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The scripts are divided into the following categories: Musicals and Musical Plays with a Full Score, Musicals and Musical Plays with Partial Scores, Family shows (alternative to panto) with a Full Musical Score, Pantomimes with a Full Musical Score, Pantomime Scripts with a Partial Musical Score (and opportunities for other songs). If you have particular requirements, and don't want to scan through the list below, then you can search for plays with musical content with our script search engine . (The search engine will also find plays and pantomimes which have opportunities for songs, but for which Lazy Bee Scripts does not provide sheet music.)

Musicals and Musical Plays with sheet music for all songs - from Lazy Bee Scripts
A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen (Musical)AuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 40. No chorus. Lots of speaking parts, but few characters per scene so easy to structure small rehearsals. Whilst it does not require a chorus, there is scope for extra characters in a few of the scenes. Some of the characters sing!
Run time Around 90 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for 7 original songs and 3 pieces of incidental music is provided with the producer's copy of the script.
Style Comic retelling of fairytales as a musical play. Many scenes, but using the same few pieces of 'set furniture'. Simple props.
Synopsis Hans Christian Andersen gets an unexpected visit from the Brothers Grimm - who seem to be upset over the matter of stealing story lines. A competition ensues, with characters from Andersen and Grimm stories taking the stage - often in unexpected ways.
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
A Letter to SantaAuthorSue 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.
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
A Load of Rubbish - MusicalAuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. The characters described as 'a few small pieces of fruit and veg' play a chorus role. Their numbers are very flexible. The characters are inanimate objects, so gender is flexible!
Run time Around 60 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Piano and vocal scores for eight original songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script.
Style One-act large-cast musical (probably a whole school class) for kids. A comedy with a strong ecological message. Little in the way of set or props - mostly characters instead of props! (The Producer's copy of the script includes costume suggestions!)
Synopsis Life on an overspill rubbish dump takes a philosophical turn, with items of garbage asking 'why are we here?' - and making a song and dance about it!
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
A Load of Rubbish - Small Cast MusicalAuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The script is structured so that the five characters can be played by two actors. The characters are inanimate objects, so gender is flexible, though the script assumes, for some reason, that the beer can is male and the perfume box is female!
Run time Around 60 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Piano and vocal scores for eight original songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script.
Style One-act musical for a small cast (designed to be played by an adult touring company to school audiences)
Synopsis Life on an overspill rubbish dump takes a philosophical turn, with items of garbage asking 'why are we here?' - and making a song and dance about it!
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
A New YouAuthorWesley A. Knoch
Roles Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus.
Run time Around 50 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Piano and Vocal sheet music for nine original songs is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script
Style One act musical comedy play - set in the studio of a TV make-over show complete with cheesy presenters and sponsorship jingles.
Synopsis A Nasally over-blessed heroine (Miss Nodda Tragtiff) takes part in a reality Makeover show, only to find that the New You promised has caused her to lose her old friends and only gained her fleeting popularity with new people. She comes to understand that real beauty comes from within, and true friends aren't swayed by appearance.
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
A Savoy Christmas CarolAuthorNigel Holloway
Roles Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. The main characters are adults, with a smattering of children.
Run time Around 120 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music A Piano and Vocal score for all the 27 songs (with 22 orchestral pieces scored for multiple instruments) is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. The scores have deliberately kept away from extremes of vocal range.
Style Operetta, setting the Charles Dickens story to the music of Arthur Sullivan.
Synopsis A traditional re-telling of Dickens' classic story of the redemption of a miser, using pieces from many of Gilbert and Sullivan's musicals with original lyrics.
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** Additional copy of the Piano and Vocal Score for 'A Savoy Christmas Carol' in an A4 ring binder. Scores for 29 songs and 22 (orchestrated) instrumentals. (This is the same as the copy provided with the Producer's Copy of the script.)
Anna of NazarethAuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus.
Run time Around 50 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Piano and vocal score for 16 songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script.
Style One-act musical for performance by teenagers, young adults or a mixture of adults and teenagers. No specific set requirements.
Synopsis Christmas musical telling the story of Mary from her betrothal to Joseph up to the birth of Jesus (roughly Matthew 1, 18-25, Luke 1, 26-38 and Luke 2, 1-7). Told from the point of view of a teenage girl, Anna, a jealous friend of Mary. It brings out the difficulty of Mary’s situation within her community, but the resolution is joyous and uplifting.
