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| The Siege of Manchester by Ben Alexander |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 38. No chorus. 38 speaking roles plus an offstage voice, 2 non-speaking soldiers and various opportunities for crowds. Can be performed with a minimum of 12 actors, though 18 or more would be optimum. |
| Run Time | Around 125 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A historical thriller with various settings. |
| Synopsis | King Charles I, at loggerheads with his Parliament, is faced with rebellion. Lord Strange, Lord Lieutenant for Lancashire and a Royalist, attempts to take military command in Lancashire. Manchester, Protestant by persuasion and for Parliament, resists under the leadership of some of the deputy-lieutenants. The play recounts their resistance, culminating in Derby's siege of the town in September 1642. |
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The Signalman by Matthew Harper
Production by Progressive Players won the Northern Semi-Final of the All England Theatre Festival - 2021 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One character is an offstage voice, which could be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A Victorian gothic drama in one act with a single (signal box) setting. |
| Synopsis | The thrilling Charles Dickens story is brought to life in this stage adaptation, as tension inexorably builds towards the signalman's fate. |
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| Signs of Grace by Sarah Howard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Friends and narrators parts may be doubled, at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play with simple (or no) set. |
| Synopsis | In a modern setting and using narration with action, the Old and New Testaments of the Bible are brought together - to provide a parable, showing why Jesus died for our sins. |
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| Silas Marner by George Eliot adapted by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act historical drama, adapted from George Eliot's novel of the same name. A serious play, with a moral |
| Synopsis | Silas Marner has been cast out by his home community and has moved to Raveloe. He continues his weaving business, but becomes a recluse and a miser. His life is changed by two events - the theft of his fortune and the arrival on his doorstep of a foundling whom he names Eppie. |
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| The Silent Princess by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Whilst the script specifies two soldiers and two gremlins, these numbers could easily be expanded to accommodate a larger cast. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy fantasy play for children. (Whilst it is structured in three acts, it is of one-act length. |
| Synopsis | There is a crisis at the Royal Court. The Princess is unable to speak, courtesy of an evil fairy's spell. As her hopeful suitor, Prince Arkalan, is on his way, the Princess's voice must be found. The onerous task falls to the Prime Minister who ultimately finds himself leading an expedition to the lair of Morgana the Sorceress. Morgana will have a miracle cure - surely. Well, she might but she needs a lot of persuading. Even then, success is far from assured, even with Prince Arkalan himself joining the mission. |
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| Silver Linings by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama with a single (clifftop bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | A young man has had an argument with his girlfriend and has spent the night on a bench. The old tramp who usually uses the bench, in a fatherly fashion, draws out the difficulties the young man has had throughout his life and identifies a silver lining for himself. |
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| The Silver Nutmeg by Chris Bradley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. It's a pantomime. There's a lot of flexibility in who plays what. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] The timing assumes the performance of 11 songs. |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 11 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Large-cast, full-length panto - heroes, villains, immortals, ghosts, a camel and a couple of talking snakes. |
| Synopsis | The magic tree that grows a silver nutmeg and a golden pear each year protects and enriches the land. But the wicked Princess Isabella and her sidekick Don Fernando intend to steal both, unless Saladin and his friends can stop them. |
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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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| Silver-Tongued by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch set in a bar. |
| Synopsis | Dave and George are spending a night out at the local pub. George is seeking advice from Dave about his silver wedding anniversary. |
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| Simple Simon by Ian Cartwright |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] The timing assumes the use of 17 songs. |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 17 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime, starting from a nursery rhyme character and veering off into a fun original story that provides everything you want in a panto - adventure, humour, lots of songs, baking incidents, and dancing penguins. |
| Synopsis | A Fairy grants Cora Crust a potion that makes her cooking irresistible. Along with her son Simon, Cora builds a bakery empire that threatens to put Peter Pie and his daughter Penny out of business. The fairy decides things have gone too far and threatens to expose Cora unless all can work together as a team and complete four unusual tasks. |
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| Simpleton and the Queen Bee by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short fantasy play for children. |
| Synopsis | Grimm's fairy tale is brought to life as the animals help Simpleton complete the tasks which will bring him his true love. |
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