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Alessandro - Renaissance Don Juan by Nicholas Conti
Finalist in the 'Dawn:-Lights Up' contest, Cuneen Arts Center. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The Narrator is intended to double as The Count. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act romp set in 1682. Written in a style somewhere between Melodrama and Restoration Comedy! (American English.) |
| Synopsis | The tale of Alessandro Stradella, musical lover. (That's musical lover as in 'musician and lothario', not as in 'fan of Rogers and Hammerstein'.) His affair with his pupil, Contessa Maria Cortese, sparks the wrath of her husband - just one of the enraged cuckolds Alessandro has left in his wake. |
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| The Alf Factor by David Dean |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. 3 characters are gender non-specific. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch combining a Viking era setting with a satire on reality TV. |
| Synopsis | Alfred is trying to rally the Saxons to move against the Vikings. Unfortunately for him, they’ve heard a story about the cakes, and they’re not impressed. |
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| Ali Baba by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Usual pantomime juxtapositions. Ali Baba is an old man, his wife is the pantomime dame, Hassan, their son, the principal boy (so played by a girl). After that, you can make up your own mind! |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs (with two more left to the imagination of the production team!) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Large-cast British Pantomime based on a tale from the 1001 Arabian Nights cycle. |
| Synopsis | Al-Sakr and his band of forty thieves have a cave full of their stolen treasure. Ali Baba finds it - leading to no end of trouble (and a lot of jokes)... |
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Ali Baba [Version 2] by Bob Heather and Cheryl Barrett
A percentage of profits from this play will be donated to St Michael's Hospice, Hereford |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 92 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for fifteen songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full lenth pantomime. |
| Synopsis | At her bakery in Cairo Fatima Baba is worried about her soggy bottom.. Will her flatcakes ever get the seal of approval from Pharaoh Rosher? Will Assam Aggie and her tea thief friends ever stop taking a tea break? And will Ali Baba defeat the evil Cassim and reach his lair in time to rescue the beautiful Morgiana? |
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| Ali Baba [Version 3] by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Some of the characters are nominally male or female, but this is panto, so make up your own mind who plays what! |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] The estimated run time allows time for 12 songs. |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs with some original lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble in store for the Babas of Baghdad. Not only has the landlord doubled the rent, but the forty thieves, led by Sheikh Blackheart, have stolen everything in sight, and Ali's mum, Rum Baba, is getting the blame! Along with Ali's brother Cassim and girlfriend Morgiana, they must find the stolen treasures and defeat the thieves, and all before they're evicted and their home turned into a luxury resort for billionaires. It's going to be a busy day. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Comes with the opportunity for the usual pantomime gender juxtapositions. Includes a pantomime camel. There are four named thieves, and the author recommends another six to make up to forty, though it might be possible with fewer! |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for 10 original songs and a dance are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | British pantomime with magic, spectacle, music, visual jokes, slapstick and verbal humour. |
| Synopsis | Ali Baba falls for the Sultan's daughter and determines to impress her by retrieving valuables stolen by a band of thieves. Unfortunately, the thieves have other ideas. Ali has Salma, the resourceful servant girl, a Genie, a camel with integral SatNav, and, of course, his mother to call on, but what he really needs is an audience to help him win through! |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves [Version 2] by Julie Petrucci and Chris Shinn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 13 songs are provided in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime. |
| Synopsis | Ali Baba and his trusty camel - Carmel are ably assisted by Dame Barbara and slave girl Selina - thwarting the evil Mustapha and his gang. A full action show with a 'modern take'. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves [Version 3] by Adrian Barradell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] Run time estimate assumes use of 8 songs. |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime based on the tale from the Arabian Nights cycle. |
| Synopsis | The tale of Ali Baba presented by Scheherazade in panto format, complete with thieves, caves, oil jars and the pantomime happy ending. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Ali Baba and the Four Tea Thieves by Lee Baddock & Chris Kirby |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The chorus is optional. The cast includes a pantomime camel and the usual pantomime juxtopositions - with the dame played by a man and the 'principal boy' role open to a lady. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Eight songs are suggested in the Producer's Copy of the scripts, with alternative lyrics to one of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime - jokes, slapstick, that sort of thing. One scene is a bit bloodthirsty, but the authors provide an alternative in the Producer's Copy of the script! |
| Synopsis | Ali Baba overhears the thieves password to get into their treasure cave. Unfortunately for him, the thieves find out and sneak after him disguised as oil jars! (Fortunately for Ali, the thieves are rather incompetent and, for many years, have stolen little but tea!) |
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| Ali The Barber and the Forty Thieves by Hugh Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Thirty-seven of the forty thieves remain off-stage. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes a suggestion for a closing song. (This isn't essential.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A sketch-length pantomime or a pantomime-themed sketch. |
| Synopsis | A gang on work experience hide swag stolen from a barber's shop in a secret cave. The barber’s brother stumbles across it and hatches a plan to trap them in the cave. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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