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Thor's Hammer by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short assembly piece for schools, with a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Based on a traditional Scandinavian folk tale this drama gives a useful background to the Viking era along with an amusing acting piece. We hear of the theft of Thor’s hammer by the Frost Giants and Loki’s cunning and amusing cross dressing plan to retrieve it. |
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Three Characters in Search of a Verdict by Sue Gordon Production by Newton Stewart Players won The Fullarton Trophy (Best Stage presentation) and the Tom Clement memorial Trophy (Best Moment of theatre) in the Stewartry District of the SCDA festival, 2018. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. Fairytale characters, including a wolf and three bears. Optional Jury (non-speaking, but murmuring occasionally!) |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Courtroom comedy for kids! Single set, simple props. |
Synopsis | Fairytale characters get their day in court - after an episode involving a beanstalk, Jack's mother is being done for receiving stolen property, whilst Goldilocks has been arrested for criminal damage and a wolf for the attempted murder of Red Riding Hood's Granny. With three pleas of 'not guilty' the courtroom is in for some surprising twists to familiar stories. |
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The Three Goats Gruff by Ann Taylor |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for young children with a single (meadow) setting. |
Synopsis | The 3 sibling goats have overgrazed the land on their side of the river and must travel over the bridge to get to the green grass on the other side. Under the bridge lives a troll who charges a toll. There is an opportunity to use the Tinikling style of dance to represent the bridge as two poles held by actors on each end, tapped together in rhythmic cadence while actors dance between the poles to represent crossing. |
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Three Nil Down at Half Time by Jonathan Edgington A production by Watlington Young Players won Best Youth Production at the 2013 Hunstanton Drama Festival and a production by Cathal Ferry School (in a translated version) won the all Ireland Gaelic language schools drama competition in 2007. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. The characters are a mixture of adults and children (could be played by that mix, or all played by kids). There is opportunity for up to 11 additional characters (non-speaking), all female - the other members of the girls' football team. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Single set (the touchline of a soccer game) Minimal set and props. Chiefly British English, though the play has been successfully adapted for American performers. |
Synopsis | The girls' soccer team is on a losing streak - until a half-time bet leads to a change of management! |
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The Three Wishes by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act cautionary tale for children with a single setting. |
Synopsis | Martin McMudd is an impoverished peasant who makes a Faustian pact with Lucifer to escape the poverty he and his wife have to contend with. In quick-witted and amusing ways Martin is eventually able to outsmart the Devil. |
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Tidy That Room by Raymond Blakesley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Most of the characters are items of rubbish in Emily's bedroom! |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions are listed in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act comedy for kids. Single set - most of the props are the cast! |
Synopsis | Dust, grime and odd socks come to life in Emily's bedroom, and they definitely don't want to meet the Hoover! |
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Time to Leave by Jackie Fitton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children, intended to be played by kids (but could be done by a mixture of adults and children). |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | A list of suggested songs is included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Play (with suggested songs) for kids. (Roughly half speech and half songs.) |
Synopsis | A play for kids charting the passage of time through the music of different generations in different decades. |
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Time To Move by Iris Winston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The characters are written as ninth graders (14- to 15-year-olds), but could be played at other ages. There is an option for an on-stage band, and possibly other extras. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for school kids. |
Synopsis | It's the night of the big school dance, but Kim has something besides getting the gym ready on her mind. She's just found out she might be moving, and is scared to leave all her friends behind. A one act that examines the pros and cons of moving while young. |
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The Tin Cup by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 27. No chorus. Whilst this was written for 27 players, it could - with a lot of doubling - be performed by a much smaller company. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play for kids. Minimal staging requirements. |
Synopsis | When the museum takes delivery of an antique silver cup with a royal pedigree but little else in its favour, there is no one to look after it for the weekend ahead of a visit from the Queen. A student, keen to secure a permanent job, undertakes the role of keeping the cup safe. Nothing can go wrong. Famous last words. |
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The Titanic by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute presentational play for a school class. |
Synopsis | The tragic story of the Titanic retold in Assembly form, with survivors and the less fortunate passengers telling their stories. |
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