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| Vectors of Power by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Character genders may be changed at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play for youth, set in a fantasy role-play computer game. |
| Synopsis | Chalera is a Warrior Chieftain, unable to pass through the portal and progress into the next zone. She seeks help from IT, where the small print seems to hold the clue. Then a range of obstacles appear in the paths of the participants, who must overcome them using the points available to them. Can the gamers reach their goal? |
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| A Very Modern Wedding by John Peel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Some flexibility of ages would be suitable - at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 2 song suggestions are included with the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act satirical comedy with a single (church nave) setting. |
| Synopsis | A satire on modern society, particularly the rush to litigation, is played out - as Charlie and Fenella, who have known each other for three weeks attempt to take their vows. There is quasi-legal squabbling between Best Man and Maid of Honour, and an impatient Vicar... |
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| The Victorians by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. Very flexible numbers! The roles are a mixture of adults and children, but intended to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for six original songs (plus a late-Victorian popular song) are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Short educational and entertaining musical for kids. |
| Synopsis | A brief history of Victorian England brought together through a series of songs and Vignettes. |
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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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| The Victory of the Revolution by Vithal Rajan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience. |
| Synopsis | Game Seven in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. The Cuban revolution, reviewed through Fidel Castro's 1966 chess match against the Mexican master Filiberto Terrazas. |
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| View from the Prom by Neville Judson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama of a three-way conversation. Easy to stage, requiring just a bench for the three women to sit on. |
| Synopsis | Three women, from three generations of a family, sit on a bench overlooking the beach in Tenby. Tegwyn has decided to send her mother Gwendolyn to an old people's home for a few days, but is uncomfortable about it. Tegwyn's daughter Celyn is not happy being away doing research and wants to come home. Gwendolyn sees four swimmers whom she believes she had last seen many years before.
[Gwendolyn has seen the swimmers before - their meeeting is told from the swimmers' perspective in The Barrier. Knowledge of this is completely irrelevant to the content of this play, but nevertheless, the two plays would work well together.] |
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| The Vikings - Class Play by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 35. No chorus. Unusually, the characters include a fly! |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A list of suggested music is included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full class assembly piece - essentially a series of linked, themed, skits, about the Vikings in Britain. Aimed at the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 topic 6C on settlers in Britain. |
| Synopsis | A whirlwind tour of the Vikings in (and beyond) Britain, covering raids, kings, domestic life and exploration. |
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The Vikings by Andrew Yates
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two origninal musical scores supplied with the producer's copy of the script, plus new lyrics to 4 familiar melodies. |
| Style | A one act musical play for schools. |
| Synopsis | An educational and musical play that dispels a few myths about Vikings, while providing some real insight into their history and daily lives, as well as their effect on Britain. |
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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
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** Backing tracks plus backing tracks with lead melody line for 5 of the 6 suggested songs from The Vikings by Andrew Yates. (The 6th song is a pop song for which a Karaoke track would suit better than Andrew's arrangements!)
** Vocal Demo tracks for the 5 songs from The Vikings by Andrew Yates
** Vocal Demo tracks for the 5 songs from The Vikings by Andrew Yates
** Zip file of backing tracks plus backing tracks with lead melody line for 5 of the 6 suggested songs from The Vikings by Andrew Yates. (The 6th song is a pop song for which a Karaoke track would suit better than Andrew's arrangements!)
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Vision Impaired by Richard James
Tarrystone Players' performance of 'Vision Impaired' won the 'Best All Male Performance' award at the Maidenhead Drama Festival, 2007 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, very simple set (essentially a bare stage with two swivel chairs). |
| Synopsis | Two occupants of merciless alien costumes for a famous time travelling series discuss life, fame, and pressing problems for actors in their confined position! |
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| The Visitor by Dean Laccohee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, single set (a psychiatrist's office), simple props. A play with things to say about seizing the moment, and about our reactions to hardship and suffering. |
| Synopsis | A patient gives his psychiatrist a few problems by claiming to come from a distant planet. His belief can't be shaken, and worse, he says the world is going to end very soon. Will Dr Collinghurst accept his offer of a ride on his spaceship, or at least ask Nurse Elizabeth out before Doomsday? |
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Voices by Peter Harrison
2012. Hale One-Act play festival. Winner Best Original play. Production by Altrincham Garrick. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Designed for one principal character and four on-stage voices, though the voices could be allocated amongst a larger number of actors.
The principal character is an old man, nevertheless, this could be played by a youth theatre company. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script makes suggestions for accompanying music/songs. (For atmosphere, rather than live performance). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play, set in the mind of the principal character, with other roles voiced but not interacting directly with him. |
| Synopsis | A veteran soldier finds himself trapped in his own flat, facing an imagined enemy. |
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