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| Royals in Love by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Whilst the characters are nominally older, this is could easily be performed by a junior group. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Light romantic comedy. Two scenes, but requiring furniture only (assuming that the definition of stage furniture runs to a fallen tree). |
| Synopsis | It's not easy for Prince Gerald and Princess Wendy to accept the court's rigid protocol and whenever they can, they sneak away. When they meet, both conceal their true identity, but things get complicated when Gerald resolves to propose. |
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| Rubbish by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming comic monologue. No set or props required.
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | A review (part of a revue) of the changing attitudes to waste and recycling. |
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Rue De Cliché by Susie Casson
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch for two actors, set in a (minimalist) café. |
| Synopsis | Max and Alex have been friends for years, and when they catch up, they always have something new to say - though not necessarily new ways to say it. |
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| Rumpelstiltskin by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. The usual panto characters plus an unusual creature. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the arrival of the pantomime elephant. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 11 songs, plus a lyrical tweak. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with a story from the Grimm collection folded into a very satisfactory panto shape. |
| Synopsis | Donna wants to marry Justin Tyme, her watchmaker boyfriend, but thanks to her mum's boasting she's having to spin straw into gold for the greedy queen. Rumpelstiltskin helps her out, but she has to marry him unless she can discover his name before the wedding. |
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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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| Rumpelstiltskin - What's in a Name by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Thirteen speaking parts and one non-speaking. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for kids - a comic retelling the German folk-tale, Rumpelstiltskin. |
| Synopsis | Mirko the Miller faces a prison sentence for failing to pay his taxes. He tries to impress the King and Queen by claiming his sister, Anezhka, can spin gold from straw. She is brought to the palace to attempt the impossible feat, whereupon she meets a little man with magic powers who can help her out - but only if she offers him her first-born child... |
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| Rumpelstiltskin [Rhyming] by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Optional non-speaking chorus of courtiers. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Optional lyrics embedded in the script, fit to the Barcarolle from Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short verse pantomime in two scenes for a small cast. A fun take on the Grimm tale, livened up by some comedy and a twist on the ending. |
| Synopsis | The Miller boasts that his daughter Samantha is so clever she can spin straw into gold. The King hears this and demands that she do so (with the reward of marrying the king). Samantha is a fine young lady, and so on, but has no such skill. Rumpelstiltskin, however, does and completes the task for her. After which, it turns out that Samantha doesn't think much of the reward. |
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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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| Rumpelstiltskin [Version 2] by James O'Sullivan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Eight major roles and ten minor ones. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act play for a school or youth theatre. |
| Synopsis | A boastful father makes a foolish claim to a cruel King and his daughter's life depends on her ability to spin straw into gold...
A novel retelling of the traditional tale with a new twist tote ending and plenty of laughs along the way. |
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| Rumpelstiltskin [Version 4] by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Chorus size variable at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 107 minutes. [Estimated!] This is dependent on the songs used. |
| Music | Song suggestions for 6 of the 10 songs are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with various settings. |
| Synopsis | The evil witch Wisteria, mother to Rumpelstiltskin, is not all she seems to be and in this merry romp through the palace, and other locations, with song and dance - and a couple of cats - everyone ends up happily ever after. |
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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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| Rumpelstiltskin, Stella and the King by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The script calls for an unspecified number of non-speaking servants (whose main role is to bring props on and off). We think two would be a reasonable minimum. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act dramatisation of a fairytale for performance by a small company of children. |
| Synopsis | A miller boasts that his daughter can spin straw into gold. This gains the daughter immediate employment in the king's treasury and the propsect of a short and unhappy life, due to her lack of any such ability. Enter a gnome, with an offer she can't refuse... |
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| Rumpled Beauty by Marcus Grollman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Opportunities for songs are highlighted in the script, but there are no song suggestions. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act 'English Pantomime' for Kids (aimed at a full-class school performance) with plenty of gags and puns. Opportunity for additional 'cabaret acts' to be incorporated in the show. |
| Synopsis | A collision of pantomime stories, as the King's Christmas entertainment is in jeopardy - he's lost his TV remote control, and that makes him really angry. Can Rumpled Beauty save the day? |
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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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| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
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