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Teddy Tells All by Rollin Jewett
Published: 2 June 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. While the staff are all (played as) adults, the central character might be a young adult or a juvenile. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short horror drama - supernatural creepiness, with a satirical edge. (US English.) |
| Synopsis | A boy in a mental institution's only friend is a teddy bear that seems to know everything about the goings on in the institution, including the nefarious activities of Doctor Baxter, who wants the boy discharged immediately to make way for more affluent patients. |
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Twisted Tales - A Night at the Grand Guignol by Ged Quayle
Published: 2 June 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of short pieces in the style of Grand Guignol. There's comedy here, and horror, and ever so much gore. Not for the squeamish. |
| Synopsis | Apres Lui (in which a writer and a theatre manager review the history of the Grand Guignol and enact a loose version of Lui!, its first major hit) and The Last Kiss (an exploration of the genre, taking in the horrors of war, the freedom of the individual and the ethics of collaboration along the way) are only available as part of this collection. The rest are also available separately
Honeyrose and Hayseed
The Doctor of Death
Bon Appetit
Birdseed |
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The Doctor of Death by Ged Quayle
Published: 22 May 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 15-minute Grand Guignol sketch. Loose updating of a tale by André de Lorde, with a modern feminist perspective added. It's entertainingly grim and gory, with suitable explanation as to how the goriness is to be staged. |
| Synopsis | France, 1899. Once a gifted medical student, Julienne is now stuck being wife to Paul, the doctor at an asylum, who conducts terrible experiments on the prisoners. When Julienne's friend, local landowner Henri, discovers Paul’s secret, bloody violence and revenge ensues. |
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The Prize by Rollin Jewett
Published: 22 May 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute drama. Single living-room setting. (US English.) |
| Synopsis | A young man returns home to find his ex-cowboy TV star father deteriorating from the effects of Alzheimer's disease. He and his stepmother plan an awards ceremony to honour him while he is still partly lucid. |
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Confession by David Weir
Published: 19 May 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The 9 roles are intended to be played by 3 actors (with Actor 1 playing the teenage Kevin throughout, except when narrating as his adult self). |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Energetic one-act comedy. No formal set, just props. Continuous action with location indicated by Kevin's soliloques. Written in Scotland, but the location can be changed at the discretion of the production. |
| Synopsis | Kevin's a teenager who wants nothing more than to drift through life and the undying love of 'The One And Only Girl In All The World'. But his Uncle Ignatius has different plans - for Kevin to join the priesthood. |
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Daddy Issues by Ged Quayle
Published: 19 May 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A sketch which transitions satisfyingly from smutty comedy to emotional drama. From the synopsis, you'll deduce that this contains a lot of 'adult' content. |
| Synopsis | Sex worker Carla is with a client when he dies of a sudden heart attack, and she finds herself trapped under the corpse. The only person she's able to call for help is her ex-husband. |
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Ring O' Roses by Jenny Devaux
Published: 19 May 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An atmospheric, effective ghost story in the form of a monologue told by an adult looking back on her childhood. No set or props required, but needs atmospheric sound effects. |
| Synopsis | Ten-year-old Anna found it hard to settle in her new village. She was woken up at 3:25am every night by a group of children, who invited her to play with them. When one of their games turned more serious, Anna found herself running for her life. |
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About Life by Rob Ricards
Published: 16 May 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A funny one-act play with some dramatic depth. Simple to stage (single set, could be just a table and chairs). |
| Synopsis | Mabel's slobbish, bullying husband Jack has died in the night, and she's glad to be rid of him. Her friend Gladys is initially shocked by Mabel's attitude, but soon joins her in planning what to do with the newfound freedom. |
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Prince Charming's Ball by P. J. Reed
Published: 16 May 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is male, but, since this is a fairytale character, might be played as a principal boy. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue. A fun twist on the well-known character from Cinderella, exposing him as an entitled brat of a prince. |
| Synopsis | Prince Charming has read scandalous accusations about his behaviour in the broadsheet, and has some stern words for the culprits. |
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George and the Dragon by David and Fiona Barker
Published: 15 May 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. It's a pantomime - cast whomsoever you like! |
| Run Time | Around 92 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs and a dance (and rough guidelines for play-in music). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Two-act pantomime with an original story. |
| Synopsis | Princess Poppy must marry a suitable suitor, like a knight, but she loves George. He can't become a knight unless he kills a dragon, which neither he nor Poppy wants. Plus there's a wicked witch holding the kingdom hostage over heating. |
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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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