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Plays with Moral Themes |
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All the plays described below can be read in full on the Lazy Bee Scripts web site. (Click on a script title
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What counts as a play with a moral theme is very much a matter of judgement.
The fact that a play doesn't appear in this listing doesn't mean that a moral cannot
be drawn from it!
If you don't find anything suitable in the list below, then you can search for your specific requirements using the
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For convenience, we have grouped the scripts by age ranges (Scripts
for Younger Primary School Children, Scripts for Juniors
and Scripts for Teenagers) - however this is a matter of opinion!
What we think suits a particular group may not match with your opinion, therefore
we strongly advise you to read the script on-line before purchasing!
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| A Letter to Santa | Author | Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Two of the characters are nominally adults. It is written so that the cast can be divided into two - a school class and Santa's elves. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Sheet music for 5 original songs is provided with the producer's copy of the script. | |
| Style | A light musical for young children. Basic sets. | |
| Synopsis | A school class write Christmas letters to Santa, and we discover that they are dealt with by Mrs. Santa and a bunch of fractious elves. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
| Plus | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show |
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| A Magic Paint Brush | Author | Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Whilst Chen is written as a girl, the character could easily be switched to a boy (likewise Old Sing and the Magician are written male but could be female). Cast includes a cow and a small flock of (talking) chickens. | |
| Run time | Around 30 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | One-act play for children, based on a Chinese folk tale. Simple set (the set calls for a hut upstage, but that could merely be implied by an upstage exit), simple props. | |
| Synopsis | In feudal China, Chen and her mother are oppressed by their landlord and his greedy, vindictive family. Then a magician arrives and gives Chen a magic paint brush, painting with it makes dreams come true... | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Minny Pinny Makes a Difference | Author | Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Two songs. Words and sheet music supplied with the producer's copy of the script. | |
| Style | Simple moral story, designed as a class assembly piece (with a target age group of around 8 years old). A small number of central characters and a Greek Chorus commenting on the action with words and songs. | |
| Synopsis | The farmer can't get to market, the driver can't drive him because his truck tyre is flat and there's nobody to take it to the garage. Minny Pinny is only a little girl, how can she help the farmer? How can she make a difference? | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
| Feedback | Click here to find out what other customers said about this script. | |
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| Rhyming Two Sisters | Author | Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Characters include a talking cow and, even more unusually, a talking tree! | |
| Run time | Around 15 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Short morality tale, told as a verse play. | |
| Synopsis |
Joan and Jill are sisters, one helpful, one unkind To seek their fortunes in the world is what they have in mind But though they set out boldly, alas there is a hitch Whilst out to see what they can do, they meet a wicked witch! |
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| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Squirrel Plays His Part | Author | Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The characters are three narrators and lots of jungle animals. The numbers are intended to be flexible, with options to combine or redistribute lines. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. | |
| Style | Musical play for young children. No set requirements. A few simple props. A moral story about prioritisation and co-operation! | |
| Synopsis | The jungle animals are supposed to be growing crops, but they keep getting distracted by ants! | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
| Plus | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show |
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| The Bullies at Sam's Café | Author | Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. There are three distinct chorus groups with flexible number - the piece was designed to be performed by a whole class. All roles are gender-neutral. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. | |
| Style | Short one-act play for primary school children, with two songs. Nominally two sets, but no specific scenery, and only simple props. | |
| Synopsis | A bully with a gang disturbs the staff and customers at Sam's café, but when the bullies get into trouble, should Sam and his friends help them? | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
| Plus | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Midi files of songs from the show |
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| A Lesson Learnt | Author | Jackie Fitton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. All roles are intended to be played by children. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes a list of suggested songs and one set of modified lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. | |
| Style | One-act play for kids. No set requirements. A set of four short scenes (with separate casts) tied together by a final vignette which delivers the message of the piece. | |
| Synopsis | Four short sketches written for children leaving Primary school, dealing with fears about starting Secondary school and the long holiday to come. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| A Letter to Santa | Author | Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Two of the characters are nominally adults. It is written so that the cast can be divided into two - a school class and Santa's elves. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Sheet music for 5 original songs is provided with the producer's copy of the script. | |
| Style | A light musical for young children. Basic sets. | |
| Synopsis | A school class write Christmas letters to Santa, and we discover that they are dealt with by Mrs. Santa and a bunch of fractious elves. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
| Plus | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show |
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| A Magic Paint Brush | Author | Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Whilst Chen is written as a girl, the character could easily be switched to a boy (likewise Old Sing and the Magician are written male but could be female). Cast includes a cow and a small flock of (talking) chickens. | |
| Run time | Around 30 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | One-act play for children, based on a Chinese folk tale. Simple set (the set calls for a hut upstage, but that could merely be implied by an upstage exit), simple props. | |
| Synopsis | In feudal China, Chen and her mother are oppressed by their landlord and his greedy, vindictive family. Then a magician arrives and gives Chen a magic paint brush, painting with it makes dreams come true... | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Apparently Not | Author | Hayley Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Principal characters are four girls (plus the school principal and a teacher). The chorus is the bullies gang - number unspecified. The chorus lines could be spoken by one person or shared amongst several. | |
