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| Shreds - The Unravelling of Charles Dickens by Phil Porter (music Mary Harrison Hewett) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. Two principals (Dickens and George Dolby), plus many other characters, real and from Dickens' writing, who might be played by a number of on-stage 'voices'. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] (The original production ran for one hour.) |
| Music | Keyboard scores for 10 pieces of background music are provided with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Drama in a single simple set, designed to be accompanied by projected images (with the option for an on-stage pianist providing mood music). |
| Synopsis | A dramatization of the circumstances that led Charles Dickens to wild success reading extracts from his novels on stage, and the terrible toll it took on him. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** CD with 40 images, 18 sound effects, 3 video clips and 10 pieces of musical accompaniment for 'Shreds - The Unravelling of Charles Dickens' by Phil Porter (Music by Mary Harrison Hewett)
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| Shyfari by David Lovesy & Brian Two |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch |
| Synopsis | Come on a Safari tour in the Kruger National Park: seeking those animals that are much harder to find! |
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| The Sick, Sad Wolf by Jamie Hope |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Twisted, somewhat adult riff on a fairy tale. Single set. |
| Synopsis | Jack is always drawn to beauty, but as soon as he recognises that it will fade, a terrible compulsion overcomes him and he does dreadful things. After such an encounter, he meets a pure little girl called Red Riding Hood, and things are different. |
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| The Siege of Manchester by Ben Alexander |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 38. No chorus. 38 speaking roles plus an offstage voice, 2 non-speaking soldiers and various opportunities for crowds. Can be performed with a minimum of 12 actors, though 18 or more would be optimum. |
| Run Time | Around 125 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A historical thriller with various settings. |
| Synopsis | King Charles I, at loggerheads with his Parliament, is faced with rebellion. Lord Strange, Lord Lieutenant for Lancashire and a Royalist, attempts to take military command in Lancashire. Manchester, Protestant by persuasion and for Parliament, resists under the leadership of some of the deputy-lieutenants. The play recounts their resistance, culminating in Derby's siege of the town in September 1642. |
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The Signalman by Matthew Harper
Production by Progressive Players won the Northern Semi-Final of the All England Theatre Festival - 2021 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One character is an offstage voice, which could be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A Victorian gothic drama in one act with a single (signal box) setting. |
| Synopsis | The thrilling Charles Dickens story is brought to life in this stage adaptation, as tension inexorably builds towards the signalman's fate. |
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| Signs of Grace by Sarah Howard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Friends and narrators parts may be doubled, at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play with simple (or no) set. |
| Synopsis | In a modern setting and using narration with action, the Old and New Testaments of the Bible are brought together - to provide a parable, showing why Jesus died for our sins. |
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| Silas Marner by George Eliot adapted by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act historical drama, adapted from George Eliot's novel of the same name. A serious play, with a moral |
| Synopsis | Silas Marner has been cast out by his home community and has moved to Raveloe. He continues his weaving business, but becomes a recluse and a miser. His life is changed by two events - the theft of his fortune and the arrival on his doorstep of a foundling whom he names Eppie. |
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| Silver Linings by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama with a single (clifftop bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | A young man has had an argument with his girlfriend and has spent the night on a bench. The old tramp who usually uses the bench, in a fatherly fashion, draws out the difficulties the young man has had throughout his life and identifies a silver lining for himself. |
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| The Silver Nutmeg by Chris Bradley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. It's a pantomime. There's a lot of flexibility in who plays what. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] The timing assumes the performance of 11 songs. |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 11 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Large-cast, full-length panto - heroes, villains, immortals, ghosts, a camel and a couple of talking snakes. |
| Synopsis | The magic tree that grows a silver nutmeg and a golden pear each year protects and enriches the land. But the wicked Princess Isabella and her sidekick Don Fernando intend to steal both, unless Saladin and his friends can stop them. |
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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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| Silver-Tongued by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch set in a bar. |
| Synopsis | Dave and George are spending a night out at the local pub. George is seeking advice from Dave about his silver wedding anniversary. |
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