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| Good King Wenceslas by Christine Harvey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. Extra Singers, Snow, Frost characters may be added at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Singing lines are embedded within the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short Christmas play with some singing, for young children and with a minimal set. |
| Synopsis | If you love the carol 'Good King Wenceslas', then you may love this short play for a young cast. It includes some facts about the real life character upon which Good King Wenceslas was based and incorporates a little humour and some unexpected characters. |
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| The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Sisters by Sian Lewis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids, based on a collision of fairy tales. Two sets (probably set in separate areas of the same stage - a joke can be made about the journey time between the two). |
| Synopsis | A retired evil witch discovers her mirror has been lying to her for years - she's not the fairest of them all. She decides to get her revenge on everyone fairer than her- which is everyone. |
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| The Gossip by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The characters are adults, intended to be played by children. (Two of the female characters could be switched to male by changing two words.) |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple play in rhyming couplets. No specific set requirements. One prop (a wedding cake!) |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Grey tries to stop a rumour spreading by telling everyone that it isn't true. The result is that the rumour spreads rapidly, and her daughter's wedding is ruined. |
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| Great Explorations by Karen Ince |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. For a semblance of historical accuracy, the characters are all written male. However, for the purposes of performance, this isn't really necessary! |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for kids with plenty of opportunities for over-acting and a bit of education thrown-in. |
| Synopsis | A remarkable meeting in an inn, as some of the History's Biggest Names In Exploration get together to sort out who's going to discover what, and when. And then who's going to pay the bar bill... |
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| The Great Fairytale Robbery by Eric Scott, John Regan & Deanne Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Doubling of one character is essential in this script. |
| Run Time | Around 94 minutes. [Estimated!] Songs included in the timing for this production. |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for ten songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A musical play for children with multiple settings. |
| Synopsis | The evil head of a TV studio is determined to rid the world of children's books, and sets out to destroy fairytale and pantomime characters. Poor Cinderella is first on her list, but many familiar characters are also affected. Scarecrow Oz, magically given a brain, devises a cunning rescue plan... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Greece! - The Musical by Sue Gordon
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. This could be performed in Ancient Greek style, with three actors playing all the principal parts, or the principal roles could be shared amongst a larger company. The Greek chorus comments on the action, individually, in unison (chant) or in song. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for six original songs supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Modern version of Ancient Greek drama with a humorous interpretation of Greek myths and legends. No set requirements, few props. The text is identical to Greece! - The Play, except that some of the chants are replaced by songs. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble on Mount Olympus - the boiler has stopped working and Zeus isn't getting any hot water. Zeus is in a temper and Dionysus has a hangover. It's up to Hera to sort things out by calling for Heracles, the odd job man of Ancient Greece... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** CD with instrumental backing tracks for each of the six songs (plus reprises) from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** CD with sung tracks for each of the six songs from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** Zip file containing instrumental backing tracks for each of the six songs (plus reprises) from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** Zip file of sung tracks for each of the six songs from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
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| Greece! - The Play by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. This could be performed in an Ancient Greek style, with three actors playing all the principal parts, or the principal roles could be shared out amongst a larger company. The Greek chorus comments on the action, individually or in unison. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Modern version of Ancient Greek drama with a humorous interpretation of Greek myths and legends. No set requirements, few props. The text is identical to Greece! - The Musical, except that some of the chants are replaced by songs. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble on Mount Olympus - the boiler has stopped working and Zeus isn't getting any hot water. Zeus is in a temper and Dionysus has a hangover. It's up to Hera to sort things out by calling for Heracles, the odd job man of Ancient Greece... |
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| Green For Ever and Longer by Raymond Blakesley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Whilst some of the characters have specific genders (queen bee, for example), since they are insects and microbes, the gender of the actors is no crucial! Flexible chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for children. Single, minimal set, few props. |
| Synopsis | As Queen Bee Honey and her Minibeast subjects celebrate in memory of Sir Turnham Green, who saved their wood from developers, two strangers arrive. They have a strange request, but unknown to everyone they've also brought danger into the woods. |
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| Gregory For Mayor by Keith Passmore |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 44 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fantasy one act play for children, with various simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Everyone is eager to see kind and thoughtful Gregory elected as mayor - everyone that is except the evil Wizard Crumb and his Italian sidekick Fettuccine, who turn Gregory into a stone statue. Fortunately the good Wizard Kindly is able to concoct an antidote and everyone lives happily ever after. |
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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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