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The Adventures of Mother Goose
by
William Arnold Ashbrook |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. A pantomime, with a principal boy, a dame and a goose. (Make your own mind up as to the gender of who plays what!) |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for 16 original songs (including reprises) are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical English pantomime, offering an original interpretation of the tale of the goose who lays the golden eggs. |
| Synopsis | Mother Goose is threatened with eviction by the evil Chancellor, Sir Jasper Skiddleflint. Her wandering son returns and joins with an inventor who make their goose grow into an enormous creature that lays golden eggs. Sir Jasper tries to kidnap the goose, but gets a decoy, who scuppers his plans. |
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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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The Complete Short Pants
by
Richard Coleman |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 80. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of seven short rhyming pantomime scripts (ten to 15 minutes each) |
| Synopsis | The tales of Cinderella, A Christmas Carol, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk, Whittington and his Crazy Cat, Ali Baba and Mother Goose told in rhyme. |
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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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Mixed-Up Mother Goose
by
Karen Doling |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. The chorus appears mainly for the opening and closing songs. (The director could choose to make greater use of the chorus with additional songs and dances or to dispense with it altogether.) Otherwise, the usual pantomime juxtapositions, plus a cat! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for five songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime for a small(ish) cast. A gentle, modern interpretation of a traditional story. |
| Synopsis | The tale of Mother Goose, swindled out of her golden egg-laying goose by her own desire for youth, but aided this time by Dick Whittington, on his way to London. |
| 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:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Mother Goose
by
Bob Heather & Roger Lamb
** WINNER ** Best Pantomime - Southern Echo Curtain Call Awards 2006 |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. One of the characters is a goose! |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics for one song included in the script, all other songs at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Traditional pantomime characters - dame, village idiot, goodies and baddies, magic, slapstick and comedy.
Published in 2005, this revised version published 2011. |
| Synopsis | Mother Goose and her family become very rich, thanks to Candy the magic goose, but Mother Goose is old and ugly, and would give anything to become young and beautiful again. Vanity, the bad fairy, makes a pact with her to turn her ugliness into beauty in exchange for the magic goose. Mother Goose's silly son Billy, with the help of his sister Jill, her fiancée Jack, and Virtue, the fairy Queen, set out to get Candy back and put things right. All ends happily ever after in the best pantomime tradition. |
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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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Mother Goose [Short Version]
by
Geoff Bamber |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Lots of flexibility in the numbers and the gender distribution! |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short English pantomime for kids - strong characters, comedy, simple sets and props. |
| Synopsis | Poor Mrs Elsie Goose is an all-round good sort, kind and generous to all even though she is as poor as a church mouse. Unfortunately pure goodness of spirit cannot pay Squire Tightfist's rent and so eviction stares her in the face. Help is at hand in the form of the Good Fairy who recognises Mrs Goose's selfless qualities and rewards her with the gift of Priscilla, a goose who lays golden eggs. To all intents and purposes Mrs Goose is now happy. Not so, says the Demon King, long-time adversary of the Good Fairy. He intends to show that nobody is ever really content with their lot. They always want more. Will he be proved right? |
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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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Mother Goose [Version 2]
by
TLC Creative |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Nine principals, plus cameos from amongst the chorus roles. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains lyrics for 9 songs which fit to well-know tunes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime |
| Synopsis | A challenge between the Demon King Mephisto and Fairy Goosedown embroils Dame Mother Goose and her family in a tale of golden eggs and a search for true beauty! A host of larger than life characters, plenty for the chorus and our usual mix of silliness, songs and slapstick! |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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Rhyming Mother Goose
by
Richard Coleman |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Mother Goose (the British pantomime version, more-or-less) told in rhyme by a narrator and small cast. Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | As a favour from a fairy, Mother Goose acquires a bird that lays golden eggs. Unfortunately, it's a second hand goose, and its previous owner wants it back... |
| 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:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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