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| Robinson Crusoe [Version 2] by Bob Heather & Roger Lamb |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Twelve principals plus chorus (appearing as citizens, pirates, sea creatures and cannibals). |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The music is left to the discretion of the production team. There are notes about the intended styles in the Producer's Copy of the script, together with one set of original lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with sufficient resemblance to the tale of Robinson Crusoe to excite Daniel Defoe into sarcophagal rotation! Jokes, slapstick and sillyness abound. |
| Synopsis | Robinson Crusoe sets sail on a life of adventure but, this being a pantomime, he manages to take his mother, brother and girlfriend along for the ride. Double-crossed by treasure-seeking pirates, he is thrown overboard only to be washed-up on a desert island where he meets... well, rather a lot of people, as it happens, only a few of whom are cannibals... |
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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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| Robinson Crusoe And The Pirate Treasure by Julie Petrucci and Chris Shinn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Chorus size at the producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A variety of popular songs suggested in the producer's copy. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A variation of the story re-told in a two act pantomime. |
| Synopsis | Robinson returns from training to be a sailor, just as his brother Selwyn discovers a treasure map that could save their mother's inn! The whole family sets sail to discover the lost treasure, with the pirates in hot pursuit. |
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| Robinson Crusoe: Pirates and the Caribbean Queen by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 16 songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script, 9 of which have suggested lyric changes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length pantomime with a variety of settings, which can be simplified if necessary to suit small venues. |
| Synopsis | There are plenty of swashbuckling hijinks on the high seas as Clementine Crusoe sets sail to find her treasure-seeking son, Robinson. Squire Rich, unaware that Captain Kipper and his crew are really pirates, is more interested in finding the treasure. With Davy Jones intent on scuppering the lot of them, the Unsinkable III finally runs aground on a Caribbean island. Their troubles are not over yet, though, as Queen Creole’s daughter has been kidnapped by the evil witch Wicklow. Throw a monster rat and evil Jumbie spirits into the mix and their Caribbean adventure is one to remember. |
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| Rock 'n' Roll Assembly by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 7 songs to accompany the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Light-hearted educational piece for kids - conflating mineralogical rock with the musical form. (A whole class performance with no set requirements.) |
| Synopsis | An array of rocks and metals discuss their origins and properties with the narrator in this classroom assembly. |
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| Rock 'n' Roll Sunset by John Peel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The two gender-non-specific roles are offstage voices only. |
| Run Time | Around 104 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Rock music is heard at the opening and close of the play. Choice of tracks is at the production's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length drama on a single (dressing room) set. |
| Synopsis | Stadium tours are just a remote memory for Western Storm as they kill an hour before returning to stage in a small town venue. Their two talented new female musicians are frustrated by the reluctance of the original band members to play anything other than their hit songs. But when the band’s manager announces a big recording contract for the girls, what does the future hold for the rest? |
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| Role Play by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters are 6 teenagers and a teacher. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch. Minimal set requirements. Simple props. Modern, realism. Includes mild innuendo, mild swearing and mild religious/ethnic intolerance. |
| Synopsis | A teacher struggles to keep control of a role-playing exercise, confronting the issue of teenage pregnancy. |
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| The Roman Invasion of Britain by Richard Morris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. The characters are very flexible, with multiple 'chorus' roles which can be expanded or doubled. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play in irregular verse, fitting with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 History topic - The Romans. |
| Synopsis | A dramatised (and abbreviated) history of Romans in Britain (from Caesar to Honorious) |
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The Romans by Andrew Yates
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics to seven songs are embedded in the script. accompaniments (and demos of the songs) are available on the optional extra CD. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | School play with songs, sketches and chorus work, providing lots of opportunities for all abilities. The show is both accessible and educational and will deliver a memorable experience for audience and participants alike. |
| Synopsis | A humorous journey through the events and personalities of the Roman Empire. All Roman life is here, from emperors to slaves. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| The Romantic Legend of Don Quixote - A Knight to Remember by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Don Quixote's servant is normally male (Sancho Panza), but here is written female (Sancha Panza), though could be played by either. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-Act comedy (verbal and physical). Single set. Written for a company of adults, but could be played by teenagers. |
| Synopsis | When the penniless nobleman Don Quixote arrives in the town of Guadalcar he falls in love with the beautiful daughter of Don Alvaro and Donna Madeleina, the town's rulers. Unfortunately Don Quixote doesn't fit their idea of a suitable match for their daughter and Don Quixote has to complete seven tasks to prove himself. Fortunately he has help from Sancha, his servant, Romana, a fortune teller, and Gonzalo, an artist with questionable honesty, who make up for Quixote's distinct lack of bravery and imagination! |
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| Romantic Novelist by Graham Jones |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play for three ladies. Single set (written as a domestic interior, but could be hinted-at, rather than fully realised). Simple props. |
| Synopsis | Louella Packenham is struggling to finish her latest bodice-ripper with the help of her faithful assistant Miss Trent. But Louella's errant husband is clearly on her mind too, then her housekeeper Miss Fortune asks for help with her equally wayward brother. Can the straitlaced Miss Trent bring him back to the fold? |
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