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Christmas At Petersburg by George Douglas Lee |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. One of the characters has the same surname as the author. This is not entirely coincidental. |
Run Time | Around 72 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with two original scores. Additional excerpts from Christmas carols could be used at the discretion of the production. |
Style | Historical drama, exporing some of the depths of the American Civil War. |
Synopsis | The Confederates have been besieged at the railhead of Petersberg for months, reducing food, clothing and ammunition to the barest minimum. Into this desperate situation, on Christmas Eve, come two young girls from opposite sides of the war, each looking for a lost and injured father. |
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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
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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 Carol In 60 Minutes Or Less! by Martin Prest |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Various doubling alternatives suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. |
Run Time | Around 51 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play in various settings. |
Synopsis | Staying as true to the original Dickens story as time allows, it unfolds neatly through narration and action. Originally published in 2014, revised edition published September 2017. |
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The Christmas Nativity By Class 3B by Andrew Hull |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedic take on the Nativity story - adults play the children. |
Synopsis | It's time for the class production of The Christmas Nativity, but things are as difficult as always for a teacher of young children. The Shepherds have the giggles, the Angel is rushing her lines and one of the Wise Men won't come out of the loo! |
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Christmas Present by Jim and Jane Jeffries |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 16. Minimum total with doubling = 41. Minimum total without doubling = 51. No chorus. Aimed at a mixed company of adults and children. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Nativity play, but not one for young kids! A large cast piece, probably for a church group. Elements of comedy, but a serious core. |
Synopsis | A modern retelling of the Nativity - a faithfull following of the biblical accounts, give or take a couple of thousand years, featuring business tycoons, mobsters, fast food workers and homeless people, plus assorted Trekkies! |
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Christopher Columbus Was A Brat by Richard Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters comprise of a crusty old hobo and a teenage girl |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act fantasy with a hilltop setting. |
Synopsis | CT is on her way to the other side of the mountain. Not to, really, but 'away from'. In her special quiet place she meets a strange man, dressed as a hobo who has some important things to tell her. |
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Chum by Henry P. Gravelle Independent Horror Movie Awards 2018 First Place |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A dramatic sketch with a single (rowing boat) setting. Adult themes. |
Synopsis | Freddy was acquitted of the murder of Junior's sister Lucy. On a moonlit night in the Bayou, the pair find themselves alone in a fishing boat, after apparently reconciling, but Junior has a sinister plan. |
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Cissie Encountering The Gods by Sandra Horn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act monologue. |
Synopsis | Cissie tells us of her life and her strange neighbour Thea. Thea and her daughter Cory have had a big effect on Cissie's life. They bring an interest beyond her brief and boring marriage and the prying eyes of her other neighbours, as well as a genuinely unexpected intimate encounter. |
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Citizen Putrumpkin by Richard Smithson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 69 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act satire on populist politics. |
Synopsis | In the Eastern European nation of Subsurbia, government ministers pick famous game show contestant Boris Putrumpkin to be their puppet president. When Boris's idiotic nature almost derails everything, they recruit convict Kiril Dvoynik to be his stand-in. But Kiril has his own plans for power. |
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Class Divide by Damian Woods |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two adult roles (teachers) and one role for a 14/15 year old (the student). |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama on a single (teacher's office) set. No props required. |
Synopsis | A passionate teacher tries to show a troubled pupil the error of his ways before it's too late and his future is compromised. |
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