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ABC December by Sherrill S. Cannon & Kerry E. Gallagher |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. Chorus. There are no specific characters. The lines are intended to be recited by one or more children. The lines could be spoken by individuals or an ensemble. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for ten songs to accompany the piece. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Performance piece for a nursery school / kindergarten class. |
Synopsis | A rhyming review of December festivals (with a North American bias - it covers Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other American celebrations, with a nod to their antecedents in other countries). |
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The ABC Of Christmas by Andrew Yates |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. Roles interchangable for girls and boys. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy contains suggestions for seven songs, including sheet music and lyrics for one original piece. |
Style | A Christmas play for primary schools |
Synopsis | The letters of the word Christmas are spelled out and depicted, in words and music, by various characters from both modern and holy yuletides. The light-hearted seasonal sketches, songs and poems can accommodate all year groups. |
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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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Adolf's Girls by Frank Gibbons Young Portonians TC production won the East Stirlingshire Trophy at the SCDA Falkirk District Festival, 2016 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Has good scope to be performed by youth theatre groups, with some parts that could be played by either youth or adults. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play set in Germany during World War 2. Multiple locations, but intended to be indicated by lighting changes, so does not require major sets. Originally published in 2010, revised edition published 2014 |
Synopsis | In the midst of the German war effort, the young girls of a BDM group (the female equivalent of the Hitler Youth) are oblivious to the horrors of the European fronts. That is, until circumstances - and a Gestapo officer - threaten to change their lives for the worse. |
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Awards | Click here to see the awards won by (productions of) this script. |
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The Alphabet Trip by Sherrill S. Cannon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Any number of children at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] Dependent on songs used. |
Music | Nine song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A rhyming script with songs, for young children. |
Synopsis | Every letter of the alphabet is covered and songs illustrate particular ones along the way. |
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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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Anglo-Saxon Assembly by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 96. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full class assembly piece - essentially a series of linked, themed, skits, summarising Anglo-Saxon civilisation and myth! Aimed at the English National Curriculum Key Stage 1/2 topic 6B on settlers in Britain. |
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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Apparently Not by 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. [Estimated!] |
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. |
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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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Australian Assembly by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Whilst some of the roles are gender-specific, they don't really need to be played to type. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs to accompany the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Light-hearted educational piece for kids. |
Synopsis | A short play giving a lot of information about the land down under: some history, some wildlife, some music and some facts and figures to round it all out. |
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