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Puss in Boots [Version 2] by tlc Creative
Best Seller Performance by Huncote Amateur Theatrical Society won several 'Pantomime Alliance' awards in 2008 (including 2nd place in panto of the year). |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions are assumed - the Principal Boy is played by a girl, the dame is played by a man. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions with new lyrics are included in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length traditional British pantomime - a struggle between good and evil, a leavening of magic, a lot of jokes, a bit of slapstick and a talking cat. That sort of thing. |
| Synopsis | Jack, the miller's son has been left with just the family cat in his father's will and although he has great ambitions it is unlikely he will amount to much! Things soon change with the arrival of his Auntie Hettie and the revelation that Puss can talk (and look pretty fetching in a pair of boots)! Soon Jack, Auntie and Puss are embroiled in a complex scheme to persuade the King and Queen that Jack (masquerading as the Marquis of Carabas) is suitable husband material for the beautiful Princess. But first they will have to contend with a jealous noble suitor a pair of dastardly henchmen, and a hideous shape-shifting Ogre! |
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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
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Puss in Boots [Version 3] by Dave Jeanes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Cast include the usual pantomime juxtapositions (Dame played by a male, principal boy by a female) plus, of course, the hero is a talking cat! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for songs (but not sheet music). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime, complete with a magical cat! Some complex - but rewarding! - plots and routines. |
| Synopsis | Swindled out of his rightful inheritance by his older brothers, Peter is left with a handful of coins and the mill cat. He rescues Princess Pamela from a kidnap attempt and becomes the Marquis of Carabas to win her hand. |
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| Puss in Boots [Version 4] by Lorraine Mason |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Funny British Pantomime - comedy, chaos and a communicative cat! |
| Synopsis | Fairy Poppins is in trouble - the Ogre Olaf has stolen her wand, and she's left with just a potion that'll make an animal talk. Lucky for Jack the miller's son, she chooses his cat, and soon he's on his way to riches, fame and true love. |
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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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| Puss in Boots [Version 5] by Luke Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 12 song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime. |
| Synopsis | A 'new look' Puss takes control in this staging of the story, and helps good defeat evil whilst allowing peasant boy Charlie to marry the Princess. |
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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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| Puss in Boots [Version 6] by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Music or song suggestions for 12 (out of 13) pieces are included in the Producer's copy of the script, with amended lyrcs provided for 2. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length traditional family pantomime. Originally released 2013, revised 2019. |
| Synopsis | Puss is instrumental in devising a plan for Mark, the poor Miller's son, to marry the beautiful Princess Rose. This is despite objections from the mean Queen and the evil deeds of Squire Skweezum. |
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Puss in Boots [Version 7] by Julie Petrucci and Chris Shinn
Performance of Puss In Boots won Best Pantomime 2014 in NODA East District 4 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the discretion of the production. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 15 Song suggestions provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length, fun Pantomime - the traditional story with 21st century updates, and in various settings. |
| Synopsis | With his feline cunning and a bit of magic, Puss supports Jim as he takes on the persona of the Marquis of Carrabas - to defeat the evil giant Ogre and his sidekicks who are holding the villagers, and the Princess in his wicked grip. Assisted by Dame Delia and the Fairy, Jim is able to win the hand of the beautiful Princess... |
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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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| Puss in Boots [Version 8] by Stephen and Rachel Humphreys |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. The character numbers assume that two people play Daisy the cow. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script lists suggestions for 5 songs (including one nursery rhyme with alternative lyrics embedded in the script.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with an original take on the traditional story of the talking cat. |
| Synopsis | Since Jack defeated the giant at the top of the beanstalk he and his mum Dame Doris are affluent at last. However, Mittens the evil cat who can think and talk is planning to take over the Kingdom which threatens their wealth and King Edgar's throne. His evil intentions are thwarted by the resourceful Puss in Boots aided by Daisy the talking cow. |
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| Pussycats by Kathleen Grotzinger |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama offering a thoughtful take on women in a male-dominated workplace, touching on serious issues while never feeling too grim. Well developed characters in a majority female cast. |
| Synopsis | In Missouri in the 1970s, Lori works as a 'Mama Cat' - a manager for the Casanova Club. She's been waiting for her opportunity to break the glass ceiling and become an executive, and that opportunity finally arrives after one of the 'Kittens' is assaulted at a party - but can she bring herself to do everything she's asked? |
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| Putting it About by Sue Gowers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy. A single-set British farce, complete with multiple practical doors, behind which lurk multiple practical (and emotional) problems! |
| Synopsis | Though married, Danny is keeping a harem of ladies on the boil, including his step mother in-law. They all arrive at the house on the same afternoon, and he manages to keep them separate until his younger brother Matt arrives to throw a spanner in the works. |
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| Pyramus and Thisbe by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Characters include a wall, a lioness, a statue and a mulberry tree. Aside from that, they are all normal. (Whilst there are three female characters - four if you count the lioness - they could, in Shakespearian fashion, be played by lads.) |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama (played for comedy) in which the protagonists speak Latin and the narrators, where necessary, translate. |
| Synopsis | The story of Pyramus and Thisbe is most familiar to modern audiences through Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - rehearsed during the play and performed by the Mechanicals at the end. The Latin tale - from which Shakespeare drew his story - is from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
The story is of two lovers separated by their parents and a wall. Arranging to meet, but dying in the process. |
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