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The Case of the Missing School by Sue Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 38. Chorus. Very flexible casting - a set of core characters plus episodes with other characters, which make doubling possible. Several flexible chorus groups. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for songs/music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Comedy play aimed squarely at primary schools. A complete core script with suggestions and opportunities for customisation to fit a specific school. |
Synopsis | When a powerful evil magician makes the local primary school disappear, along with the letters from the school sign, three schoolchildren (with the help of the School Fairy Godmother) vow to find all the letters and restore their school. But the aptly- named Evil One has hidden the letters in bizarre places, leading the children back through history, around the world, and even into space in their attempts to rebuild their sign. A script for schools with opportunities for the children to experiment with improvisation and their own creativity. |
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Castle Royal by Bill Tordoff |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. There is flexibility to assign the parts amongst a greater or lesser number of actors. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for kids. Simple sets (two scenes, but using the same set furniture). Mainly simple props (though the King and Queen ride a tandem!) |
Synopsis | The worlds smallest country advertises for a royal family - then have to deal with the results when ridiculous rules get in the way of common sense. |
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Caterpillar Crawl by Raymond Blakesley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Lots of flexibility. The cast are a mix of children and adults (assumed to be played by children) with options for dances and a chorus (the class) who chant rhymes. The caterpillar role can be played by actors or could be a puppet. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for a flexible cast of children in a mixture of prose and rhyme. Options for dances. Includes information about the butterfly lifecycle. |
Synopsis | When Tom finds a talking, dancing caterpillar he thinks life is going to be easy, but Salome is almost as much trouble as his classmates. But he organises a concert for her anyway. |
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Caught By Christmas by Sharlee Glenn with songs by Erica Glenn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Whilst the children are named as boys and girls, this is flexible! Both classes can be expanded by the chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music (for three original songs) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Short one-act (secular) Christmas musical for kids. School set (two classrooms) but minimal set requirements and simple props. |
Synopsis | Mr Grump teaches class 4b and is ignoring the approach of Christmas, as usual. Miss Jingle and the jollier kids of 4a are celebrating, and they decide to take their party next door, with interesting consequences. |
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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
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The Cautionary Tale of Georgie Porgie by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The narrotor's lines could be split amongst several people. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Rhyming morality play for kids. |
Synopsis | The familiar tale of Georgie Porgie, whose bullying ways lead him to a grave end, is brought to life in an innovative manner. |
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The Cautionary Tale of Mary Contrary by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for four 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 short rhyming comedy play with a moral, for children, with two simple settings. |
Synopsis | Once upon a nursery crime - Mary Contrary demonstrates selfish actions, contrary ways and uncaring attitude to the environment, which lead to her eventual demise. |
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The Chair by Geoff Bamber Best Seller Performance by Hyde Little Theatre won the Andrew Winton Trophy (Best Performance, Under 15s) at the Greater Manchester Drama Federation one-act play festival, 2017. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fable for children in one-act, populated with a variety of characters. |
Synopsis | Follow the life of a chair and the fortunes of its various owners - from woodcutters to royalty and back again. |
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A Chaotic Christmas Carol by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act verse play, rearranging Dickens. |
Synopsis | 'A Christmas Carol' is given a huge twist to show Scrooge as a determined do-gooder, despite the machinations of wicked embezzler Bob Cratchit and the forlorn ghost of grasping Jacob Marley, plus assorted spirits. |
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Chariot by Chad Bearden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. The original production used adults to play the roles of Lenny and Margo. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script suggests five pieces of background music to be used during the course of the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full length play, intended for two young pincipal actors (and various adult roles). |
Synopsis | Lenny and Margo are left orphaned when their mother dies, but their Uncle Joe sneaks them away from government care and takes them on a wild road trip towards San Diego (where he claims to have a job). The kids use their imaginations to stay calm and happy on the trip. The family meet various personalities along America's highways who try to help the lost siblings and the loyal Joe set aside their fantasies and confront reality. |
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Charlotte Holmes - Future Detective by Richard James Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Option to double up roles of Narrators, Pupils and Guards |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play for children |
Synopsis | Young Charlotte Holmes may well be a 23rd century descendant of Sherlock and is eager to do some detective work. Her opportunity arises on a school trip to a museum when it is discovered that Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ painting has been stolen. |
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