New Plays from Lazy Bee Scripts

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The Adventures of Mother Goose Published 16 May 2008	Author	William Arnold Ashbrook
	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. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	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.
	Price	Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
	Plus	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

Captive Audience Published 10 May 2008	Author	Jenny Gilbert
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus.
	Run time	Around 50 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	One-act comedy play with a serious - even sinister - twist. Single simple set (give or take the table anchored to the floor). Includes mild swearing.
	Synopsis	Tom's on a short residential course as part of his Open University studies, and he's in a spot of bother, having been handcuffed to a table by a passing drunk. Other people on other courses gather around to help Tom in his hour of need, until Dave arrives to spill Tom's dark secret.
	Price	Please click on the Price link to find the cost.

The Little Watch Girl Published 9 May 2008	Author	George D. Lee
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children which could be played that way or could all be played by children.
	Run time	Around 35 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	One-act play based on Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl. Single set. Props include a rather under-cooked roast goose.
	Synopsis	A familiar Christmas story is given a major twist when a starving, freezing girl out on a snow Christmas Eve supplements her match selling income by stealing watches from passers by. She is visited by several visions to help her learn the true meaning of Christmas.
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Building Bridges Published 6 May 2008	Author	Colin Calvert
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One character (the dog walker) could be an offstage voice!
	Run time	Around 90 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	Full-length character comedy with an environmental theme. Single set - simple, give or take the boardwalk which is constructed on-stage during the show! Contains mild swearing.
	Synopsis	It's nerdy Clive's first time with The Ferrets - a group of environmental volunteers - and today they're building a boardwalk over some boggy ground. What will he make of officious Bob, strident Beryl and ASBO Mandy? And what's so special about Molly's culinary offerings?
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Tudors Rich and Poor - Mini-Plays Published 5 May 2008	Author	Sue Russell
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Five plays with six characters in each.
	Run time	Around 30 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	A set of five mini-plays (with run times around 6 minutes) for a school class studying The Tudors (English National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Unit 8, contrasting the lives of rich and poor). No set requirements. Producer's Copy includes a quiz.
	Synopsis	Five short plays looking at different aspects of life in the Tudor Age, covering the country, the city, life at court, fashion and the theatre.
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A Boy and A Snow Ball Published 4 May 2008	Author	Susan Vesey
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 34. Chorus. This is a pantomime. You can make your own mind up about which gender of actor plays which character!
	Run time	Around 90 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for songs (but not sheet music). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
	Style	British pantomime based on an original interpretation of the story of Snow White and the Seven something-or-other. Jokes, slapstick and mayhem!
	Synopsis	Many years ago tragedy struck the Kingdom of Snowdonia, leaving baby Princess Snow White an orphan. The beautiful but wicked Queen who took over as Regent now plans to trick Snow White into signing over her kingdom permanently when she marries Prince Kevin. There is only one problem: Snow White and Prince Kevin can't stand the sight of each other so the Queen comes up with another plan involving a poisoned apple.
	Price	Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
	Plus	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

Mark Twain and Livy Published 1 May 2008	Author	Joseph P. Ritz
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
	Run time	Around 110 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	Poignant full-length biographical play. Contains mild swearing (from an era when it was probably called 'cussing').
	Synopsis	An elderly Mark Twain escorts us through the early days of his marriage to Livy Langdon, from their first night in their new house, through to the day they left it with their first child. An emotional and insightful play about two strong-willed characters.
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Tudors Rich and Poor - Assembly Published 1 May 2008	Author	Sue Russell
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 78. No chorus. Very flexible cast size!
	Run time	Around 25 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	A list of musical suggestions is included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
	Style	One-act assembly piece for a large cast of children. No specific set required, but ideally lots of props representing historical artifacts!
	Synopsis	A romp through the world of the Tudors, meeting Shakespeare, royalty and commoners, talking about housing, entertainment, health and employment, amongst other things. Based on the English National Curriculum History Syllabus, Key Stages 1 & 2, Unit 8: 'What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor Times?'
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In The Rough Published 29 April 2008	Author	Richard James
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
	Run time	Around 40 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	One-act comedy play. Two simple sets, simple props.
	Synopsis	In Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, the women were trying to end the Peloponnesian War. In this case, it's their husbands' addiction to golf that's the problem, but the method employed is the same (give or take the barricading of public buildings)!
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White Lies Published 29 April 2008 Received the 'Best Comedy' and 'Best Unpublished Play' awards at the Maidenhead Drama Festival, 2006	Author	Richard James
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. If necessary, the Waitress could be cast as a waiter
	Run time	Around 50 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	One-act comedy. Single simple set (so easy to do as a competition piece). Simple props. Contains mild swearing.
	Synopsis	Four old University chums meet up again after thirty years for a meal and talk. Bea is concerned only with herself and her own success, and doesn't care about the casual way she has hurt or used the others in the past, and the other ladies decide it's time for payback. But their little revenge stunt goes a little further than they planned.
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Oh Pair! Published 27 April 2008	Author	Rob Ricards
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
	Run time	Around 90 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	Full-length comedy/farce. Single set, which, being a farce has a sofa, multiple doors and a set of French Windows. (The difference from every other stage set with French Windows is that this one is actually set in France!) Contains mild adult themes.
	Synopsis	Maddy and James are on holiday with their daughter and her baby. They've hired a French girl to act as an au pair during the holiday and return to England with them. At least, that's what they tried to do, but Dominique turns out to be Dominic, and he has a few other surprises in store for them...
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Reality? Published 26 April 2008	Author	Bob Tucker
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two adults and one teenager.
	Run time	Around 15 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	Startling fifteen minute play. Single set (just a couch), minimal props.
	Synopsis	What's going on? They appear to be a family, but they don't agree about who's who - or, indeed anything else! Parallel universes are colliding in one house, causing confusion about identity, location and time. (Okay, strictly, if they are parallel it should not be possible for them to collide, but the grammatical part of 'Multiverse' theory is not yet as advanced as the mathematics, so you'll just have to put up with an imprecise description!)
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Romantic Novelist Published 26 April 2008	Author	Graham Jones
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
	Run time	Around 25 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	Short one-act comedy play for three ladies. Single set (written as a domestic interior, but could be hinted-at, rather than fully realised). Simple props.
	Synopsis	Louella Packenham is struggling to finish her latest bodice-ripper with the help of her faithful assistant Miss Trent. But Louella's errant husband is clearly on her mind too, then her housekeeper Miss Fortune asks for help with her equally wayward brother. Can the straitlaced Miss Trent bring him back to the fold?
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X-Traordinary Factor Published 26 April 2008	Author	Gary Diamond
	Roles	Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Whilst PC Gorgonzola is written male, we believe that the character could easily be female (evening-up the numbers a little).
	Run time	Around 40 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
	Music	None.
	Style	One-act comedy play. Minimal set and simple props (so could easily serve as a very funny festival piece). Contains mild swearing.
	Synopsis	In an attempt to escape the law, two bungling would-be thieves crash the auditions for a reality TV talent show. Unfortunately for them, there's a policeman auditioning, as well as a couple of other surprises in store...
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Dracula - A Pain in the Neck Published 25 April 2008	Author	Daniel 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!
	Price	Please click on the Price link to find the cost.

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