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| A Forty-Minute Henry V by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 20. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. As usual for Shakespeare's time, there's a dearth of female characters, which does not preclude inventive casting! |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'Henry V', with the original text cut down to 40 minutes.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | King Henry the Fifth is at war with the French, and facing daunting odds. He rallies his troops, wanders amongst them in disguise to find what they really think, then leads them, once more, unto the breach. |
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| A Forty-Minute King Lear by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. As usual with Shakespeare, the characters are male-heavy. Also as usual, you can cast it how you like! |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear', with the original text cut down to 40 minutes or so.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | The king proposes to retire and divide his kingdom amongst his daughters. The elder two, Goneril and Regan, are happy to sweet-talk their father and go along with his plans - just until they have power. Cordelia, the youngest, loves her father, but refuses to flatter him, and, as a result, is banished. Soon the elder daughters take power and dishonour their father. Edmund, illegitimate son of the Duke of Gloster, aids Goneril and Regan, but becomes a focus for their rivalry. With Lear cast out, there is war between Cordelia and her sisters. Playing-out the themes of pride, deceit and jealousy, all ends tragically. |
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| A Forty-Minute Othello by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'Othello', with the original text of around three hours cut down to 40 minutes.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, secretly marries Desdemona, daughter of a nobleman. Roderigo, a suitor of Desdemona, and Iago, a jealous soldier, conspire against Othello, turning him against Desdemona, with disastrous consequences.
An introduction to Shakespeare for schools. |
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| A Forty-Minute Winter's Tale by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. The characters are adults plus one child and, famously, a bear, whose only role is to exit in pursuit of Antigonus (for an offstage lunch appointment - although only one of the parties is hungry.) |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale', with the original text cut down to 40 minutes.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | Leontes, King of Sicilia, suspects his wife Hermione of having an affair with Polixenes, the King of Bohemia. (Herminone and Polixenes are innocent.) Polixenes escapes Leontes' wrath, but Hermione does not and is imprisoned. Hermione gives birth to a daughter, but Leontes does not believe the child, Perdita, to be his and sends her abroad. She is abandoned on the coast of Bohemia (a feat which would be frowned upon these days, owing to Geography) and Perdita is brought-up by a Shepherd. Time (making a guest appearance) moves the play on sixteen years, and Florizel, son of Polixenes, meets and falls in love with Perdita, the shepherdess, thus setting-up the inevitable reconcilliation and happy ending. |
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| The Fourth Princess by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] Plus additional time for songs and dances. |
| Music | Production notes list recommended songs and opportunities for dances. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Humorous fairy tale in one act. Simple sets. |
| Synopsis | The royal family of Tallania try to restore the wealth of a kingdom devastated by dowries. A timeless tale of royalty, wizardry and bankruptcy. |
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| Frank Sent This... by Aaron Warren |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Chorus size may vary |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for 17 songs or music pieces included |
| Music | Mostly song suggestions with one original song and score provided with the Producer's copy. |
| Style | A one act nativity comedy, with fun centering on events in Bethlehem. |
| Synopsis | A school nativity rehearsal is causing three students to question whether the events they're portraying ever took place at all. Their teacher makes a Christmas wish, and the three find themselves back in Bethlehem, dressed as the three kings... |
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| Fright Size - Twelve Ghost Plays by 10 x 10 Writers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 43. No chorus. Several of the characters are dead (though this is not a requirement for casting.) One of the 12 plays has chorus roles (which could be filled by cast members from the other plays). |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collecton of 12 short plays for youth theatre. Generally simple to stage. |
| Synopsis | Various encounters with the supernatural, with varying results for all concerned!:-
'A Likely Story' by Heather Bryant
'Could Have Been Worse' by Gary Nicholson
'In Through The Exit' by Karen Fitzsimmons
'Just A Ghost Story' by Sarah Reilly
'Mizmaze' by Jonathan Edgington
'No Exit' by Dian Donovan
'Spooked!' by Margaret Histed
'Term Time Only' by Sarah Reilly
'That’s The Spirit' by Caroline Spencer
'The Boy Who Loved To Dance' by David Dunn
'The Ghost Letter' by Mike Plumbley
'Where Have You Been?' by Steve Menary |
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| The Golden Touch - And Other Tales by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 54. Chorus. Apart from the Narrators there are 52 separate parts (25M, 26F), but more usefully there are 34 major parts (19M, 15F) |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A collection of dramatized Greek myths told in a light hearted and highly accessible form, bringing the tales to life. |
| Synopsis | The stories of Phaethon, King Midas (he of the golden touch, but also the ass's ears), the origins of winter, Echo and Narcissus, Erysichthon, Minerva and Arachne and finally Pygmalion and the Statue. |
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| The Great Fairytale Robbery by Eric Scott, John Regan & Deanne Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Doubling of one character is essential in this script. |
| Run Time | Around 94 minutes. [Estimated!] Songs included in the timing for this production. |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for ten songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A musical play for children with multiple settings. |
| Synopsis | The evil head of a TV studio is determined to rid the world of children's books, and sets out to destroy fairytale and pantomime characters. Poor Cinderella is first on her list, but many familiar characters are also affected. Scarecrow Oz, magically given a brain, devises a cunning rescue plan... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Greece! - The Musical by Sue Gordon
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. This could be performed in Ancient Greek style, with three actors playing all the principal parts, or the principal roles could be shared amongst a larger company. The Greek chorus comments on the action, individually, in unison (chant) or in song. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for six original songs supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Modern version of Ancient Greek drama with a humorous interpretation of Greek myths and legends. No set requirements, few props. The text is identical to Greece! - The Play, except that some of the chants are replaced by songs. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble on Mount Olympus - the boiler has stopped working and Zeus isn't getting any hot water. Zeus is in a temper and Dionysus has a hangover. It's up to Hera to sort things out by calling for Heracles, the odd job man of Ancient Greece... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** CD with instrumental backing tracks for each of the six songs (plus reprises) from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** CD with sung tracks for each of the six songs from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** Zip file containing instrumental backing tracks for each of the six songs (plus reprises) from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
** Zip file of sung tracks for each of the six songs from 'Greece! - The Musical' by Sue Gordon. (Recording by Jonathan van Gennep.)
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