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| Rhyming Two Sisters by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Characters include a talking cow and, even more unusually, a talking tree! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short morality tale, told as a verse play. |
| Synopsis | Joan and Jill are sisters, one helpful, one unkind
To seek their fortunes in the world is what they have in mind
But though they set out boldly, alas there is a hitch
Whilst out to see what they can do, they meet a wicked witch! |
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| Rhyming Wind in the Willows by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Most of the characters are nominally male, but since they are clothed animals, who is to tell? |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming plays for a medium to large group of kids. Nominally six locations but no real set requirements. |
| Synopsis | An accident on a caravanning expedition leaves the flighty Mr. Toad with an obsession with motor cars and inflated opinions of his own driving. Despite the attentions of his friends, Toad ends in jail and the stoats and weasels of the Wild Wood take over his house. After Toad escapes, Badger, Mole and the Water Rat set about recapturing Toad Hall.
Kenneth Grahame's children's classic retold as a verse play. |
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| Richard III - Has Anybody Seen My Horse by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical comedy for kids. Structurally in four acts, but of one-act length. No specific set requirements. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | With the Wars of the Roses in full swing, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, finds himself on the right side when the House of York take the throne. Richard harbours an ambition to become King. Unfortunately his older brothers and his own nephews stand in his way. For a resourceful fellow with no principles this does not present a problem. Dark deeds inevitably ensue. Temporary success is achieved but a happy ending for the story of one of history's favourite villains (*) seems increasingly unlikely.
* This is only because this bit of history was written by the Tudors. (To the victor, the spoilers.) |
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| A Right Royal Mess by S. J. Edwards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act, humorous play suitable for 9-12 year olds. No set requirements. |
| Synopsis | The King and Queen are trying to select a husband for their daughter unbeknownst to her. If only they wouldn't keep being interrupted by auditioning Wandering Minstrels, unhappy Jesters, angry chefs and a very mischievous wicked fairy. |
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Rings Around The World by Keith Badham
Premiere production won Best Youth Production and Best Youth Male awards at the Bedfordshire One Act Play Festival 2013.
(50% of author's royalties are donated to 'Ambitious about Autism'.) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. Sign Language is also used in this play. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggested music is by The Super Furry Animals and Gruff Rhys. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act drama with music, dance and multiple simple settings suggested by the cast. |
| Synopsis | Young Mark is autistic and we are swept into his world in this moving and satirical picture of his short life. |
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| The Rise and Fall Of The Chocolate Rapperz by L. M. Harrison |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Lots of flexibility (in number and in gender - many of the characters with gender-specific names may be changed easily.) |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for kids with a message about nutrition. It's about a musical group, so whilst no music is suggested, it is expected that the produciton will add songs and dances. |
| Synopsis | A pop duo at the height of their fame make the mistake of taking too many treats and become addicted to the sugar high, losing their crowns to the next music sensation. Can their manager and their biggest fan bring them back to healthy eating, exercise and success? |
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| Robby Nudd by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. All the characters are adults, assumed to be played by children or a mixture of adults and children (with particularly the role of Sheriff and Friar open to adults). |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (Lyrics and music by Chris Donovan, additional music by Adrian Watts) for 7 songs plus two reprises is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | A sideways look at the Robin Hood legend! |
| Synopsis | Robby Nudd has become an outlaw because he's too small to join the police! Robby and his band of outlaws haven't robbed anyone in a long time and the women they have brought to the forest are sick of being cooks. The girls rebel and leave the forest. The men go to Nottingham Fair to try and win the archery contest, win the bag of gold and buy the girls some proper ingredients to cook with. The resulting clash with the Sheriff has an unexpected resolution. |
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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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| Robin Hood and his Merry Followers by Kate Goddard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 15. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Although many roles are written as male, the author encourages flexibility of casting - at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 52 minutes. [Estimated!] This is dependent on the optional use of music suggestions. |
| Music | Music suggestions for ten pieces are provided in the Producer's copy. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act play with music, suitable for performance by children and youth ages. |
| Synopsis | This fast paced play, includes song and dance, in re-telling the story of how Robin Hood recruited his Merry Followers and their subsequent adventures. They are faced with Prince John and his henchmen, including three soothsaying Hags and a frustrated executioner, as they help Robin and Marion achieve happiness. |
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| Robin Hood and the King's Bling by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. There is no formal chorus, but it would be possible to add villagers and sheriff's guards. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play for kids. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length. Simple (minimal) sets (give or take the tree), and simple props (give or take the tree stumps). |
| Synopsis | Robin Hood's mission statement - Steal from the Rich, Give to the Poor - is wearing thin with the local villagers who haven't seen much of him doing either. The arrival in the area of King John, complete with a box of royal jewels and an underhand plan for them, presents Robin and his outlaw band with a chance to redeem themselves. Unfortunately for Robin, his arch-enemy, the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham, stands in his way. |
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| The Robin Hood Files by Phil Tuffin |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 50. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A couple of song suggestions are made in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Comedy drama for kids (a school play for a full class or possibly more), exploring aspects of the Robin Hood legend. |
| Synopsis | Inspector Green and Constable Wood are trying to identify the real Robin Hood from four suspects who may have robbed the Bishop of Hereford. Through cunning use of reconstructions, the various suspects present their cases. |
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