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Cheer Up, Santa! by Helen Spencer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for seven songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act musical Christmas ensemble play for schools |
Synopsis | It's Christmas Eve, and the elves are hurriedly making last minute preparations before Santa sets off on his deliveries. Mrs Claus, however, finds he is thoroughly miserable, and doesn’t feel like bothering this year. The elves need to think of a plan to make Santa change his mind, and time is running out! |
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A Children's Christmas Carol by Richard James |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute play. No set requirements. |
Synopsis | Charles Dickens' festive classic much abbreviated as a play for an audience of young children, to be performed by a cast of adults (or possibly by a company of older children.) |
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Chips Then! by Dian Donovan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A good chance for two teenage boys to flex their acting muscles, with plenty of opportunity for subtle humour. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
Synopsis | Two lads wait outside a girl's house, one trying to get up the courage to deliver a love letter. A short reminder of teenage frailty. |
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Christmas Around the World by Andrew Yates |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. Designed for one school class, but there is the flexibility to include a larger chorus (or choruses), particulary for the songs, so could be a larger cast. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The script contains lyrics for the 8 songs (mainly set to well-known music). There is no score, so productions will need the backing CD. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Exuberant Christmas musical piece for kids - entirely for fun, with no educational value. (If you are looking for an educational piece on the way Christmas is actually celebrated around the world, look away now!) |
Synopsis | A whirlwind tour around the world for the sole purpose of celebrating Christmas in a bunch of different musical styles! |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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A Christmas Box by Sharon Jenman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for 10 songs and 2 instrumentals is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Short one-act musical play for (young) children. |
Synopsis | A school child gets his wish to see the Romanian child open the present he is sending. A Christmas play for infant schools. |
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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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A Christmas Carol [Play for Schools] by Damian Woods |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 30. Minimum total without doubling = 44. Chorus. Whilst some of the characters have specific ages, this is an indication for the purpose of costume and make-up rather than for casting! |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for the use of 7 carols. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one-act play for children, faithfully adapting the classic Dickens story. Simple sets (furniture) reconfigured between or during scenes. |
Synopsis | On Christmas Eve 1843, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, who help him see the error of his ways. |
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A Christmas Carol [Version 2] by Adrian Barradell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 15. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 32. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | There are places for music, songs, or dances at the Producer's discretion Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | The classic Dickens Christmas tale is given a pantomime makeover |
Synopsis | Charles Dickens and his friend Simple Sally take the audience on a journey through Ebenezer Scrooge's most memorable Christmas Eve, with comedy elements to lighten the spirits. |
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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 Christmas Carol [Version 4] by Anthony Paul Lashley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. The number of carol singers is unspecified. The author suggests (but does not insist) that when Scrooge is reformed, he might be played by a different actor to emphesise the change! Something for productions to play with. |
Run Time | Around 57 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Lyrics to a number of (out-of-copyright) carols are embedded in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play with songs. Multiple locations, but indicated by lighting and furniture rather than full-stage sets. |
Synopsis | Dickens' Christmas tale of redemption is given a little comic twist and run at a smarter pace, but still delivers the required moral lesson along with the laughs. |
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A Christmas Cracker by Andrew Yates Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. More chorus members may be added in - at Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 7 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act, Christmas variety show, suitable for schools - children aged 5 to 12. |
Synopsis | A lighthearted Christmas-themed show for children with singing, snow and comedy in roughly equal measure. |
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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 ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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A Christmas Mouse by Susan Vesey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Words for 8 of the 9 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A simple traditional nativity play, with chorus singing. |
Synopsis | A Christmas nativity variation, with carols, songs, and a mouse... Suitable for young children. |
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