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| The Spirit of Christmas by Annette Cameron |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. The numbers are very flexible, with generic roles (Elves, Bears, Soldiers, Dolls, Farm Animals) which can be spread thinly or doubled with ease. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for one original song is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script, together with a list of other suggested songs and music. |
| Style | One act play with music for young children. (A secular Christmas play!) |
| Synopsis | It's close to Christmas, but Santa has lost his Christmas Spirit. Can Mrs Claus and the Elves find it in the huge Workshop before it's too late? |
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| Sredni Vashtar by Tony Best |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. Chorus is written as a 'Greek chorus', talking in unison and commenting on the action. (This could, of course, be done in other ways.) |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play based on a short story by Saki. Intended to be played near-continuously on a simple set (different parts of the stage representing different locations). |
| Synopsis | This might be described as a black comedy, since our sympathies lie with Conradin, the orphan at the centre of the story who is oppressed by his aunt. Eventually, the aunt gets her comeuppance from Sredni Vashtar, Conradin's very dangerous pet, and Conradin gets to eat more toast. |
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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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| The Strictly Talent Factory by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Intended for a youth theatre group, but could well be performed by adults or a company of mixed ages. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script suggests 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Comedy play with (suggested) songs. In length it's on the boundary between a one-act play and a full-length play (it could occupy a full evening or be paired with a shorter piece). Structurally in two acts. |
| Synopsis | A musical play with energy, fizz, music and dance. In a world dominated by television talent competitions two families with great ambition battle it out for the ultimate prize of celebrity. The Lemons and the Greens continue a long-running feud with each other on to a TV talent show. With an astute use of Shakespearian themes and quotations ('the perfect antidote to all this madness') along with imaginative settings and flashbacks we are taken on a modern journey with a wry and satirical comment on reality television and the culture of celebrity. |
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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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| Tidy That Room by Raymond Blakesley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Most of the characters are items of rubbish in Emily's bedroom! |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions are listed in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act comedy for kids. Single set - most of the props are the cast! |
| Synopsis | Dust, grime and odd socks come to life in Emily's bedroom, and they definitely don't want to meet the Hoover! |
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