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| Jack and the Beanstalk [Version 5] by Jilly McNeil |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Unusually for Jack and the Beanstalk, it includes a cameo for Robin Hood and interruptions from four brownies. It also has the usual suspects, including buttercup the cow. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 15 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British Pantomime. |
| Synopsis | While the Brothers Grimm prowl the village looking for another story to add to their collection, Jack goes to sell the family cow so he can pay Baron Tightfist's new taxes. Having swapped Buttercup for beans and grown a magic beanstalk, can he find fortune enough to marry? |
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| Jack and the Beanstalk [Version 7] by Luke Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime. |
| Synopsis | This is not the usual 'Jack and the Beanstalk' - but all the pantomime essentials are here. This version has a narrator and there is a cow and also multiple chickens - joining in all the fun, as the female giant is converted to love and the evil Baron Avarice is defeated. |
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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 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'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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| Jackie and the Bean Tin by Marcus Grollman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | No specific music or song suggestions, but there are options for song and dance interludes between scenes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play for kids. |
| Synopsis | A few twist to the time-honoured tale of boy meets beans. This time it's a girl and the point is not to rid the world of ogres but to make sure that there are enough frightening ogres to go round! |
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| Jason and the Golden Fleece by Dominique Vaughan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Chorus includes various mythical creatures! |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short epic(!) told in verse. Ancient Greek myth as a rhyming play for children. No set requirements, no props specified (though many might be used in a particular production). |
| Synopsis | The myth of Jason and the Argonauts on their quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece. A tale of heroes, kings, goddesses, sirens, harpies and the occasional shipwright. |
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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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| 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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| John Lennon Assembly by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 58. No chorus. Lots of cast flexibility! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script includes suggestions for musical interludes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short assembly piece for a full cast of children. No specific set requirements (give or take the representation of a bed!). |
| Synopsis | A short review of the life of John Lennon, looking at where he fitted in to the twentieth century. Written to support the English National Curriculum Key Stage Two, History Unit 20 - What can we learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person? |
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| Joseph And The Truth Stick by Roger Hurn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one-act drama ideal for school assemblies. |
| Synopsis | In this cautionary tale of Ancient Egypt, Joseph is able to use his wisdom and guile to determine who had stolen the Pharaoh’s priceless gemstone. |
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