| Run time | Around 25 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | One act play, set in and around a school. | |
| Synopsis | A new girl in school, is forced to choose between supporting her new friend and fitting in with a gang of bullies, and makes the easier choice. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Are We There Yet? | Author | Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two adults and one child. The child is written as a boy, but could easily be chaged into a girl. | |
| Run time | Around 6 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | An allegorical sketch about Advent! (Minimal staging requirements) | |
| Synopsis | A family explore a different way to start their holiday. A play with an Advent theme. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Castle Royal | Author | Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. There is flexibility to assign the parts amongst a greater or lesser number of actors. | |
| Run time | Around 45 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | One-act play for kids. Simple sets (two scenes, but using the same set furniture). Mainly simple props (though the King and Queen ride a tandem!) | |
| Synopsis | The worlds smallest country advertises for a royal family - then have to deal with the results when ridiculous rules get in the way of common sense. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| In God's Office | Author | Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. | |
| Run time | Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Short two-handed play with a Christian perspective. Single office set. | |
| Synopsis | A delivery man enters the wrong office by mistake and finds himself discussing free will with God. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Minny Pinny Makes a Difference | Author | Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Two songs. Words and sheet music supplied with the producer's copy of the script. | |
| Style | Simple moral story, designed as a class assembly piece (with a target age group of around 8 years old). A small number of central characters and a Greek Chorus commenting on the action with words and songs. | |
| Synopsis | The farmer can't get to market, the driver can't drive him because his truck tyre is flat and there's nobody to take it to the garage. Minny Pinny is only a little girl, how can she help the farmer? How can she make a difference? | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
| Feedback | Click here to find out what other customers said about this script. | |
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| Rhyming Christmas Gift | Author | Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. All characters are adults. (Except the elves.) Opportunity for a chorus as a choir of carol singers. | |
| Run time | Around 15 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | A simple verse play. Assumed to be done with minimal set - imagination substituting for scenery. Simple props. | |
| Synopsis | A liberal adaptation (updated and versified) of the O. Henry story 'The Gift of the Magi'. An arguing couple demonstrate their love through Christmas gifts. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Rhyming Two Sisters | Author | Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Characters include a talking cow and, even more unusually, a talking tree! | |
| Run time | Around 15 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Short morality tale, told as a verse play. | |
| Synopsis |
Joan and Jill are sisters, one helpful, one unkind To seek their fortunes in the world is what they have in mind But though they set out boldly, alas there is a hitch Whilst out to see what they can do, they meet a wicked witch! |
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| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Squirrel Plays His Part | Author | Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The characters are three narrators and lots of jungle animals. The numbers are intended to be flexible, with options to combine or redistribute lines. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. | |
| Style | Musical play for young children. No set requirements. A few simple props. A moral story about prioritisation and co-operation! | |
| Synopsis | The jungle animals are supposed to be growing crops, but they keep getting distracted by ants! | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
| Plus | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show |
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| The Bullies at Sam's Café | Author | Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. There are three distinct chorus groups with flexible number - the piece was designed to be performed by a whole class. All roles are gender-neutral. | |
| Run time | Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. | |
| Style | Short one-act play for primary school children, with two songs. Nominally two sets, but no specific scenery, and only simple props. | |
| Synopsis | A bully with a gang disturbs the staff and customers at Sam's café, but when the bullies get into trouble, should Sam and his friends help them? | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
| Plus | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Midi files of songs from the show |
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| The Bully in the Graveyard | Author | Sarah Cowan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Cast of school children plus a ghost - who might be an adult or a large child (assuming that you don't have a real ghost to hand). | |
| Run time | Around 25 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Suggestions for seven pieces of backing music are included in the Producer's Copy of the scripts. (The cast is not required to sing, but might do so! One dance is suggested.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. | |
| Style | School play about bullying. A serious theme, but lots of comedy, and strong characters. | |
| Synopsis | Billy and his friends are picked-on by Preson's gang. Their response is to demonstrate to the bullies what it is like to be frightened. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| The Gossip | Author | Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The characters are adults, intended to be played by children. (Two of the female characters could be switched to male by changing two words.) | |
| Run time | Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Simple play in rhyming couplets. No specific set requirements. One prop (a wedding cake!) | |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Grey tries to stop a rumour spreading by telling everyone that it isn't true. The result is that the rumour spreads rapidly, and her daughter's wedding is ruined. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Apparently Not | Author | Hayley Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Principal characters are four girls (plus the school principal and a teacher). The chorus is the bullies gang - number unspecified. The chorus lines could be spoken by one person or shared amongst several. | |
| Run time | Around 25 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | One act play, set in and around a school. | |
| Synopsis | A new girl in school, is forced to choose between supporting her new friend and fitting in with a gang of bullies, and makes the easier choice. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Are We There Yet? | Author | Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two adults and one child. The child is written as a boy, but could easily be chaged into a girl. | |
