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| A Christmas Mouse by Susan Vesey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Words for 8 of the 9 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A simple traditional nativity play, with chorus singing. |
| Synopsis | A Christmas nativity variation, with carols, songs, and a mouse... Suitable for young children. |
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| Christmas Spirit - The Conversion of Mrs Scrooge by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Very flexible cast, including non-speaking reindeer. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for six songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Light Christmas play for (up to a class of) kids, conflating various stories! Opportunities for up to six songs. |
| Synopsis | The Spirit of Christmas Past, Present and Future (the other two are sick, so he's doing all three) tries to get the grim Mrs Scrooge into the spirit of Christmas, but it takes a lot of jokes and a visit from Santa and his wife to bring her round. |
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| A Cloud In Space by Debbie Chalmers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 13 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length fantasy space adventure for young actors. |
| Synopsis | In response to a distress signal the intrepid crew of the Starship Countdown set off on a mission to save the Globs, inhabitants of the doomed planet Globule. Their successful rescue brings surprising benefits to planet Earth. |
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| Come to the Circus by Debbie Chalmers |
| Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 73 minutes. [Estimated!] Flexibility, according to music used and 'acts' - at the Producer's discretion. |
| Music | Song 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. |
| Style | A fun two-act play with songs and 'circus acts', which may challenge a younger youthful cast. |
| Synopsis | Times 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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Dance Story by Frank Gibbons
Shortlisted in the SCDA Play on Words competition 2011.
Performance by Cardigan Theatre won the 'best actress' award at the Pembrokeshire one-act festival, 2012. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The announcer is written male (and sounds male, but need not be). PJs group of dancers are assumed female, but need not be. There are four of them but there could be more or fewer. Two parts written adult, the rest are of high school age. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Not a musical (in the sense that it does not include songs), but the backdrop is rival dance troupes, so dance could be a major element. |
| Synopsis | The Dragon Belles dance team are through to the finals of the competition, but one of the members is too ill to dance. In fact, she has a heart condition that can only be cured at a hospital in Canada. Now they need the prize money to send her there, but will her replacement be good enough? |
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| Dangerous Dolls - The Battle for Santy's Toyshop by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for 5 songs Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act play suitable for all ages, with various settings and music. |
| Synopsis | When the elves take over the toy shop and attempt to replace all the old-fashioned toys with clones of themselves, it is down to a group of rejected dolls to outwit them, and show Santy that they are worthy of a place in the front window. |
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| Dear Diary - A Presentation For Christmas by Aberuthven Primary School ed. Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Variable numbers of non-speaking roles at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Words are provided for the 3 songs included in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short narrative version of the Christmas story, with action and music. |
| Synopsis | A humorously narrated presentation of diary entries, by the central Christmas story personnel - brought up-to-date! |
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| Did The Butler Do It? by Debbie Chalmers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 32. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. Extra chorus members can be added. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 13 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A comedy (with songs) for children, in simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Lady Jemima Fitzwilliam's valuable pearls have been stolen! This looks like a job for aged amateur sleuth Mrs Clues, but does Jeeves the butler know something important which can shed light on the subject? |
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| Doctor Hoof by Diana Kimpton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. All characters are animals behaving as humans (with options for any mix of gender). Flexible singing chorus (from none to lots). |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Choruses set to traditional tunes are included in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short play for children. (It might be described as a light comedy or a light morality play.) Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Doctor Hoof only treats other horses. When he moves to a new town, he finds he's the only horse around, so there's no one for him to treat. Helped by the other animals, he gradually learns they are not as different from him as he thought. |
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| Dog in the Manger by Raymond Blakesley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Characters include a dog, a camel, a donkey, three stars and a flock of sheep! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics to simple songs (to well-known children's tunes) are included in the script. Additional (optional) carols are suggested. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Simple Nativity play for young children, told from the point of view of the animals! (No set or prop requirements.) |
| Synopsis | A dog, a camel a donkey and a star are all complaining about their lot in life, but they have important roles to play in Bethlehem. |
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