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Olympic Ode - Faster, Higher, Stronger by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Designed with flexibility in mind, with the possibility of up to 24 idividuals (representing athletes of various sorts) taking a verse each, plus one or more speakers taking the chorus parts. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Performance poem for a class of children. No props or staging requirmeents |
Synopsis | The motto of the Olympic Games, Citius, Altius, Fortius - Faster, Higher, Stronger - explored in verse, with the performers representing different groups of athletes. |
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Once Upon A Time In Fairyland by James O'Sullivan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short one-act comedy play for kids. |
Synopsis | When the magic mirror tells the Queen she's not as fair as Snow White, the miffed monarch sets off to the Seven Dwarfs' bar where the mirror says Snow is working, only to find Goldilocks hiding out from the three bears there. Will Snow White be at the Prince's Ball? The hunt is on... |
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Once... by Raymond Blakesley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. Opportunity for large 'Greek chorus' delivering commentary on the action. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fable, partly narrated by newspaper reporters (in the style of The Times and The Sun), commentary by the chorus. Simple sets, simple costumes, emphasis on participation. |
Synopsis | Upset at receiving a late invitation to Princess Rainbow's party, Beldesire curses the postman's son: his first kiss will turn him into a toad. That same postman's son later rescues the Princess from a Dragon, but how will they live happily ever after? |
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One in the Eye by Bill Siviter with Lea Anderson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Since the characters include 'William's Army' and 'Harold's Army' the numbers are rather vague (or very flexible, depending on the gloss you want to apply). Most of the characters are supposedly male, but don't let that stop you. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music for six original songs (one of which is reprised). |
Style | An educational, historical, rhyming comedy musical. (There. What does that leave out?) |
Synopsis | The story of the Harold, the last Saxon king of England who proves adept at dealing with his riotous brothers and Viking invaders, but is finally overcome by William, Duke of Normandy, with his secret weapon... |
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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
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Open Evening by David Dunn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three speaking parts and one unconscious cameo! Gender entirely flexible. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch for teenagers. Part of the Bite Size collection of Vampire plays |
Synopsis | Three teens are getting ready for their vampire school open evening. Though they only have to get the drinks area ready, they've had a good look around and are ready to discuss all the other departments. Something tells me this is a night school... |
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Open the Book by Jon Boustead |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The demons' lines are split between three characters, but only to indicate there are several demons. They could be shared amongst as many demons as you have available. |
Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama - or possibly a modern melodrama - for youth theatre. Two locations, but no set required. (British English - including slang for 'cigarette'.) |
Synopsis | The seven deadly sins are represented in the characters of the members of a theatre company rehearsing 'Faust'. Director Matt is the worst offender and is drawn into the grasp of Lucifer by a group of demons. |
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The Open Window by Tony Best |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A blackly comic stage adaptation of one of Saki's subversive stories. Two locations, but neither need be elaborate (so could be done in a 'black box' with small items of furniture). Aimed at secondary schools, but could be done by adults. |
Synopsis | Framton has been sent to the country as a rest cure for his nerves. However, his encounter with his doctor's cousin, Gertrude, and her neices is anything but calming. |
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Opening Doors by Keith Badham |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Youth theatre drama played on an empty stage with one prop (a free standing door). An ensemble piece, with cast members taking multiple roles. |
Synopsis | As the doorkeepers open the door we experience cradle to grave aspects of the characters' lives. |
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Operation: Santa by Damian Woods |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script includes a list of suggested songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A fun comedy for schools with lots of enjoyable silliness. |
Synopsis | Christmas is coming and everyone in the North Pole is as busy as ever, but just when things couldn't be any more stressful, Santa is kidnapped by a mysterious foe. It's up to the Santa Retrieval Squad to get him back! |
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Oscar's Adventure by Patricia Munene |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. All the characters are animals from south-west Africa. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for children set amidst Namibian wildlife! |
Synopsis | Oscar is a Cheetah cub, living in a refuge, but he dreams of leaving and finding his mother. Helped to escape, he meets two other cubs and their mother, but not his own family. They adopt him and teach him to be wild, but Oscar still has some things to teach them. |
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