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| A Forty-Minute Winter's Tale by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. The characters are adults plus one child and, famously, a bear, whose only role is to exit in pursuit of Antigonus (for an offstage lunch appointment - although only one of the parties is hungry.) |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale', with the original text cut down to 40 minutes.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | Leontes, King of Sicilia, suspects his wife Hermione of having an affair with Polixenes, the King of Bohemia. (Herminone and Polixenes are innocent.) Polixenes escapes Leontes' wrath, but Hermione does not and is imprisoned. Hermione gives birth to a daughter, but Leontes does not believe the child, Perdita, to be his and sends her abroad. She is abandoned on the coast of Bohemia (a feat which would be frowned upon these days, owing to Geography) and Perdita is brought-up by a Shepherd. Time (making a guest appearance) moves the play on sixteen years, and Florizel, son of Polixenes, meets and falls in love with Perdita, the shepherdess, thus setting-up the inevitable reconcilliation and happy ending. |
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| The Four Musketeers by Pat Wollaston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs, with some original lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | All of the essential ingredients of panto are here with a knockabout Dame as D'Artagnan's mother, plenty of slapstick and corny jokes and the all important opportunities for audience participation. |
| Synopsis | A fusion of pantomime and classic literature that manages to do credit to both genres. With apposite music and chorus involvement the musketeers ensure that the nasty Richeliuer and his accomplice Rougeforthe are thwarted in their evil intentions for the French Royal family. |
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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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| Frank Sent This... by Aaron Warren |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Chorus size may vary |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for 17 songs or music pieces included |
| Music | Mostly song suggestions with one original song and score provided with the Producer's copy. |
| Style | A one act nativity comedy, with fun centering on events in Bethlehem. |
| Synopsis | A school nativity rehearsal is causing three students to question whether the events they're portraying ever took place at all. Their teacher makes a Christmas wish, and the three find themselves back in Bethlehem, dressed as the three kings... |
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| Frankenstein - The Monster Musical by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with piano/vocal scores for 13 original songs. |
| Style | Gothic horror musical comedy! |
| Synopsis | If Mary Shelley had written a version of Frankenstein for children, this is how she might have approached it - as a heartwarming family musical, filled with mad scientists, misbegotten creatures and an angry mob!
On a rainy night when the power is out, a father tells his son the story of Frankenstein, and we are transported to Victor Frankenstein's Laboratory with Mary Shelly singing of the creation of the creature. We meet the creature, his bride and a croud of villagers, led by the rabble rouser Frau Gribble, whipped into a frenzy and go in search of 'the Monster'. Eventually, they come to realise that he was just misunderstood! |
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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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| Frankenstein - The Pantomime by Martin Hailey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Ten or eleven principals backed by a chorus of villagers (sometimes waving pitchforks and flaming torches). |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Nine songs are suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Monstrous British pantomime |
| Synopsis | Panto reworking of the classic 'mad scientist makes monster' story.
Mary Shelley will be turning in her grave - if she hasn't already been dug up and used for spare parts. No, on second thoughts, forget I ever said that. |
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| The Frog Prince by Andrew O'Leary |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 98 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 11 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length panto - comedy, magic and mayhem with added frogs. |
| Synopsis | Prince Norman is about to be crowned king, since his father is stepping aside due to old age. But the king's evil sister, Norman's Aunt Phibian, has a plan to steal the throne for herself, leaving her nephew transformed into a frog! |
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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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| Frumps-a-Daisy by Susan Vesey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Characters include a cat and a mouse. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Nine songs are suggested in the Production Notes with original lyrics provided. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Sparkling, original one-act pantomime. |
| Synopsis | The King of Vislania returns from a world cruise with a new wife, a stepmother for his beautiful daughter, Princess Daisy. Princess Daisy visits the Kingdoms of Ice, Fire, and Water in her attempts to keep up with the demands of her wicked stepmother. Along with her friends Cat and Mouse and Dilly the cook she encounters the Snowman, the Gingerbread Man and the Rainbow Queen in the magical kingdoms who all help with her tasks. All is well in the end as the old retainer Pickles is released from his enchantment and is revealed as the handsome Prince Phillip who woos Daisy and all live happily ever after. |
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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 Golden Bell by Dave Jeanes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 86 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Twelve songs are suggested to be performed at specified points in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A British pantomime on a range of Viking-themed sets. |
| Synopsis | In the 10th Century, Viking sailors know the legend of the Golden Bell, which can bring peace and prosperity to he who finds it. Our hero, Rolf, thinks he knows of its whereabouts on the distant Barbary coast. He and his crew set sail, bound for treasure or disaster. He is aided and abetted by the Golden Nymph, who protects him from the seafarer's god, Niord. Also on board ship is Rolf’s true love: the King's daughter, Thyra. Opposed to the Vikings are the Saracens, equally intent on finding the Golden Bell… |
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| The Golden Goose by Philippa Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 42. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 116 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length pantomime with an original story. |
| Synopsis | Fed up of the bullying from his two brothers, Horace and Boris, Numpty sets off in search of a better life. He soon finds himself with a golden goose, which attracts a motley crew of reluctant hangers-on. Then the king announces a contest - whoever can make Princess Willow smile will inherit the kingdom. Will Numpty be the one? |
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| Goldie Locks by Sharon Hulm |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 102 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 | A full length pantomime with various settings. |
| Synopsis | The fairy tales of Goldie Locks and Snow White collide in this romp around Pantoland where Goldie, jewel thief extraordinaire, is pursued by three hungry bears, the Big Bad Wolf and Prince Rupert. Will the three bears get any dinner? Will Wolfie catch his thief? Can Prince Rupert be persuaded to kiss the mostly dead Snow White and what’s going to happen to her diamond coffin? |
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