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Crime Wave by Bill Tordoff |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children, assumed to be all played by children. Only a few of the characters are fixed, so lines could be reassigned amongst a different-sized cast. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for kids. A modern rewriting of the story of Noah. Simple sets and props. |
Synopsis | The story so far... Originally a small farmer, Noah has built up his business over the years into a large Food Products company. As the only employer in the area he used to give work to most of the people on the local council estate, then a few years ago he automated his factory and sacked his workers. Since then he and his family have run the business on their own and grown rich while the locals have been out of work... Then God intervenes... |
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Daniel and the Lion's Den by Connie Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short rhyming play with minimal set requirements. Suitable for schools and youth theatre. |
Synopsis | The classic Old Testament story of Daniel is updated to make him a football and media star, thrown to the 'lions' of a hostile press by scheming politicians. |
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David and Goliath by Ian Sharrock |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two onstage actors and one offstage voice, which could be pre-recorded. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedic sketch based on the Biblical tale. |
Synopsis | David and Goliath as observed from a tent in the camp of the Philistines. Dagon is a loyal, battle hardened warrior who's fed up of waiting for something, anything, to happen. Sandra is one of the girls concerned with feeding the army and also tired of the prolonged period of inactivity. For forty days, Goliath has called out his challenge to the Hebrew army and no champion has stepped up to face him... until now. |
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Esther by Richard Cowling |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for 16 songs, one instrumental and 15 scene-change pieces. (A conductors score and band parts are available as an optional extra.) |
Style | Full-length Musical based on the biblical story of Esther. Designed as a school musical, could equally well be done by an adult or mixed company. |
Synopsis | King Xerxes of Persia maries Esther, a Jewish orphan who has been brought up by her uncle, Mordecai. Haman, the chief minister of Xerxes court insists that everyone bow down to him. When Mordecai refuses to do so, Haman flies into a rage and plans to kill Mordecai, and all the Jewish people in the kingdom. Mordecai calls upon Esther for help, but this means she must confront the mighty Xerxes... |
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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 ** Backing CD with instrumental version of the 16 songs and 16 musical interludes (including scene changes) for the musical Esther by Richard Cowling. ** Vocal tracks for the 16 songs (with 16 musical interludes) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling. (Vocals by Leanne Cooper and Richard Cowling.) ** Conductor's score and band parts (keyboard, trumpet, trombone, woodwind, bass, etc.) for the songs and incidental music (32 pieces) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
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Exodus in XX Minutes by John F. Glen |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | A set of song and music suggestions are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act irreverent, humorous, biblical epic play for kids, simple sets. |
Synopsis | The Second Book of Moses (complete with bulrushes, plagues, red sea and commandments) told in 20 minutes - hence the title! This version of the story takes place close to Alexandria - however in this case, it is the Alexandria just south of Loch Lomond, hence the script is written in (phonetic) Scots. |
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Global Wetting by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. A mother and her three sons. The location of the piece is part of the joke, and the names of the protagonists make it obvious, however they can easily be withheld from the audience. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch based on a familiar story, though, in this case, not told with any particular moral. No set required. |
Synopsis | Tempers are running high between the three lads. So much so that they won't stop arguing to hear the good news their mother has for them. |
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In The Same Boat by Peter May |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for two actors, no set necessary. |
Synopsis | Noel is in his garden shed trying to make a rabbit hutch when he hears the voice of God. |
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Jonah And The Giant Fish by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short biblical story play, in three scenes, for children. |
Synopsis | A re-telling of Jonah and his reluctance to preach to the people of Ninevah. Or - The one that didn't get away! |
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Josephine And Her Sisters by Bill Tordoff |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Narrated biblical epic with a twist! One act, no specific set requirements. |
Synopsis | You've heard about Joseph and his coat of many colours... but who made the coat? Find out in Josephine And Her Sisters (and the Amazing Organically-Dyed Fashion Collection) |
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Mrs Noah by Robin Wilson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A simple one act play. |
Synopsis | The building of the Ark and the days of the Flood, as experienced by Noah and his less-than-understanding wife, Mrs Noah. |
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