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| Pride and Prejudice [Full-Length] by Charlie Cook |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. In addition to the 18 characters, there are a further four optional non-speaking parts. |
| Run Time | Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length adaptation of Jane Austen's classic. Single composite set with three locations. |
| Synopsis | Bingley, Darcy, Lizzy, Wickham and Collins sneer, smarm and spurn their way through this well-loved tale of manners and assumptions. |
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| Pride and Proton Lasers by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy play, wittily mashing-up two familiar genres. |
| Synopsis | A scheduling error at a theatre means that a production of a Regency period drama and a science fiction suspense play have to share the stage. |
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| Pride, Prejudice and Other Useful Qualities by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, in which Geoff Bamber exacts a gentle revenge on Jane Austen. In theory, there are multiple settings, but it is remarkable how similar Longbourn and Netherfield look... |
| Synopsis | The Bennet sisters are shopping their father into penury. He needs to marry them off (preferably without an expensive wedding.) There's Mr Bingley who's keen on Jane, Mr Collins who is keen on anyone who'll have him (which seems to limit the field), Captain Wickham, a military cad, and Mr Darcy who seems to be intent on making trouble or making whoopee (possibly at one and the same time). |
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| The Primary Candidate by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 44 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play, set in a primary school staffroom (though featuring language that is decidedly unsuitable for children) |
| Synopsis | Headmaster Gordon Lewis has called an extraordinary staff meeting, but has excluded one department in doing so. He announces a forthcoming VIP visit along with the vacancy for Assistant Head, causing much lively discussion. Rivalries between staff bubble to the surface, as political opinions, back-stabbing and even threats of violence are thrown into the mix. |
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| The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain adapted by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. The vast majority of the characters are written male, but need not be played that way. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the scripts includes suggestions for up to 19 songs (with original lyrics to well-known tunes).
However, the songs are optional - the piece functions equally well as a play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length play/musical. A family show, written for performance by a youth theatre company, but could be a mix of adults and children. |
| Synopsis | A faithful adaptation and well crafted dramatisation of the classic novel by Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper is a musical play suitable for secondary schools or Academies specialising in the performing arts. As well as historical interest it provides a challenging project for producing, directing, acting and technical disciplines in school or community settings |
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| The Prince and the Pussycat by Jon Dwyer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Lots of flexibility in the casting. There is no formal role for a pantomime dame, but the Queen could be cast as a dame (as could Primrose!) Likewise, the prince could be played by a female as a pantomime principal boy. Cast includes several mice! |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Length could be increased using additional songs. |
| Music | A few songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script. More could be added at the discretion of the production team! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length British Pantomime. Magic, jokes and a slapstick decorating scene! |
| Synopsis | Polly Perkins is clearly destined to marry Prince Oliver, but there's a problem - the bad fairy has turned her into a cat. Will true love run its course, or will she just have to content herself with eating the palace mice? |
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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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| Prince Charmin' by Ed Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. Options for the usual pantomime juxtapositions (male dame, female principal boy), plus a pantomime bear. |
| Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script lists ideas for songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime - jokes, puns, physical comedy, songs and dances, and lots of good character roles. Based on an original story, but with lots of familiar pantomime/fairytale themes. |
| Synopsis | Prince Charmin' is second in line to the throne, though his older brother Rufus is 'advised' by the evil Mould. It is Mould who has engineered Rufus's marriage to Princess Grace, though Rufus would rather have Molly, the fishmonger's daughter and the Princess has taken a shine to Charmin. It's all sorted out in traditional panto style. |
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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 Princess and the Dragon by Andrea Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Chorus size may be varied at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 73 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 9 songs are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A new-style, true pantomime - in two acts, with assorted settings. |
| Synopsis | The King and Queen of Pantoland have sent their son Prince Peter to assist Theatreland with their dragon problem. Riches for Pantoland? And opportunities for the evil Sir Douglas to enrich himself, at the expense of others? Luckily, Prince Peter saves the day and marries his true love... |
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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 Princess and the Pea [Version 2] by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 89 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for ten songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale. |
| Synopsis | Princess Zabaglioni went missing as a baby, but Fairy Fettucine is sure she still lives as a peasant and will one day become a Princess again. Just as Prince Tiramisu of Trattoria is looking for a bride, as it happens! Meanwhile, the evil wizard Vermicelli persuades the Queen to outlaw chocolate. We also meet three soldiers called Here, There and Everywhere, an abominable snowman, and a rabbit called Frog. |
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| The Princess and the Pea by Luke Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. The chorus play the roles of Attendants, Party Guests, Courtiers, Animals, Ghosts and, unusually, Shrubbery. |
| Run Time | Around 114 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 17 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime, taking the Hans Christian Andersen story as its starting point. |
| Synopsis | Every year, Queen Green holds a competition so that she might find a suitor for her son, Prince Pea. But her meticulous, and often impossible, challenges have (quite deliberately) left him a bachelor. So when the mischievous Mandarin Orange kidnaps the original fairy tale Princess, Cinderella, to train his two daughters, will Prince Pea finally be wed? Or will the unique charms of the boisterous Raspberry Sorbet win his mother over? And in a land where fruit and vegetables walk and talk, what exactly will be hidden beneath that famous mattress? |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| 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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| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
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