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| Who wants to be a Millipede? by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters are given specific gender, they are, when all's said and done, invertebrates, so it doesn't really matter! There's no formal chorus, but there could be many more 'minibeasts'. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Educational (entomological) adventure for kids. Minimal sets, but scope for a lot of fun with the costumes! |
| Synopsis | A group of garden-dwelling invertebrates (arthropods, molluscs and an earthworm, since you ask) are under threat from a pesticide attack and need to go on a journey to seek a new habitat. The millipede puts his best foot forward (having spent some time working out which one it is). |
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| Wolf 'n the Hood by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The wolf and three pigs are nominally male, but since they are a wolf and three pigs, it doesn't really matter that much! |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act court-room comedy for kids. Whilst this is a richly comic fantasy drama, it is also meant as an introduction to courtroom procedure! |
| Synopsis | The Big Bad Wolf is in the dock, accused of sheepnapping, and Bo Peep is determined to get a conviction. Can Red Riding Hood save her client despite their shared history? |
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| The World Turned Upside Down by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Optional chorus of would-be citizens storming the Bastille! |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for the two songs (one traditional, the other the Marseillaise) suggested in the script is provided with the Producer's Copy. |
| Style | One-act historical drama for kids. |
| Synopsis | A short dramatisation of the French Revolution from the point of view of the peasants (who join in the overthrow of King Louis but rapidly become disillusioned). |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Midi files of songs from the show
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| You Can't Be Serious! by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Very flexible cast numbers (the upper limit is the entire population of Syracuse). Two presenters appear throughout, the rest of the characters appear in individual episodes and are therefore open to doubling if needed. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play - though arguably a sketch show with a linking theme and two linking characters (the presenters). Ideal for a school class mixing science, history, linguistics and drama. What more could you want? |
| Synopsis | An affectionate spoof of children's science programmes sneaks in some education amongst the fun as the two presenters take a stroll through time to examine the origins of some well-known (and some less well-known) scientific words. |
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| Young Tommy Atkins by Jon Tilley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Character ages of 17 and 27, but could be played by younger ages. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act drama with a single (World War One trench) set. |
| Synopsis | Three young soldiers, Harry a famous footballer in civvy street , new recruit Tommy and their officer Captain Jackson are pinned down in an abandoned First World War trench for several hours. Their relationship develops until the final poignant moments. |
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