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| Pirates Ahoy! by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute presentation piece for schools |
| Synopsis | A group of famous pirates are interviewed about the realities of Pirate Life in the Golden Age of Piracy. Long John Silver, as a fictional Pirate, is there on sufferance. A useful classroom introduction to the subject. |
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| The Pirates of Penrith by Andy Johnson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Whilst the gender of some of the characters is implied by their names, there is lots of scope for variation! |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for a school class-sized cast. Packed with piratical puns. |
| Synopsis | A group of veteran retired pirates lead a motley chase across the oceans as they escape from their retirement home and go in search of the treasure of the Stinkas. A large cast comedy with some truly terrible jokes along the way. |
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| The Plan by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue for a teenage girl. Single set (her bedroom) can be represented minimally. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | The plan was hatched between Donna and her friend Kaylee, and at the end of it, one of them was going to be going out with Danny, the swimming pool lifeguard. But which one? And would things actually go to plan? |
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| Pocket Panto by Mark Niel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and teenage children. Could either be played by teenagers, or by a mixture of adults and kids. |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A list of suggested songs is provided in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Two act play for teenagers (or a mix of adults and teens). Intended to be performed with minimal sets and simple props. The play itself is not a pantomime, but there is a panto inside the play! |
| Synopsis | A school outing is derailed by mechanical trouble, leading to a night in a barn, where the drama group has to create its own entertainment - the pocket panto. (Pantomime as a play within a play!) Meanwhile there is a staffroom romance afoot (the course of which never does run smooth). |
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The Point of the Pyramid - Musical by Sue Gordon
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Thirteen speaking roles with lots of supporting players (with a lot of scope for doubling). The songs need three or four soloists and a chorus or choir. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music (piano and vocal) for six original songs. |
| Style | One-act historical, educational, musical comedy mystery! (What more could you want?) A story of intrigue in Ancient Egypt with a lot of period detail (suitable for the Key Stage 2 history syllabus) snuck in! |
| Synopsis | Someone is plotting against the Pharaoh! On a visit to the construction site of his much-delayed pyramid, his life is threatened by a falling stone. Luckily, Baki, one of the slave builders, saves the Pharaoh and is rewarded with his freedom. Then Baki learns that the Pharaoh has had four food-tasters poisoned in the last three weeks. Can he save the Pharaoh's life again? |
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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
** CD with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon.
** CD of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.)
** Zip file with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon.
** Zip file containing MP3s of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.)
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| The Point of the Pyramid - Play by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Thirteen speaking roles with lots of supporting players (with a lot of scope for doubling). |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | School play - a one-act educational comedy thriller! (What more could you want?) A story of intrigue in Ancient Egypt with a lot of period detail (suitable for the Key Stage 2 history syllabus) snuck in! |
| Synopsis | Someone is plotting against the Pharaoh! On a visit to the construction site of his much-delayed pyramid, his life is threatened by a falling stone. Luckily, Baki, one of the slave builders, saves the Pharaoh and is rewarded with his freedom. Then Baki learns that the Pharaoh has had four food-tasters poisoned in the last three weeks. Can he save the Pharaoh's life again? |
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| Pompeii Up! by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Further parts could be added at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing with your choice of music. |
| Music | Two musical suggestions are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short one act play, suitable for a school assembly. |
| Synopsis | In this piece we have information and entertainment, with facts and figures from the eruption of Vesuvius - which buried Herculaneum and Pompeii. |
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| Pond Life by Nettie Baskcomb Brown |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two well-known songs are suggested for inclusion, with alternative lyrics provided for one of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Quirky one-act comedy for young actors, with songs and potential to use puppets. |
| Synopsis | Over one summer a newly planted pond becomes inhabited by a variety of amphibians and plants, but this delicately balanced ecosystem is threatened by an influx of new creatures. Will the ‘Newpond’ residents fight to retain their quiet way of life or is there another way to deal with this crisis? |
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| Poppies Never Forget by Christine Harvey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains a suggestion for one song. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short play for schools |
| Synopsis | The poppies for the Remembrance Day wreath must explain the history and importance of Remembrance Day to the new poppy joining their ranks. |
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| A Pottle of Brains by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. It's based on a fairytale, so contains a couple of gruesome moments (which, happen off-stage). Simple (negligible!) sets. |
| Synopsis | Tom the Fool has absolutely no common sense, and his mother wishes for him to have a 'pottle of brains' so he can take care of himself after she is gone. She sends him to the old woman on top of the hill, who claims not to be a witch in any shape or form, but who asks him to bring back the heart of what he likes the most and answer one of her riddles. Eventually, after discovering what it means to sacrifice what you like the most, Tom receives a pottle of brains - but not in the way you would expect! |
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