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| Three Across by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy on a single coffee shop set. |
| Synopsis | Nathan is hoping for a peaceful morning as he tackles the crossword in his local coffee shop. But when a total stranger, Joanna, decides to share his table, and her ex, Grant, takes the next table along, he is drawn into her romantic tangles. |
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| The Three Bells Inn by Richard Hills |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act slice of life from a London pub during the Second World War. (Could be used as an educational piece, but contains some mild swearing and, being set in a pub, drinking.) |
| Synopsis | Bombs are falling on London again, but some local residents have opted to spend the evening in the pub, rather than the shelters. A look at the practicalities of wartime life in Britain from a local perspective. |
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| Three Billy Goats Cyber by Richard L. Sanders |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A politically satirical take on the classic fairy tale. |
| Synopsis | Three Billy Goats discuss strategies to get past the troll under the bridge and munch the lovely grass on the other side. The use of present day cyber technologies becomes part of the scheming. |
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| Three Canterbury Tales by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act verse play. No set requirements, few (deliberately rough-and-ready) props. |
| Synopsis | Three of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, told in verse but adapted for the stage. The Miller, The Pardoner and the Wife of Bath are brought to life with the narration of Chaucer and the help of three other pilgrims (the Friar, the Summoner and the Nun). |
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Three Characters in Search of a Verdict by Sue Gordon
Production by Newton Stewart Players won The Fullarton Trophy (Best Stage presentation) and the Tom Clement memorial Trophy (Best Moment of theatre) in the Stewartry District of the SCDA festival, 2018. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. Fairytale characters, including a wolf and three bears. Optional Jury (non-speaking, but murmuring occasionally!) |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Courtroom comedy for kids! Single set, simple props. |
| Synopsis | Fairytale characters get their day in court - after an episode involving a beanstalk, Jack's mother is being done for receiving stolen property, whilst Goldilocks has been arrested for criminal damage and a wolf for the attempted murder of Red Riding Hood's Granny. With three pleas of 'not guilty' the courtroom is in for some surprising twists to familiar stories. |
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| The Three Goats Gruff by Ann Taylor |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play for young children with a single (meadow) setting. |
| Synopsis | The 3 sibling goats have overgrazed the land on their side of the river and must travel over the bridge to get to the green grass on the other side. Under the bridge lives a troll who charges a toll. There is an opportunity to use the Tinikling style of dance to represent the bridge as two poles held by actors on each end, tapped together in rhythmic cadence while actors dance between the poles to represent crossing. |
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| The Three Little Pigs by Trevor Darwin |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming pantomime. |
| Synopsis | Wolfgang Leloup, the evil property developer, sets about cheating the three little pigs out of their homes, and succeeds in acquiring Corky's and Pinky's houses. With the help of Widow Swanky and the Hairy Godmother, the pigs hatch a plan to end Leloup's schemes. |
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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 Three Little Pigs... I Mean The Three Little Hogs by Larry Brumer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Small-cast comedy play intended for performance by an adult or high school company to an elementary school audience. Simple sets, costumes and props. |
| Synopsis | The tale of the Three Little Pigs (building houses, wolves huffing and blowing - that sort of thing) retold for elementary pupils with audience interaction and a surprise ending. |
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| Three Little Words by Jamesine Cundell Walker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A collection of eight short plays, loosely on the theme of love. Multiple settings, but simple sets requiring just furniture (and not much of that). |
| Synopsis | Malcolm and Karen find themselves trapped in the office storeroom.
Ken and disillusioned Brian reminisce about life, comedy duos, and lost loves.
Elderly Marjorie has lost interest and decided to spend her life in bed.
Overbearing Rosie drops off daughter Florence at the start of her first Oxford term.
Graham's ex-wife appears at his mother's funeral.
Teenager Alex gets talking to elderly Gladys in a hospital waiting room.
Despite Danni's encouragement, Jo is reluctant to look at the results of her pregnancy test.
Malcolm hopes to appear at the wedding of his ex-girlfriend, but her sister has something to say about it. (Featuring returning characters from three previous scenes.) |
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Three Musketeers by James Barry
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The Three Musketeers, the Cardinal, the Cardinal's servant, the Queen and Milady are played by the same three actors! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for three original songs provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script. |
| Style | Hilarious adventure with the Three Musketeers. Visual jokes, physical comedy, theatrical jokes, wordplay. (Not strictly pantomime, but contains many panto elements, so would be at home in a panto season or at any other time!) |
| Synopsis | Cardinal Richelieu is trying to usurp the throne of France by stealing the crown jewels. In desperation, the Queen turns to the Athos, Porthos and Aramis. In retaliation, the Cardinal turns to his servant, Brie (played by an actor who turned up for a performance of Treasure Island) and the seductive Milady. Deception, mayhem, sword fights and hilarity ensue. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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