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| Potted Austen: The Complete Set by Lou Treleaven |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Six bitesize adaptations of Jane Austen's novels. |
| Synopsis | A collection of six bitesize dramatic adaptations of Jane Austen's published novels. Each is fast-paced, witty, and amenable to small groups (cast size can be reduced to six with some crafty doubling). |
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| The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain adapted by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. The vast majority of the characters are written male, but need not be played that way. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the scripts includes suggestions for up to 19 songs (with original lyrics to well-known tunes).
However, the songs are optional - the piece functions equally well as a play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length play/musical. A family show, written for performance by a youth theatre company, but could be a mix of adults and children. |
| Synopsis | A faithful adaptation and well crafted dramatisation of the classic novel by Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper is a musical play suitable for secondary schools or Academies specialising in the performing arts. As well as historical interest it provides a challenging project for producing, directing, acting and technical disciplines in school or community settings |
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| A Princess For Christmas by Jeff Bray |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. 7 actors, with a choir of 3-4 singers. |
| Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length comedy with a single retirement home setting. |
| Synopsis | Grumpy old widower Reg gets the shock of his life when his ex-mistress Diane, who he abandoned many years ago, is admitted to the Retirement Home After a stormy beginning and with the tender help of the staff and other residents, they are able to rekindle their relationship. |
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| Professor Thyme and the History Mystery - The Musical by Richard James with music by David Fisher |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven songs and an overture are supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical Comedy Caper for Kids. Structurally in two acts. |
| Synopsis | When the dastardly Count Downe uses Professor Thyme's Time Machine to travel into the past and change history, it's up to the Professor and his gang to follow him and put things right before the damage is done...
and to sing in the process! |
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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
** CD with piano accompaniment for all the songs from 'Professor Thyme and the History Mystery - the Musical' by Richard James with music by David Fisher
** CD with sung tracks for each of the eight songs from 'Professor Thyme and the History Mystery - the Musical' by Richard James with music by David Fisher
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Professor Thyme and the History Mystery - The Play by Richard James
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy Caper for Kids. Structurally in two acts. (A slick production could be run in the time of a one-act play.) |
| Synopsis | When the dastardly Count Downe uses Professor Thyme's Time Machine to travel into the past and change history, it's up to the Professor and his gang to follow him and put things right before the damage is done... |
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| Puppycock's Demons by Graham Dillistone |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 88 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length supernatural comedy on a single (living room) set. Adult themes. |
| Synopsis | John and Mary live with Mary’s mother, a stalwart in the church of the Universal Tabernacle. Mary’s always hoped John would assert himself a bit more, but now it seems that something demonic has got into him. |
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| Putting it About by Sue Gowers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy. A single-set British farce, complete with multiple practical doors, behind which lurk multiple practical (and emotional) problems! |
| Synopsis | Though married, Danny is keeping a harem of ladies on the boil, including his step mother in-law. They all arrive at the house on the same afternoon, and he manages to keep them separate until his younger brother Matt arrives to throw a spanner in the works. |
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| Queen of the Pond by Tim O'Brien |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Whilst the pond creatures are written male and female, only serious biologists can tell the difference. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano/vocal scores for nine original songs (plus reprise) are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical for schools and youth theatres. An original take on the time-tested tale of amphibian ambition. Alternates between two sets.
Originally published 2011, revised 2014 |
| Synopsis | Sarah wants to learn to be a princess so she has a chance of marrying Prince Chesterfield, however she's up against some serious - and scheming - competition from The Princess Club. A mistaken spell from a mathematically-challenged wizard turns Sarah into a frog instead of a princess. Can she still win the heart of the prince and save her friends in the pond at the same time? |
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| Quizzers by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length farce in a single (study) set. |
| Synopsis | Just when Keith Smedley is looking forward to the pub quiz that he lives for, the arrival of daughter Alison’s boyfriend’s mother, Stella, throws him off his stride. Keith and Stella have a historical ‘connection’ Keith would rather gloss over, particularly when wife Lorna is around. Throw in womanising best friend Ross, highly-strung interior designer Binny, ex-con Rat and a misconception that Keith has arranged a contract killing and the quiz evening looks unlikely to go to plan. |
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| R.S.V.P. by Stephen Condor |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. One male role is walk-on and non-speaking. |
| Run Time | Around 99 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One song is suggested in the producer's copy of the script. Additional background music is at the director's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length comedy with a single (garden) setting. Some strong language and adult themes. |
| Synopsis | At a neighbourhood garden party held to bring everyone together, to which the audience are cordially invited, each neighbour has their own story to tell or eccentricity to reveal. One uninvited guest threatens to disrupt the harmony for good, but the partygoers discover that a problem shared is a problem halved. |
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