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Agamemnon & Clytemnestra: Special Victims Unit by Dick Caram	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 38. Chorus. Whilst there are nominally twelve jurors - forming a Greek Chorus - the numbers could be judiciously pruned! Other doubling is possible, particularly between the casts of the first and second acts (the police investigation and the courtroom). Run Time Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Greek tragedy for middle-graders in the style of TV crime drama! Structured in two acts, but of one-act length. Simple sets. Synopsis The murder of Agamemnon and Cassandra, presented as an episode of the popular tv show, Law and Order. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Ancient Greek Assembly by Sue Russell	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. 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. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
A Brief History Of The Ancient Olympic Games by Nicholas Richards	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male (it was a requirement for the athletes!) but don't let that stop you from casting it how you like. Run Time Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style One-act play for kids. An educational piece sprinkled with a good deal of light comedy. Synopsis An inspirational dramatic presentation using the creation of the original Olympic Games as a vehicle for bringing history and mythology to life. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
A Briefer History Of The Ancient Olympic Games by Nicholas Richards	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Two narrating roles, four other speaking roles, one wailing role and various silent demonstrators of athletic prowess. (The strong silent types are written male, but nobody will mind if they aren't.) Run Time Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Fifteen minute play for kids. An educational piece sprinkled with a good deal of light comedy. (As you might deduce from the title, this is a cut-down version of 'A Brief History of the Ancient Olympic Games'. Synopsis A short inspirational dramatic presentation using the creation of the original Olympic Games as a vehicle for bringing history and mythology to life. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Cleopatra and the Roman Way by Geoff Bamber	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. No formal chorus, but opportunities for extras. Run Time Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Comedy play for kids. A solid grounding in ancient history, but it's comedy, so there are plenty of anachronisms. Synopsis When the glamorous Queen Cleopatra takes over the throne of Egypt along with her brother Ptolemy XIII it coincides with the expansion of the Roman Republic (soon to be Empire) in her direction. Cleopatra does not find the advances of a succession of stylish Romans entirely unwelcome, even if her brother has to be disposed of in the process. Unfortunately, Roman politics being what they are, none of her suitors can be viewed as having any long-term prospects. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Echo and Narcissus by Gerald P. Murphy	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. Run Time Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] Music Simple piano/vocal scores for four original songs are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. Style A fifteen-minute musical based on Ancient Greek myth. Synopsis Hera, the queen of the gods, is furious when she discovers that her husband Zeus has been unfaithful, and she takes it out on the object of his affections, the articulate Echo. Echo falls for the handsome Narcissus, but she cannot make him understand because of Hera's curse, which confines Echo to repeating the words of others, and meanwhile Narcissus is in love with his own reflection. (Not a happy lot, the Ancient Greeks!) Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
The Golden Touch - And Other Tales by Nicholas Richards	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 54. Chorus. Apart from the Narrators there are 52 separate parts (25M, 26F), but more usefully there are 34 major parts (19M, 15F) Run Time Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style A collection of dramatized Greek myths told in a light hearted and highly accessible form, bringing the tales to life. Synopsis The stories of Phaethon, King Midas (he of the golden touch, but also the ass's ears), the origins of winter, Echo and Narcissus, Erysichthon, Minerva and Arachne and finally Pygmalion and the Statue. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost.
Greece! - The Musical by Sue Gordon	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. This could be performed in Ancient Greek style, with three actors playing all the principal parts, or the principal roles could be shared amongst a larger company. The Greek chorus comments on the action, individually, in unison (chant) or in song. Run Time Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Music Sheet music for six original songs supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. Style Modern version of Ancient Greek drama with a humorous interpretation of Greek myths and legends. No set requirements, few props. The text is identical to Greece! - The Play, except that some of the chants are replaced by songs. Synopsis There's trouble on Mount Olympus - the boiler has stopped working and Zeus isn't getting any hot water. Zeus is in a temper and Dionysus has a hangover. It's up to Hera to sort things out by calling for Heracles, the odd job man of Ancient Greece... Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. 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 Feedback Click here to find out what other customers said about this script.
Greece! - the Play by Sue Gordon	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. This could be performed in an Ancient Greek style, with three actors playing all the principal parts, or the principal roles could be shared out amongst a larger company. The Greek chorus comments on the action, individually or in unison. Run Time Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] Music None. Style Modern version of Ancient Greek drama with a humorous interpretation of Greek myths and legends. No set requirements, few props. The text is identical to Greece! - The Musical, except that some of the chants are replaced by songs. Synopsis There's trouble on Mount Olympus - the boiler has stopped working and Zeus isn't getting any hot water. Zeus is in a temper and Dionysus has a hangover. It's up to Hera to sort things out by calling for Heracles, the odd job man of Ancient Greece... Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. Feedback Click here to find out what other customers said about this script.
In the Lap of the Gods by Philip Bird (music Isabelle Michalakis)	Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. The characters are a class of schoolchildren, divided into four groups. Each group acts out Greek myths. Whilst some of the characters in the myths have a specific gender, this need not be the gender of the actor. Run Time Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Music The Producer's Copy of the script comes with scores for three original songs. Further dances can be added at the discretion of the production. Style One-act musical play for a full class of children, providing roles for all and an introduction to several Greek myths. Synopsis A group of children are shipwrecked on an island, and all they can find is a strange chest with a very odd collection of contents. The items inside help the children tell some old stories and keep up their spirits through the night until they are rescued the next day. Price Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. Extras 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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