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| The Pirate Queen by Tim O'Brien |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 29. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with scores for 6 original songs (one of which is reprised). |
| Style | Time-travelling musical for kids with a healthy dose of piracy thrown-in. |
| Synopsis | Jack, Darrell and Sean are three students living in the shadow of their more successful peers. But when a freak storm during a fishing expedition causes them to be whisked back to the 18th century and they encounter a crew of pirate women, they may be about to change history! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| The Pirates of Penrith by Andy Johnson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Whilst the gender of some of the characters is implied by their names, there is lots of scope for variation! |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for a school class-sized cast. Packed with piratical puns. |
| Synopsis | A group of veteran retired pirates lead a motley chase across the oceans as they escape from their retirement home and go in search of the treasure of the Stinkas. A large cast comedy with some truly terrible jokes along the way. |
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| Pirates! by Sharon Hulm |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Lots of familiar characters, plus pirates (many of whom are female). There is also a pantomime cat and members of the Union of Sailing Ship Rodents. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 15 songs, together with one set of original lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with a nautical flavour. (Ah-arr!) |
| Synopsis | The wicked pirate Bluebeard likes getting married - he just doesn't like staying married. Now he's got his eye on Cinderella and if she doesn't watch out she'll walk the plank. Never fear, the Big Bad Wolf is on his way to rescue her from a watery end, so long as he doesn't get peckish along the way! |
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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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| Pocahontas by Russell Winsor |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 34. Chorus. Like many pantomimes, Pocahontas includes a 'skin character' - in this case, a bear. Also includes a couple of children, who are much fiercer. After that, make your own mind up as to who plays what. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 9 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length pantomime treatment of the story of Pocahantas and John Smith. |
| Synopsis | In a British expedition, John Smith falls in love with Pocahontas, daughter of a native American chief. The clash of cultures takes us from the American woods to the court of King Charles - where the courtiers bear a striking resemblance to the elders advising Chief Running Nose. |
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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 Point of the Pyramid - Musical by Sue Gordon
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Thirteen speaking roles with lots of supporting players (with a lot of scope for doubling). The songs need three or four soloists and a chorus or choir. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music (piano and vocal) for six original songs. |
| Style | One-act historical, educational, musical comedy mystery! (What more could you want?) A story of intrigue in Ancient Egypt with a lot of period detail (suitable for the Key Stage 2 history syllabus) snuck in! |
| Synopsis | Someone is plotting against the Pharaoh! On a visit to the construction site of his much-delayed pyramid, his life is threatened by a falling stone. Luckily, Baki, one of the slave builders, saves the Pharaoh and is rewarded with his freedom. Then Baki learns that the Pharaoh has had four food-tasters poisoned in the last three weeks. Can he save the Pharaoh's life again? |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** CD with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon.
** CD of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.)
** Zip file with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon.
** Zip file containing MP3s of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.)
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| The Point of the Pyramid - Play by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Thirteen speaking roles with lots of supporting players (with a lot of scope for doubling). |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | School play - a one-act educational comedy thriller! (What more could you want?) A story of intrigue in Ancient Egypt with a lot of period detail (suitable for the Key Stage 2 history syllabus) snuck in! |
| Synopsis | Someone is plotting against the Pharaoh! On a visit to the construction site of his much-delayed pyramid, his life is threatened by a falling stone. Luckily, Baki, one of the slave builders, saves the Pharaoh and is rewarded with his freedom. Then Baki learns that the Pharaoh has had four food-tasters poisoned in the last three weeks. Can he save the Pharaoh's life again? |
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| Pompeii Up! by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Further parts could be added at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing with your choice of music. |
| Music | Two musical suggestions are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short one act play, suitable for a school assembly. |
| Synopsis | In this piece we have information and entertainment, with facts and figures from the eruption of Vesuvius - which buried Herculaneum and Pompeii. |
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| Press Up by Nick Rowan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of teenagers and adults (assumed to be played by teenagers, but could be played by the mix as written). |
| Run Time | Around 82 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Drama for a high-school-aged company. Multiple settings but minimal scenery. Requires video projection. |
| Synopsis | A school newspaper gets more of a scoop than the teenage editors had bargained for, but it's going to take determination and some serious investigative reporting to prove their story is real and avoid detention. |
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| The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain adapted by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. The vast majority of the characters are written male, but need not be played that way. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the scripts includes suggestions for up to 19 songs (with original lyrics to well-known tunes).
However, the songs are optional - the piece functions equally well as a play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length play/musical. A family show, written for performance by a youth theatre company, but could be a mix of adults and children. |
| Synopsis | A faithful adaptation and well crafted dramatisation of the classic novel by Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper is a musical play suitable for secondary schools or Academies specialising in the performing arts. As well as historical interest it provides a challenging project for producing, directing, acting and technical disciplines in school or community settings |
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| The Prince and the Pussycat by Jon Dwyer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Lots of flexibility in the casting. There is no formal role for a pantomime dame, but the Queen could be cast as a dame (as could Primrose!) Likewise, the prince could be played by a female as a pantomime principal boy. Cast includes several mice! |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Length could be increased using additional songs. |
| Music | A few songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script. More could be added at the discretion of the production team! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length British Pantomime. Magic, jokes and a slapstick decorating scene! |
| Synopsis | Polly Perkins is clearly destined to marry Prince Oliver, but there's a problem - the bad fairy has turned her into a cat. Will true love run its course, or will she just have to content herself with eating the palace mice? |
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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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