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His Shoes Were Far Too Tight by John Chambers |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The ages of the two characters vary considerably (and not sequentially!) during the play! |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play for two actors. A study of character and relationships. Contains some swearing. |
Synopsis | The English eccentric (artist, musician and writer of nonsense verse) Edward Lear takes a sentimental journey back through his relationship with his loyal Albanian servant Giorgis Kokalis. They recall their first meeting, their travels, arguments and understandings. |
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Home, Sweet Home by Adam Croft |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage characters and an off-stage voice. |
Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Drama in two acts in a single living-room setting. Contains (appropriately) strong language. |
Synopsis | Richard and wife Claire act as Samaritans as they give homeless Boz a bed for the night in their garage. Their act of kindness rebounds as Boz gradually makes himself at home and Claire is left with a life changing dilemma. |
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Hoodwinked by Andrew Yates |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | A list of suggested songs is provided in the Producer's copy of the script, with some original lyrics to familiar tunes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full length pantomime. |
Synopsis | This pantomime brings fun with some new situations for the familiar Robin Hood characters, who use innovative means to thwart the dastardly sheriff. |
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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 ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Hook and Peter Pan - How it all began by Giles Scott, Helen Dooley and Bob Walsh Cape Times Awards for Amateur Theatre, "Best Musical" 2003 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. This is not a panto, but it would be possible for Peter Pan and some or all of the lost boys to be played by girls. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for Overture and 15 songs by Helen Dooley and Bob Walsh are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Full-length musical which could be played by a youth company, by adults or by a mixture. The production notes include extensive explanations of how to fly! |
Synopsis | Everyone knows the story of Peter Pan. But how did the Boy Who Never Grew Up learn to fly? How did Hook lose his hand? How did the croc swallow the clock? This enchanting musical provides the answers! |
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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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The Horrific Case Of Mr Valdemar by Edgar Allen Poe - adapted Richard Layton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 98 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Melodramatic full-length play. Multiple settings, but one main set with minor locations playable front-of-curtain or picked-out by lighting. |
Synopsis | In this dramatization of an Edgar Allan Poe short story, the eerie atmosphere surrounding Mr Valdemar's death and the intervention of the questionable hypnotist Rufus is authentically and chillingly brought to life. |
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Hotel Mikado by S. P. Franksson Winner of the Alistair Hewitt Play Writing Competition 2023. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. One (female) character is a recorded voice only. |
Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length comedy with a single (hotel room) setting. |
Synopsis | Wendy and Kevin return to their honeymoon hotel room for their 10th anniversary. They discover her ex-husband is at the same resort with a friend. Coincidence? Not at all. Henry's a scorned and bitter man who still holds a huge candle for his ex-wife, and he means to win her back. |
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Hound Dog by Ginny Davis |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | 10 tracks suggested to be played as background music at certain points in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A comedy presented as three acts (though could be performed as one) with a single living room set. |
Synopsis | Linda is determined to adopt a mistreated dog she encounters on holiday in Greece, much to the consternation of not only of her husband and two teenage children, but also family dog Jack, who has a lot to say. |
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles [Version 2] by Matthew Harper |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 115 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length Victorian thriller, with various settings and many short scenes. |
Synopsis | A fast paced dramatisation of the Conan-Doyle favourite, moving quickly and effortlessly from Holmes' cerebral consideration of the case, to the perils awaiting him and Dr Watson, not to mention Sir Henry Baskerville on Dartmoor. |
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The House Amongst The Willows by Robert Scott Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length thriller with a single set |
Synopsis | Fletcher is taking his fiancée Sadie to stay with the parents of his previous wife. He hasn't really told her much about his last wife's death, and Sadie makes several startling discoveries before she learns the truth about everything. |
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How Did That Get In My Locker? by Andrew M. Frodahl |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 63 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act school play - chiefly American in theme and content, though could be adapted for other audiences. |
Synopsis | When prom queen Emily goes missing and her bra turns up in Dullon Bland’s locker, only teen PI Ithaca Shue can help him. |
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