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| Salem Witches by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Characters cover a range of ages. Could be played by a youth theatre company or a mixed-age company. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven original songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Play with music. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length (that is to say, it could form half an evening's entertainment!) |
| Synopsis | Historical drama, based on the events in Salem Massachusetts in 1692 when personal disputes spilled-over into accusations of witchcraft and the prosecution of numerous townsfolk. |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Same Difference by Louise Roche |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A list of suggested songs is given in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play (with music) for kids. Multiple settings, but designed to be staged simply. |
| Synopsis | Penny is a new girl, desperate to fit in with her peer-group. The other kids, led by Danni, dare her to enter a mysterious house that has been unoccupied for years. There she meets Amelia..
A tale of exclusion, bullying, ghosts and reconciliation. |
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Samson - The Musical by Sue Gordon
Performance by Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts won the award for Best Junior Production at the Wilmslow Guild One Act Play Festival, 2008 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Whilst the script doesn't specify a chorus, there are groups of 'Israelites' and 'Philistines' and 'Delilah's friends' whose numbers could be expanded. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 8 original songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script |
| Style | Humorous musical version of the story of Samson and Delilah. Simple sets, basic props (give or take the lion!). There is also a version of this script as a play. (The same script, without the songs.) |
| Synopsis | See the book of Judges, chapters 13 to 16 (give or take the bit where Delilah catches Samson with a jam jar, and with a cha-cha-cha for hairdressers). |
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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
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** High quality backing tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical. (Recording by Dave Watt of the Musical by Sue Gordon.)
** Vocal tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical by Sue Gordon. (Musical arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Jonny Ardern, Stuart Ardern and Leanne Cooper. Recording by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
** Zip file containing MP3 high quality backing tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical. (Recording by Dave Watt of the Musical by Sue Gordon.)
** Zip file of MP3 vocal tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical by Sue Gordon. (Musical arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Jonny Ardern, Stuart Ardern and Leanne Cooper. Recording by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
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Santa School by Louise Wade
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Characters include adults, elves and children. Who actually plays the roles is up to you! |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs (for which lyrics are embedded in the script). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Fun family entertainment for the Christmas period, which puts Santa into an original situation that avoids the clichés while fitting in lots of songs. |
| Synopsis | Santa's test of a new sleigh has resulted in a crash, and while he waits for the recovery team of elves to arrive, he ambles off to investigate a Santa School. Can the real Santa pass muster for a corporation Santa at Toyland? |
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| The Scary Tale of Frankenstein by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short, rhyming Gothic horror comedy play for kids! Single laboratory set! |
| Synopsis | Professor Frankenstein creates a new life from recycled body parts. Unfortunately, his assistant, Egor, drops the brain, so a substitute has to be used. Whilst the brain seems to work, the locals see Frankenstein's creation as a monster and they really aren't happy! |
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Scotch Broth by Geoff Bamber with songs by Stuart Ardern
Production by Stranraer Drama Club Juniors won loads of trophies at the Wigton division of the SCDA festival, 2015 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for two songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of ther script. (Two further songs are suggested.) |
| Style | A dramatised partial (probably in both senses) history of Scotland suitable for Primary School aged children and above. Minimal sets (although Hadrian's wall is built - very rapidly - during the show.) |
| Synopsis | Two Inter-Galactic time travellers arrive in Scotland on a fact-finding mission. Guided by a helpful Narrator, they take an eventful journey through the nation's history and culture and encounter some famous faces on the way. |
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The Scottish Play by Bill Siviter
Performance by Greenock Players Youth Section winner at the Inverclyde One Act Play Festival, 2008 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] Up to 90 minutes with banquets, ballads and battles! |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Irreverent verse play, told by the protagonists and by narrators with the action mimed. A good introduction to Shakespeare's story! (The specified run-time is the minimum - banquets, battles and bopping will add to the run time!) |
| Synopsis | The Scottish Play - or 'Kids in Kilts' The complete story of Shakespeare's Macbeth (witches, murder, walking trees, revenge - that sort of thing) told as a verse play for kids. [Note that there is also a musical version of this play, called (with great enterprise) The Musical Scottish Play. It is identical except that six original songs have been added.] |
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| Seeking Sleeping Beauty by Mark Billen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play, subverting Sleeping Beauty and various other fairytales. |
| Synopsis | Prince Florimund and Nomdeplume are lost in the forest when they meet Lilac the Fairy and learn of the Princess sleeping an enchanted sleep. On their way to rescue her they meet Red Riding Hood, a wicked witch, a vampire and Rapunzel, and some other folks too. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Sherlock Holmes - The Panto by Jenny Gilbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 43. Chorus. Mrs. Hudson as Pantomime Dame, Charlie (the hero) assumed to be played by a female as a 'principal boy'. Lots of 'cameo roles' and a pantomime dog! |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains a list of 12 suggested songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Unconventional pantomime, parodying Conan Doyle. A variety of characters, a Holmsian plot, plenty of spectacle, songs, dances and a magic trick. |
| Synopsis | In the foggy streets of London, somebody is murdering umpires, Princess Freda is in jeopardy and Queen Victoria is not amused. Could this be a dastardly plot from arch villain Moriarty? And why is there a sudden outbreak of false moustaches? Inspector Semaphore and Sergeant Dull are baffled. Sherlock Holmes and the trusty Watson are on the case, but one step ahead of them is Charlie, the leader of the Baker Street Irregulars, and a canine catastrophe called Baskerville. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Show-Down at the Hoe-Down by Ed Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by a male. The hero could be a 'principal boy' (i.e. played by female). |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Twelve songs suggested in the production notes (part of the Producer's Copy of the script.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | English Pantomime - jokes, visual humour, etc. - in a Wild West setting. |
| Synopsis | There's a hoe-down coming up and dame Ellie-May wants to look her best. Unfortunately her jewels have been stolen by Tex Gunslinger and his sidekick Heinz. Will Barrow, the new Sheriff, forces a show-down with Tex in the hope of impressing the beautiful Mary-Lou. (And if that isn't enough, there's added confusion from a snake-oil salesman and his Injun accomplice, a judge who cheats at cards and a troublesome barmaid.) |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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