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Babes in the Wood by tlc Creative Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Some original lyrics included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British pantomime. Strong characters, slapstick, visual jokes, puns and mayhem |
Synopsis | All is not well in Nottingham! The wicked Sheriff is growing rich on the many taxes he is forcing the poor townsfolk to pay and he is just about to become even richer. Pip and Penny, recently orphaned and heirs to vast fortunes have been entrusted into his care and he is hatching a horrible plan to make sure that he will inherit the cash and marry Maid Marion into the bargain. All that stands in his way is the very brave and dashing Robin Hood and his Merry Men, the fearsome Nanny Coddle, brainless Dave Knave (the wannabe outlaw) and a rather overworked Fairy. Will they succeed in thwarting the evil plot and beat the Sheriff and his villainous henchmen? |
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Babes in the Wood [Short Version] by Geoff Bamber Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The chorus (Captain Sprague's crew) is optional. There are nominally four police constables, but these could be increased or decreased in number. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | There are opportunities for songs and dances, but no specific songs suggested in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act comedy (somewhere near an English pantomime, but not exactly that!) for kids. Nominally 5 locations, but no set requirements, so could be performed without set changes. |
Synopsis | When prosperous businessman Edwin Merryweather is mysteriously lost at sea together with his wife, Constance, their two children, Lizzie and Tizzy, are placed in the care of their Aunt Lydia and her new husband, Lemuel Viper. Viper has his sights set on the Merryweather fortune but he cannot get his hands on that while Lizzie and Tizzy are alive. He hatches a plot to have the girls done to death in Spooky Wood but the ineptitude of the hired killers, the interference of a posse of belligerent elves and the appearance a rather sinister old lady ensure that his plans do not run smoothly. |
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Babes in the Wood [Version 2] by Bob Heather & Roger Lamb |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Lyrics for one song included in the script, all other songs at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British Pantomime with traditional pantomime characters - dame, village idiot, goodies and baddies, slapstick and comedy. Published in 2005, this revised version published 2011. |
Synopsis | A battle between the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood over the custody of the Sheriff's wards, aided or confused by the village idiot, Tom Piper, his mother, Robin's Merry Men and the Sheriff's incompetent deputies. |
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Babes in the Wood [Version 3] by Adrian Barradell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. It's a panto - make your mind up as to who plays what! |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 7 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full length British pantomime. Heroes, villains, kidnappings, ghosts, chases, sword-fights and jokes. That kind of thing. |
Synopsis | Two children left in the dubious care of the Sherrif of Nottingham, ultimately rescued by the brave outlaw, Robin Hood. |
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Babes in the Wood [Version 4] by Mark Seaman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Eleven principals one major cameo plus chorus. It's a pantomime, so make your own mind up as to which plays what. |
Run Time | Around 115 minutes. [Estimated!] Script estimated at 90 minutes, 25 minutes allowed for songs. |
Music | All songs at the discretion of the production. (The Producer's Copy of the score suggests the style of the songs to be used without actually naming any songs!) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length British pantomime - a rip-roaring fast paced panto with lots of business, corny and (harmless) risqué jokes and copious audience participation opportunities. |
Synopsis | The evil Sheriff plots with his hapless assistants Gilbert and Dilbert to get rid of his late brother's children Lilly and Billy so that he can rob them of their vast inheritance. He is thwarted by hero Robin who is assisted by his true love Marian and the children's nanny Dame Norah. King Richard returns to restore Robin's estate to him and all live happily ever after - except the nasty Sheriff! |
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Babes in the Wood [Version 5] by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Various characters can be played m or f. Chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 15 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 full length pantomime with various settings. |
Synopsis | The evil Sheriff of Nottingham wants money and lots of it. He employs two new tax inspectors, Stuff and Nonsense to help double his income. When the Babes, Teddy and Tilly, arrive he is determined to kill them and keep their inheritance. Robin Hood and his Merry Men come to the rescue to thwart his nasty plans. |
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Bah Humbug! by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions (and some original lyrics) are provided in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length British Pantomime. |
Synopsis | A retelling of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', panto-fashion, with well-known songs merrily re-worded to suit the script. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old businessman who believes Christmas is all 'humbug' to cheat him out of his money. Can the ghost of his long deceased partner, and three Christmas spirits, teach him the error of his ways? And will anyone realise Tiny Tim is not quite as endearing as we thought? |
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Bakers by Tim Cole |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Optional chorus of bakery workers. |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length comedy play - a family show - with strong characters, running jokes and a fair amount of bakery horseplay! Single main set (a bakery) with front-of-tab scenes. |
Synopsis | Thanks to Mary's business partner, her bakery is about to close. Luckily the Town Hall Bread suppliers have failed and she could pick up the contract and save the bakery - unless her partner can throw another spanner in the works. |
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The Ballad of Jessica James by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Additional non-speaking roles may be added at Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 56 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy, set in various locations - which could be simply set. |
Synopsis | Jessica sets out on an adventurous journey to tame the Wild West. She doesn't take much - but she has a rucksack containing fabulous flapjack. (Recipe available with the Producer's copy of this script!) And the residents of Boulder Gulch were mighty glad she stopped off to volunteer as sheriff, when there was a risk to their bank... |
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Be Careful What You Wish For by Jon Boustead |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The author suggests (but does not insist) that the Chorus consists of five or more actors. In addition to their occasional speaking and animated roles, the chorus perform physical theatre, becoming parts of the set and props. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act fantasy play for children with various simple settings. Drama and opportunities for physical theatre. |
Synopsis | A group of children visit a strange castle and are taken on a salutary journey by the castle keepers on which the children's wishes are fulfilled. The children learn the importance of being careful what they wish for. |
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