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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
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| 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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| A Christmas Mouse by Susan Vesey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Words for 8 of the 9 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 simple traditional nativity play, with chorus singing. |
| Synopsis | A Christmas nativity variation, with carols, songs, and a mouse... Suitable for young children. |
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| The Christmas Play by Peter Lancaster Walker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. The chorus is an optional mixture of choir and extras! Could be played by children or a mixture of adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suitable Christmas carols are suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Fifteen minute play. Simple hospital set, used to frame the nativity play within the play. |
| Synopsis | Missing the school Nativity play, thanks to a broken toe, Sarah is sulking, but the nurse has an idea. Soon a cast is assembling for the hospital ward Nativity and Sarah gets to sing along after all. |
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| Christmas Spirit - The Conversion of Mrs Scrooge by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Very flexible cast, including non-speaking reindeer. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for six songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Light Christmas play for (up to a class of) kids, conflating various stories! Opportunities for up to six songs. |
| Synopsis | The Spirit of Christmas Past, Present and Future (the other two are sick, so he's doing all three) tries to get the grim Mrs Scrooge into the spirit of Christmas, but it takes a lot of jokes and a visit from Santa and his wife to bring her round. |
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| Cinderella by Stuart Ardern & Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Ugly sisters assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for two songs, plus an additional set of original lyrics supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. Other songs suggested in the production notes. |
| Style | British Pantomime. Packed with jokes, wordplay and magic. Running jokes and audience participation. |
| Synopsis | The Prince must marry (otherwise his stipend will be cut off) and holds a ball to choose a bride. Cinderella is banned by her ugly sisters and cruel stepmother, but her fairy godmother ensures a happy ending |
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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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Cinderella [Version 10] by Warren McWilliams
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Chorus size variable at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 93 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 15 songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length traditional pantomime, with various settings. |
| Synopsis | Working hard every day for her rude stepsisters and mean stepmother, Cinderella has a tough life. But when she meets the Prince in the forest one day, both their lives are changed forever... |
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