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| Jack and the Giant Beanstalk by Dave Jeanes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Principal boy assumed to be played by F, Dame by M. Characters include Clara the pantomime cow! |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] Run time around 1 hour without songs. |
| Music | Sixteen songs (and three reprises) suggested in the production notes (Producer's copy of the script). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | English Panto. Traditional pantomime characters. Jokes, silliness, magic beans and a pantomime cow. Relatively short script with lots of song suggestions (run time around an hour without songs). |
| Synopsis | The Spratt family can't pay the rent for their cottage and greedy Squire Trebormint is going to throw them out. There's nothing for it but to sell the family cow. Unfortunately, Jack swaps it for a handful of beans... Fortunately, they're magic and grow a beanstalk up to Cloudland. Unfortunately, there's a giant up there. Cue heroism, romance and green people... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Jack in the Land of Nod by Sharon Hulm |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. Characters include two pantomime dames, a fairy, and a whole range of cameos, including pirates, rats and a dog! |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for up to 20 songs, including original lyrics for two of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime with an original story (a comic collision of lots of fairytale themes). |
| Synopsis | All is not well in the Land of Nod where the dreams of mortal men exist. King Rat is taking over with his band of dirty rats and if not stopped our dreams will become nightmares. The Fairie Queen, the ruler of the Land of Nod is losing her powers as few mortal children believe in fairies and needs the help of one who is true of heart. She calls upon Jack, who falls asleep a lot and has just lost his parent's farm for them and doesn't have any livestock to sell for magic beans. But the Fairie Queen is desperate (she must be) and beckons Jack into the Land of Nod. With the help of a pirate and his motley crew, can Jack's mission succeed and save the Land of Nod, especially when some of his stout hearted crew aren't quite what they pretend to be? |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Jack's Amazing Beanstalk Rocket by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 103 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 14 songs are suggested at appropriate places during the script, with opportunity to reprise one at the finale. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime adding a sci-fi twist to the classic fairy tale. |
| Synopsis | Betty Bunn is struggling to pay her rent and when her kind-hearted son Jack sells the family cow little does he realise the adventure that lies ahead. Lunette, a good fairy, watches over Jack and his family as they boldly go where no beanstalk has gone before and battle with intergalactic forces of evil. This fun-filled family panto is a modern twist on a classic tale. |
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| Jesters, Jousters & Donuts by Patti Veconi |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Eight pieces of Renaissance-themed music, scored for junior school musicians, are provided with the Producer's copy of this script. |
| Style | A one act Renaissance-themed school play with music. |
| Synopsis | A troupe of re-enactors assemble in a small town to stage their annual Renaissance Fair - just as contractors with the Dept. of Buildings arrive to announce plans for the sale of the land they are on. The narrator arranges a stay of execution and the show, featuring an archery contest, juggling jesters, a jousting match and not one, but three rival queens, can go on. When the contractors return, (with donuts to share), the actors make their sad goodbyes and exit. The clever Narrator, however, makes a discovery that saves the Renaissance Fair and brings the charming village of Notting-Sher-Wessex-Wood back. |
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| The Jewel Of Lamjung by Richard Ward |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The cast includes an on-stage sound effects operator. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] (The original production, including dances, ran to 22 minutes.) |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short Melodrama with a comedic edge (suitable for inclusion in a Music Hall evening, for example). Set in a regimental ballroom in Nepal in the days of British rule. |
| Synopsis | The Music Hall Chairman takes us through the action as smooth blackguard Major Ponsonby adds the theft of the jewel of Lamjung to his many dastardly misdemeanours. He is finally undone as, following his daughter's lead, the Colonel sees that Ponsonby really is a cad, a bounder and a disgrace to the regiment. |
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| Jo White and the Seven by Anne Bourke |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 27. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 62 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 7 songs, which can be performed at specified points in the play, are suggested in the producer's script, 5 of which have amended lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act panto with minimal set requirements, suitable for young performers. |
| Synopsis | In this present-day update of Snow White in panto style, young and beautiful Jo White escapes the threat of her wicked stepmother to find sanctuary with boy band The Seven. Helping them to victory, she also finds true love and a happy ending. |
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| Josephine And Her Sisters by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Narrated biblical epic with a twist! One act, no specific set requirements. |
| Synopsis | You've heard about Joseph and his coat of many colours... but who made the coat? Find out in Josephine And Her Sisters (and the Amazing Organically-Dyed Fashion Collection) |
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| Journey of a Plastic Bag by Jenny Gilbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children, assumed to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for an overture and 8 songs/dances. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Minimalist presentation, in which the workings of the theatre - scene changes, particularly - are exposed to the audience. Simple story interspersed with songs/dances. |
| Synopsis | We follow the lifecycle of a plastic bag, from manufacture, through multiple uses to final disposal and recycling. A vehicle for environmental awareness. |
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| The Journey of the Magi [Prose] by Martin Kirkland |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 31. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Play morphing smoothly from a comedy introduction to the three wise men into a more reverend Biblical account. Includes the use of shadow theatre. (Structurally in two acts, one-act in length!) |
| Synopsis | Caspar, Balthazar and Melchior are held in high regard by everyone except their wives, who would love a holiday. The appearance of a new star and the sudden interest of the Romans inspires an astrological journey, ending at a certain stable in Bethlehem. |
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| A Journey to Oz by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Lots of scope for choruses of munchkins, wolves, crows and bees! |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming (non-musical) version of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. Multiple locations, but can be staged as simply as necessary! |
| Synopsis | A tornado plucks Dorothy Gale from Kansas and drops her and, more significantly (from the perspective of a tendancy to squish), her house, on top of a despised witch. Two quests follow (as do a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion), before she is able to return home. |
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