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
Between the Lines

Winner of the VIP Arts Playwriting Competition, One-Act Musical Category, 2004

AuthorErica Glenn
Roles Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Characters include a (fairytale) wolf! The chorus (children) is optional.
Run time Around 50 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Musical scores for 13 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script.
Style One-act comedy musical for kids. Minimal set requirements, simple props.
Synopsis It's time for a bedtime story, but things are not as we've come to expect them... The big, bad wolf is afraid of small children and princesses take to fighting dragons to rescue sleeping princes.
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
Big ShotAuthorJonny Ardern
Roles Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. All characters are adults, but could be played by teenagers. Characters are Americans (of various regions), one Englishman and one Mexican-American.
Run time Around 100 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Piano & Vocal score (17 songs, 4 instrumentals) provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. Score for Musical Director and band (piano, guitar, bass, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax) available as optional extra.
Style Musical set in and around a casino. Songs in various styles including swing, ragtime, tango and jazz-funk.
Synopsis Gambler Ryan Thomas brings his naieve English friend Jack to a casino. Whilst discovering the perils of the Blackjack table, Jack falls for Alice, the pianist with the house band. Unfortunately, Alice is already spoken for by Louis Diaz, known as Mr. Big Shot for his reputation as a lucky gambler. Luck which Jack decides to test - with unforseen consequences, for this is the 1950s and Las Vegas gambling is dominated by the mob...
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** Musical Director's Score for Big Shot (showing all vocal and instrumental lines) plus separate band parts for guitar, bass, tenor sax and alto sax. (Download as .pdf file.)
** A CD of backing tracks for all 17 songs from the musical 'Big Shot'.
BulliesAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children. (Could all be played by children.)
Run time Around 30 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Scores for eight songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script
Style One-act musical play for performance by children or a mixture of adults and children. Very simple set and no specific requirements for props.
Synopsis A review and also a revue! A series of linked musical sketches presenting an investigation of issues surrounding bullying at school, covering reasons for bullying and approaches to dealing with it.
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Caught By ChristmasAuthorSharlee Glenn with songs by Erica Glenn
Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Whilst the children are named as boys and girls, this is flexible! Both classes can be expanded by the chorus.
Run time Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music (for three original songs) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style Short one-act (secular) Christmas musical for kids. School set (two classrooms) but minimal set requirements and simple props.
Synopsis Mr Grump teaches class 4b and is ignoring the approach of Christmas, as usual. Miss Jingle and the jollier kids of 4a are celebrating, and they decide to take their party next door, with interesting consequences.
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
Dracula - A Pain in the NeckAuthorDaniel Krueger & Elwood Johnson
Roles Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus.
Run time Around 120 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for 18 original songs plus incidental music is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style Musical Gothic horror Melodrama!
Synopsis A faithful translation of Bram Stoker's vampire classic to the musical stage, rendered in a melodramatic style!
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Drama Club Must Die!AuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 35. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children, but all could be played by children.
Run time Around 70 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Complete set of original lyrics and musical arrangements based on traditional tunes supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style Musical play set in an American High School (but could be played by younger children). Simple sets.
Synopsis The High School budget needs to be cut. The drama club is under threat from the unsympathetic principal. Can the Drama Club save themselves by creating a production of The Wizard of Oz from scratch?
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Echo and NarcissusAuthorGerald P. Murphy
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. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
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!)
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Greece! - The MusicalAuthorSue Gordon
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. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
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...
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Hamelin Rats - The MusicalAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Flexibility for choruses of children, rats and cats.
Run time Around 25 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for six original songs (plus the piper's tune) supplied with the Producer's copy of the script.
Style Short one-act musical for kids. The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin told as a simple verse play with six songs. Minimal set requirements.
Synopsis Rats are taking over the rich town of Hamelin, so when an eccentrically dressed stranger offers to drive them away, the Mayor offers to heap him with gold. However, when the rats have disappeared, so has the Mayor's promise, till the stranger reminds the town of his musical prowess.
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Hats Off! - The MusicalAuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. A nucleus of seven actors, backed by a chorus (with no size limitations) singing the songs.
Run time Around 60 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for seven songs (original lyrics to Victorian period music) is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script.
Style Musical for children (could also be staged by adults for kids). Whilst by length we would class this as a one-act play, it is split into two acts and an interval is advised so that the single set can be redressed to mark the passage of time!
