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| Rapunzel [Short Version] by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for eight original songs (with keyboard accompaniment, set in easy keys!) provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One act musical comedy play with a Grimm spirit! Simple sets (a window frame stands in for Rapunzel's tower), simple props. |
| Synopsis | Rapunzel, abandoned by her careless and greedy parents and raised by an enchantress, is locked in a tower until she is saved by a prince's true love. |
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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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| Rapunzel [Version 2] by Luke Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 92 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length family show. |
| Synopsis | In a departure from the original story, the evil Dr Grimm imprisons Rapunzel in a tower, so as to make use of the magical by-product of her hair - to hypnotise the villagers to do her bidding. Needless to say, she is eventually thwarted by the powers of good. |
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| The Ratcatcher's Lament by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming monologue. No set requirements.
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | What happens when the bottom drops out of the rat catching market! |
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| The Raven by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play for teenagers, inspired by (rather than based on) the poem by Edgar Allen Poe. Single set. |
| Synopsis | A comedic swipe at the world of sorcery, pitting the not-quite-so-brilliant Phoebus and his apprentice Bulbo, against the evil Dr Sarcophagus in a mage battle to decide the fates of many. |
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| Read All About It by Colin Calvert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The minimum character count assumes that the driver doubles as D.I. Throgge. |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy Thriller. Single main stage set with additional car interior set in front of the main stage. Includes gun violence and mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | It's a big day for McTaggart, the editor of The Biggleswick Bugle - he's meeting the mayor of the German twin town, and he's out to impress. Unfortunately, that means relying on his staff. There's Ted, the disillusioned hack, Britney who does the classifieds, Blodwen Jones - Jones the Death - the obituary specialist, Kevin the odd-job man and Mrs. Parmeter, the tea lady. And there's a madman on the loose. With a machine gun. Things just aren't going the way they were planned... |
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| Reading Between The Lines by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. An academic, a gambler, a vicar, a housekeeper, a French lady... No stereotypes here, oh dear me, no. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length farce. Single domestic set. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Professor Andrew Stokes, new owner of The Old Rectory Cottage, returns from a foreign study visit in time to help wife Rachel organise the village literary festival, based at Saint Fabian's church hall. Star attraction is to be famous romantic novelist, Lydia Bray. The success of the weekend's event is threatened by the arrival of Andrew's oldest friend, Reivers Fenn, professional gambler, lothario and all-round liability. The chances of Reivers failing to be an embarrassment recede as not one, but two, of the women from his past turn up in the village. While one would rather forget that she ever knew him, the other has chosen not to forget that he owes her a lot of money. |
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| Reading for Pleasure by Louise Wade |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short light comedy play with a single domestic setting. |
| Synopsis | It's Book club night and host Tina is nervous because she couldn't get through 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'. Fortunately her husband knows it well and writes her notes on some napkins. But she's not the only one who struggled. |
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| Reading it Back by Gabriel Chanan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (office) setting. |
| Synopsis | Author Arnold struggles with the plot of his latest novel and enlists the help of Julia. As work progresses, their relationship starts to mirror the written word. |
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| Reburying King Richard the Third by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Middle aged men. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch, minimal set, outdoors during a funeral procession. |
| Synopsis | Dave and George are standing at the roadside watching the procession of King Richard The Third's remains, as it makes its way through the streets of Leicester. They chew over some history, enjoy commenting on the merits of a good send-off, and the spectacle of this occasion. |
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Red Nose, Floppy Shoes by James Brosnahan
2019 Monkey Bread Tree Script Competition - Winner, Best Character Arc. “It’s a bit of a ridiculous event, and the whole thing would be mighty entertaining on screen, especially with these personas.” |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. One of the five listed characters is a voice-over. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act satirical comedy. Single (domestic kitchen) set. |
| Synopsis | Michael's DNA test confirms his self-diagnosed Coulrophobia (fear of clowns). When Dr Keegle informs him he actually has the dreaded Clown Syndrome and only a week to live, his wife must keep him away from any form of comedy. Michael agrees to attend a support group. Tragically, the DNA test was mixed up, and rather than Courophobia, Michael has actually got the Clown Gene - he's a clown, and cannot help himself delivering an improvised stand up routine to the members of the Clown Syndrome support group. Exposed to comedy, they die in droves and Michael is carted off to prison, charged with murder. At the last moment his sentence is commuted to Community Service and his family must adjust to the new Michael, from his red nose to his floppy shoes. |
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