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Babes in the Wood [Short Version] by Geoff Bamber
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The chorus (Captain Sprague's crew) is optional. There are nominally four police constables, but these could be increased or decreased in number. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There are opportunities for songs and dances, but no specific songs suggested in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act comedy (somewhere near an English pantomime, but not exactly that!) for kids. Nominally 5 locations, but no set requirements, so could be performed without set changes. |
| Synopsis | When prosperous businessman Edwin Merryweather is mysteriously lost at sea together with his wife, Constance, their two children, Lizzie and Tizzy, are placed in the care of their Aunt Lydia and her new husband, Lemuel Viper.
Viper has his sights set on the Merryweather fortune but he cannot get his hands on that while Lizzie and Tizzy are alive. He hatches a plot to have the girls done to death in Spooky Wood but the ineptitude of the hired killers, the interference of a posse of belligerent elves and the appearance a rather sinister old lady ensure that his plans do not run smoothly. |
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| Babes in the Wood [Version 2] by Bob Heather & Roger Lamb |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics for one song included in the script, all other songs at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British Pantomime with traditional pantomime characters - dame, village idiot, goodies and baddies, slapstick and comedy.
Published in 2005, this revised version published 2011. |
| Synopsis | A battle between the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood over the custody of the Sheriff's wards, aided or confused by the village idiot, Tom Piper, his mother, Robin's Merry Men and the Sheriff's incompetent deputies. |
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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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| Be Careful What You Wish For by Jon Boustead |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The author suggests (but does not insist) that the Chorus consists of five or more actors. In addition to their occasional speaking and animated roles, the chorus perform physical theatre, becoming parts of the set and props. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act fantasy play for children with various simple settings. Drama and opportunities for physical theatre. |
| Synopsis | A group of children visit a strange castle and are taken on a salutary journey by the castle keepers on which the children's wishes are fulfilled. The children learn the importance of being careful what they wish for. |
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| Beauty and The Beast by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. The usual pantomime ambiguity - Belle and the witch are definitely female. The Beast and the Merchant definitely male. Mrs. Bustle could be female or male (a pantomime dame), the prince is probably a 'principal boy' (played by a girl). |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 11 original songs (counting two reprises) supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | English pantomime - puns, slapstick, visual jokes, songs. (It should be stressed that this is pantomime and not the Disney version of the story!) |
| Synopsis | The arrogant prince is turned into The Beast by a scheming witch. He can only redeem himself if someone loves him for what he is. Into the Beast's castle comes a hapless merchant, father of the beautiful Belle. The merchant incurs the Beast's wrath, but when it is time for him to return to face justice from the Beast, Belle returns in his place. |
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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
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Beauty and The Beast [Short Version] by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The chorus is optional - playing dockworkers and possibly used to perform musical numbers (not included in the script). |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy for kids. Several settings but intended to be performed with minimal scenery. |
| Synopsis | Joshua Harcourt faces financial ruin. With a wife, three daughters and a house in the country to support, the outlook is bleak. A chance encounter with a rich and handsome prince looking, as handsome princes do, for true love, provides him with a chance of salvation. All that is needed is for Joshua's youngest and sweetest daughter, Belle, to fall for the prince. Unfortunately this prince has fallen foul of a witch who has turned him into a hideous beast. Can Belle's sweet disposition persuade her to ignore the prince's appearance and can the prince be restored to his former handsome self? As it all ends, as tradition demands, happily ever after, then the answer to both questions must be 'yes'. |
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| Beauty and The Beast [Version 5] by Warren McWilliams |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 16. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 14 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with songs, in various settings. |
| Synopsis | A new re-writing of the familiar story, in a fast paced panto, with many necessary ingredients and more... |
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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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| Beauty and the Beast [Version 6] by Dawn Cairns |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 15 songs are included in this pantomime, 13 suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with various settings. |
| Synopsis | Beauty and the Beast with a difference, as two Dames, a talking dog, a talking rat and a mute cat join in the fun. Of course - evil witch Grimelza and her sidekicks Snivel and Snide, and some talking trees, are thwarted in their attempts to prevent the Beast from marrying the beautiful Belle. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Best in the Book by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Chorus includes unspecified numbers of (talking) sheep and camels |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes sheet music for three original songs. A number of traditional carols are also suggested in the script. |
| Style | Irreverend, humorous nativity play. Simple sets. |
| Synopsis | A humorous nativity story, with pantomime camels, talkative sheep, Queens as well as kings and lots of angels. The shepherds really don't like their job and spend the cold winter's night in drinking too much! They are very alarmed when angels appear. Meanwhile, one of the kings' camels develops a puncture... |
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Between the Lines by Erica Glenn
Winner of the VIP Arts Playwriting Competition, One-Act Musical Category, 2004 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Characters include a (fairytale) wolf! The chorus (children) is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Musical scores for 13 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act comedy musical for kids. Minimal set requirements, simple props. |
| Synopsis | It's time for a bedtime story, but things are not as we've come to expect them... The big, bad wolf is afraid of small children and princesses take to fighting dragons to rescue sleeping princes. |
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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
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| Billionaire School by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for ten original songs is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Simple musical for kids - an excuse to dip into a few historical topics! |
| Synopsis | Billionaire Gil Bates is a smart man when it comes to computers, but has trouble with remembering basic history and culture. He and his wife hatch a plan: combine a group of teachers and Gil's love of musical theatre, and present some of history's greatest moments in musical form! |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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