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| We Are Not Amused by Richard Morris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The characters are a mix of adults and children, intended to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics to three songs (to traditional melodies) are embedded in the script Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Exploration of Victorian society in a mixture of verse and prose. |
| Synopsis | Museum exhibits come to life to explore aspects of Victorian society. |
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| Well Well Well by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. The chorus - additional peasants - is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for six original songs (Lyrics by Bill Tordoff, Music by Adrian Watts & Jonny Ardern) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One act musical play for kids. A pantomime setting, with panto characters, though not strictly a pantomime in terms of its original plot! |
| Synopsis | The down-trodden Pantoville peasants earn meagre wages singing happy choruses and smiling for tourists. When Councillor Purslove makes them redundant they're desperate for work and are grateful to Dick Whittington for using them in his TV commercials. But when he plans to privatise their well and employ them at starvation wages they take matters into their own hands. |
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| Westerfield at War by Marcus Grollman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children, intended to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions are made within the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A serious school play - but with a good deal of humour - set in World War 2. Mixture of full-stage sets and front-of-curtain scenes (allowing for set changes). |
| Synopsis | A series of modern-day reminiscences of the Second World War, played out through scenes of school, village and military life in war-time. |
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| What Did You Do In The War? by Richard Morris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Children play a mixture of adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Production notes list recommended period songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Acted reminiscences of World War 2 (covering areas of the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 topic on WW2). |
| Synopsis | An old lady reminisces with a group of kids about England during World War two. The children become characters from that era and act out some of the scenes. Covers air raids, evacuation, military life, the evacuation of Dunkirque and Battle of Britain. |
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| What's Up, Icarus? by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. Whilst there is no formal chorus, there is the option of adding non-speaking slaves and soldiers. The Minotaur is an off-stage presence. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comic rendition of an Ancient Greek myth as a one-act play for kids. Several locations, but no set requirements. |
| Synopsis | King Minos of Crete is a man ahead of his time, seeing his island as a successful holiday destination. The resident monster, the terrifying half-man, half bull Minotaur and a labyrinth to keep it in are key elements in his plan. [So a major tour to see the Minotaur? No? Suit yourselves...] Brilliant designer Daedalus, assisted by his son Icarus, is enlisted to construct the labyrinth but when Daedalus finds that King Minos is inclined to imprison him too, he realises that his next design must be for a means of escape. Icarus is less than enthusiastic about the method chosen. Perhaps he sees a Greek tragedy on the cards. |
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| Wheels by Chloe C.D. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Doctors, patients and extras can be doubled if need be. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for three pieces of background music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act drama for schools and youth theatre, with a simple set and flexible casting. |
| Synopsis | A one act play that follows the everyday struggles of a wheelchair-bound teenager, focusing on what is thought but not always said, and the aspects of life which an abled person may overlook. Issues and difficulties that often go unnoticed are brought to life in a story based on the author's own experiences. |
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| Which Witch? by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy, divided into four parts, with a simple setting. |
| Synopsis | When the council institute a policy to curb witchcraft, old Mrs Gridley comes under suspicion. Her friends Jenny and Jackie, 'ably' assisted by Jenny's boyfriend, Melvin, endeavour to clear her name - a task hampered by the arrival of an unwelcome face from Mrs Gridley's past. Can the day be saved and what could possibly be the contribution of spaced-out hippy musician, Three-Chord Bob? |
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| Who Killed Cock Robin? by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 25. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act (but a fairly long act) comedy for kids. Single (courtroom) set. |
| Synopsis | Never mind all the birds of the air sighing and sobbing when they heard of the death of poor cock robin - what happened when the case came to court? |
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| Who wants to be a Millipede? by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters are given specific gender, they are, when all's said and done, invertebrates, so it doesn't really matter! There's no formal chorus, but there could be many more 'minibeasts'. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Educational (entomological) adventure for kids. Minimal sets, but scope for a lot of fun with the costumes! |
| Synopsis | A group of garden-dwelling invertebrates (arthropods, molluscs and an earthworm, since you ask) are under threat from a pesticide attack and need to go on a journey to seek a new habitat. The millipede puts his best foot forward (having spent some time working out which one it is). |
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| The Wild Wolves of Wyoming by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The characters are pigs and wolves! Additional wolf pups could be added to fit the available numbers. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for overture and five songs (using traditional tunes) is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical for performance by a small cast of children. A cartoon brought to life! Minimal set requirements. Basic props. |
| Synopsis | It's the time-honoured battle between a wolf and three little pigs, only this time the pigs have the upper hand and the wolf is being oppressed - and boy does his family resent it! |
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