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| Hamlet the Musical by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The chorus play non-speaking roles of peasants, courtiers, onlookers and servants. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (piano and vocal) for the five songs is supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Shakespeare's Hamlet retold in modern (American) English, with more jokes than the original.
In a normal tragedy, at the end, everyone dies. This is a musical - at the end, everyone sings. |
| Synopsis | Prince Hamlet's father reappears as a ghost to demand revenge for his murder. The prince vacillates, arranges a play to trap the murderer, and finally chooses to fight. |
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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 Handfast by Louise Wade |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play, of historical interest, with a flexibility of settings. |
| Synopsis | The joining of a young couple in marriage is assisted by William Shakespeare, but the results of the wedding could have come from one of his plays - a miserly father-in-law, refusing to pay the dowry his new son expected, and a trial. |
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| Handstands For You by Adam Exton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are children, but could be played by children or adults. There are three characters, but two of them appear in some scenes as younger versions of themselves. (Either played by the same actors or by younger ones.) |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A touching and deftly-handled approach to the subject of childhood illness. Multiple settings, but does not need explicit sets. Contains mild swearing (which could be moderated if deemed in appropriate for a specific production). |
| Synopsis | When Billy was five, his best friend was Gemma, but she moved away. Now Billy's thirteen, he's got a new best friend in Ronald, but he also has leukaemia. Gemma moves back to the neighbourhood and the three have to find space for each other. |
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| Hansel & Gretel...? (A Postmodern Pantomime) [One-Act] by Luke Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The script requires a non-speaking usher as part of the cast, but also a volunteer from the audience (a genuine volunteer, not a plant) who is given some lines to read, so needs a script but is not part of the cast. (We warned you it was postmodern.) |
| Run Time | Around 56 minutes. [Estimated!] Timing allows for 8 songs. |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains alternative lyrics for the 8 suggested songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act, small-cast postmodern pantomime. (A pantomime, but also exposing the mechanics of the show, with the director appearing on stage.) |
| Synopsis | Enigmatic director Mal Sixsmith invites you to an open rehearsal of Hansel & Gretel, but are his cast ready for opening night? It's leading lady Toni's first gig, but she's distracted by her crush on co-leading lady Bill. Meanwhile, Simon the Dame believes his talents are wasted and is keen to catch the bus home. |
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Hansel and Gretel by Sally Gander
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Includes a pantomime dame (usually, but not necessarily played by a man), but doesn't have a formal 'principal boy' role. The chorus includes sniggering goblins and a pantomime owl! |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Opportunities for music at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short British Pantomime, suitable for performance by children or adults. (Technically a two-act play, because there are two acts, but classified as a one-act, because it's not long enough to need an interval!) |
| Synopsis | A few unconventional twists to the Grimm brothers' tale. The witch wants an extention for her cottage. Enter the odd job men, Short and Sweet. (Given that it's a gingerbread cottage, this is a really odd job.) Meanwhile, Hansel and Gretel have got lost in the woods (by following an escaped cake!) and their mother (Dame Betty Knott) is going frantic. |
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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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| Hansel and Gretel - A Short Musical by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Characters include humans, birds, rodents, dogs and four wheels (although we never get to hear the singing of the tyres!) |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for four original songs is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A modern version of the Grimm Brothers' story told as a verse play with four songs. Simple props, no specific set requirements. (A version without music is also available.) |
| Synopsis | In an update to the original fable, Hansel and Gretel's parents want to get rid of them, not because the family is poor, but because the parents are selfish. This leads to the encounter with the witch with the confectionary cottage. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Hansel and Gretel [Short Play] by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. This may be an unual cast for Hansel and Gretel. Tthere could well be a huntsman, a professor, a troll and a small police unit in some version, somewhere. And if there wasn't, there is now. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. Divided into 13 scenes, but can be played continuously without the need for elaborate stage sets. |
| Synopsis | Hansel and Gretel's widowed and lonely father, a woodcutter, needs a new wife. When his children find him the perfect candidate an early 'happy ever after' resolution appears likely. It can't be that simple, can it? No, it can't. Enter a witch with an evil plan and family life takes a turn for the worse. |
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Hansel and Gretel [Version 2] by James O'Sullivan
Winner of Best Junior Play award at Chelford Drama Festival 2016 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Seven major parts and six minor ones, including a wolf and two birds. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act sardonic comedy for a youth theatre company (or could be played by adults to an audience of kids). |
| Synopsis | The parents of Hansel and Gretel are looking to downsize the family, so they relocate their kids to the woods where they run afoul of a wicked witch. |
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| Hansel and Gretel... and Sadie by Steven Stack |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play, with an imaginative twist to the classic tale. A companion (same style, different tale) to Ted (Of Edible Houses, Risky Bargains, and Other Grimm Happenings) |
| Synopsis | A quirky take on a classic tale. Hansel and Gretel have another child living with them - Sadie, who loves to read. This comes in handy when the children are taken deep into the forest and abandoned by the parents... |
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| Hansom and Petal by Anne Bourke |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 39. Chorus. Whilst some of the characters are written with a specific gender, this is a pantomime, and it doesn't really matter who plays which. |
| Run Time | Around 67 minutes. [Estimated!] Timing includes an estimate for 8 songs; the production may use fewer. |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script has suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act pantomime aimed at performance by a school class. Minimal sets. (Locations indicated by a sign bearer.) |
| Synopsis | The classic tale of Hansel and Gretel is given a panto spin and a modern sensibility in this script, designed for an Elementary schools production. |
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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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