Synopsis Mrs. Green is the real driving force behind 'Barker's Bonnets' a milliner's shop in Victorian England. However, she faces unemployment when Mr. Barker sells up to emigrate. A secret scheme is hatched to allow her to continue - and to thrive in the modern world of the 1870s. (The script tells an engaging story whilst exploring the novelties, inventions and social nuances of the Victorian world. This would fit well with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 History Topic, 'The Victorians'.)
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
Jungle RockAuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. A cast of lots of animals, five narrators and three lumberjacks! Whilst some of the characters are nominally male or female (for example, the narrators are referred to as 'she'), gender is not integral to the plot.
Run time Around 45 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Scores for six original songs are supplied with the producer's copy of the script.
Style Simple musical for children with little required by way of set or props.
Synopsis The lions, rhinos and monkeys inhabit different parts of the jungle, which is fine because they can't agree on anything. Fine, that is, until the lumberjacks arrive and the jungle starts to get smaller. Can a strange hybrid animal called Eddie save them from themselves.
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
Kaa!AuthorBill Tordoff
Roles Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Very flexible cast numbers - roles can be spread amongst a larger cast or reduced.
Run time Around 60 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for six original songs plus one reprise is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style One-act musical play for kids, with a strong ecological theme.
Synopsis Gasco has a tip off that oil is to be found on a remote Pacific island but the residents of the island, a tribe of children who remain young because of oil collected from a precious orchid, try to stop them. Gasco tempts the children with junk food and drink. Although the children are initially swayed, they return to their home in the nick of time, preventing Gasco from destroying their paradise.
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Little BigfootAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children, assumed to be played by children.
Run time Around 60 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Complete set of original sheet music and lyrics supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style Two-act musical play set in an American summer camp (simple outdoor sets).
Synopsis Camp Log-off is a summer camp for kids who need to be weaned off their computer habit. The camps owners are bankrupt and looking for ways of supplementing their income - what could be better than the reward for capturing a Bigfoot, which is rumoured to be in their area?
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
McRumpelstiltskinAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus.
Run time Around 40 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for six simple songs (plus two reprises) is included with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style One-act musical play for kids. (A novel retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale.)
Synopsis Wicked Queen Mab has run out of money to fight her wars. Her soldiers have captured a leprechaun, but he refuses to use his magic to aid the queen. Along comes the Miller, who boasts that his daughter Nicole is so clever that she can weave straw into gold. Unfortunately this boast is overheard by the queen, who puts Nicole to work, threatening to execute her if she fails! Leprechaun to the rescue!
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Minny Pinny Makes a DifferenceAuthorStuart 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?
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Olivia TwistAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and teenagers, intended to be played by teens. The script does not specify a chorus, but extra chorus roles could be added.
Run time Around 75 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for 8 original songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script.
Style Musical play with a horror element ('Oliver Twist' crossed with 'A Portrait of Dorian Grey' on a dark night in Salem.) Simple sets, few props.
Synopsis When Olivia Twist is rescued from the streets, she thinks she has met with a philanthropist, however her benefactor turns out to be a lot more sinister...
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
Princess on the RocksAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus.
Run time Around 30 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Scores for 5 songs (plus reprises), using old familiar tunes, are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script
Style Simple musical for children. Very simple sets, few props.
Synopsis Princess Vivian doesn't want to marry the prince from the neighbouring kingdom and is packed off in a box by her wicked stepmother. Meanwhile, the prince is forced to choose a bride by the unusual method of a sleeping contest!
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Rapunzel [Short Version]AuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus.
Run time Around 40 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Scores for eight original songs (with keyboard accompaniment, set in easy keys!) provided with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style One act musical comedy play with a Grimm spirit! Simple sets (a window frame stands in for Rapunzel's tower), simple props.
Synopsis Rapunzel, abandoned by her careless and greedy parents and raised by an enchantress, is locked in a tower until she is saved by a prince's true love.
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
Robby NuddAuthorBill Tordoff
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. All the characters are adults, assumed to be played by children or a mixture of adults and children (with particularly the role of Sheriff and Friar open to adults).
Run time Around 45 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music (Lyrics and music by Chris Donovan, additional music by Adrian Watts) for 7 songs plus two reprises is included with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style A sideways look at the Robin Hood legend!
Synopsis Robby Nudd has become an outlaw because he's too small to join the police! Robby and his band of outlaws haven't robbed anyone in a long time and the women they have brought to the forest are sick of being cooks. The girls rebel and leave the forest. The men go to Nottingham Fair to try and win the archery contest, win the bag of gold and buy the girls some proper ingredients to cook with. The resulting clash with the Sheriff has an unexpected resolution.
