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The Awesome Adventures Of Percy by Graham Milton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. Additional guests and statues at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act mythology play for children or youth ages, with various (simple) settings. |
Synopsis | The Prophets of Doom narrate the story of the birth of Perseus and we see his adventures, culminating in his encounter with Medusa, unfold before us. Contains a sprinkling of humour to lighten the storyline. |
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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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Bears Don't Cry by Charles Alverson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are a six-year-old girl (who might be played by any age!), a bear, a lion and two off-stage voices. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A charming short play for an audience of children with five woodland scenes and a theme of friendship. (The script might be performed by kids or by adults or by a mix!) |
Synopsis | Young girl Shanni, separated from her bear hunter Daddy, is lost in the woods. She is befriended and cared for by Bear and a touching and deep friendship develops between the pair. [Our editor wished to stress that this script is not a reliable guide to the behaviour of ursines.] |
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Being Rose by Richard James |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Requires 5 actresses of varying ages to play the title character. Every male character is intended to be played by the same actor, and every female character (aside from Rose) by the same actress. |
Run Time | Around 39 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A powerful one act play with various settings. |
Synopsis | Rose looks back on her life from old age but as we see her memories replayed before us, differences emerge between her stories and reality. As her confusion increases, a doctor's diagnosis explains all. In this emotional look at the devastating effects of dementia, Rose is able to recollect momentous emotional events in her life which are vividly and evocatively played out on stage. |
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Bradley No Mates by Linda Stephenson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Written to be performed with four groups of three narrators. The chorus is non-speaking but interacts with the action. The adult roles might be played by adults or children. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for a school company on the theme of bullying. Multiple locations but little or nothing needed in the way of set. |
Synopsis | Bradley is at a new school and having trouble fitting in. Worse, the school bully, who's reputed to carry a knife, has got it in for him. But Bradley has found he can visit the past, and the village school that was knocked down years ago. Maybe his trips there can help him in the present. |
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A Breath Of Fresh Air by Kate Goddard |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. One character is an offstage voice |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for 16 songs or music pieces included |
Music | Optional assorted music with suggested tunes and some popular songs with re-written words. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act play with optional music and dance. |
Synopsis | Carbin Dioxide the second is determined to find more oil and gas to make himself even richer. His assistants discover they can reach the deposits under the North Pole if they increase global warming to melt the ice. Who can stop them? |
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A Brief History Of The United States by Andrew Yates Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 45. Chorus. Slick changes would be required if only minimum cast available. |
Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] Dependent on using all music suggested |
Music | Song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | An assembly presentation play with eight songs. |
Synopsis | A fast moving dramatisation of the rise of the USA, from the early days of discovery and colonisation through industrialisation and two World Wars up to the present day. |
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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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Brotherly Love by Sarah Reilly |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two adults and two children (could be played by four kids.) |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
Synopsis | Jack's sister Emma gives the family a scare after a row with her brother. A short, sweet play examining brother/sister relationships. |
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Bully For Theseus by Graham Milton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. In addition to the Minotaur, the characters include a dog, a giraffe and the voice of the giraffe's Sat Nav. |
Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act shcool play, taking a whirlwind tour through the Ancient Greek Myths of Theseus. |
Synopsis | Theseus travels to Athens, to be reunited with his father, Aegeus. He meets many dangers on the way, but does find his way to Athens. His reunion does not last very long, before he volunteers to sail to Crete, in order to kill the dreaded Minotaur. Although successful, he then finds tragedy at home. |
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The Butterfly Lovers by Stefan Allan and Gill Baxter |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Flexible chorus numbers possible. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A re-telling of an old Chinese folk tale, in many scenes, but with simple set requirements. |
Synopsis | As the only daughter of a family in need of Imperial favour, Ying has no choice about marrying Prince Wencai. But the unexpected death of her father puts her brother in charge of the family, and she can travel to school instead, meeting a new love. This is an adaptation of an old Chinese folk tale, dating back to at least the Tang Dynasty. It balances the traditional tale with an engaging style of dramatization. |
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