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Medieval Help Desk by tlc Creative
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The Herald and Advisor are written as male roles. It is not imperative that they should be played as males. Likewise the Messenger is referred to as 'he' and as only one person, though there could be as many as five of her!
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy sketch - a torrent of parody and puns - set in a medieval office.
SynopsisYou've reached the Medieval Help Desk. How can we give you excellent service?
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Meet the Ancient Greeks - Mini Plays by Sue Russell
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Five plays with six characters in each.
Run TimeAround 50 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA set of five mini-plays (with run times around 10 minutes) for a school class studying The Ancient Greeks (English National Curriculum Key Stages 1 & 2, Units 14 and 15, 'The Ancient Greeks'). No set requirements. Producer's Copy includes a quiz.
SynopsisFive different short plays with an Ancient Greek theme, covering The Gods, War, the Olympics, Theatre and the Arts.
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Meet the Anglo-Saxons by Sue Russell
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Five plays with six characters in each. (Whilst the characters are nominally male or female, for the purpose of Readers' Theatre, the gender of the actors doesn't matter.)
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA set of five mini-plays (run times 4 to 6 minutes) for a class studying The Anglo-Saxons (English National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Unit 6B - invasions and settlements of Britain). No set requirements, no props. Producer's Copy includes a quiz.
SynopsisFive plays covering Anglo-Saxon history, archaeology and myth. Includes King Alfred, the venerable Bede, Beowulf, Arthurian myth, and the Sutton Hoo discoveries.
Intended for guided reading or reader's theatre uses, but could also be staged.
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Meet the Inventor by Stuart Ardern
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written male, but could be played male or female.
Run TimeAround 3 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA very short sketch. Set requirements: two chairs
SynopsisAn interview with the inventor of a time machine explores just some of the paradoxes inherent in time travel.
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Meet the Vikings by Sue Russell
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Five plays with six characters in each. (Whilst the characters are nominally male or female, for the purpose of Readers' Theatre, the gender of the actors doesn't matter.)
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA set of five mini-plays (run times 4 to 6 minutes) for a class studying The Vikings (English National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Unit 6C - invasions and settlements of Britain). No set requirements, no props. Producer's Copy includes a quiz.
SynopsisThe history of Viking invasion and settlement of Britain told in a series of guided reading plays covering Viking life and mythology.
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Menée Trois Zéro à la Mi-Temps by J. Edgington traduit par Lesley Chauvier
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. The characters are a mixture of adults and children (could be played by that mix, or all played by kids). There is opportunity for up to 11 additional characters (non-speaking), all female - the other members of the girls' football team.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFrench Translation of Jonathan Edgington's Three-nil Down at Half Time. Simple set.
SynopsisThe girls' soccer team is on a losing streak - until a half-time bet leads to a change of management!
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Merry Christmas Everyone by Mark Seaman
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleSimple, thoughtful short play for Christmas. Single set (just enough to indicate a family home). Originally published 2013, revised 2019.
SynopsisThe family are just trying to have a day together to enjoy the important things of Christmas - the food, the presents and not having to watch the Eastenders special with Grandma - when a homeless man at the door really spoils the mood. But he must be mad... He says he's Jesus.
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A Merry Lyttle Christmas by Damian Trasler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Requires a mixture of adults and children.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act festive comedy.
SynopsisTess Steadman wants a Christmas like she had when she was a little girl, Tess Lyttle. She invites her brother and his family to Christmas Dinner, but not everyone has the same experience of Christmas as Tess.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream [Modern English] by Sue Russell
RolesMinimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. It would be possible, by adding attendants and fairies, to increase the cast to around 30.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for four pieces of music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleShakespeare abridged and (mainly) in modern English. No formal set requirements.
SynopsisA shortened version of the Shakespeare original, containing nuggets of the original text with modern insertions. Shakespeare's son Hamnet holds the whole thing together as if managing a production of the play.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream In 17 And A Half Minutes Or Less by Christine Harvey
RolesMinimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 19 minutes. [Estimated!] (But see also the title - which assumes a fast pace.)
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act Shakespearean comedy with various simple settings.
SynopsisA fast-paced version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Perfect for schools, this is a compact, humorous adaptation of the classic tale of love and mishap in seventeen and a half minutes or less.
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