, with an episode in another location (which could be created by lighting and props). A couple of unusual props! Contains swearing and mild adult themes. |
| Synopsis | JJ and Bobby are trying to build up their hotel business. She's the New Age consultant, running life-changing courses with the help of Sam the beauty therapist. He's the chef, preparing the gourmet food and trying to breed the perfect duck. The trouble is, something keeps stealing the ducks, and the hotel guests are in for more than they bargained for - with the possible exception of Ivan, who is in danger of leaving with less than he brought... |
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| The Perils at Peddler's Cove by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Murder mystery peopled with eccentric - and suspicious - characters. One set with additional front-of-curtain scenes. |
| Synopsis | Letters from a lawyer summon a group of people to a remote island, apparently for a weekend house-party, but then one of the guests is murdered. |
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| Perseus - A Hero's Headhunt by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 25. No chorus. Whilst there are nominally 25 roles, the piece is structured for flexibility - and could be played as a series of linked sketches with different actors playing the recurring characters. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] Add another 10 minutes for the optional songs. |
| Music | Piano/vocal scores for two optional songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Sword and sandals myth brought to the stage as a comedy play (or series of sketches) for schools (and anyone else), with a couple of optional songs. |
| Synopsis | The story of Perseus is told with a mixture of narration and brief, dramatised scenes. The narration is delivered by the gods Athene and Hermes - who also take part in several scenes (because they want the hero to get a head.) |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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| Perseus and Medusa - It's All Greek to Me! by Jessica Puller and Tyler Beattie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Includes Gorgons and a horse called Peggy Sue |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the score comes with 6 original songs. |
| Style | Musical Pantomime! |
| Synopsis | The classic tale of Greek Hero Perseus and his quest to bring back the Gorgon's head so he can marry the princess Andromeda, retold in a panto style. |
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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
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Person Or Persons Unknown by Barry Lambert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Detective Sergeant French is written male but could probably be played female. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length thriller with a single living-room setting. |
| Synopsis | Robert's wife has been brutally murdered but the police have no clues as to the perpetrator, but there seems to have been some kind of love triangle involving a beautiful young actress and an unstable neighbour. |
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| Pet Rescue by Tony Domaille |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (reception desk) setting. |
| Synopsis | Derek wants an animal rescue centre to take on his unicorn when he just can’t care for it any more. |
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