| Run time | Around 6 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | An allegorical sketch about Advent! (Minimal staging requirements) | |
| Synopsis | A family explore a different way to start their holiday. A play with an Advent theme. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Bright - A Play About Heaven | Author | David Webb |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. | |
| Run time | Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Ten minute play with a Christian theme delivered in a direct style. No specific set - requires only a bench. | |
| Synopsis | A man suffering after his second heart attack meets a friend in a beautiful garden, where the air makes him feel better than the doctors have managed. Then he remembers that friend was badly hurt in an accident and begins to realise where he is. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Bully Dancers Winner of the Annual Derek Lomas Playwriting Competition (youth section), 2005. | Author | Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Characters are teenagers with a range of ages, plus two adults (intended to be played by teenagers). | |
| Run time | Around 50 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | It is open to the Producer to select dance music appropriate for the script and the specific cast! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. | |
| Style | One-act play for teenagers on the subject of bullying. | |
| Synopsis | Two rival dance troupes are preparing for a local competition, but they have to share rehearsal space. Their proximity increases the rivalry until tragedy strikes, provoking unexpected changes. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Castle Royal | Author | Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. There is flexibility to assign the parts amongst a greater or lesser number of actors. | |
| Run time | Around 45 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | One-act play for kids. Simple sets (two scenes, but using the same set furniture). Mainly simple props (though the King and Queen ride a tandem!) | |
| Synopsis | The worlds smallest country advertises for a royal family - then have to deal with the results when ridiculous rules get in the way of common sense. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| End of the Road Pub - a play about Hell | Author | David Webb |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written as Australians, though there is no reason that they couldn't come from other places. | |
| Run time | Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Ten-minute play with a Christian perspective on the riskier areas of the afterlife. (Single public bar setting, simple props.) | |
| Synopsis | Marty and Jim stagger into a pub after a nasty car crash. They have a drink to steady their nerves but soon notice something strange about the pub. It turns out that crash was nastier than they thought and they've got their own lock-in, forever! | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| In God's Office | Author | Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. | |
| Run time | Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Short two-handed play with a Christian perspective. Single office set. | |
| Synopsis | A delivery man enters the wrong office by mistake and finds himself discussing free will with God. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| Rhyming Christmas Gift | Author | Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. All characters are adults. (Except the elves.) Opportunity for a chorus as a choir of carol singers. | |
| Run time | Around 15 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | A simple verse play. Assumed to be done with minimal set - imagination substituting for scenery. Simple props. | |
| Synopsis | A liberal adaptation (updated and versified) of the O. Henry story 'The Gift of the Magi'. An arguing couple demonstrate their love through Christmas gifts. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| The Atheist Missionaries | Author | Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. | |
| Run time | Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Short play with a Christian perspective. Single set (informal party) | |
| Synopsis | A party is no place for Religion or Politics, but Brian is a recent convert to Christianity. Will his friends resist the urge to un-convert him? | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| The Bully in the Graveyard | Author | Sarah Cowan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Cast of school children plus a ghost - who might be an adult or a large child (assuming that you don't have a real ghost to hand). | |
| Run time | Around 25 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | Suggestions for seven pieces of backing music are included in the Producer's Copy of the scripts. (The cast is not required to sing, but might do so! One dance is suggested.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. | |
| Style | School play about bullying. A serious theme, but lots of comedy, and strong characters. | |
| Synopsis | Billy and his friends are picked-on by Preson's gang. Their response is to demonstrate to the bullies what it is like to be frightened. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| The Football Manager | Author | Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Because the writer is English, the manager is the manager of a football (soccer!) team - but it could just as well be another team game. | |
| Run time | Around 4 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | An allegorical sketch about Advent! (Minimal staging requirements) | |
| Synopsis | A football manager has a novel approach to the game. A play with an Advent theme. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| The Gossip | Author | Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The characters are adults, intended to be played by children. (Two of the female characters could be switched to male by changing two words.) | |
| Run time | Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Simple play in rhyming couplets. No specific set requirements. One prop (a wedding cake!) | |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Grey tries to stop a rumour spreading by telling everyone that it isn't true. The result is that the rumour spreads rapidly, and her daughter's wedding is ruined. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| The Match Girl Controversy | Author | Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. | |
| Run time | Around 6 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | An allegorical sketch about Advent! (Minimal staging requirements) | |
| Synopsis | Discussions about the new 'Seasonal School presentation' get heated. An Advent-themed play. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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| The Pilgrim's Progress | Author | Christopher Morgan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 54. No chorus. Whilst there are fifty-four named roles, with a minimum of around ten, the author believes the optimal cast to be around twenty-two. | |
| Run time | Around 75 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.] | |
| Music | None. | |
| Style | Allegorical play, with minimal set requirements and reasonably simple props. | |
| Synopsis | A stage adaptation of John Bunyan's allegorical story ('The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come', written in 1678) - the journey of Christian, a pilgrim, through the trials of Earth to the destination of Heaven. | |
| Price | Please click on the Price link to find the cost. | |
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