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Chaos In Wonderland by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 51 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | No specific music suggestions, although there is an optional song performance in Scene Three. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act rhyming play |
Synopsis | Alice unexpectedly teams up with Jack and his magic beans to overthrow the Queen of Hearts in this rhyming one-act collision of tales. |
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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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Christ's Passion by Hilary Mackelden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 21. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 76. Chorus. Casting very flexible (the Producer's Copy of the script includes a doubling table to demonstrate how the minimum casting can be achieved). |
Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Exactly what it says - a large cast passion play. |
Synopsis | The story of Jesus, from birth to death and resurrection. |
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A Christmas Carol [Play for Schools] by Damian Woods |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 30. Minimum total without doubling = 44. Chorus. Whilst some of the characters have specific ages, this is an indication for the purpose of costume and make-up rather than for casting! |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for the use of 7 carols. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one-act play for children, faithfully adapting the classic Dickens story. Simple sets (furniture) reconfigured between or during scenes. |
Synopsis | On Christmas Eve 1843, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, who help him see the error of his ways. |
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A Christmas Carol [Version 2] by Adrian Barradell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 15. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 32. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | There are places for music, songs, or dances at the Producer's discretion Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | The classic Dickens Christmas tale is given a pantomime makeover |
Synopsis | Charles Dickens and his friend Simple Sally take the audience on a journey through Ebenezer Scrooge's most memorable Christmas Eve, with comedy elements to lighten the spirits. |
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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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A Christmas Carol [Version 3] by Michael Morton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 37. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 88 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's copy of the script suggests a series of carols to be sung during the show. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full-length play adapted from the classic novel by Charles Dickens. |
Synopsis | On the night of Christmas Eve, the miserly and embittered Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by a series of ghosts. |
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The Christmas Carol [Version 4] by Anthony Paul Lashley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. The number of carol singers is unspecified. The author suggests (but does not insist) that when Scrooge is reformed, he might be played by a different actor to emphesise the change! Something for productions to play with. |
Run Time | Around 57 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Lyrics to a number of (out-of-copyright) carols are embedded in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play with songs. Multiple locations, but indicated by lighting and furniture rather than full-stage sets. |
Synopsis | Dickens' Christmas tale of redemption is given a little comic twist and run at a smarter pace, but still delivers the required moral lesson along with the laughs. |
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A Christmas Carol by Andrew Yates Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 43. Chorus. Flexible cast - several scenes require lots of extras, many with speaking parts. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven original songs are provided with the producer's copy of the script. (The script also suggests the use of the carol 'God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen') |
Style | Adaptation of Dickens classic tale of redemption as a musical play. |
Synopsis | On Christmas eve, miser Ebenezer Scrooge receives a visit from the ghostly apparition of his former business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley's ghost is followed by three more spectral visitors, who show visions of Scrooge's past present and future in an effort to show the old skinflint the error of his 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
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Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates by Jeanette Ranger & Christopher Lillicrap |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. The chorus of additional ratlings is optional. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for the overture and 9 original songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Musical family show - not a pantomime, but containing some of the elements - musical numbers, a comedy cooking scene, over the top heroes and villains, a magical helping hand, and plenty of audience participation. Single set. |
Synopsis | The good ship Santa Claus is sailing home with all the precious cargo needed for Christmas. When it's hijacked by the rat pirate Jolly Roger, it's up to Christmas the ship's cat, along with the ship's cook and a magical mermaid, to save the day. On the way there are excellent songs, jokes and physical comedy. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Vocal demo tracks for the 9 songs from Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates by Jeanette Ranger and Christopher Lillicrap.
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The Christmas Play by Peter Lancaster Walker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. The chorus is an optional mixture of choir and extras! Could be played by children or a mixture of adults and children. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Suitable Christmas carols are suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Fifteen minute play. Simple hospital set, used to frame the nativity play within the play. |
Synopsis | Missing the school Nativity play, thanks to a broken toe, Sarah is sulking, but the nurse has an idea. Soon a cast is assembling for the hospital ward Nativity and Sarah gets to sing along after all. |
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