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Bully For Theseus by Graham Milton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. In addition to the Minotaur, the characters include a dog, a giraffe and the voice of the giraffe's Sat Nav. |
Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act shcool play, taking a whirlwind tour through the Ancient Greek Myths of Theseus. |
Synopsis | Theseus travels to Athens, to be reunited with his father, Aegeus. He meets many dangers on the way, but does find his way to Athens. His reunion does not last very long, before he volunteers to sail to Crete, in order to kill the dreaded Minotaur. Although successful, he then finds tragedy at home. |
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The Bully in the Graveyard by Sarah Cowan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Cast of school children plus a ghost - who might be an adult or a large child (assuming that you don't have a real ghost to hand). |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Suggestions for seven pieces of backing music are included in the Producer's Copy of the scripts. (The cast is not required to sing, but might do so! One dance is suggested.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | School play about bullying. A serious theme, but lots of comedy, and strong characters. |
Synopsis | Billy and his friends are picked-on by Preson's gang. Their response is to demonstrate to the bullies what it is like to be frightened. |
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Bunkers by Peter Lancaster Walker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Whilst there isn't a formal chorus, there is a party going on in one corner of the set, into which extras could be added. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short one-act comedy play. Single set (indicative of a newspaper office). Written as a verbal comedy, but since one of the characters is accident-prone there is plenty of opportunity for development of a physical side. |
Synopsis | Delphine has arranged a job at the newspaper where she works for her accident-prone flat-mate, Sally. Now the job of Foreign Correspondent is up for grabs and Sally has applied! Here comes Armageddon! |
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The Business Meeting by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | Two motivated high flyers plan their strategies in a business meeting with a twist. |
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Busted by Kev Salter |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy on a single police station set. |
Synopsis | You'd think working in a rural outback police station would be boring, but with a serial thief on the loose, these three cops get themselves mixed up in all sorts of trouble. Plus, their boiler's broken. |
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The Butcher by Terry Adlam |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters described as one male and one female. Could be played by 2M or 2F with minor modifications. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comic sketch, madcap style (think Monty Python), two characters simple set and props. |
Synopsis | A customer attempts to buy beef from a crazy butcher. |
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Bygone Pastures by S. J. Edwards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act, humorous play suitable for 9-12 year olds. 4 minimal sets. |
Synopsis | Bygone Pastures is an old folks’ home in financial trouble. The owners have gone bankrupt, and the administrator needs half a million to keep it going. The movie star who’s moved in next door won’t help, but maybe her painting will... |
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Caesar and the Pirates [Full Version] by Nicholas Richards and Timothy Hallett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Flexible - the pirates roles could easily be shared by a smaller number and other doubling is possible. On the other hand, there is scope for pirate and soldier chourses. Only one specfied female role - Venus! - but others could be cast female. |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for six songs. |
Style | Musical comedy play for kids - though the songs are optional. A shorter version of the same play is available. First published in 2011, revised in 2012. |
Synopsis | An older Caesar is recounting his campaigns in Gaul to a bored scribe, who suggests that it might benefit Caesar's public image to tell a tale of his younger days... Something dashing, perhaps, involving pirates? As it happens, Caesar does know such a story... Great fun (and secretly educational) with a genuine event in Caesar's life. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Vocal recording for five tracks and six rehearsal tracks (accompaniment with an instrument playing the vocal line) for the songs from Caesar and the Pirates [Full Version].
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Caesar and the Pirates [Short Version] by Nicholas Richards and Timothy Hallett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Flexible - the pirates roles could easily be shared by a smaller number and other doubling is possible. On the other hand, there is scope for pirate and soldier chourses. Only one specfied female roles but some could be cast female. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for six songs. |
Style | Comedy play for kids - with optional songs. (A longer version of the same play is available.) |
Synopsis | An older Caesar is recounting his campaigns in Gaul to a bored scribe, who suggests that it might benefit Caesar's public image to tell a tale of his younger days... Something dashing, perhaps, involving pirates? As it happens, Caesar does know such a story... Great fun (and secretly educational) with a genuine event in Caesar's life. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Vocal recording for five tracks and six rehearsal tracks (accompaniment with an instrument playing the vocal line) for the songs from Caesar and the Pirates [Short Version].
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Camelot - The Knights of the Square Table by Richard Coleman Performance by Hyde Little Theatre won the Greater Manchester Youth One Act Festival, 2014 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. Characters include various knights (one of whom is definitely female, and others who could well be) and a dragon. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comic compilation of Camelot characters in a rhyming romp round the realm. |
Synopsis | Camelot is under attack from the Black Knight - not only that, there's the dietary requirements of a dragon to take into consideration. |
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