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| Chess as Felony by Vithal Rajan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience. |
| Synopsis | Game Ten in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. Convicts Claude Bloodgood and Ram Varadachary take a train with their guard to a chess tournament, but on the train they play a game for high stakes. |
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| Chicken Supreme by Susie Casson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch requiring one simple setting (and some sleight of hand!) |
| Synopsis | Whilst watching a video of a hypnotist’s act Sid becomes susceptible and turns into a chicken. Unfortunately the video recording stops before the vital click of the fingers brings him out of the trance. Wife Betty is finally able to contact the hypnotist to rectify the situation but not without some leg pulling. |
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| Child's Play by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch on a simple (park bench) set. |
| Synopsis | Chardonnay and her friend Jade are sitting on a park bench watching Chardonnay’s son Tyson as he plays. Jade tries to extol the benefits of healthy living and the great outdoors. |
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A Children's Christmas Carol by Richard James
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute play. No set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Charles Dickens' festive classic much abbreviated as a play for an audience of young children, to be performed by a cast of adults (or possibly by a company of older children.) |
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| Chips Then! by Dian Donovan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A good chance for two teenage boys to flex their acting muscles, with plenty of opportunity for subtle humour. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | Two lads wait outside a girl's house, one trying to get up the courage to deliver a love letter. A short reminder of teenage frailty. |
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| Choir Boy by Dian Donovan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play for teenagers. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | It's the first day at college, and Ben is asserting himself by mocking someone he used to know a long time ago. But people can change, and it's Ben who ends up embarrassed. |
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| Cholesterol by Charles Stott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch for three men in a pub. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Old mates, Tom, Dick and Harry , meet as usual at their local pub. Over a convivial pint or two, they discuss Tom's problems with his cholesterol levels and the consequences for his life style. He fondly remembers the fish and chips, bacon butties and especially wife Stella's famous cauliflower cheese sauce. Fond memories and some regrets... |
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| Christmas Around the World by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. Designed for one school class, but there is the flexibility to include a larger chorus (or choruses), particulary for the songs, so could be a larger cast. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script contains lyrics for the 8 songs (mainly set to well-known music). There is no score, so productions will need the backing CD. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Exuberant Christmas musical piece for kids - entirely for fun, with no educational value. (If you are looking for an educational piece on the way Christmas is actually celebrated around the world, look away now!) |
| Synopsis | A whirlwind tour around the world for the sole purpose of celebrating Christmas in a bunch of different musical styles! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| Christmas at Thompson Hall by Anthony Trollope adapted by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The hotel staff are written male, but could be played female. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 25-minute comedy, based on the story by Anthony Trollope. Two simple sets. |
| Synopsis | On the 23rd of December, 1872, Mr and Mrs Brown arrive in a hotel in Paris, as does Mr Jones. They all need to travel to England early the following morning. Due to a mix-up during the night, Mr Jones believes Mrs Brown has tried to murder him, which makes everyone's journey - and the following revelations - all the more uncomfortable. |
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| A Christmas Box by Sharon Jenman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 10 songs and 2 instrumentals is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Short one-act musical play for (young) children. |
| Synopsis | A school child gets his wish to see the Romanian child open the present he is sending. A Christmas play for infant schools. |
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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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