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
Romeo Loves JulietAuthorGerald P. Murphy, arr. Bob Marshall
Roles Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus.
Run time Around 75 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Complete piano and vocal score for 25 original songs (including reprises and instrumentals) supplied with the Producer's Copy of the Script.
Style Gerry Murphy has fun with Shakespeare, retelling Romeo and Juliet in modern America, and mixing bits of Shakespeare's text with modern idiom. Aimed at high-school students.
Synopsis The time is now and in Pub Verona the Montagues and Capulets are still feuding, only now it's an argument over who wrote the Complete Works of Shakespeare. There's trouble when Romeo and Juliet fall in love, and trouble of a different kind involving explosives and a pick-up truck.
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
Samson - The MusicalAuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Whilst the script doesn't specify a chorus, there are groups of Israelites and Philistines and Delilah's friends whose numbers could be expanded.
Run time Around 60 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Scores for 8 original songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script
Style Humorous musical version of the story of Samson and Delilah. Simple sets, basic props (give or take the lion!). There is also a version of this script as a play. (The same script, without the songs.)
Synopsis See the book of Judges, chapters 13 to 16 (give or take the bit where Delilah catches Samson with a jam jar, and with a cha-cha-cha for hairdressers).
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
Shut the DoorAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run time Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Scores for four songs are supplied with the producer's copy of the script.
Style Musical skit in one act. Single interior set. Simple props.
Synopsis A couple take such stubborn positions in an argument that they would rather be robbed than give in!
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Soft SoapAuthorBill Tordoff
Roles Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. Whilst the play is written with 28 speaking parts and no chorus, some of the parts could be combined or redistributed, so other casting regimes would be possible.
Run time Around 50 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music (by Adrian Watts) for two original songs (one of which is reprised) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style One-act musical play for kids. Minimal set requirements.
Synopsis Life is hard for the Viking women of Olaf's raiders, until Soapy comes to their village with his bright ideas and miracle soap powder. He makes great changes, but it's too late before they think to wonder what's in it for him...
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Squirrel Plays His PartAuthorStuart 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!
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** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
The Bullies at Sam's CaféAuthorStuart 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?
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** Midi files of songs from the show
The Horrible Hot Air HomicideAuthorRay Lawrence
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Melodrama stereotypes - the wicked squire, the poor-but-hones heroine, etc.
Run time Around 30 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music One song (to a G&S tune). Sheet music for the song is supplied with the producer's copy of the script.
Style Melodrama set in Victorian times, but written in the 21st century - so something of a send-up of the format.
Synopsis 'The Horrible Hot Air Homicide' - or 'Fanny's Free For All' sees the wicked squire in pursuit of the poor heroine, Fanny. However, in fear that his past misdeeds will be exposed, the squire frames his rival for murder, then furnishes a fiendish fate for Fanny.
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The Little Red HenAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. A narrator, a bunch of barnyard fowl and a fox! Whilst there isn't a chorus specified, it would be easy to increase the flock!
Run time Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Producer's copy of the script includes piano/vocal scores for seven simple songs (including reprises).
Style A simple musical for young children, based on a familiar story!
Synopsis It's pizza time in the barnyard, and as usual Peggy Pullet is doing all the work. The rest of the fowl are happy to let her - until they get a harsh lesson in the shape of a wily fox.
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The Musical Scottish PlayAuthorBill Siviter with Lea Anderson
Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus.
Run time Around 35 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for six original songs (Music by Lea Anderson, Lyrics by Bill Siviter) supplied with the Producer's copy of the script.
Style Irreverent play in verse and song, told by the protagonists and by narrators with the action mimed. A good introduction to Shakespeare's story! (The specified run-time is the minimum - banquets, battles and bopping will add to the run time!)
Synopsis The Musical Scottish Play - or 'Kids in Kilts' The complete story of Shakespeare's Macbeth (witches, murder, walking trees, revenge - that sort of thing) told as in verse and songs as a play for kids. [Note that there is also a version of this play without the songs, called The Scottish Play. It is identical except that the songs have been omitted.]
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
The Wild Wolves of WyomingAuthorGerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The characters are pigs and wolves! Additional wolf pups could be added to fit the available numbers.
Run time Around 25 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for overture and five songs (using traditional tunes) is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script.
Style Musical for performance by a small cast of children. A cartoon brought to life! Minimal set requirements. Basic props.
