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| 1001 Arabian Nights and a Matinee by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Characters include a pantomime camel. Dame assumed to be played by male, principal boy by female. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 7 original songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script. (Other songs at the discretion of the producer.) |
| Style | British Pantomime. Slapstick, visual jokes, puns, mayhem and a camel. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble brewing in old Baghdad! Unless the Princess Jasmina marries before her 21st Birthday, the evil Vizier will take control of the city! Things look grim... but hang on! A posse of would-be heroes are here to save the day! The love sick Ali Barber (who pines for the Princess), his dim witted brother Singbad the sailor and his fearsome mother, Dame Barber are ready to intervene and foil the villain's fiendish plot. They are helped along the way by their pal 'Bob' (a lad with a secret), a pantomime camel named Humpy and a lady Genie who's been stuck in a magic ruby for far too long! |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
** Rehearsal CD with music for the 7 songs which are supplied with the '1001 Nights' master scripts. [Note that the script also suggests two points at which additional songs might be added at the discretion of the producer. These are NOT on the CD!]
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About Michael by Peter Anthony Fields
Audience Appreciation Award Second Place - The British Theatre Challenge 2017 Act II |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama on a stage divided into two sets. US English. Originally published 2018, revised 2019. |
| Synopsis | A high school English teacher meets with the administrators for his mid-term evaluation, only to discover that it is in fact an interrogation. |
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| Absolute Angels by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length comedy horror, inspired by (but deliberately not sticking to the storyline of) 'The Turn of the Screw' by Henry James. |
| Synopsis | Young governess Angela is hired to look after two precocious teenage children. When she arrives at the country house, she finds the household haunted by the ghosts of a former caretaker and governess, whose behaviour and death have seemingly corrupted the souls of the two orphans. |
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| Adventures of Oliver Twist by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. 16 speaking parts, plus an unspecified number of Urchins, playable by a company of 10 with a lot of doubling (and probably some rapid costume changes). |
| Run Time | Around 77 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A new, humourous adaptation, in two acts, of Dickens' classic novel. |
| Synopsis | The story of an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and lives with a gang of pickpockets before being rescued by a kind gentleman and an unexpectedly close relation. This is Oliver with a modern Twist. |
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| Aladdin by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal boy by Female. Lots of small speaking parts for chorus members. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics and sheet music to six songs supplied with the Producer's Copy. Production Notes suggest additional songs. |
| Style | British Pantomime. Strong characters - dynamic hero, hissable villain, camp genie, henpecked emperor, etc. Packed with jokes, wordplay and sight gags. |
| Synopsis | Mayhem in China as the wicked Abanaza wields the magic lamp with its great and powerful genie, and captures the Emperor's daughter. Aladdin comes to the rescue, with the aid of Widow Twankey and the camp Genie of the Ring. |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Aladdin [Version 2] by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics to three songs included in the script, all other songs at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Traditional pantomime - jokes, slapstick/physical comedy and magic.
(Originally published 2005, this edition 2011.) |
| Synopsis | In order to marry Princess So Shy, Aladdin needs to become very rich - and in a hurry. Unfortunately his get rich quick scheme involves helping the wicked Abanazar. Aladdin ends up trapped in a cave - but with help from two genies, and the staff of Widow Twankey's laundry, Abanazar gets taken to the cleaners. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Aladdin [Version 3] by tlc Creative
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. Widow Twankey is a pantomime dame (played by male), Aladdin is a 'principal boy' (played by female). |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Eleven songs suggested (some new lyrics supplied). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Family pantomime. Heroes, villains, songs, jokes, physical comedy and slapstick. |
| Synopsis | The wicked Abanazer is seeking the magic lamp that contains the all-powerful Genie, so that he can rule the world, and is just steps away from succeeding! Is all hope lost? No! Help is at hand! A family posse of wannabe heroes are here to foil Abanazer's evil scheme! The innocent local lad, Aladdin, his brother, the cheeky Wishee Washee and their fearsome mother, washerwoman Widow Twankey are ready to intervene and save the day! Throw in a magic carpet, a mystical Slave of the Ring, the Emperor of China, a beautiful princess and a couple of inept police officers and you have all the ingredients for a fantastic tale and great entertainment. |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Aladdin [Version 5] by Dave Jeanes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Aladdin assumed to be a Pantomime principal boy (i.e. played by female), Widow Twankey is a Pantomime Dame (played by a male). After that, make your own mind up! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A list of suggested songs is provided in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime - jokes, physical comedy, audience participation and mayhem. |
| Synopsis | Abanaza the villainous magician discovers the whereabouts of a fabulous magic lamp. However he needs the help of Aladdin to get it. And with Aladdin comes Aladdin's mother, Widow Twankey and his inventor brother, Wishee Washee. There's mayhem in Wishee Washee's factory, mayhem in Widow Twankey's laundry and mayhem in the streets of China as Aladdin pursues his love for the Emperor's daughter, So-Shi. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Aladdin [Version 6] by Steve Shaw |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. The usual pantomime assumptions apply - female playing the principal boy, male playing the dame. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | List of songs and some original lyrics provided in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | English Pantomime - silliness, songs and physical comedy. |
| Synopsis | Aladdin has seen the princess - but that's forbidden and the palace police are after him (fortunately in the form of Woo and Choo, a pair who make Clouseau look competent). Meanwhile, Abanaza has designs on a certain lamp - and he needs Aladdin's help. That leaves Widow Twankey's laundry understaffed - until she enlists the Emperor! |
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| Aladdin and Abanazar by Jack Shaw |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. A nucleus of 11 principals plus chorus (with occasional lines). Aladdin is assumed to be a principal boy (i.e. played by Female), Widow Twankey a pantomime dame (i.e. played by Male). |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for up to 16 songs. ['Up to' because use of all 16 in full might make it a long show!] Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | English pantomime - comedy, physical, visual and verbal humour. Originally published 2006,updated 2018. |
| Synopsis | Sultan Abanaza, wicked but bored, finds a magic ring which leads him on a quest for an even more valuable magic lamp. He needs the help of Aladdin, a Peking washerwoman's son and would-be suitor of the beautiful princess. Mayhem and magic ensue! |
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