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Ancient Greek Assembly by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 64. Chorus. Immortals, Mortals, legendary characters, cartoon characters and the Minotaur. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Suggestions for 10 pieces of music to accompany the script are included in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full class assembly piece - essentially a series of linked, themed, skits, summarising Ancient Greek civilisation and myth! Aimed at the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 topic on Ancient Greece. |
Synopsis | A variety of characters from History and Mythology appear on the stage for the entertainment and education of the audience, occasionally with musical accompaniment. |
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Androcles et Leo by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male (even the lion), for reasons of historical verisimilitude. Don't let that put you off. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama (played for comedy) in which the protagonists speak Latin and the narrators, where necessary, translate. |
Synopsis | The optimistic story of the slip-away slave meeting the limping lion - with a side-order of the private life of Emperor Claudius. |
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The Art of Nero by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. All written male (on the grounds of history), but that isn't essential to the plot. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Roman romp for kids. Single location (preferably decorated according to the taste of the emperor Nero). |
Synopsis | As Nero constructs the Golden House amongst the Ashes of burnt Rome, three friends hatch a plot to end the tyranny and, more importantly, the dreadful singing, acting, poetry and painting of the mad emperor. Sadly, Nero's 'Art' defeats them all. |
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A Brief Guide To Greek Tragedy by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. 2 narrators and 3 'actors' who each switch between multiple characters. Chorus can be any number of people, even just 1. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short educational sketch. |
Synopsis | Learn about ancient Greek tragedy in ten minutes, using the story of Cassandra (the prophetess whom no one believed) as demonstration. |
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A Brief History Of The Ancient Olympic Games by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male (it was a requirement for the athletes!) but don't let that stop you from casting it how you like. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for kids. An educational piece sprinkled with a good deal of light comedy. |
Synopsis | An inspirational dramatic presentation using the creation of the original Olympic Games as a vehicle for bringing history and mythology to life. |
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A Briefer History Of The Ancient Olympic Games by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Two narrating roles, four other speaking roles, one wailing role and various silent demonstrators of athletic prowess. (The strong silent types are written male, but nobody will mind if they aren't.) |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen minute play for kids. An educational piece sprinkled with a good deal of light comedy. (As you might deduce from the title, this is a cut-down version of 'A Brief History of the Ancient Olympic Games'. |
Synopsis | A short inspirational dramatic presentation using the creation of the original Olympic Games as a vehicle for bringing history and mythology to life. |
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Bully For Theseus by Graham Milton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. In addition to the Minotaur, the characters include a dog, a giraffe and the voice of the giraffe's Sat Nav. |
Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act shcool play, taking a whirlwind tour through the Ancient Greek Myths of Theseus. |
Synopsis | Theseus travels to Athens, to be reunited with his father, Aegeus. He meets many dangers on the way, but does find his way to Athens. His reunion does not last very long, before he volunteers to sail to Crete, in order to kill the dreaded Minotaur. Although successful, he then finds tragedy at home. |
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Caesar and the Pirates [Full Version] by Nicholas Richards and Timothy Hallett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Flexible - the pirates roles could easily be shared by a smaller number and other doubling is possible. On the other hand, there is scope for pirate and soldier chourses. Only one specfied female role - Venus! - but others could be cast female. |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for six songs. |
Style | Musical comedy play for kids - though the songs are optional. A shorter version of the same play is available. First published in 2011, revised in 2012. |
Synopsis | An older Caesar is recounting his campaigns in Gaul to a bored scribe, who suggests that it might benefit Caesar's public image to tell a tale of his younger days... Something dashing, perhaps, involving pirates? As it happens, Caesar does know such a story... Great fun (and secretly educational) with a genuine event in Caesar's life. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Vocal recording for five tracks and six rehearsal tracks (accompaniment with an instrument playing the vocal line) for the songs from Caesar and the Pirates [Full Version].
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Caesar and the Pirates [Short Version] by Nicholas Richards and Timothy Hallett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Flexible - the pirates roles could easily be shared by a smaller number and other doubling is possible. On the other hand, there is scope for pirate and soldier chourses. Only one specfied female roles but some could be cast female. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for six songs. |
Style | Comedy play for kids - with optional songs. (A longer version of the same play is available.) |
Synopsis | An older Caesar is recounting his campaigns in Gaul to a bored scribe, who suggests that it might benefit Caesar's public image to tell a tale of his younger days... Something dashing, perhaps, involving pirates? As it happens, Caesar does know such a story... Great fun (and secretly educational) with a genuine event in Caesar's life. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Vocal recording for five tracks and six rehearsal tracks (accompaniment with an instrument playing the vocal line) for the songs from Caesar and the Pirates [Short Version].
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Caradog And The Celts by Penny Burns |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 17. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 45. Chorus. Very flexible numbers, with groups of Celts and Romans of various occupations, and opportunites for singers and dancers. The roles are a mixture of adults and children, but inteded to be played by children. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Keyboard and Vocal scores (with added percussion) for seven songs and one instrumental are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | One-act Musical Drama for schools (fitting with the Key Stage 2 History topic on Roman Britain). |
Synopsis | Following the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, the Celtic resistance was led by Caradog (called Caratacus by the Romans). The play dramatises the life of the Celts on what is now the Welsh border and the battle for the hill fort of Caer Caradog. (We are also taken to Rome for a meeting with the Emperor Clau-Clau-Claudius.) |
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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 ** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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