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Babes in the Wood [Version 2] by Bob Heather & Roger Lamb |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Lyrics for one song included in the script, all other songs at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British Pantomime with traditional pantomime characters - dame, village idiot, goodies and baddies, slapstick and comedy. Published in 2005, this revised version published 2011. |
Synopsis | A battle between the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood over the custody of the Sheriff's wards, aided or confused by the village idiot, Tom Piper, his mother, Robin's Merry Men and the Sheriff's incompetent deputies. |
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Babes in the Wood [Version 3] by Adrian Barradell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. It's a panto - make your mind up as to who plays what! |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 7 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full length British pantomime. Heroes, villains, kidnappings, ghosts, chases, sword-fights and jokes. That kind of thing. |
Synopsis | Two children left in the dubious care of the Sherrif of Nottingham, ultimately rescued by the brave outlaw, Robin Hood. |
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Babes in the Wood [Version 4] by Mark Seaman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Eleven principals one major cameo plus chorus. It's a pantomime, so make your own mind up as to which plays what. |
Run Time | Around 115 minutes. [Estimated!] Script estimated at 90 minutes, 25 minutes allowed for songs. |
Music | All songs at the discretion of the production. (The Producer's Copy of the score suggests the style of the songs to be used without actually naming any songs!) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length British pantomime - a rip-roaring fast paced panto with lots of business, corny and (harmless) risqué jokes and copious audience participation opportunities. |
Synopsis | The evil Sheriff plots with his hapless assistants Gilbert and Dilbert to get rid of his late brother's children Lilly and Billy so that he can rob them of their vast inheritance. He is thwarted by hero Robin who is assisted by his true love Marian and the children's nanny Dame Norah. King Richard returns to restore Robin's estate to him and all live happily ever after - except the nasty Sheriff! |
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Babes in the Wood [Version 5] by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Various characters can be played m or f. Chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 15 songs are included in 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 | The evil Sheriff of Nottingham wants money and lots of it. He employs two new tax inspectors, Stuff and Nonsense to help double his income. When the Babes, Teddy and Tilly, arrive he is determined to kill them and keep their inheritance. Robin Hood and his Merry Men come to the rescue to thwart his nasty plans. |
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The Back Alley Bakery by Kim Watson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 79 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length comedy drama on a split (bakery/alley) set. US English. |
Synopsis | Carver's Bakery does brisk business, but in the alley behind it, there are all kinds of encounters. From the couple who live in the alley, to the people who walk down it, lives collide and are changed forever. |
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Bah Humbug! by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions (and some original lyrics) are provided in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length British Pantomime. |
Synopsis | A retelling of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', panto-fashion, with well-known songs merrily re-worded to suit the script. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old businessman who believes Christmas is all 'humbug' to cheat him out of his money. Can the ghost of his long deceased partner, and three Christmas spirits, teach him the error of his ways? And will anyone realise Tiny Tim is not quite as endearing as we thought? |
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Bakers by Tim Cole |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Optional chorus of bakery workers. |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length comedy play - a family show - with strong characters, running jokes and a fair amount of bakery horseplay! Single main set (a bakery) with front-of-tab scenes. |
Synopsis | Thanks to Mary's business partner, her bakery is about to close. Luckily the Town Hall Bread suppliers have failed and she could pick up the contract and save the bakery - unless her partner can throw another spanner in the works. |
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Bannockburn - The Almost True Story by Johnny Grim |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The eight clansmen and the messenger are written male, but could be played by female actors. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length play, adding darkly comedic (and occasionally anachronistic) touches to the true historical story. (Contains ripe language and adult themes.) |
Synopsis | In 1314, as Edward II’s army advance on Scotland, the men of a small Scottish clan prepare to join Robert the Bruce's army at Bannockburn. Before leaving to defend their land, they deal with conflicts of the domestic kind, say their prayers, and down many pints of strong ale. |
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Bardell versus Pickwick by Malcolm Seymour |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length comedy play. Single period (1830s) set. |
Synopsis | Members of the Pickwick Club, re-enact their founder's legal altercation with his landlady, Mrs Bardell. Faithfully adapted from The Pickwick Papers, this hilarious romp highlights the Dickens' well-known dislike of the legal profession, with topical sideswipes at the modern 'no win - no fee' culture. |
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Bargain Burials by Johnny Grim |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 97 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Numerous tracks are suggested in the Producer's copy of the script, to be played pre-show, in the interval, and as sound effects at certain cued points. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full-length comedy with a single (bar) setting. Strong language. |
Synopsis | In the little Australian town of Wedgiemuggurah in 1976, gravediggers Shane and Kev are made redundant, replaced by new technology. Undaunted, the pair decide to put their expertise to good use by opening an on-the-cheap funeral service. |
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