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| Old King Cole [Part-Rhyming Panto] by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Many of the characters are nominally male (the title King is a clue), but it's a panto so you can cast it however you like! |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act British pantomime told partly in verse. |
| Synopsis | Old King Cole is a merry old soul, but the nine other kings of the land are less friendly, as they plot to steal Cole's crown and usurp his throne. However, they soon realise there is someone more villainous than them, who will use every trick in the panto villain book to thwart their plans. |
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| Old King Cole [Version 2] by Bob Heather and Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Characters have the usual panto types plus a pantomime dog, an Egyptian mummy and a brief cameo for the Loch Ness Monster. |
| Run Time | Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] (Assuming all the songs are used.) |
| Music | The script has spots for (up to) 15 songs. The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions plus a few customised lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Very funny full-length British Panto (with an original plot teased out of the familiar song).
[Originally published in 2011. Revised edition published in 2013.] |
| Synopsis | Thwarted by Aladdin (in another panto), the wizard Abanazar is after another magical object to give him power - and this time he steals Old King Cole's crown. An unlikely party sets out to retrieve the crown, featuring Candy Floss, the sweet shop owner, Rhubarb Fool, the Jester, Hey, Diddle and Dee (the famous fiddlers three) and led by Jack, Candy's son, who wants to be a hero and win the traditional hero's reward of half a kingdom and the Princess's hand in marriage. Princess Rose is all in favour of this, but there's a snag - she's already betrothed to a prince from the neighbouring kingdom... |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Old Pete by Chrissy Barker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act dark comedy, with two (hospital ward and chapel) settings. |
| Synopsis | Cantankerous Pete grumpily tolerates hospitalisation, as he is admitted with something a great deal more serious than he thought. His family try to deal with his awkwardness in addition to his cheeky funeral requirements. |
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| Olivia Twist by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and teenagers, intended to be played by teens. The script does not specify a chorus, but extra chorus roles could be added. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 8 original songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play with a horror element ('Oliver Twist' crossed with 'A Portrait of Dorian Grey' on a dark night in Salem.) Simple sets, few props. |
| Synopsis | When Olivia Twist is rescued from the streets, she thinks she has met with a philanthropist, however her benefactor turns out to be a lot more sinister... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| The Olympian Myths by Tony North |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute, large cast play for schools in the style of Ancient Greek drama. (Appropriate for the English National Curriculum KS2 History topic Ancient Greece.) |
| Synopsis | A brief introduction to some of the gods of Greek legend |
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| Olympic Games 2012 [Large Cast Version] by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 45. Minimum total without doubling = 94. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for fourteen songs. (Others could be substituted at the discretion of the production team.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Educational and entertaining piece for kids. Intended for a large cast - a whole school year group, for example. |
| Synopsis | An intruduction to all the sports that will be on display at the 2012 Olympics. |
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| Olympic Games 2012 [Single Class Version] by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 34. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for fourteen songs. (Others could be substituted at the discretion of the production team.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Educational and entertaining piece for kids. Intended for performance by a school class. |
| Synopsis | An intruduction to all the sports that will be on display at the 2012 Olympics. |
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| Olympic Ode - Faster, Higher, Stronger by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Designed with flexibility in mind, with the possibility of up to 24 idividuals (representing athletes of various sorts) taking a verse each, plus one or more speakers taking the chorus parts. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Performance poem for a class of children. No props or staging requirmeents |
| Synopsis | The motto of the Olympic Games, Citius, Altius, Fortius - Faster, Higher, Stronger - explored in verse, with the performers representing different groups of athletes. |
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| On A Street Corner by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are 'Man, Boy and Girl' with an implication of relative ages, but not absolute ages! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute play. Single set (representing a street corner, but no real set requirements). |
| Synopsis | Street corner preaching meets the Da Vinci code in a brief examination of religious truth and meaning. |
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| On Offer by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two couples. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch. Single set (indicative of a living room). |
| Synopsis | A couple come to view a house, but what they find is something rather different... |
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