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| Queen of the Pond by Tim O'Brien |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Whilst the pond creatures are written male and female, only serious biologists can tell the difference. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano/vocal scores for nine original songs (plus reprise) are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical for schools and youth theatres. An original take on the time-tested tale of amphibian ambition. Alternates between two sets.
Originally published 2011, revised 2014 |
| Synopsis | Sarah wants to learn to be a princess so she has a chance of marrying Prince Chesterfield, however she's up against some serious - and scheming - competition from The Princess Club. A mistaken spell from a mathematically-challenged wizard turns Sarah into a frog instead of a princess. Can she still win the heart of the prince and save her friends in the pond at the same time? |
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The Queen's Orchid by Geoff Bamber
Performance by Chelford Junior Players won the Adjudicator’s Special Award at Chelford Drama Festival 2015 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Some roles - Prime Minister, Doctor, Gardener, Guard Captain... - are written male but could be played female.
Can non-speaking roles be a chorus? If so, the Guards are a chorus. If not, there's just a number of unspeakable guards. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Thirty-minute play for kids. (I think this is a one-act play, but it's structured in four acts.) There are, in theory, two locations, but, as it says in the script, all castles are identical! |
| Synopsis | Things aren't looking good for King Rufus of Celestopia. His kingdom is perpetually on the brink of war with the neighbouring Zeldania, his daughter wants to marry a Zeldanian prince, and his wife's birthday is coming up. He know's it's coming up because she keeps dropping hints about it. She wants a present. A very specific present. She want's a particular orchid. And guess who grows this orchid? None other that the rival Queen Zelda - a woman so powerfull that she has a whole kingdom named after her... |
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| Questions of French History by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 58. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A series of comic, educational sketches with no set necessary. Adaptable for presentation as a whole or as a pick and mix, for use as an assembly piece or a classroom aid. A large number of roles but performable by just a handful of actors. |
| Synopsis | A series of sketches touching light-heartedly on several episodes of French history, from the Stone Age to the Common Market, providing elementary oral French and a bit of fun with history. |
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| Rabbie Burns' Night by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Whilst the characters are nominally gendered, this need not be taken too seriously. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A children's introduction to the celebration of the Scottish bard. No set or props required, but the odd display of tartan wouldn't go amiss. |
| Synopsis | It's Burns' Night, and some very special characters have gathered to tell us a little more about Scotland's most famous wordsmith. Mrs Haggis, Mr Whisky, Mr Bagpipes and Mrs Mousie, helped out by the Misses Neep and Tattie. |
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| Rainforest Assembly by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script gives suggestions for songs/music to accompany the piece. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Educational piece for a school class with a good deal of information amongst the jokes and songs, and several jumping-off points for further study. No specific staging requirements. |
| Synopsis | An educational presentation on the animals and occupants of the rainforests of the Amazon. |
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| Rapunzel - A Tangled Tale by Peter Zednik |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for six songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A fun retelling introduces a twist to the hirsute tale in a fast-action pantomime with all the usual panto suspects and more. |
| Synopsis | A distinctively different Rapunzel is locked in her tower by the wicked witch Vileda Scrunge and after many adventures Prince Pompadour, assisted by hairdresser Dame Wanda Wave is able to rescue and marry her. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Rapunzel - The Pantomime by Ella Lounds |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 76 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 10 points in the script are suitable for including songs, and multiple songs are suggested for each point. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime based on the classic fairy tale. |
| Synopsis | Eighteen years ago, a baby princess was kidnapped from the palace by an enraged fairy godmother, scorned by the king and queen. Now, Rapunzel and her family run a failing B&B business. But their lives are turned upside down by the appearance of the well-meaning Prince Nathan. |
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| Rapunzel [Short Version] by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for eight original songs (with keyboard accompaniment, set in easy keys!) provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One act musical comedy play with a Grimm spirit! Simple sets (a window frame stands in for Rapunzel's tower), simple props. |
| Synopsis | Rapunzel, abandoned by her careless and greedy parents and raised by an enchantress, is locked in a tower until she is saved by a prince's true love. |
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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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Rapunzel [Verse] by Peter Bond
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One character is optional and silent. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short verse play (probably, but not necessarily for kids). |
| Synopsis | A couple offend a witch and hand over their daughter, Rapunzel, to her by way of recompense. Rapunzel is locked-up in a tower, accessible only by a window - with the aid of her hair as a climbing rope. She stays there until she is visited by a handsome prince and the audience is visited by an unexpected plot twist! |
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| Rapunzel [Version 2] by Luke Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 92 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length family show. |
| Synopsis | In a departure from the original story, the evil Dr Grimm imprisons Rapunzel in a tower, so as to make use of the magical by-product of her hair - to hypnotise the villagers to do her bidding. Needless to say, she is eventually thwarted by the powers of good. |
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