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The Case of the Missing School by Sue Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 38. Chorus. Very flexible casting - a set of core characters plus episodes with other characters, which make doubling possible. Several flexible chorus groups. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for songs/music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Comedy play aimed squarely at primary schools. A complete core script with suggestions and opportunities for customisation to fit a specific school. |
Synopsis | When a powerful evil magician makes the local primary school disappear, along with the letters from the school sign, three schoolchildren (with the help of the School Fairy Godmother) vow to find all the letters and restore their school. But the aptly- named Evil One has hidden the letters in bizarre places, leading the children back through history, around the world, and even into space in their attempts to rebuild their sign. A script for schools with opportunities for the children to experiment with improvisation and their own creativity. |
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Caterpillar Crawl by Raymond Blakesley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Lots of flexibility. The cast are a mix of children and adults (assumed to be played by children) with options for dances and a chorus (the class) who chant rhymes. The caterpillar role can be played by actors or could be a puppet. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for a flexible cast of children in a mixture of prose and rhyme. Options for dances. Includes information about the butterfly lifecycle. |
Synopsis | When Tom finds a talking, dancing caterpillar he thinks life is going to be easy, but Salome is almost as much trouble as his classmates. But he organises a concert for her anyway. |
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Caught By Christmas by Sharlee Glenn with songs by Erica Glenn Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Whilst the children are named as boys and girls, this is flexible! Both classes can be expanded by the chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music (for three original songs) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Short one-act (secular) Christmas musical for kids. School set (two classrooms) but minimal set requirements and simple props. |
Synopsis | Mr Grump teaches class 4b and is ignoring the approach of Christmas, as usual. Miss Jingle and the jollier kids of 4a are celebrating, and they decide to take their party next door, with interesting consequences. |
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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
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The Cautionary Tale of Mary Contrary by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for four songs are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A short rhyming comedy play with a moral, for children, with two simple settings. |
Synopsis | Once upon a nursery crime - Mary Contrary demonstrates selfish actions, contrary ways and uncaring attitude to the environment, which lead to her eventual demise. |
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Cheer Up, Santa! by Helen Spencer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for seven songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act musical Christmas ensemble play for schools |
Synopsis | It's Christmas Eve, and the elves are hurriedly making last minute preparations before Santa sets off on his deliveries. Mrs Claus, however, finds he is thoroughly miserable, and doesn’t feel like bothering this year. The elves need to think of a plan to make Santa change his mind, and time is running out! |
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Christmas Around the World by Andrew Yates |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. Designed for one school class, but there is the flexibility to include a larger chorus (or choruses), particulary for the songs, so could be a larger cast. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The script contains lyrics for the 8 songs (mainly set to well-known music). There is no score, so productions will need the backing CD. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Exuberant Christmas musical piece for kids - entirely for fun, with no educational value. (If you are looking for an educational piece on the way Christmas is actually celebrated around the world, look away now!) |
Synopsis | A whirlwind tour around the world for the sole purpose of celebrating Christmas in a bunch of different musical styles! |
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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
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A Christmas Carol [Play for Schools] by Damian Woods |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 30. Minimum total without doubling = 44. Chorus. Whilst some of the characters have specific ages, this is an indication for the purpose of costume and make-up rather than for casting! |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for the use of 7 carols. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one-act play for children, faithfully adapting the classic Dickens story. Simple sets (furniture) reconfigured between or during scenes. |
Synopsis | On Christmas Eve 1843, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, who help him see the error of his ways. |
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A Christmas Carol [Version 2] by Adrian Barradell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 15. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 32. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | There are places for music, songs, or dances at the Producer's discretion Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | The classic Dickens Christmas tale is given a pantomime makeover |
Synopsis | Charles Dickens and his friend Simple Sally take the audience on a journey through Ebenezer Scrooge's most memorable Christmas Eve, with comedy elements to lighten the spirits. |
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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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The Christmas Carol [Version 4] by Anthony Paul Lashley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. The number of carol singers is unspecified. The author suggests (but does not insist) that when Scrooge is reformed, he might be played by a different actor to emphesise the change! Something for productions to play with. |
Run Time | Around 57 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Lyrics to a number of (out-of-copyright) carols are embedded in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play with songs. Multiple locations, but indicated by lighting and furniture rather than full-stage sets. |
Synopsis | Dickens' Christmas tale of redemption is given a little comic twist and run at a smarter pace, but still delivers the required moral lesson along with the laughs. |
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A Christmas Cracker by Andrew Yates Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. More chorus members may be added in - at Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 7 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act, Christmas variety show, suitable for schools - children aged 5 to 12. |
Synopsis | A lighthearted Christmas-themed show for children with singing, snow and comedy in roughly equal measure. |
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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 ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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