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| An Heir for the King by Wesley A. Knoch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Optional chorus size |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Full score set available with the Producer's copy. |
| Style | A one act musical, portraying rich and poor, generosity and meanness. |
| Synopsis | A caring old king who is feeling his age decides that for the good of his kingdom he needs to find an heir before it is too late. The question is: Whom will he choose? After deciding to adopt an heir, he embarks on a quest to a distant town in his kingdom - to meet their orphans. He comes across assorted characters who treat him quite differently. |
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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
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| Help for Greek Heroes by Tony Domaille |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute comedy,, part of the It's All Greek collection. |
| Synopsis | The Help for Greek Heroes counselling team are discussing their caseload, including Achilles' morbid fear of heel injuries and Oedipus being a mummy's boy. |
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| Henry and the Rocket by Eseld Swift |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. The characters are male (apart from the storyteller and the cat, whose gender is unspecified), but that does not matter for casting purposes. Optional chorus of shipwrecked sailors. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with lead sheets (vocal line music) for the two songs which are intended to be sung unaccompanied. |
| Style | A one act historical drama for schools, with various (easily suggested) settings. |
| Synopsis | Based on the life and work of Henry Trengrouse and his invention of a Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus the consequences of lives lost at sea are brought vividly to life. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Henry VIII and his Six Wives - Mini Plays by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A set of five mini-plays (with run times from 2 to 7 minutes) for a school class studying The Tudors (English National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Unit 7 'Why did Henry Marry Six Times'). No set requirements, no props. Producer's Copy includes a quiz. |
| Synopsis | A set of five plays, each for six characters, reviewing the life and times of the Tudor monarch from sporty to portly. The cast speak directly to the audience as well as interacting with each other. (Designed to be used in a variety of ways including as 'group readers'.) Play 1 deals with Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, Play 2 covers Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour, Play 3 brings in Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard, Play 4 introduces Henry's last wife, Catherine Parr, and Play 5 is a brief review from the point of view of the six wives. |
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| Henry VIII Assembly by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for music for six songs/dances are included in the Producer's Copy of the scripts. (Note that the run time for the script does not include the music!) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One act play for a school class studying The Tudors (English National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Unit 7 'Why did Henry Marry Six Times'). No set requirements, simple props. |
| Synopsis | A snappy short play that runs through all six wives even faster than the portly monarch managed it. |
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| Henry VIII Meets His Match by Roger Hurn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An assembly piece for schools with simple settings, based on an old folk tale. |
| Synopsis | Henry VIII decides to make an example of an Abbot living the high life so sets him the task of solving three riddles within a year and a day. The Abbot hasn't a clue, so sends a clever shepherd, who is his double, to answer for him. |
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| Henry's Magic Jam by Ian McCutcheon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions - female playing principal boy, male playing dame - plus a pantomime dog. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A list of suggested songs is provided in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Original story, but traditional pantomime format - lots of jokes and a pantomime dog! |
| Synopsis | Henry Logg's jam has a magic ingredient that stops people aging - and the villainous Ebenezer Grunge is after the formula. It's down to Tom, the hero, to save the day (and win the hand of Henry's daughter, Anna) with the help of Billy, the apprentice, Dame Lucy Lastic and Hopsack, the pantomime dog! |
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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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| Hickory Dickory Dock by Luke Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. It's a pantomime, make your own mind up as to who plays what, especially as the characters include mice and spiders. (The chorus numbers are very flexible, including the Grand Old Duke of York's regiment.) |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 14 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with a neat original story built around nursery rhyme characters and a wicked spider. |
| Synopsis | People and animals are going missing, and it's up to Little Miss Muffet, brilliant detective, to find them! Before long it's clear that Arachnia, the evil Spider Queen, is behind the disappearances and has her sights set on world domination! |
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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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High Steaks by Andrew Bawn
Production by Chelford Players won the Adjudicator's Award at the Wilmslow Festival of One-Act Plays 2019 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Three characters are written as female, but can be male. One character is an off-stage voice only. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with two simple (park and garden) sets, suitable for adult or child actors. |
| Synopsis | Buster the dog fancies himself as a criminal mastermind, despite being slightly dim. With some help from his friends - Roxy, Max, and Smokey the cat - he might get away with daylight robbery. |
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| Hijacked Fairytales by Kevin Jannetts |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 34. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. The main characters were written for kids aged 9 to 15. Some of the chorus roles might easily be played by younger children. Jack talks in Scots, somewhat reminiscent of 'Oor Wullie'. [In our opinion, learning this dialect is well worth the effort!] |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 16 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act comedy musical play for kids. |
| Synopsis | Jack's a bit of a lad, and he's eager to seize a chance to get his own social worker, just like his friends have. The trouble is, Geraldine is actually a secret Fairy Godmother, and Jack finds himself in Fairytale land helping folks there to earn his way back home again. |
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