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| A Slice Of Tudor Life - A Tale Of Two Henrys by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 30. Minimum total without doubling = 45. Chorus. Many characters may be doubled, at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An historical play for children, with a single basic set. |
| Synopsis | A brief overview of Henry VII and how the Tudor dynasty started is followed by the life, strife, and every wife of Henry VIII. Narrators and Rappers, along with various characters from his life, comment on his personality and events in his life - until his death in 1547. Five Rap songs, but they need no music, included with this script. |
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| Small Miracles by Maureen Speller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 54. Chorus. Three short plays, one cast can perform all three or they can have separate casts. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Choral music to be played at various points in play, at discretion of director. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Collection of three short plays with Biblical themes. Suitable for performance by children. |
| Synopsis | A trio of short plays following the story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus from the end of most Nativity stories to the early days of Christianity in Rome. |
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| Snowmansland by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 4 songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script, with original lyrics for 2 of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A light-hearted adventure for children with an environmental message, using various simple settings. |
| Synopsis | A tragedy is unfolding as polar bears are cast adrift from the melting icecap. Laura, a young school girl concerned about climate change, is taken to Snowmansland by a snowman she’s built one winter’s day, along with her friends. They embark on a quest to save the bears. |
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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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| 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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| The Star by Annette Cameron |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 39. Chorus. (It might well be possible to perform this with a smaller cast by reassigning some of the lines. Likewise, an even bigger cast!) Characters include reindeer, robins, Santas and snowmen. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Nine songs and a dance are suggested in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A Christmas play for a large cast of young children. Mainly modern secular characters with the star adding the link to the first Christmas story. |
| Synopsis | It's Christmas time again, and the workers at Mr Kindthought's Christmas Card Factory are excited - who's going to be on the cards this year? The Snowmen, Santas and Robins are all in, but the Star is too old-fashioned this year. Or is it? |
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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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Stop the Clocks by Keith Badham
Performance by Up-Stage Theatre Company won Most Theatrical Moment and the Audience Appreciation Award at the Bedfordshire One Act Play Festival, 2011. Royal Manor Theatre won the adjudicators award at the Dorset Drama League Festival, 2013 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 88. No chorus. The fifteen scripts have casts ranging from two to sixteen, however the author expects that some groups will reorganise the twenty-character script for a smaller group - his estimated minimum cast is seven. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A series of short scripts for teenagers. Simple to set, but with plenty of performance challenges. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | Fifteen short scripts:
Introduction (Nominally sixteen roles)
Death Of Innocence (Seven roles)
Back to school (Eight roles)
The Interview (Five roles)
Twins (Three roles)
And Lo (Seven roles)
Monster Mum (Two roles)
The Quest For Happiness (Six roles)
Punch and Judy (Three roles)
Knife Crime Horror (Two roles)
The Priory (Two roles)
We Three (Part One) (Six roles)
The Teachers Are Afraid... (Two roles)
We Three (Part Two) (Six roles)
Death (Thirteen roles) |
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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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