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Pig by Paul Gisby |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 25. No chorus. One small role for a child (assumed male), the rest are adults. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length black comedy play. Many scene changes, so minimalist sets with settings indicated by essential props. |
Synopsis | A pioneering transplant operation gives Iuean a pig's kidney. Unfortunately, the kidney starts to take over, and it's not just any old pig... |
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A Pig Tale by Kevin Jannetts Production by Loch Duich Primary School won Adjudicator's special award. South West Ross District Youth SCDA Festival 2016. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. The chorus is the sort that rushes on to perform songs and dances in various guises! Most of the roles are gender-neutral, although one of the pigs is called Maureen and the wolf is called Alan, both of which tend to be specific. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] (This allows 20 minutes for 11 songs/dances.) |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 11 songs/dances Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act family comedy show with music. A fairytale send-up. Contains Scottish accents! |
Synopsis | The story of the Three Pigs gets a revamp in this Scots story, allowing a couple of Narrators to bring the story to life with anthropomorphic pigs struggling to find a story they can take part in to keep their deal with a Fairy Solicitor. Add in a Big Bad Wolf called Alan, and it all works out fine in the end. |
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A Play on Words by Matthew Lynch |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Unusually, the characters include the Stage Crew, although these are non-speaking parts (they get as far as nodding and rolling their eyes). |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length comedy play set amidst rehearsals for a theatre production. Lots of good jokes, both verbal and visual. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Clifford Pratt-Shore is directing his masterwork, a play about Wordsworth's life and love. Sadly, his leading man is a yob, his Assistant Director is more of a hindrance and the Vicar uses the Hall as a petty cash fund. As for the bit-players Marvin and Benny, how could they be any use to him? |
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The Point of the Pyramid - Musical by Sue Gordon Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Thirteen speaking roles with lots of supporting players (with a lot of scope for doubling). The songs need three or four soloists and a chorus or choir. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music (piano and vocal) for six original songs. |
Style | One-act historical, educational, musical comedy mystery! (What more could you want?) A story of intrigue in Ancient Egypt with a lot of period detail (suitable for the Key Stage 2 history syllabus) snuck in! |
Synopsis | Someone is plotting against the Pharaoh! On a visit to the construction site of his much-delayed pyramid, his life is threatened by a falling stone. Luckily, Baki, one of the slave builders, saves the Pharaoh and is rewarded with his freedom. Then Baki learns that the Pharaoh has had four food-tasters poisoned in the last three weeks. Can he save the Pharaoh's life again? |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files ** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show ** CD with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon. ** CD of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.) ** Zip file with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon. ** Zip file containing MP3s of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.)
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Port Out, Starboard Home! by Richard James |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. There are opportunities for 'walk-on' parts for other passengers on the cruise. |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length comedy play with a single (cruise ship) set. |
Synopsis | Miriam hopes that taking her son Stewart on a cruise will help him find Miss Right, when actually, he's looking for a Mr. Jackie's on the cruise for her health, though she's actually only sick of her husband, and Amanda's a washed up actress, taking any job going. |
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Postal by Herb Hasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length whacky comedy play (in two acts). Single set divided into the front and back offices of the Post Office. |
Synopsis | A dysfunctional post office in Hicksville has a tough inspection, which isn't helped by a former employee taking everyone hostage in an attempt to get his job back. Illicit affairs, novels in progress and unrequited love, not to mention robbery ensure a busy time for all. |
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Potted Austen: Pride And Prejudice by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play ideal for schools or classrooms. |
Synopsis | A short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, covering all of the salient events and characters. |
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Potted Austen: The Complete Set by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Six bitesize adaptations of Jane Austen's novels. |
Synopsis | A collection of six bitesize dramatic adaptations of Jane Austen's published novels. Each is fast-paced, witty, and amenable to small groups (cast size can be reduced to six with some crafty doubling). |
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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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A Princess For Christmas by Jeff Bray |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. 7 actors, with a choir of 3-4 singers. |
Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length comedy with a single retirement home setting. |
Synopsis | Grumpy old widower Reg gets the shock of his life when his ex-mistress Diane, who he abandoned many years ago, is admitted to the Retirement Home After a stormy beginning and with the tender help of the staff and other residents, they are able to rekindle their relationship. |
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