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We Are Not Amused by Richard Morris |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The characters are a mix of adults and children, intended to be played by children. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Lyrics to three songs (to traditional melodies) are embedded in the script Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Exploration of Victorian society in a mixture of verse and prose. |
Synopsis | Museum exhibits come to life to explore aspects of Victorian society. |
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Well Well Well by Bill Tordoff |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. The chorus - additional peasants - is optional. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for six original songs (Lyrics by Bill Tordoff, Music by Adrian Watts & Jonny Ardern) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | One act musical play for kids. A pantomime setting, with panto characters, though not strictly a pantomime in terms of its original plot! |
Synopsis | The down-trodden Pantoville peasants earn meagre wages singing happy choruses and smiling for tourists. When Councillor Purslove makes them redundant they're desperate for work and are grateful to Dick Whittington for using them in his TV commercials. But when he plans to privatise their well and employ them at starvation wages they take matters into their own hands. |
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What If It's True? by Peter Marshall and Mark Seaman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. Four principal characters plus chorus (so the minimum of 6 would use a very small chorus, where larger would be preferable). |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script comes with piano/vocal scores to 11 original songs. |
Style | One-act musical with a very direct Christian message. No real set requirements - a few stage blocks plus a few props to indicate locations. |
Synopsis | Chris and Kathy Blake are a young couple who embark on married life together with all its traditional demands. Like so many others, they feel that together they are invincible and secure from the challenges and temptations of the outside world. For a while they get on with their new roles of Mr and Mrs, eventually starting a family and not looking beyond their own immediate comfort and needs. However, when their relationship comes under pressure through Chris's excessive social drinking and infidelity the cracks begin to show... |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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What The Dickens! by Andrew Yates |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 45. Chorus. Roles can be doubled at will with some swift costume changes. |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for eight original songs is provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script. |
Style | A full length musical play for secondary schools / youth theatre. |
Synopsis | Charles Dickens hosts a musical journey through some of his most popular books. He links the works together and interacts personally with the various characters along the way. This includes some very feisty encounters with his less desirable creations. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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While You Were Gone by Catherine Gourdie |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 18. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 61 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The script can be performed with or without music. There are eight points in script where songs to be performed are suggested. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Two-act historical drama set in a 1940s factory, with a large cast. |
Synopsis | Edie reminisces on her experiences working in a factory during World War II. |
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Whittington and his Crazy Cat by Richard Coleman Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. (8 speaking parts) |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | One song suggested, but not compulsory! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A simple, humorous rendition of the story of Mr. Whittington and his Cat told in verse. Minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Coming to London, young Richard Whittington is taken in by Alderman Twicenightly. He finds a talking cat, a treasure map and the Alderman's daughter and together they set out to seek their fortune. |
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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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Who The Devil Did It? by Carol Hill and Anna Heppner |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 34. Chorus. A large cast piece. Most of the characters are written male, but some could easily be switched without changing the nature of the piece. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music for 7 original songs plus instrumental interludes. Snatches of other songs are suggested. |
Style | Full-length musical comedy for juniors/teenagers. |
Synopsis | Two brothers, who are a little down on their luck, stumble onto a big art theft and end up deeply involved in the search for the stolen painting, the thief and the fabulous missing Mona Lisa to boot! |
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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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The Wicked Witch & The Magic Shop by William Arnold Ashbrook Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. The cast includes cats and gremlins. Gladys could be played as a pantomime dame. |
Run Time | Around 97 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script comes with the scores for 11 original songs (plus five reprises). |
Style | A musical family show with opportunities for audience participation (therefore occupying a theatrical space close to British Pantomime). |
Synopsis | Graveling, the evil witch, has turned a number of good people into life size dolls and cats. The young heroes, enlist the help of the owners of the Magic Shop and Marlin the decrepit magician, and together they manage to defeat the witch and her gremlin helpers. |
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The Wild Wolves of Wyoming by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The characters are pigs and wolves! Additional wolf pups could be added to fit the available numbers. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for overture and five songs (using traditional tunes) is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
Style | Musical for performance by a small cast of children. A cartoon brought to life! Minimal set requirements. Basic props. |
Synopsis | It's the time-honoured battle between a wolf and three little pigs, only this time the pigs have the upper hand and the wolf is being oppressed - and boy does his family resent it! |
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Wind in the Willows - Or A Toad in a Hole by Lee Baddock & Chris Kirby |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Whilst most of the characters are nominally male, they are mostly animals, so you can make your own mind up as to who plays what! |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 9 songs and further pieces of incidental music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Staging of the Kenneth Grahame story, with some elements of British pantomime. |
Synopsis | The classic tale retold panto-style, complete with Toad's caravan, the stealing of a motor car and the battle for Toad Hall, but with a few new faces along the way. |
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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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