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Crime Wave by Bill Tordoff
RolesMinimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children, assumed to be all played by children. Only a few of the characters are fixed, so lines could be reassigned amongst a different-sized cast.
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play for kids. A modern rewriting of the story of Noah. Simple sets and props.
SynopsisThe story so far... Originally a small farmer, Noah has built up his business over the years into a large Food Products company. As the only employer in the area he used to give work to most of the people on the local council estate, then a few years ago he automated his factory and sacked his workers. Since then he and his family have run the business on their own and grown rich while the locals have been out of work... Then God intervenes...
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Daniel and the Lion's Den by Connie Scott
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 18 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short rhyming play with minimal set requirements. Suitable for schools and youth theatre.
SynopsisThe classic Old Testament story of Daniel is updated to make him a football and media star, thrown to the 'lions' of a hostile press by scheming politicians.
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Esther by Richard Cowling
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus.
Run TimeAround 90 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe producer's copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for 16 songs, one instrumental and 15 scene-change pieces. (A conductors score and band parts are available as an optional extra.)
StyleFull-length Musical based on the biblical story of Esther. Designed as a school musical, could equally well be done by an adult or mixed company.
SynopsisKing Xerxes of Persia maries Esther, a Jewish orphan who has been brought up by her uncle, Mordecai. Haman, the chief minister of Xerxes court insists that everyone bow down to him. When Mordecai refuses to do so, Haman flies into a rage and plans to kill Mordecai, and all the Jewish people in the kingdom. Mordecai calls upon Esther for help, but this means she must confront the mighty Xerxes...
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ExtrasThe 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
** Backing CD with instrumental version of the 16 songs and 16 musical interludes (including scene changes) for the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
** Vocal tracks for the 16 songs (with 16 musical interludes) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling. (Vocals by Leanne Cooper and Richard Cowling.)
** Conductor's score and band parts (keyboard, trumpet, trombone, woodwind, bass, etc.) for the songs and incidental music (32 pieces) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
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Exodus in XX Minutes by John F. Glen
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicA set of song and music suggestions are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleOne-act irreverent, humorous, biblical epic play for kids, simple sets.
SynopsisThe Second Book of Moses (complete with bulrushes, plagues, red sea and commandments) told in 20 minutes - hence the title! This version of the story takes place close to Alexandria - however in this case, it is the Alexandria just south of Loch Lomond, hence the script is written in (phonetic) Scots.
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Jonah And The Giant Fish by Cheryl Barrett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short biblical story play, in three scenes, for children.
SynopsisA re-telling of Jonah and his reluctance to preach to the people of Ninevah. Or - The one that didn't get away!
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Looks Like Rain by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The animals are puppets of unspecified kind and unspecified number (therefore requiring an unspecified number (chorus) of puppeteers.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA light-hearted re-telling of the Noah's Ark story, in about 20 minutes, freely adapted for young performers.
SynopsisNoah's family are shocked when the weather forecaster announces the imminent arrival of something called 'rain'. A visit from the Archangel Michael clears things up for Noah, but leaves him with the task of building an Ark - and convincing the animals to come onboard.
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Moses in the Bullrushes by Bill Siviter
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Flexible cast, with options for multiple narrators, maidens, Egyptians, Hebrews and members of the Egyptian army.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleRhyming play for kids. No set requirements and props are optional.
SynopsisA fun version of the Exodus story that includes all the relevant elements and allows a fair sized (and flexible) cast to present the story in a dramatized but simple fashion.
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Mrs Noah by Robin Wilson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA simple one act play.
SynopsisThe building of the Ark and the days of the Flood, as experienced by Noah and his less-than-understanding wife, Mrs Noah.
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Noah, Yes Noah! by Richard Cowling
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. Very flexible cast, with solo roles and (potentially) a very large chorus, described as the people of earth and dancing pairs of animals. (There is even a non-speaking cameo for God.)
Run TimeAround 50 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe producer's copy comes with a piano and vocal score for the 19 songs and instrumentals. (There is a conductors score and band parts as an optional extra.)
StyleLively, expressive, epic musical with some light humour. Designed to not rely heavily on props or set.
SynopsisNoah receives a message from God that the earth will be washed away. With his wife, his three sons and their respective wives, all of them ignoring the sneers of the ignorant townsfolk, he begins crafting an ark to bear them and the animals of the world to safety.
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ExtrasThe following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** CD of the orchestrated version of Noah, Yes Noah! by Richard Cowling. (Note that this is backing music, the tracks are purely instrumental and do not necessarily have a prominent instrument playing the vocal parts)
** Conductor's score and band parts - Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax and Tenor Sax (for two reed players), Trumpet, Trombone, Bass, and Keyboard - for 'Noah, Yes Noah' by Richard Cowling.
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Noah's Ark by Bill Siviter
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. Non-speaking parts include 'all the creatures of the earth'!
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleVerse play, mainly told by narrators (with plenty of scope for a large cast to mime the actions)
SynopsisSee the book of Genesis, chapters 6 to 9!
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