Synopsis It's the time-honoured battle between a wolf and three little pigs, only this time the pigs have the upper hand and the wolf is being oppressed - and boy does his family resent it!
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ThespsAuthorNigel Holloway
Roles Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Nucleus of 10 principals plus company of singers.
Run time Around 130 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Piano and vocal scores for the 13 Gilbert and Sullivan songs used in the script are supplied with the Producer's Copy.
Style Full-length comedy play, using the music of Gilbert and Sullivan. The settings are a drama group's rehearsal room and the stage.
Synopsis The thespians of The Off The Wall Theatre Company are trying to stage Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinnafore. The chairman has hired-in Caroline, a professional director, to help them. Unfortunately, Barney, one of the company, has had a steamy affair with the director in the past. Barney wants to escape, whilst Caroline wants to resume where they left off. Of course, the rest of the company step in to help Barney out of his hole - unfortunately, their idea of help seems to involve even more digging!
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** Midi files of songs from the show
Tom and HuckAuthorSteven Bergman
Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The characters are a mix of children and adults. The adult roles could be played by children or adults.
Run time Around 65 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music The Producer's Copy of the script comes with a piano & vocal score for all the songs plus two (instrumental) chases.
Style Musical for kids based on the classic story 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain, set around the Mississippi river in the late 19th century.
Synopsis Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn get themselves and their friends into various scrapes, but ultimately emerge as heroes.
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Witch HuntAuthorStuart Ardern
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. All the characters are adults, but the play is intended for teenagers.
Run time Around 40 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for one original song supplied with the producer's copy of the script.
Style One act play with very basic props and no requirement for scenery. Lots of work for the chorus.
Synopsis When an old woman moves into a cottage, she is initially greeted with hostility, however her knowledge of basic medicine gains her the respect of the local community. Trouble starts when there is famine and sickness, and the old woman is accused of witchcraft.
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Yo Ho Ho! (A Pirate Christmas)AuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. None of the characters are gender-specific!
Run time Around 30 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music
Style One Act musical (secular) Christmas play for kids.
Synopsis The captain has banned his pirates from celebrating Christmas. Can they win the captain over?
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
Musicals and Musical Plays with sheet music for some songs - from Lazy Bee Scripts
Acting FunnyAuthorJack Burgess
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 52. Chorus. Three of the characters (two in one sketch, one in another) are intended to be played by children.
Run time Around 90 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Piano and vocal scores for the opening and closing songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. (Original lyrics, music by Sir Arthur Sullivan)
Style A revue - a set of 17 comedy sketches and songs, varying in length from one to ten minutes. Basically a family show, but includes mild swearing in a few of the sketches.
Synopsis A collection of sketches, including opening and closing songs,five Great Moments from History, two French Lessons, three monologues, a very small circus, the ante-rooms to the after-life, a spoof of a medical soap opera, a martial arts demonstration and the Dead Carrot sketch. [Note that some of the longer sketches are also available individually.]
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Moving With The TimesAuthorJennifer Garthwright
Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. If all the scripted Music Hall Turns are performed by separate groups, then at least 38 actors would be required. The characters are mainly adults (with two roles for children in the Music Hall Turns), but the show could be performed by children.
Run time Around 105 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for one song (suggested for one of the Music Hall Turns) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style Large cast family comedy play, set backstage in a 1900 Music Hall, alternating with the Turns on the Music Hall stage. The script includes seven optional Turns, including a short one-act Melodrama. (Other Turns can be substituted by the producer.)
Synopsis Back stage at Mr. Harding's Music Hall all is in turmoil - ticket receipts are down as the company is threatened by the popularity of the Moving Picture House next door, Madam Harding, the star of the show, has lost her nerve, someone has blocked the chimney, causing the wings to fill with smoke, and the lowly stage hand is definitely not what he seems to be. Even so, the show must go on, and the back stage drama alternates with the Music Hall turns on the stage.
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RapunzelAuthorPhilippa Smith
Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus.
Run time Around 120 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for four songs is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. Other songs and dances may be added at the discretion of the Producer.
Style Full-cast family show (an alternative to British Pantomime).
Synopsis The classic tale of the long-haired lass retold with additional ghosts, dogs, magical folk and hobgoblins!
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The Spirit of ChristmasAuthorAnnette Cameron
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. The numbers are very flexible, with generic roles (Elves, Bears, Soldiers, Dolls, Farm Animals) which can be spread thinly or doubled with ease.