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The Panto Puzzle by Mary Portalska
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. There are 13 named characters, but four are off-stage voices (could be recorded or played by anyone who isn't on stage at the time), one actor is intended to play three on-stage roles and another could play three. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A mixed-up pantomime adventure. (Non-musical, though there would be nothing to stop a production adding songs at appropriate points.) |
| Synopsis | Dame Dolly and Cheeky Charlie turn up at the theatre to find out that the pantomime has been cancelled this year. The caretaker shows them the boxes containing previous pantos, to discover that three things have been stolen from Cinderella's box by the sorceress Evilena. Dolly and Charlie must visit three other pantomimes to get them back. |
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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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| Sleeping Beauty [Version 10] by Mary Portalska |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 111 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 11 songs, to be performed at specific points in the play, are suggested in the producer's copy of the script. Additional background music can be used. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length pantomime on a variety of sets. |
| Synopsis | The age-old story of Sleeping Beauty is given a panto twist, retaining the long sleep but making the Prince an unlikable narcissist and his blackmailed servant the true hero. |
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| The Snow Queen [Version 6] by Mary Portalska |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. 11 principals, chorus with various cameo roles and a non-speaking bear. The chorus has a peak of 8 speaking roles, but these could be reassigned amongst a smaller chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 122 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| 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 | Original full-length pantomime treatment of Hans Christian Andersen's icy fairytale. |
| Synopsis | Though it's summer, the Snow Queen has caused an unexpected snowy spell. Her influence even extends to fooling young Knut into giving her his brother as a servant. Now Greta sets out to save Peter, her true love, and maybe restore summer. |
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