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| The Wizard of Oz by James Barry |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. The chorus is assumed to include a number of children (playing the Munchkins). |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for songs and dances. Please note that this is not the MGM musical of the Wizard of Oz, and the music from that version can only be used with the MGM script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Family show, with songs, visual jokes, physical comedy, wordplay. (Not strictly a British pantomime, but contains many panto elements, so would be at home in a panto season or at any other time!) |
| Synopsis | A tornado sends the farmhouse occupied by Dorothy Gale on an impromptu flight to the land of Oz, where she encounters Munchkins, witches, a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion in her quest to find the Wizard of Oz and return to her home in Kansas. |
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The Wolf Who Cried Boy by George Douglas Lee
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. A mixture of real and fairy tale characters. Aimed at a family audience. Could be played by children, by adults or by a mixture of adults and children. (There, who does that leave out?) |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for 8 original songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. (Part of the 'Master Scripts for Copying' and 'Performance Set of Scripts' packages.) |
| Style | Musical play in one act. |
| Synopsis | The Big Bad Wolf is past his prime and has no respect from anyone. He wishes he could be a little boy, a human boy, but when the wish is granted he finds life as a boy isn't the idyll he'd been hoping for. |
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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
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| Wolfbane! by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. As per any self-respecting horror story, the chorus is a group of pitchfork-wielding villagers. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script comes with a piano and vocal score to the overture plus nine songs. |
| Style | Comedy horror musical, set in a very Transylvanian Wales! |
| Synopsis | Three unscrupulous gypsies take advantage of the son of Ronald Talboots, the Lord of the manor, by pretending he's become a werewolf, so they can fleece the local people with fake protection amulets. Love, Lycanthropy and lyrical music abound. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| Wolfgang by Vithal Rajan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The characters are nine women of Indian origin and one of Canadian-Jewish extraction! |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play in eleven scenes. A study of the character and relationships of Indian women of different ages and classes. |
| Synopsis | A grand old lady, Mrs Mira Rajkumar, lives alone and in the past, tyrannizing her two women servants, and imagining her dead dog, Wolfgang, to be still around. A chance reading of a book on Ovid convinces her that she would be able to bring back her dog from Hades, and she does, or does she? |
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| Wonder Wall 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 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A topical comedy sketch with a single, simple setting. |
| Synopsis | Dave and George are spending a night out at the local pub. George is bemoaning the fact that his new neighbour intends to build a wall between their properties. |
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| The Wonders Of Science by David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | Dr. Huffman attempts to wow a Government representative with his amazing inventions |
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| Wood by Pete Benson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Surreal comedy. |
| Synopsis | Woody's got lots of friends and they all like him, even though he's hard to get on with at times. Also, he's a woodlouse. Sadly, he can't swim, and the gasman has just dropped him in the fish tank.
After that, things get stranger. |
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| The Woofer and The Flagger by Ethan Bortman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy with a single (market stall) setting. |
| Synopsis | Tourist, Larry comes across a simple market stall offering a free massage with purchases of bottles and sprays of various herbal products. As Maggie starts his massage he learns about her unconventional lifestyle. |
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| The Wooing Of Isabella by Natasha Marie Eyre |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 81 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play, set in the thirteenth century. |
| Synopsis | Lady Isabella is a worthy prize - with lands and income, but she has no wish to marry Simon de Montford, or give herself over to the nearby Priory. Harrassed by those around her, she uses her friend and kinswoman Emma to keep all at bay until the matter can be resolved. |
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| Word Up by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Age difference essential. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy, with a split (living room and office) set. |
| Synopsis | Pensioner Ruby is having trouble with her computer and calls a computer helpline. The problem is eventually discovered, but will Ruby like the solution? |
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