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| Adventures of Oliver Twist by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. 16 speaking parts, plus an unspecified number of Urchins, playable by a company of 10 with a lot of doubling (and probably some rapid costume changes). |
| Run Time | Around 77 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A new, humourous adaptation, in two acts, of Dickens' classic novel. |
| Synopsis | The story of an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and lives with a gang of pickpockets before being rescued by a kind gentleman and an unexpectedly close relation. This is Oliver with a modern Twist. |
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| Bah Humbug! by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions (and some original lyrics) are provided in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British Pantomime. |
| Synopsis | A retelling of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', panto-fashion, with well-known songs merrily re-worded to suit the script.
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old businessman who believes Christmas is all 'humbug' to cheat him out of his money. Can the ghost of his long deceased partner, and three Christmas spirits, teach him the error of his ways? And will anyone realise Tiny Tim is not quite as endearing as we thought? |
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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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| Bardell versus Pickwick by Malcolm Seymour |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy play. Single period (1830s) set. |
| Synopsis | Members of the Pickwick Club, re-enact their founder's legal altercation with his landlady, Mrs Bardell.
Faithfully adapted from The Pickwick Papers, this hilarious romp highlights the Dickens' well-known dislike of the legal profession, with topical sideswipes at the modern 'no win - no fee' culture. |
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| The Brilliance in the Room by Phil Porter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 105. No chorus. An ensemble piece designed for a cast of 12 or more, each playing multiple roles. |
| Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length sweep of Dickensian vignettes, with an ensemble of actors playing multiple characters. No specific set, but props are manipulated to convey locations. |
| Synopsis | A dreamlike convergence of Dickens’ characters and situations swirl about the stage, in a celebration of the author’s works. |
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| A Chaotic Christmas Carol by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act verse play, rearranging Dickens. |
| Synopsis | 'A Christmas Carol' is given a huge twist to show Scrooge as a determined do-gooder, despite the machinations of wicked embezzler Bob Cratchit and the forlorn ghost of grasping Jacob Marley, plus assorted spirits. |
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| Charles Dickens' Christmas Eve by Wende Feller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. One of the male characters is a child. The script has a cast of 18, but divided across the two acts so that the cast of 9 from the first act can double to perform the second act. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A series of Christmas Carols is recommended in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Two act period piece. Single set with split-level stage. |
| Synopsis | The first act focuses on Christmas at Bracebridge Hall, adapted from material by Washington Irving, Jane Austen and Wilkie Collins. The second act is Wende Feller's adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens |
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| A Children's Christmas Carol by Richard James |
| 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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| The Chimes by Christopher Brechypt |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 107 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length adaptation of Charles Dickens' festive novella (no, the other one). An engaging story, full of the social critique you'd expect from Dickens. |
| Synopsis | The elderly porter Toby Veck is struggling to make ends meet. One New Year's Eve, he shows kindness to an accused vagrant and his young daughter, inviting them into his household. But he then meets with a fatal accident. Goblins show him what becomes of his impoverished family seven years later - as well as an alternative, happier New Year. |
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| A Christmas Carol - The Real Story by Colin Calvert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Two characters required for performance as a simple duologue, a further 7 (nominally 5F, 2M) required if the action is staged. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Essentially a duologue which could either be done without additional actors, (as an after-dinner piece) or be staged as a narrated mime. Minimal staging requirements. Makes no attempt to be 'politically correct'! |
| Synopsis | Two narrators tell the story of a modern day Scrooge who's having the wool pulled over his eyes by dishonest Bob Cratchit and his gang of cronies. |
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| A Christmas Carol [Version 2] by Adrian Barradell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 15. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 32. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There are places for music, songs, or dances at the Producer's discretion Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | The classic Dickens Christmas tale is given a pantomime makeover |
| Synopsis | Charles Dickens and his friend Simple Sally take the audience on a journey through Ebenezer Scrooge's most memorable Christmas Eve, with comedy elements to lighten the spirits. |
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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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