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| Santa and Elf by John Furse |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Elf is written female but could be played by a male. The disembodied voice (making Post Office announcements) is assumed to be recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play in a single (Post Office) set. |
| Synopsis | The Giggleton Post Office has to get a sack of mail off to the Sorting Office ASAP - it’s kids' letters to Santa. Little do they know that Santa himself is on hand to collect the sack, if his Elf assistant can stop causing traffic accidents! |
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| Santa Claus and the Last Christmas by Tom Humphreys |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 16 songs are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length pantomime with various settings and an original story, featuring all the traditional pantomime features like audience participation, singalongs and bad jokes! |
| Synopsis | Santa Claus is gearing up for the big day! However, the wicked Ice Queen is determined to cancel Christmas. Will Santa, his elves and helpers ever be able to stop the Ice Queen and will they do it in time for Santa to deliver all his presents? |
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Santa School by Louise Wade
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Characters include adults, elves and children. Who actually plays the roles is up to you! |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs (for which lyrics are embedded in the script). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Fun family entertainment for the Christmas period, which puts Santa into an original situation that avoids the clichés while fitting in lots of songs. |
| Synopsis | Santa's test of a new sleigh has resulted in a crash, and while he waits for the recovery team of elves to arrive, he ambles off to investigate a Santa School. Can the real Santa pass muster for a corporation Santa at Toyland? |
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| Sarah by Mark Seaman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Pat and Sarah are 21 but the actors also play them as children. Pat's parents change age in step with her. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A touching, well-crafted one act play that uses monologues and flash-backs to achieve a fine balance between sensitivity and sentimentality as the story of Pat's relationship with her father and her friend Sarah unfolds. Single set. Mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Pat is about to mark her twenty first birthday in a very different way. Her best friend Sarah will be there, but this year their relationship will change and things will never be the same again, for either of them, as the true nature of their friendship is revealed. |
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| Sassenach by Ronnie Dykstra |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Eleven roles (plus two actors who play themselves before taking on characters), designed to be playable by a cast of three plus a cameo from the director. |
| Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A spoof 'English' Macbeth based shamelessly on Shakespeare's tragedy, stealing many of his famous words and taking disgraceful liberties. One-act, single set (largely a living room). |
| Synopsis | When a witch prophesises that Arthur Robinson could become chairman of the bath plug manufacturer he works for, his wife Samantha coerces him into speeding the process along by having his boss clobbered with a saucepan. His subsequent rise to power is hindered by the blood on their hands and rival employee Andrew Duff. |
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| Saving Angeline Palmer by Maia Kinney-Petrucha |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama for schools with various simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Recalcitrant history student Justine is transported back to 19th century America where she learns about the horrors of slavery. Along with the citizens of a small town, Justine is able to save Angeline Palmer from being sold as a slave. |
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| Saving Dusty by Will Butters |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Three of the characters are presenters at a conference who could be doubled by actors in other roles or could be done as pre-recorded voices. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy play. It's set in a brothel, so might well contain adult themes (and also relatively mild swearing). |
| Synopsis | Dusty works in the Fallen Angels massage parlour to raise money in order that she might be re united with her mother. Unbeknown to her, a plan is hatched by the others to help her. A voluntary hostage helps to save the day. |
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| Saving Grace by Len Cuthbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. If using minimum cast numbers, re-assigning lines is recommended. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script makes suggestions for three songs. One of them is, of course, 'Amazing Grace'. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act drama with optional music. |
| Synopsis | Set in a Canadian High School, this play was inspired by the life of John Newton, the writer of 'Amazing Grace'. It tells of the arrival of a new student and the life-changing effect she has on her fellow students. |
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| Saving The Planet, Maybe by Eric Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. All characters are high school students aged thirteen plus. |
| Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play suitable for youth theatre, with a simple set. |
| Synopsis | Allison has written a play she's planning to direct, but her cast are a mixed bunch - either too professional or not nearly professional enough. Her would-be boyfriend David is on hand to help, but real environmental issues get in the way of this play about environmental issues. |
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| A Savoy Christmas Carol by Nigel Holloway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. The main characters are adults, with a smattering of children. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A Piano and Vocal score for all the 27 songs (with 22 orchestral pieces scored for multiple instruments) is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. The scores have deliberately kept away from extremes of vocal range. |
| Style | Operetta, setting the Charles Dickens story to the music of Arthur Sullivan. |
| Synopsis | A traditional re-telling of Dickens' classic story of the redemption of a miser, using pieces from many of Gilbert and Sullivan's musicals with original lyrics. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Additional copy of the Piano and Vocal Score for 'A Savoy Christmas Carol' in an A4 ring binder. Scores for 29 songs and 22 (orchestrated) instrumentals. (This is the same as the copy provided with the Producer's Copy of the script.)
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