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| Citizen Putrumpkin by Richard Smithson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 69 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act satire on populist politics. |
| Synopsis | In the Eastern European nation of Subsurbia, government ministers pick famous game show contestant Boris Putrumpkin to be their puppet president. When Boris's idiotic nature almost derails everything, they recruit convict Kiril Dvoynik to be his stand-in. But Kiril has his own plans for power. |
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| Citronella by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act rhyming pantomime, requiring little in the way of scenery. |
| Synopsis | In a mirror image of the traditional Cinderella set-up, Cintronella is a sour lazy young lady with two attractive sisters, and Prince Charming is plotting a trick with a glass slipper to avoid finding a girl to marry... It's up to the fariy godmother and the narrator to get the story back on the rails. |
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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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| The Clamourings at Giggly Halt by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. One female character appears briefly in only one scene, so could easily be doubled. Two male characters are telephone voices, and could be doubled. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comic mystery. |
| Synopsis | A daring robbery has taken place at Meddler's Top, but the thieves set off the alarms and need somewhere to stash the loot. Sir Pingnet Threefall is having an affair with Miranda from the holiday camp, and they need to be discrete. Harry Toxin is suffering from large-scale pilfering, a cash flow crisis and accusations of cruelty to donkeys. In the middle of all this, there's a campaign to protect a nesting corncrake, and all the threads are converging at Giggly Halt railway station. |
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| Class Act by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch. Simple furniture and props. |
| Synopsis | A couple of school professionals discuss educational matters. |
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| Class Divide by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two adult roles (teachers) and one role for a 14/15 year old (the student). |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama on a single (teacher's office) set. No props required. |
| Synopsis | A passionate teacher tries to show a troubled pupil the error of his ways before it's too late and his future is compromised. |
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| The Class by Michael Pearcy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy play with lots of action. |
| Synopsis | This play finds us at the church hall joining Melanie's self defence for ladies class. New member Wendy is a little apprehensive at first, but soon joins in with the other ladies as relationships develop and tensions appear, with Brian at the centre of the conflicts. His intriguing male presence at a class for ladies is gradually revealed as the class proceeds. Then, in an amusing and surprising final twist we find that Brian has other interests. |
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| Clause Fourteen by David Pollard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama on a dressing room set. Part of the 'Illusion/Delusion' trio of plays, which can be bought separately or as a collection. |
| Synopsis | Aging actor Clifford finds himself in a hellish situation playing opposite his ex-wife Connie in a production which, against all probability, is a smash hit. He turns to his agent Katz to get him out of the show but he has signed an unbreakable contract and Katz is more interested in claiming his due. In the ensuing action, Clifford is made to face unpleasant truths about himself and his past relationships and to understand his position in a hell of his own creation. Think Dr Faustus! |
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| Clean Pants by Janice Sampson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are women in late middle-age. The tone is such that they could be played by men (in the manner of Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough). |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comic duologue. A telephone conversation between two domestic locations (which need only be hinted at). Contains mild swearing.
Linguistic disambiguation: this piece uses 'pants' in the English way, abbreviating 'underpants'. |
| Synopsis | Hetti and Emily are two old friends who have obviously spent a lifetime supporting each other through their respective trials and tribulations (mainly concerning hospital proddings and jabbings.) Hetti has received an appointment letter for her cataract procedure and outlines her concerns to Emily whose best advice turns out to be most prescient! |
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| Cleopatra and the Roman Way by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. No formal chorus, but opportunities for extras. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play for kids. A solid grounding in ancient history, but it's comedy, so there are plenty of anachronisms. |
| Synopsis | When the glamorous Queen Cleopatra takes over the throne of Egypt along with her brother Ptolemy XIII it coincides with the expansion of the Roman Republic (soon to be Empire) in her direction. Cleopatra does not find the advances of a succession of stylish Romans entirely unwelcome, even if her brother has to be disposed of in the process. Unfortunately, Roman politics being what they are, none of her suitors can be viewed as having any long-term prospects. |
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| Cleopatra Kicks Some Asp by Jonathan Goodson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 113 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime. |
| Synopsis | In this romp through Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome the search is on for the Mighty Jewel of the Pharaohs. The evil Avaricia assisted by slithery ugly sisters Pythonia and Viperianna, tries to cheat young Cleopatra and her adopted mother Dame Hotcakes out of the rightful ownership. Thankfully Kiki the cat and handsome Antonio save the day. |
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