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Androcles and the Lion by Peter Bond |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. The chorus - of soldiers, slaves, Christians and lions - is optional. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short rhyming fable for kids. |
Synopsis | Androcles is a man who loves all living things - he's even reluctant to kill a lamb to feed himself. So when a lion appears, he's less worried about it eating his sheep and more concerned that there's a thorn in it's paw. Helping this lion turns out to be a good move in the long term... |
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Androcles et Leo by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male (even the lion), for reasons of historical verisimilitude. Don't let that put you off. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama (played for comedy) in which the protagonists speak Latin and the narrators, where necessary, translate. |
Synopsis | The optimistic story of the slip-away slave meeting the limping lion - with a side-order of the private life of Emperor Claudius. |
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Anglo-Saxon Assembly by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 96. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full class assembly piece - essentially a series of linked, themed, skits, summarising Anglo-Saxon civilisation and myth! Aimed at the English National Curriculum Key Stage 1/2 topic 6B on settlers in Britain. |
Synopsis | A variety of characters from History and Mythology appear on the stage for the entertainment and education of the audience, occasionally with musical accompaniment. |
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Animal Fables by Debbie Chalmers |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. All characters can be played by either M or F. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of four short plays for young children with various simple settings. For performance as a whole or as individual plays. |
Synopsis | Aesop's fables are brought to life, giving young children acting as well as costume and prop-making opportunities, along with learning the morals of the fables. |
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Anniversary at Camelot by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Light-hearted one-act Arthurian romp for kids. |
Synopsis | King Arthur and Guinevere plan to give each other a novel present to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They delegate the task to various knights who must encounter magical forces to complete the task. |
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Another Cat, Another Hat by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. As presented on the web site, the script requires a minimum cast of 15, but the Producer's Copy provides a number of variations to the text which can reduce the cast size to 10 (with doubling). It's panto so gender is flexible. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] (Variations cutting characters and dances would bring the time down to around 20 minutes.) |
Music | The script has several places for songs and dances at the producer's discretion. The score for one song is provided (it's not essential, but it happens to fit.) |
Style | One-act rhyming pantomime version of Puss in Boots, designed for minimal sets but requiring a few portable items. |
Synopsis | The miller's son, to his distress Is poor and can't court the princess That's something which his cat disputes - A talking cat, it's Puss in Boots! |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Anyone for Bison? by Bill Tordoff |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. All characters are adults, intended to be played by children. Whilst there isn't a formal requirement for a chorus, other characters could easily be added. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Costumed comedy for kids. Single set (with teepee). |
Synopsis | This is what might of happened when a bunch of English settlers first encountered native Americans - a clash of cultures resolved in a uniquely American way. |
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Anything You Say, Your Majesty by Geoff Bamber Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play for kids. Multiple settings, but intended for production with minimal scenery. (The author is fond of 'a few stage blocks'.) |
Synopsis | Surely a Queen looking for a new high-profile image and appearance in ‘Hi, there!’ celebrity magazine, can do no better than featuring in a coronation and a royal wedding at one and the same time. Of course the absence of both a crown and a suitable groom could be a problem. |
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Apparently Not by Hayley Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Principal characters are four girls (plus the school principal and a teacher). The chorus is the bullies gang - number unspecified. The chorus lines could be spoken by one person or shared amongst several. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act play, set in and around a school. |
Synopsis | A new girl in school, is forced to choose between supporting her new friend and fitting in with a gang of bullies, and makes the easier choice. |
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Arawen's Dragon by Martin Hailey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song or music suggestions provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full length pantomime with an original storyline. |
Synopsis | Everyone thinks that the unseasonably cold weather is odd, but they don’t suspect it's a wicked spell until Arawen, the Baron's daughter, is given a magical dragon as a birthday present. Cuthbert breaks the spell and restores the sunshine, but becomes the witch's new target... |
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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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