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Albert by Janice Sampson Published: 13 August 2012 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] May be staged with an interval. |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy drama. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length. Contains swearing (and a coffin). |
Synopsis | Before flying out to Sacramento to visit his ailing brother, Albert leaves a recording of a few confessions in case something happens to him. There has been a plane crash, and Albert's valedictory address is watched by his grieving son, daughter and sister, who learn a few surprising things, but are in for an even bigger surprise... |
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Albert and His Women by Richard Hills Published: 9 June 2012 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The youngest character is aged 52. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play. Single domestic set. Contains one mild swearword (the play, not the set). |
Synopsis | Albert's doing his best to set his 52 year old son Tom up with a female friend. Tom thinks it's to compensate for his lack of ability with women, since he never knew his mother, but actually Albert has other motives... |
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Albert and More Women by Richard Hills Published: 2 July 2012 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play, single (London flat) set. (This uses the same characters and setting as 'Albert and His Women', but functions as an intependent play - thus they could be used together or separately.) Contains minor swearing. |
Synopsis | Albert and his son Tom continue their search for women - Tom by taking Albert's tips and Albert by getting Tom out of the flat. But tonight they both get much more than they bargained for! |
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Albert in the 21st Century by Ray Lawrence Published: 6 April 2008 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy monologue, in the style of - and referring to - Marriott Edgar's 'Albert and the Lion' (made famous by Stanley Holloway). |
Synopsis | You've heard how young Albert Ramsbottom At a zoo, for a lion, was chow Now here's a lament from Ray Lawrence Saying things like that don't happen now! |
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Alderman Whittington's Cat by Stuart Ardern Published: 2 November 2018 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Some characters are written as male and some as female, but gender isn't important in casting. |
Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | There are spaces for song and dance routines to be added into the script, at the producer's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Pantomime in rhyming quadrameters (and a rap). No set required, but you might go to town on the props. |
Synopsis | He went to London penniless And found the town in a mess. He solved the problems with such flair He rose to be the city's mayor. This is the story of his climb Dick Whittington - a play in rhyme! |
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The Alf Factor by David Dean Published: 6 December 2017 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. 3 characters are gender non-specific. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch combining a Viking era setting with a satire on reality TV. |
Synopsis | Alfred is trying to rally the Saxons to move against the Vikings. Unfortunately for him, they’ve heard a story about the cakes, and they’re not impressed. |
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Ali Baba by Bob Hammond Published: 13 June 2008 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Usual pantomime juxtapositions. Ali Baba is an old man, his wife is the pantomime dame, Hassan, their son, the principal boy (so played by a girl). After that, you can make up your own mind! |
Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs (with two more left to the imagination of the production team!) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Large-cast British Pantomime based on a tale from the 1001 Arabian Nights cycle. |
Synopsis | Al-Sakr and his band of forty thieves have a cave full of their stolen treasure. Ali Baba finds it - leading to no end of trouble (and a lot of jokes)... |
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Ali Baba [Version 2] by Bob Heather and Cheryl Barrett Published: 3 August 2016 A percentage of profits from this play will be donated to St Michael's Hospice, Hereford |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 92 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for fifteen songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full lenth pantomime. |
Synopsis | At her bakery in Cairo Fatima Baba is worried about her soggy bottom.. Will her flatcakes ever get the seal of approval from Pharaoh Rosher? Will Assam Aggie and her tea thief friends ever stop taking a tea break? And will Ali Baba defeat the evil Cassim and reach his lair in time to rescue the beautiful Morgiana? |
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Ali Baba [Version 3] by Hilary Mackelden Published: 8 September 2022 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Some of the characters are nominally male or female, but this is panto, so make up your own mind who plays what! |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] The estimated run time allows time for 12 songs. |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs with some original lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length British pantomime. |
Synopsis | There's trouble in store for the Babas of Baghdad. Not only has the landlord doubled the rent, but the forty thieves, led by Sheikh Blackheart, have stolen everything in sight, and Ali's mum, Rum Baba, is getting the blame! Along with Ali's brother Cassim and girlfriend Morgiana, they must find the stolen treasures and defeat the thieves, and all before they're evicted and their home turned into a luxury resort for billionaires. It's going to be a busy day. |
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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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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Stuart Ardern Published: 1 October 2009 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Comes with the opportunity for the usual pantomime gender juxtapositions. Includes a pantomime camel. There are four named thieves, and the author recommends another six to make up to forty, though it might be possible with fewer! |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for 10 original songs and a dance are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | British pantomime with magic, spectacle, music, visual jokes, slapstick and verbal humour. |
Synopsis | Ali Baba falls for the Sultan's daughter and determines to impress her by retrieving valuables stolen by a band of thieves. Unfortunately, the thieves have other ideas. Ali has Salma, the resourceful servant girl, a Genie, a camel with integral SatNav, and, of course, his mother to call on, but what he really needs is an audience to help him win through! |
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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 ** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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