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Dumpton Abbey by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | 8 pieces to be played as accompaniment, and 1 to be sung by the cast, are suggested in the Producer's script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full-length comedy on a single (drawing room) set. |
Synopsis | It’s 1969, and to save Dumpton Abbey from complete disaster, Lord Loam has opened it to the public. Meanwhile, the search is on for a rich American to marry his daughter, and any clueless woman to marry his useless son. |
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Last Train to Sleepy Hollow by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Variable Chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Music and song suggestions for eight pieces are provided in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A comedy spoof play, with music, in various settings. |
Synopsis | When Arthur is summoned by his Godmother to exorcise her house of spooks, he discovers a dastardly plot to frighten her off her valuable real estate. In the ultimate battle of innocence against the powers of darkness, Arthur destroys the black heart of the Bigwitch, finds true love, restores Spooky Hollow to his Godmother and catches the last train home! |
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Secret Agent Scout by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Educational and entertaining play for kids, set in WW2. Very much in the style of the era - a sort of 'boys own' yarn. Contains two mild swearwords. |
Synopsis | Like many boys during World War Two, Peter Smith is eager to do his part, and he loves the radio adventures of 'Secret Agent Scout' who helps keep Britain safe from invasion. Little does Peter know that the radio show is based on his own adventures and attitude - and he gets to meet someone very important. |
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The Strictly Talent Factory by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Intended for a youth theatre group, but could well be performed by adults or a company of mixed ages. |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The script suggests 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Comedy play with (suggested) songs. In length it's on the boundary between a one-act play and a full-length play (it could occupy a full evening or be paired with a shorter piece). Structurally in two acts. |
Synopsis | A musical play with energy, fizz, music and dance. In a world dominated by television talent competitions two families with great ambition battle it out for the ultimate prize of celebrity. The Lemons and the Greens continue a long-running feud with each other on to a TV talent show. With an astute use of Shakespearian themes and quotations ('the perfect antidote to all this madness') along with imaginative settings and flashbacks we are taken on a modern journey with a wry and satirical comment on reality television and the culture of celebrity. |
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