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It's Deja View... Again by The Stannington Scribbler
Published: 23 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 118 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy play in a single set. (Mainly a living room set, with the option of separate areas at either side of the stage for two telephone operators.) |
| Synopsis | Peter has been tied up and robbed, as well as hit on the head. Getting justice is just as hard as getting the insurance money, and then he's robbed again, and accused of the robbery! Can the Neighbourhood Watch help catch the real crook? |
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Dagger in a Smile - A Young Actors' Macbeth by Gill Medway
Published: 22 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 34. Chorus. The play can be acted by an all-male group, an all-female group or a mixed cast. The ensemble roles can be played by a minimum of five but can be expanded to suit the size of the group. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act (by length) modern language adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth for young actors, containing all the witchcraft, ghosts and gore you'd expect. (Read the script to see if the level of violence is appropriate to your actors.) |
| Synopsis | The Ghost of Macbeth comments on the action and charts the progress of his rise to the Scottish kingship and his downfall. |
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Peggy's Pirate Panto by David and Fiona Barker
Published: 22 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 96 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script has spots for up to 16 songs and dances (plus overture and entr'acte), with some examples suggested in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime, traditional style, but an original story - albeit with many familiar pirate tropes thrown in. |
| Synopsis | Peggy wants to follow in the footsteps of her late pirate mother and recover her fabulous lost treasure, but her father wants to keep her safe. Sadly for him, the wicked pirate Captain Crook needs Peggy to get that treasure. |
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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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The First Born by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 19 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short monologue set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
| Synopsis | A woman reflects on her life and that of her child. |
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The Skateboard by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 19 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy/drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
| Synopsis | Two elderly ladies react to a skateboarder in the vicinity of their park bench. |
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The Break Up by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 18 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
| Synopsis | Alex and Bobby meet for a post hoc review of their relationship. |
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The Care Home by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 18 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
| Synopsis | Poignant short vignette in which Harriet, a young care-home worker, meets the retired Georgie on a park bench. |
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The Bag Lady by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 17 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
| Synopsis | A bag lady, with a park bench for company, ruminates about her life as she prepares to sleep. |
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Slimmers' Planet by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 15 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
| Synopsis | Martin, looking for love, meets Lorna, looking for weight loss. |
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After The Funeral by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 12 April 2024 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
| Synopsis | Edna believes that everyone should have a hobby. Hers is attending funerals. |
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