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| The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain adapted by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. The vast majority of the characters are written male, but need not be played that way. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the scripts includes suggestions for up to 19 songs (with original lyrics to well-known tunes).
However, the songs are optional - the piece functions equally well as a play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length play/musical. A family show, written for performance by a youth theatre company, but could be a mix of adults and children. |
| Synopsis | A faithful adaptation and well crafted dramatisation of the classic novel by Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper is a musical play suitable for secondary schools or Academies specialising in the performing arts. As well as historical interest it provides a challenging project for producing, directing, acting and technical disciplines in school or community settings |
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| Princess and Postman by Raymond Blakesley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. Characters include a dragon and choruses of villagers and courtiers |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids, based on an original fairy tale. (See 'Once...' by the same author for a longer, more complex treatment for a larger cast.) |
| Synopsis | A not-very-beautiful Princess cannot find a suitable prince to marry. Her parents are in despair, waiting for the right match to be found. A dragon comes to the rescue by pairing her up with the postman - and an unlikely partner he turns out to be! |
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| The Princess and the Frog by Peter Bond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two song suggestions are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short rhyming play. |
| Synopsis | Spoilt Princess Gwendolen is not satisfied with her suitors, and the frog who turns into a handsome and eligible prince is no exception. He lives happily ever after - but what of the Princess? |
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| The Princess and the Mirror by Charles Alverson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Monsters 1-3 are offstage voices. Peasants form chorus - number at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy play for children. |
| Synopsis | With knights in shining armour, dragons to slay not to mention a few monsters here and there, vain Princess Alice learns that mirrors can have more uses than for just admiring yourself. |
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| Princess Bigfoot by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act family play, based on real characters circa 750 AD (though incorporating folk tales). |
| Synopsis | In 8th Century France an identity theft scheme to usurp the Princess Bertha from her position as the wife of King Pepin is thwarted by that famous pair of investigators: Messrs Hercule and Poirot - as well as by the Princess’s shoe size. |
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| Princess Quest by Christine Harvey and Keavy & Signy Lynch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Most of the characters are written so they can be played male or female. The characters include a couple of trolls. (This is not uncommon.) |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Querky, fun, one-act play for kids. Three scenes requiring two sets - a classroom and 'inside a board game with a medieval theme'. (This need not be complex!). |
| Synopsis | Dakota has made a board game, Princess Quest, for her school project - whilst the rest of her project-mates have been skiving. But when a random act of magic transports them into the game, they soon find themselves battling their way out past some fiendish questions. |
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| Professor Thyme and the History Mystery - The Musical by Richard James with music by David Fisher |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven songs and an overture are supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical Comedy Caper for Kids. Structurally in two acts. |
| Synopsis | When the dastardly Count Downe uses Professor Thyme's Time Machine to travel into the past and change history, it's up to the Professor and his gang to follow him and put things right before the damage is done...
and to sing in the process! |
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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
** CD with piano accompaniment for all the songs from 'Professor Thyme and the History Mystery - the Musical' by Richard James with music by David Fisher
** CD with sung tracks for each of the eight songs from 'Professor Thyme and the History Mystery - the Musical' by Richard James with music by David Fisher
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Professor Thyme and the History Mystery - The Play by Richard James
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy Caper for Kids. Structurally in two acts. (A slick production could be run in the time of a one-act play.) |
| Synopsis | When the dastardly Count Downe uses Professor Thyme's Time Machine to travel into the past and change history, it's up to the Professor and his gang to follow him and put things right before the damage is done... |
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| The Quality of Mersey by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 41. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very flexible one-act play for kids. No specific set requirements. A series of historical episodes, linked mainly by character and place (so some episodes might be skipped). Opportunities for music and dance to be added. |
| Synopsis | A comic dramatisation of the history of Liverpool (European Capital of Culture 2008) - from Mammoth-skin Moccasins to Shopping in Pyjamas. |
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| Queen of the Pond by Tim O'Brien |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Whilst the pond creatures are written male and female, only serious biologists can tell the difference. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano/vocal scores for nine original songs (plus reprise) are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical for schools and youth theatres. An original take on the time-tested tale of amphibian ambition. Alternates between two sets.
Originally published 2011, revised 2014 |
| Synopsis | Sarah wants to learn to be a princess so she has a chance of marrying Prince Chesterfield, however she's up against some serious - and scheming - competition from The Princess Club. A mistaken spell from a mathematically-challenged wizard turns Sarah into a frog instead of a princess. Can she still win the heart of the prince and save her friends in the pond at the same time? |
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