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| Jack and Jill by Susan Vesey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. An unusual set of characters, including two fairies, three ducks, innumerable ducklings and Dobin the pantomime horse. (The duckling roles in particular are suitable for younger children.) |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] Two act structure, but one act length. |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for six songs, including some new lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime - lots of running jokes for audience participation. Two-act structure but one-act in length! |
| Synopsis | Widow Winkle is unable to pay the rent to Baron Badbottom whose daughter, Jill, thinks Jack Winkle is really a prince and so wants to marry him. Unable to raise any funds, Jack tries to contact the Water Fairy he thinks lives in the well. Stan Winkle has, meanwhile, called on the Bag Fairy for help. But, the Baron has acquired the very last wish in the land, and they have to work out how to get it off him to make all their dreams come true. |
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Jack and the Beanstalk by tlc Creative
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Production notes list recommended songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British Pantomime. Strong characters, parody, slapstick, visual jokes and mayhem |
| Synopsis | A witch and a giant are ravaging the kingdom. Poverty forces Dame Trott to sell Buttercup the cow - which her son Jack exchanges for a handful of beans. Meanwhile, Princess Rose has been kidnapped by the giant. A bit of magic from Fairy Beansprout, and Jack goes to the rescue, climbing the beanstalk. |
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| Jack and the Beanstalk [Version 2] by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. (Characters include a pantomime cow.) |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | All 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, magic, slapstick and comedy.
Originally published in 2005, revised 2011. |
| Synopsis | Jack keeps dreaming of the missing Princess Lima, meanwhile Granny Bean is falling into debt to the villainous Squire. Jack sells their cow for a handful of beans, but the resulting beanstalk takes him to the realm of Hugh Mungus, the giant, where he rescues the missing princess. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Journey of a Plastic Bag by Jenny Gilbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children, assumed to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for an overture and 8 songs/dances. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Minimalist presentation, in which the workings of the theatre - scene changes, particularly - are exposed to the audience. Simple story interspersed with songs/dances. |
| Synopsis | We follow the lifecycle of a plastic bag, from manufacture, through multiple uses to final disposal and recycling. A vehicle for environmental awareness. |
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| A Journey to Oz by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Lots of scope for choruses of munchkins, wolves, crows and bees! |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming (non-musical) version of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. Multiple locations, but can be staged as simply as necessary! |
| Synopsis | A tornado plucks Dorothy Gale from Kansas and drops her and, more significantly (from the perspective of a tendancy to squish), her house, on top of a despised witch. Two quests follow (as do a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion), before she is able to return home. |
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