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| Jungle Book - The Pantomime by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 29. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. Opporutnity to divide up some speaking parts to the chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 113 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for 21 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime based on the classic Rudyard Kipling story. |
| Synopsis | Mowgli the man cub has escaped the clutches of the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, who is intent on revenge. Adopted by wolves Mowgli is taught the ways of the jungle by Baloo the Bear and his friend Bagheera. Sticking fairly faithfully to the original storyline, with the introduction of pantomime characters as Jane (the dame) and two mischief makers (Chitter and Chatter), the variety of songs ensure a well-rounded show suitable for all the family. |
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| The Jungle Book [Play] by Hugh Farey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. Since most of the characters are animals, whilst they are written male they could be played by either gender. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length adaptation of Kipling's Jungle Book stories (faithful to the originals, rather than playing for comedy) for school or youth theatre production. Minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | Mowgli, a child separated from his village by Shere Khan, the tiger, is found by a company of wolves. Bagheera the panther persuades the wolves to protect the child, and Mowgli is brought up in the jungle - where he has both friends and enemies. |
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| Keep Smiling Through by Suzan Holder |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 15. Minimum total with doubling = 33. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Chorus size at Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing possible with songs used |
| Music | Well known songs from the wartime era. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A play for schools, with songs, set in a theatre in Britain in World War 2. |
| Synopsis | A Theatre Company preparing and presenting a variety show evokes life in wartime Britain through drama, song, dance and some pathos. |
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| King Charles and the Cheese by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. The chorus - patrons of the Royal Oak and members of the Roundhead army - is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical (in the acurate as a Hollywood epic sense of the word) comedy drama for kids, set during the English Civil War. |
| Synopsis | King Charles And The Cheese is the entirely (give or take most of it) true story of how a simple piece of cheese altered the course of English history. The English Civil War rages on but, after a heavy defeat at the Battle of Worcester, the would-be King Charles II attempts to make his way to, hopefully temporary, exile in France. In hot pursuit are Charles' enemy Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of All England and his Roundhead army Charles takes cover at the Royal Oak Inn but Cromwell and his men are upon him in short order. Is Charles doomed or can salvation be found in the Royal Oak's larder? |
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The King of Spain's Treasure by Geoff Bamber
Performance by Cheshire Academy of Performing arts won the Syd Mence Trophy at the Wilmslow Guild One Act Play Festival may 2011 (for being 'a piece of magic'!) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Loosely based on Treasure Island - so loosely that Robert Louis Stevenson is probably spinning in his grave. Jokes and puns and a new take on an old story. Not strictly a pantomime, but might be played as one. |
| Synopsis | Jim Hawkins, now in possession of the tattered map of a distant tropical island, sees a life of adventure and great riches beckoning but, as the story unfolds, he realises that he is not the only one with an interest in the treasure. |
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| The King's New Clothes by Peter Bond & Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Characters include a pantomime dame (played by a male) and a principal boy (played by a female). |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A few song suggestions made in the Producer's Copy of the script, other songs at the discretion of the production team. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | The Hans Christian Andersen story (of The Emperor's New Clothes) told for the stage as a traditional English Pantomime - lots of silly jokes and clowning.
Originally published in 2008, revised in 2012. |
| Synopsis | The King needs a new suit for his forthcoming marriage, and the royal tailors just can't cut it. The situation seems tailor-maid for the evil Barron Grumbleguts, who wishes to usurp the throne. He proposes a competition, and then engineers the humiliation of the king by means of an invisible suit. All comes right in the end, with the help of a deputy superintendent of vegetables, and Hercules, the performing flea! |
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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 Lady or the Tiger by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play adapted from Frank Stockton's short story. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | The Princess's lover is on trial for his life. She can save him from certain death, but would the alternative be worse? |
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| The Lambton Worm by Timothy Hallett and Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Very flexible casting. There is one narrator role, but this could be shared out. Equally, the chorus could be 'all the actors'. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A 40-page musical score is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Short musical retelling of an English folk tale. (The music plays throughout, even though some of the narration is spoken rather than sung.) No real set requirements, but the ideal performance would put some effort into creating a fearsome worm! |
| Synopsis | The tale of the wild worm of Wearside and its grisly end.
It should be emphasised that 'worm' is used in its old sense of 'serpent' - so this is a story of knights fighting dragons. |
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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
** CD with backing track for the whole musical The Lambton Worm by Timothy Hallett and Nicholas Richards. Plus simple rehearsal tracks for each individual section (accompaniment on piano with vocal line played on another instrument.)
** Complete recording of The Lambton Worm by Timothy Hallett and Nicholas Richards including all songs and the spoken narration.
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A Letter to Santa by Sue Gordon
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Two of the characters are nominally adults. It is written so that the cast can be divided into two - a school class and Santa's elves. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 5 original songs is provided with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A light musical for young children. Basic sets. |
| Synopsis | A school class write Christmas letters to Santa, and we discover that they are dealt with by Mrs. Santa and a bunch of fractious elves. |
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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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| Like You've Never Seen It Before by Christine Harvey & Elisha Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 37. Chorus. 12 speaking parts, the rest mime. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Minimum set. Simple props. Intended as a junior school full-class play. Opportunities for mime, improvisation and dance. |
| Synopsis | Jo and Mel are trying to write a play for their school, but, unknown to them, they are being fought over by a muse and Professor Block, the personification of writer's block. Unfortunately for the professor, he is in entirely the wrong place. |
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