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Adolf's Girls by Frank Gibbons Short-listed in the Drama Association of Wales one-act playwriting competition 2010 |
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| 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 55 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. |
| 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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Just Like Us by Bill Tordoff |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. The characters are children plus two teachers (who could be offstage voices) and a voice on the radio |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Large cast play about children in World War 2 (covering areas of the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 topic on WW2). Simple sets, simple props. Includes robust language which some may find inappropriate. |
| Synopsis | Conflict between a group of London evacuees and the children whose school they join. |
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Mrs Clutterbook's War by Julie Cordingley |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children (all intended to be played by children). |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Simple musical suggestions included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Designed as a full-class production for junior schools following the (English) National Curriculum key stage 2 history topic on World War 2. Simple sets, parallel stories running in the Second World War and the present day. |
| Synopsis | A story to immerse children in some of the real issues confronting their wartime peers, including evacuation, rationing family members in the armed services and unexploded munitions. |
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Secret Agent Scout by David Pemberton |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Educational and entertaining play for kids, set in WW2. Very much in the style of the era - a sort of 'boys own' yarn. Contains two mild swearwords. |
| Synopsis | Like many boys during World War Two, Peter Smith is eager to do his part, and he loves the radio adventures of 'Secret Agent Scout' who helps keep Britain safe from invasion. Little does Peter know that the radio show is based on his own adventures and attitude - and he gets to meet someone very important. |
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A Train Ride Away by Frank Gibbons Performance by Aiken High won The Garcia Theater Project, North Augusta 2010. |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. Characters are mainly adults with one young child. Could all be played by children. The chorus is optional, but there are several scenes where crowds would create atmosphere. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play. Intended to have figurative sets (possibly just lighting transitions), rather than realistic depictions of the locations. Props could be real or indicated by mime. Includes mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | The story of a family of Hungarian Jews being transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944. |
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Westerfield at War by Marcus Grollman |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children, intended to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A serious school play - but with a good deal of humour - set in World War 2. Mixture of full-stage sets and front-of-curtain scenes (allowing for set changes). |
| Synopsis | A series of modern-day reminiscences of the Second World War, played out through scenes of school, village and military life in war-time. |
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What Did You Do In The War? by Richard Morris |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Children play a mixture of adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Production notes list recommended period songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Acted reminiscences of World War 2 (covering areas of the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 topic on WW2). |
| Synopsis | An old lady reminisces with a group of kids about England during World War two. The children become characters from that era and act out some of the scenes. Covers air raids, evacuation, military life, the evacuation of Dunkirque and Battle of Britain. |
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