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| ABC December by Sherrill S. Cannon & Kerry E. Gallagher |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. Chorus. There are no specific characters. The lines are intended to be recited by one or more children. The lines could be spoken by individuals or an ensemble. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for ten songs to accompany the piece. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Performance piece for a nursery school / kindergarten class. |
| Synopsis | A rhyming review of December festivals (with a North American bias - it covers Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other American celebrations, with a nod to their antecedents in other countries). |
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| Androcles and the Lion by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. The chorus - of soldiers, slaves, Christians and lions - is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming fable for kids. |
| Synopsis | Androcles is a man who loves all living things - he's even reluctant to kill a lamb to feed himself. So when a lion appears, he's less worried about it eating his sheep and more concerned that there's a thorn in it's paw. Helping this lion turns out to be a good move in the long term... |
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The Ant Chant by Michal Y Noah
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two original songs are included in this script. |
| Style | A short rhyming musical play for children. |
| Synopsis | A day in the life of an ant and their worker companions is told in musical rhyme. Adapted from the childrens' book of the same name. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Zip file containing recordings by Jonny Casto-Ardern of the two songs from 'The Ant Chant' by Michal Y Noah. The recordings come in two forms - simple backing tracks and vocal demos. Additionally, Song 2 has a demo recording of just the chant.
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| The Billy Goats Gruff by Sharon Stace-Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. Seven principals plus narrator and chorus. The script allows for multiple narrators, a chorus of courtiers and villagers and possibly an additional choir - thus the numbers are very flexible. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for an overture and 14 original songs (including a couple of reprises). |
| Style | One-act musical - rhyming script plus songs - for kids (and children!). Multiple locations, but can be done with minimal scenery and very few props. |
| Synopsis | The time-honoured tale of troll meets goats given an additional twist as we learn of the history of how the troll became what he is (and the goats have more talents than just butting-in). |
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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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| Cagic Mup by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Characters include a pantomime cow. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fable told as a Spoonerising verse play for children. |
| Synopsis | Captain Spoon's family are starving. Their cow must be sold. The exchange for a magic cup provokes delight and disaster. |
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| Caterpillar Crawl by Raymond Blakesley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Lots of flexibility. The cast are a mix of children and adults (assumed to be played by children) with options for dances and a chorus (the class) who chant rhymes. The caterpillar role can be played by actors or could be a puppet. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for a flexible cast of children in a mixture of prose and rhyme. Options for dances. Includes information about the butterfly lifecycle. |
| Synopsis | When Tom finds a talking, dancing caterpillar he thinks life is going to be easy, but Salome is almost as much trouble as his classmates. But he organises a concert for her anyway. |
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| The Cautionary Tale of Mary Contrary by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for four 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 short rhyming comedy play with a moral, for children, with two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Once upon a nursery crime - Mary Contrary demonstrates selfish actions, contrary ways and uncaring attitude to the environment, which lead to her eventual demise. |
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| A First Christmas In Rhyme by Aberuthven Primary School ed. Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for nine traditional carols or hymns. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A rhyming nativity play for primary schools. |
| Synopsis | A rhyming version of the traditional story of the first Christmas. |
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| The Gossip by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The characters are adults, intended to be played by children. (Two of the female characters could be switched to male by changing two words.) |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple play in rhyming couplets. No specific set requirements. One prop (a wedding cake!) |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Grey tries to stop a rumour spreading by telling everyone that it isn't true. The result is that the rumour spreads rapidly, and her daughter's wedding is ruined. |
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| Hansel and Gretel - A Short Musical by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Characters include humans, birds, rodents, dogs and four wheels (although we never get to hear the singing of the tyres!) |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for four original songs is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A modern version of the Grimm Brothers' story told as a verse play with four songs. Simple props, no specific set requirements. (A version without music is also available.) |
| Synopsis | In an update to the original fable, Hansel and Gretel's parents want to get rid of them, not because the family is poor, but because the parents are selfish. This leads to the encounter with the witch with the confectionary cottage. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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