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Green Things in Space by Paul Gisby |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. In addition to the on-stage characters, two people appear on video and there are several voice-overs. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play. Simultaneously comic and poignant. Stage (and action) split between a modern hospital and the deck of a sci-fi spaceship! |
Synopsis | Stan is in hospital, suffering from the effects of years of working with asbestos, but he lives on in his unpublished science fiction epic - an unintentionally hilarious account of a galactic war. |
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Greeting Cards by Frank Flynn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 127 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length comedy drama with a single setting and some adult themes. |
Synopsis | Greeting card artist Robbie has suffered a stroke and his room mate Max is struggling to care for him and encourage him to get back to work. Two women, Mandy and Max’s sister Gertie are the catalyst for life saving changes for both Robbie and Max. |
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A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen (Musical) by Sue Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 40. No chorus. Lots of speaking parts, but few characters per scene so easy to structure small rehearsals. Whilst it does not require a chorus, there is scope for extra characters in a few of the scenes. Some of the characters sing! |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for 7 original songs and 3 pieces of incidental music is provided with the producer's copy of the script. |
Style | Comic retelling of fairytales as a musical play. Many scenes, but using the same few pieces of 'set furniture'. Simple props. |
Synopsis | Hans Christian Andersen gets an unexpected visit from the Brothers Grimm - who seem to be upset over the matter of stealing story lines. A competition ensues, with characters from Andersen and Grimm stories taking the stage - often in unexpected ways. |
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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 ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files ** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show ** Backing tracks for the 7 songs and 3 pieces of incidental music for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen' ** Vocal tracks for the 7 songs (plus 3 pieces of incidental music) for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen' by Sue Gordon. (Arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Leanne Cooper and, Jonny & Stuart Ardern. Recordings by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.) ** A zip file of backing tracks for the 7 songs and 3 pieces of incidental music for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen' ** Vocal tracks for the 7 songs (plus 3 pieces of incidental music) for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen' by Sue Gordon. (Arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Leanne Cooper and, Jonny & Stuart Ardern. Recordings by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
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A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen (Play) by Sue Gordon Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 40. No chorus. Lots of speaking parts, but few characters per scene so easy to structure small rehearsals. Whilst it does not require a chorus, there is scope for extra characters in a few of the scenes. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comic retelling of fairytales - many scenes, but using the same few pieces of 'set furniture'. Simple props. |
Synopsis | Hans Christian Andersen gets an unexpected visit from the Brothers Grimm - who seem to be upset over the matter of stealing story lines. A competition ensues, with characters from Andersen and Grimm stories taking the stage - often in unexpected ways. |
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Grimm Tales - For Little Horrors by Peter Nuttall |
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The Guest House by P. B. Stenson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Fifteen on-stage roles plus an offstage voice. |
Run Time | Around 87 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play in a single bedroom set. An episodic structure (because all the guests can't occupy the same bedroom at the same time.) |
Synopsis | Clara and Will have bought the Guest House at Number 13, a new business venture for them. They find that there is a lot of on-the-job learning to do - for example, they have to decide what to do with the stash of old twenty pound notes in the hidden wall safe, not to mention the peculiar behaviour of their guests. |
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Hair of the Dog by Molly McCluskey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length romantic comedy. Single set, simple props. |
Synopsis | In Las Vegas to celebrate the upcoming wedding of his older brother, Keith drinks way too much and wakes up with no memory of the night before. Why is his best friend Amy in his room and acting so strangely? Why was his wallet left in a wedding chapel? And where are his pants? [The last question points out that this is written in American English!] |
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Handstands For You by Adam Exton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are children, but could be played by children or adults. There are three characters, but two of them appear in some scenes as younger versions of themselves. (Either played by the same actors or by younger ones.) |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A touching and deftly-handled approach to the subject of childhood illness. Multiple settings, but does not need explicit sets. Contains mild swearing (which could be moderated if deemed in appropriate for a specific production). |
Synopsis | When Billy was five, his best friend was Gemma, but she moved away. Now Billy's thirteen, he's got a new best friend in Ronald, but he also has leukaemia. Gemma moves back to the neighbourhood and the three have to find space for each other. |
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Hans and Gretel by Paul John Matthews |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 19 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full length pantomime, with various settings. |
Synopsis | Dame Beatrice, aunt to Hans and Gretel, handsome Prince Kurt with his entourage, and the whole of his police force (!) combine - to prevent evil witch Gretchen and her weird attendants from turning Hans and Gretel into gingerbread men. A giant bird helps as well... A traditional panto with good and evil characters, and plenty of audience involvement. |
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Hansel & Gretel [Version 5] by Andrew O'Leary |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 104 minutes. [Estimated!] The timing assumes the use of 10 songs. |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length pantomime. May contain gingerbread. |
Synopsis | The evil witch Hexema and her coven want to bring about destruction, but they need an innocent soul to complete their potion. It could be Hansel or Gretel unless an unlikely group of heroes can save them! |
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