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| The Lost Horse by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for one song (which occurs four times with different lyrics) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script |
| Style | Chinese parable from the 'Huainanzi,' written in the 2nd century B.C., told as a short play for children interspersed with the verses of a song. |
| Synopsis | One day Sun Wen's horse runs away, leaving the lady and her son, Sun Jun, to plow the field alone. She doesn't accept this as a misfortune, however, and soon enough the horse returns with a mate. But she's not convinced this is a blessing either... |
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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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| The Lost Sheep by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch intended for church groups. |
| Synopsis | A chance meeting on a train - a reflection on Christianity in every-day life. |
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| The Lost World by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] Estimated timing includes 16 songs. |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 16 songs (with some new lyrics). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with memorable characters, strong humour and plenty of action (including dancing dinosaurs). |
| Synopsis | In this pantomime take on Arthur Conan Doyle's ripping yarn, Professor Challenger, Lord Roxton, and their ragtag gang seek the lost word of Ugenya to discover dinosaurs. To complicate matters, Sid, great-great-grandson of a Spanish conquistador, is on their trail, hoping to get his hands on the gold his ancestor stole from the Aztecs. |
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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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| Lost! by Mary Portalska |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with an outdoor setting. |
| Synopsis | A story of sweet revenge as sisters Debs and Sarah, lost on a walking trip, take out their ire on the WI. |
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| Lot 249 by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act thriller, based on the story by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Multiple settings but intended to be created with lighting and portable set elements. |
| Synopsis | Abercrombie Smith is a medical student at Oxford. Living in the flat below him is Edward Bellingham, a strange, short-tempered man who has a fascination with Egypt and owns Lot 249 - a mummy, bought at auction. After a number of strange incidents, Smith begins to believe that Bellingham may have found a way of bringing Lot 249 to life to do his bidding. |
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| Lotta Crabtree! by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (piano and vocal) for 19 songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the Script. |
| Style | Full-length light musical comedy, set in the California Goldrush |
| Synopsis | A fantasia on the real life of Lotta Crabtree, who, as a child, made her living (and her mother's living) touring her song and dance act around the mining camps of the California goldrush. |
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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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| A Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play, adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov. Single set, simple props (give or take a period telephone). |
| Synopsis | Sylvia's lottery ticket matches the published part of the winning number. A single phone call well tell her of success or failure, but meanwhile she and her husband contemplate what might happen if she has won... |
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| Love by John Collings |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. The chorus of dancers is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 44 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act romantic comedy drama with a single multi-functional set. |
| Synopsis | A young girl dreams of finding real love and breaking away from her dominant mother. |
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| Love and Marriage by Tony Domaille |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A collection of four ten-minute comedies. (No sets, a few props.) |
| Synopsis | Four couples (supplimented, in one case, by a clergyman) address or reveal their approach to their relationships. |
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| Love at Twilight [One-Act Play] by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 67 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy drama with a single (garden bench) setting. An extended version of the short play of the same name. |
| Synopsis | The residents and management at Glossop Hall care home are discomforted by single residents Clive and Liz firstly sharing a bed and then deciding to run off together. However, all become reconciled to it and enlightened to the possibilities open to them, even at their age. |
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