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| The Shakespeare Convention by Christine Harvey (with YAK Drama Camp) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 38. No chorus. There are male and female characters, but in Shakespeare's day, they were all played by men, and there is no reason why the reverse convention should not be applied (or anywhere between the two extremes). |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play (which might be regarded as a coherent collection of skits) for kids. There's a lot going on, but it doesn't need a complex set. A fun introduction to Shakespeare! |
| Synopsis | Bumbling producer Burbage and his irate associate Iggy have put together a Shakespeare convention, at which the actors perform four plays and a sonnet in a rather unconventional manner. Iggy is out to ruin Burbage, but loses the plot a little towards the end! |
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| Shakespeare Lite by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short historical play. |
| Synopsis | An Elizabethan narrator introduces three Saxon 'mechanicals' who discuss their lives and the state of their country in the aftermath of the Norman invasion. |
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| Shakespeare Re-imagined by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are written male, but could be feminised if necessary! |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | Playwright Dennis uses inspiration from one of the greats to help with his show titles... |
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| Shakespeare's Last Act by Joan Greening |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Three male characters (so possibly a counterpoint to the three female characters in Joan Greening's Three Women and Shakespeare's Will.) |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Witty one-act comedy play in a single set (and not much of that), with plenty of Shakespeare references and a poignant ending. |
| Synopsis | Shakespeare is working on his final play, Henry VIII, collaborating with John Fletcher. The working relationship is tetchy. Shakespeare's friend, Richard Burbage, assumes he will get the lead, but Fletcher has other ideas. Shakespeare comes up with a plot to get his friend the part. |
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| Shakespeare's Women by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Four on-stage characters plus four phone voices (which could be recordings). |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy play. |
| Synopsis | Best-selling author, acknowledged world authority on Shakespeare and totally irresistible to women, Herbie has the world at his feet. Or rather, he did, until three mysterious visitors arrive late at night with a mind-blowing offer... |
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| Shame On You by Bruce Hunt |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two adults and two children (could be played by four kids.) The children play the younger-selves of the adults. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | Every Christmas for the last fifteen years, Becky has given her brother Sam a chocolate rabbit. Why? When he finds out, it's time for the truth to be told about a fifteen-year-old mystery. |
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| Sharing by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act play, single interior set. Furniture includes a collapsing chair (great fun for the set designer!) |
| Synopsis | Chris the suave estate agent thinks he's on to a good thing when wet and weedy Jake brings the gorgeous Holly in to buy a house. They're clearly not suited, and he makes his move to split them up. Jake is paired off with Chris's soon-to-be ex-wife and leaves, but then Holly has some surprising revelations for Chris. |
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| The Sharp End by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full length farce in four acts. Single drawing room set (time to bring out the French Windows again). |
| Synopsis | The Hillcrest Estate is to host a lavish trade function. Lady Hillcrest isn't convinced that it's a good idea despite the efforts of event manager Matthew Sharp and his assistant, Elaine. Fortunately Lady Hillcrest has other things on her mind, principally son and heir Tarquin's continued inability to acquire a bride to carry on the family line. Personal stylist Juste Valadier is called in to turn Tarquin into a more attractive proposition. Also in attendance is a sinister Eastern European hit-man seeking out his victim and willing to eliminate anyone in his way. Add to the mix the Finneran family and blunt businessman, Norman Arbuthnot and a successful event seems a rather distant possibility... |
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| She Came In Through The Bathroom Window by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short somewhat surreal comedy sketch, set exactly where you'd expect from the title. |
| Synopsis | Chap walks in and finds a strange woman in his bath. (Sort of thing that could happen to anyone.) |
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| Sheer Luck Holmes by Bob Heather and Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Nine principals, three cameos, various chorus roles (for adults and juniors) and a pantomime dog. |
| Run Time | Around 112 minutes. [Estimated!] [Estimated run time allows for 16 songs.] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 16 songs, with original lyrics for three of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime treatment of Conan Doyle's great detective. Originally published in 2012, with a reworked version published in August 2017. |
| Synopsis | Pantomime with a capital P! All of the familiar panto ingredients and characters are here as the goodies all join together to solve the mysterious case of the missing art works. Holmes is assisted by his housekeeper Dottie the dame, the frustrated inventor of fantastical gadgets, and Baskerville the pantomime dog, in his quest to thwart baddies Mary Arty and Hudson the butcher whose sausages are not all they seem. The story moves at pace to the happy ending with quickfire repartee, reminiscent of Abbot and Costello coupled with lots of action, audience participation, song and dance, a love story and lashings of corny jokes. |
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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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