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| The Olympian Myths by Tony North |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute, large cast play for schools in the style of Ancient Greek drama. (Appropriate for the English National Curriculum KS2 History topic Ancient Greece.) |
| Synopsis | A brief introduction to some of the gods of Greek legend |
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| Pompeii Up! by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Further parts could be added at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing with your choice of music. |
| Music | Two musical suggestions are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short one act play, suitable for a school assembly. |
| Synopsis | In this piece we have information and entertainment, with facts and figures from the eruption of Vesuvius - which buried Herculaneum and Pompeii. |
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| The Princess and the Frog by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two song suggestions are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short rhyming play. |
| Synopsis | Spoilt Princess Gwendolen is not satisfied with her suitors, and the frog who turns into a handsome and eligible prince is no exception. He lives happily ever after - but what of the Princess? |
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| The Princess and the Mirror by Charles Alverson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Monsters 1-3 are offstage voices. Peasants form chorus - number at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy play for children. |
| Synopsis | With knights in shining armour, dragons to slay not to mention a few monsters here and there, vain Princess Alice learns that mirrors can have more uses than for just admiring yourself. |
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| Rhyming Ali Baba by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One set of song lyrics included, to the tune of 'Wild Rover'. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A simple version of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' told in rhyme, minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Like all pantomime heroes, Ali Baba is broke. On his way to look for work, he witnesses a band of thieves hiding treasure in a secret cave. He overhears their password and helps himself to their treasure. Unfortunately, the thieves find out and track him down by hiding in storage jars. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Rhyming Christmas Gift by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. All characters are adults. (Except the elves.) Opportunity for a chorus as a choir of carol singers. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A simple verse play. Assumed to be done with minimal set - imagination substituting for scenery. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | A liberal adaptation (updated and versified) of the O. Henry story 'The Gift of the Magi'. An arguing couple demonstrate their love through Christmas gifts. |
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| Rhyming Magic Goose by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The score for the fairground music is provided with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Rhyming fairytale (adapted from a Grimm Brothers story) for performance by kids. Simple set and props. |
| Synopsis | The King promises half his riches to anyone who can cause his cursed daughter to laugh. Can humble Peter and his Magic Goose release the Princess from her sadness? |
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| Rhyming Pied Piper by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. (Chorus plays rats and children) |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin told as a simple verse play. Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Rats are taking over the rich town of Hamelin, so when an eccentrically dressed stranger offers to drive them away, the Mayor offers to heap him with gold. However, when the rats have disappeared, so has the Mayor's promise, till the stranger reminds the town of his musical prowess. |
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Romeo and Juliet - Sped Up! by Hannah Thomas
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Most of the speaking is done by the two narrators. There are six other speaking parts (some of whom have as much as a word) and other named roles played by people stepping out of the chorus (usually to be brushed-off or stabbed). |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute reduction of Romeo and Juliet. No set requirements, just a few props, love and death. |
| Synopsis | Shakespeare's tale of young love and tragedy given short shrift in this heavily condensed version. |
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| Rumpelstiltskin [Rhyming] by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Optional non-speaking chorus of courtiers. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Optional lyrics embedded in the script, fit to the Barcarolle from Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short verse pantomime in two scenes for a small cast. A fun take on the Grimm tale, livened up by some comedy and a twist on the ending. |
| Synopsis | The Miller boasts that his daughter Samantha is so clever she can spin straw into gold. The King hears this and demands that she do so (with the reward of marrying the king). Samantha is a fine young lady, and so on, but has no such skill. Rumpelstiltskin, however, does and completes the task for her. After which, it turns out that Samantha doesn't think much of the reward. |
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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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