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A Christmas Carol by Andrew Yates
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 43. Chorus. Flexible cast - several scenes require lots of extras, many with speaking parts.
Run TimeAround 90 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicPiano and vocal scores for seven original songs are provided with the producer's copy of the script. (The script also suggests the use of the carol 'God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen')
StyleAdaptation of Dickens classic tale of redemption as a musical play.
SynopsisOn Christmas eve, miser Ebenezer Scrooge receives a visit from the ghostly apparition of his former business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley's ghost is followed by three more spectral visitors, who show visions of Scrooge's past present and future in an effort to show the old skinflint the error of his ways.
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ExtrasThe following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates by Jeanette Ranger & Christopher Lillicrap
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. The chorus of additional ratlings is optional.
Run TimeAround 80 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicPiano and vocal scores for the overture and 9 original songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script.
StyleMusical family show - not a pantomime, but containing some of the elements - musical numbers, a comedy cooking scene, over the top heroes and villains, a magical helping hand, and plenty of audience participation. Single set.
SynopsisThe good ship Santa Claus is sailing home with all the precious cargo needed for Christmas. When it's hijacked by the rat pirate Jolly Roger, it's up to Christmas the ship's cat, along with the ship's cook and a magical mermaid, to save the day. On the way there are excellent songs, jokes and physical comedy.
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ExtrasThe following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Vocal demo tracks for the 9 songs from Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates by Jeanette Ranger and Christopher Lillicrap.
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Christmas Present by Jim and Jane Jeffries
RolesMinimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 16. Minimum total with doubling = 41. Minimum total without doubling = 51. No chorus. Aimed at a mixed company of adults and children.
Run TimeAround 110 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleNativity play, but not one for young kids! A large cast piece, probably for a church group. Elements of comedy, but a serious core.
SynopsisA modern retelling of the Nativity - a faithfull following of the biblical accounts, give or take a couple of thousand years, featuring business tycoons, mobsters, fast food workers and homeless people, plus assorted Trekkies!
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Cinderella's Sisters... Happy Ever After? by Mark Billen
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion.
Run TimeAround 92 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA two act play (not a pantomime), for school-aged actors, with simple staging.
SynopsisIn this sequel to Cinderella we see how the ugly sisters fare in their attempts to emulate their sister - who is now happily married to her handsome prince. Their brother-in-law is determined to rid the kingdom of their nastiness and some visiting pirates help him to achieve his aims!
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The Clamourings at Giggly Halt by Richard Coleman
RolesMinimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. One female character appears briefly in only one scene, so could easily be doubled. Two male characters are telephone voices, and could be doubled.
Run TimeAround 90 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComic mystery.
SynopsisA daring robbery has taken place at Meddler's Top, but the thieves set off the alarms and need somewhere to stash the loot. Sir Pingnet Threefall is having an affair with Miranda from the holiday camp, and they need to be discrete. Harry Toxin is suffering from large-scale pilfering, a cash flow crisis and accusations of cruelty to donkeys. In the middle of all this, there's a campaign to protect a nesting corncrake, and all the threads are converging at Giggly Halt railway station.
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Come to the Circus by Debbie Chalmers
RolesMinimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 27. No chorus. Various characters could be m or f. Particular talents are needed for some roles.
Run TimeAround 73 minutes. [Estimated!] Flexibility, according to music used and 'acts' - at the Producer's discretion.
MusicSong suggestions for 12 pieces are provided with the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA fun two-act play with songs and 'circus acts', which may challenge a younger youthful cast.
SynopsisTimes are hard for the circus, and the whole Big Top team meets to try and find a way to draw people away from their televisions and computer games. But it's Granny who has the winning idea, introducing some mischievous monkeys to every act.
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The Comedy of Errors [60-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. Speaking roles - 4M, 4F, 8 either, plus at least 3 non-speaking townspeople.
Run TimeAround 64 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleAbridgement of William Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors', with every word remaining Shakespeare's.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.)
SynopsisAntipholus of Syracuse has come to Ephesus with his servant, Dromio. Unknown to them, their identical twin brothers, also called Antipholus and Dromio, have been living in Ephesus for many years. There is a heap of comic confusion until their true identities are at last revealed.
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Counsellor Extraordinary by Stewart Boston
RolesMinimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 27. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 91 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA full length historical drama with various settings.
SynopsisSet between 1598 and 1600, the play recounts the downfall of the Earl of Essex, once the aging Queen Elizabeth I's greatest favourite in the light of the differing attitudes of brothers Anthony and Francis Bacon towards Essex as their patron. Anthony served in the feudal manner, bound forever to his lord, right or wrong. Francis, the contemporary thinker, limited his allegiance and served save his loyalty to Queen and state. He finally stops supporting Essex during his trial for treason and it is Francis' skill as a prosecutor that leads to a guilty verdict and results in Essex being beheaded.
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Cowards by Stephen Gillard
RolesMinimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Four principal male roles plus one female cameo. All other roles can be doubled.
Run TimeAround 80 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA full-length drama set at the front during World War One (a cell block and General Haig’s office). Contains appropriately placed adult language.
SynopsisSixteen-year-old Private Harry Blaydon stands accused of cowardice and faces execution by firing squad. He is mentored by old sweat Sarge who acts as a father figure for him. Harry's predicament is compared with the situation General Douglas Haig finds himself in as their destinies play out.
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Cradle of the Cruel Mistress by Tony George
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. The roles are mainly men (as you would expect from a ship's company), but the writer notes six that could be played by women.
Run TimeAround 96 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA full-length supernatural thriller. Satisfying nautical tale with an interesting historical setting and well developed characters. Not shirking the grimness of the Georgian navy, but, leavened with comic relief.
SynopsisCaptain Benjamin Bligh has been on suspended leave for two years since a mutiny spiralled out of control on his watch. Finally returning to active service in George III's navy, he struggles to prove his worth once again, but strange apparitions of his old enemies appear.
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