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The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Debbie Chalmers |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 9 songs are included with the Producer's copy. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A two act musical play, of a one act length, suitable for children to perform - with various settings. |
Synopsis | The evil Sorcerer works his magic to steal the villagers' crops. Hero Jim becomes the sorcerer's apprentice - to learn his magic spells and save the village. The Raven becomes his ally, and between them they save the day. |
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Stoneybroke Hall by Georgina Cawood |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children. Written for children to perform, but could be played by a mixture of adults and children. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Melodrama. Multiple sets, but sets can be stylised rather than realistic. |
Synopsis | Stoneybroke Hall used to be an excellent school, but recently it has started to go down hill. Staff have been leaving and, mysteriously, the rival school at Graspyng Grange seems to have benefit. The mystery is unfolded by a cast of teachers, pupils and historical figures accidentally caught in a time machine |
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Storm in a Spell Book by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | No music is included, but points at which songs could be added if desired are suggested. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one-act comedy based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, with various settings. Suitable for performance by children. |
Synopsis | Survivors of a shipwreck find themselves on the island inhabited by Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, who's used his magic to bring them here and plans to regain his title. All manner of magic and confusion ensues. |
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Stromboli the Puppet Master by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Principal characters nominally adults (give or take a wooden puppet and a cat). Chorus could be mixed adults and children. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Magic, evil villains, jokes and a talking cat. An unconventional pantomime (without a doe-eyed heroine). |
Synopsis | Geppetto makes Pinocchio, whom the Blue Fairy brings alive. Pinocchio is tricked into joining Stromboli's puppet show. He overhears Stromboli's plan to marry, then kill the Duchess Chloroform, so Stromboli must get rid of him. Pinocchio escapes, and Stromboli chases him into the wood, where the Weird Sisters protect him and get their revenge on Stromboli. Pinocchio, achieves his greatest wish to become a real boy. Everybody is happy - Hurrah! |
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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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The Swan Princess by Dave Jeanes |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Production notes list recommended songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British Pantomime, based on Swan Lake. Magic, an evil villain, slapstick and running gags! |
Synopsis | Rothbart the sorcerer has turned Odette into a part-time swan. Fairy Truelove contrives to break his spell with the help of Prince Otto, Chester the Jester and dame Griselda Pudding. |
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The Sword in the Stone by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. The usual panto flexibility with gender assignment! |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British pantomime, full of jokes, parodies and spectacle. |
Synopsis | The story of England's Greatest King gets a reworking, panto style. When humble page Arthur pulls a sword from a stone, he should become king, but jealous Mordred, aided by his witch of a mother, has other ideas and steals the throne. Can Merlin and Arthur's friends save the day? |
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A Tantalising Christmas by Andrew Weaver |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 64. Chorus. The chorus takes two forms - a small choir and optional non-speaking roles. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the Script contains suggestions for 16 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act, large-cast, secular Christmas play for schools. |
Synopsis | It's Christmas Eve in Jack Jingle's toyshop, and he's nearly collected all the pieces of his Christmas Crystal, which will allow him to return to his old job as Head Elf in Santa's workshop. But Tanta Lies, the witch, is also on the trail of crystal. |
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Theseus - The Journey To Athens by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 17. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Additional chorus members could be included. |
Run Time | Around 72 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for including the song |
Music | One song with score provided with the Producer's copy of the script |
Style | A one act play for a class-sized cast, with an optional finishing song. |
Synopsis | A fun presentation of an early episode in the life of a hero, Theseus. It could be used as the first part of a double bill with 'Theseus - The Maze and the Minotaur'. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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Theseus and the Minotaur by Tony North |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. The chorus is nominally 12 people (representing Athenian parents). There is also an ox (non-speaking) brought on to be slaughtered! |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short, large cast school play, in the style of Ancient Greek drama. (Appropriate for the English National Curriculum KS2 History topic Ancient Greece.) |
Synopsis | A minor tour of the legend of Theseus. (Complete with Kings, hero, labyrinth, bull-headed monster and a ball of wool.) |
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A Thirty-Minute Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. The chorus is flexible - there is a crowd, and unnumbered soldiers and servants. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar', with the original text of two hours and more cut down to 30 minutes. (The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
Synopsis | Fresh from military conquests, Caesar returns to Rome in triumph. His friend, Mark Antony, offers him a crown. The Roman senate takes offence at this - the senators want to maintain the republic, rather than have Rome submit to a single ruler. Thus is born a conspiracy against Caesar, leading to his murder on the Ides of March and setting up a confrontation between Caesar's supporters and the conspirators. |
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