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The Panto Puzzle by Mary Portalska
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. There are 13 named characters, but four are off-stage voices (could be recorded or played by anyone who isn't on stage at the time), one actor is intended to play three on-stage roles and another could play three. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A mixed-up pantomime adventure. (Non-musical, though there would be nothing to stop a production adding songs at appropriate points.) |
| Synopsis | Dame Dolly and Cheeky Charlie turn up at the theatre to find out that the pantomime has been cancelled this year. The caretaker shows them the boxes containing previous pantos, to discover that three things have been stolen from Cinderella's box by the sorceress Evilena. Dolly and Charlie must visit three other pantomimes to get them back. |
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| Peter, Pan and the Lost Toys by Anne Bourke |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act pantomime for school productions. Uses some of J.M. Barrie's characters in an original story. |
| Synopsis | When a precious bear is stolen by some pirates, Peter enlists the help of some Darling children (and their step-brother) to hunt down the thieves. Meanwhile the pirates themselves are getting fed up with doing all the work for their Captain. |
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| The Prince and the Pussycat by Jon Dwyer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Lots of flexibility in the casting. There is no formal role for a pantomime dame, but the Queen could be cast as a dame (as could Primrose!) Likewise, the prince could be played by a female as a pantomime principal boy. Cast includes several mice! |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Length could be increased using additional songs. |
| Music | A few songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script. More could be added at the discretion of the production team! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length British Pantomime. Magic, jokes and a slapstick decorating scene! |
| Synopsis | Polly Perkins is clearly destined to marry Prince Oliver, but there's a problem - the bad fairy has turned her into a cat. Will true love run its course, or will she just have to content herself with eating the palace mice? |
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| The Princess and the Dragon by Andrea Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Chorus size may be varied at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 73 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 9 songs are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A new-style, true pantomime - in two acts, with assorted settings. |
| Synopsis | The King and Queen of Pantoland have sent their son Prince Peter to assist Theatreland with their dragon problem. Riches for Pantoland? And opportunities for the evil Sir Douglas to enrich himself, at the expense of others? Luckily, Prince Peter saves the day and marries his true love... |
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| Rapunzel II - Back To The Tower by Sian Nixon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Eleven principles plus chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions, plus a pantomime camel. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 8 songs plus incidental music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length British pantomime. A completely different angle on the story of Rapunzel, starting a long way from the tower. |
| Synopsis | It's time for Princess Rapunzel to get married, and the Queen has taken the advice of her wicked advisor Willy Advisor that they should interview a dozen candidates. Willy, of course, intends to rig the competition - so that his son will win. But Rapunzel has already fallen for Prince Lufred Now, even if she doesn't know it... |
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| Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Persons by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Lots of gender-flexibility (as is normal with British panto) |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for songs (and some original lyrics) are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short, British pantomime for a small(ish) cast. |
| Synopsis | A snappily-written version of the Robin Hood saga - rivalry between heroic Robin and the Sheriff (over who is entitled to money and over Maid Marian - who, in this version, is the Sheriff's daughter.) |
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| Robin Hood and his Merry Men by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] This is dependent on the songs chosen. |
| Music | No song suggestions included. All to be chosen by the Director or Producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A simplified version of Robin Hood - the pantomime. |
| Synopsis | The greedy Sheriff forces the noble Robin of Locksley to become an outlaw in Sherwood, fighting to regain his confiscated estate and win back his darling Marion. With King Richard held for ransom in the Crusades, who will defeat the wicked Sheriff? |
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| Robin Hood and his Musical Merry Men by Sian Lewis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. All manner of pantomime staples - make your own mind up who does what! |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for four songs, including original lyrics for two of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime in two short acts. (Although the merry men are musical, the script contains opportunities for songs, rather than being a musical.) |
| Synopsis | Prince John is taxing Nottingham beyond endurance. Robin Hood and his band keep things from getting out of hand by taking the taxes back from the Sheriff and giving them to the poor. Prince John's sister, Dame Twinklebottom, announces that Maid Marion will marry her wet son, Tarquin, giving the Dame and Prince access to Marion's money. Meanwhile Tarquin harbours a secret desire to be a weatherman and Marion falls for Robin. Chases, weddings and prisons follow, as they normally do! |
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| Robin Hood and the King's Gold by Philippa Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Cast includes a Pantomime horse and disembodied voice. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for 9 songs at the discretion of the Director. |
| Music | All songs at the director's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Structurally in Two Acts but is a One Act length. |
| Synopsis | The Greek Gods enlist the help of Robin Hood and his Merry Men (along with their Panto horse, Porsche and Dame Mrs Hood) to deal with avaricious King Midas.The evil Sheriff and witch Griselda get in on the act too. |
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| Scrooge's Christmas Carol by Darren Humphries |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions (and new lyrics) for five songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length, British pantomime. A comic rendition of Dickens' Christmas melodrama. |
| Synopsis | The Dickens tale with some huge liberties taken to make it as much of a pantomime as possible!
Scrooge and his housekeeper Lottie the Hottie go on a ghostly journey through the past, present and future in an attempt to make the old skinflint change his ways. |
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