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Dead Air by Martin Ward |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 58 minutes. [Estimated!] Performance anticipated to be one act length. |
Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes a suggestion for an opening song. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A non-interactive Murder Mystery in two acts, with the performance anticipated to be one act length. |
Synopsis | It is 1965 and obnoxious and demanding radio star Oscar learns that his show is to be axed, pushing his nastiness to even greater levels. There are many suspects for his inevitable murder and the investigation takes many turns. |
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Dearly Beloved by Sarah Archer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 81 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Two song suggestions as well as a musical score for one original song, available with the producer's copy of the script. |
Style | A comedy drama with music, for four actors. |
Synopsis | A single mother, a businessman and a teenage girl find themselves trapped in a mysterious room. Eventually, the truth of their situation dawns, and the unlikely trio realise they’ll have to work together to find the answers that will set them free. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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The Eco Hotel by Robert Hugh Mitchell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Whilst it isn't a formal musical, new lyrics to a couple of familiar melodies are included in the text. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play. Multiple sets, with changes to the main stage covered by front-of-cloth scenes. Contains swearing. And comedy. |
Synopsis | A group of guests are enjoying their last night in the Environmentally-friendly Eco hotel. Little do they know that the lake has been polluted with irradiated water, and the formally mild and vegetarian turtles have grown bigger and hungrier.... |
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Free For Hall by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for 2 songs, to be played during the comedy dance routines. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act comedy with a single setting. |
Synopsis | The local amateur dramatic group are rehearsing their pantomime in the local village hall but the venue has been triple booked and no-one is prepared to budge. With Celeste getting her yoga knickers in a twist and conflict running high amongst the drama group members the chaos is eventually resolved. |
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Frying Nemo by Amelia Armande |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. Enormous flexibility! The author presents a doubling table showing how the thirty-three characters can be played by 10 actors (with a lot of swift - and necessarily simple - costume changes). |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy contains suggestions for (the style of) accompanying music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one-act nautical comedy play (with opportunities for dance music). Written for minimal set - because it was originally performed in a sea-life centre! |
Synopsis | An old man in a care home is telling the story of his younger days - as the seafaring adventurer Captain Nemo! We see things that Jules Verne never got to write about in this stirring tale of derring do and mermaids, with a surprisingly affecting ending. |
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The Happy Wanderers by Dawn Cairns |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Seven on-stage characters and a pair of off-stage voices. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 3 songs (and the invitation to replace them with anything else suitable). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | An entertaining and easily staged one-act play with a lot of good humour. |
Synopsis | Originally a walking club for single people, the Happy Wanderers have mostly ditched the walking and taken up drinking. At a social barbeque, Tony introduces his new fiancée, Brian tries it on with all the women, and the friend Julie brings along is not who anyone expected. |
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Hotel Casablanca by S. J. Edwards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | One song Is suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act comedy on 4 minimal sets, suitable for youth theatre. |
Synopsis | The Hotel Casablanca is unfortunately short on staff, just as Lady Chalfont arrives, trying to protect her necklace from a jewel thief. But will the thief be spotted in amongst the James Bond conventioneers and detective Sam Shovel? |
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I Love You When It's Raining, Roy G Biv by Martin R. Collin |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The chorus covers a school class, a choir and a funeral congregation, so very flexible numbers! The structure of the story implies a mixture of adults and children, but of course it could be performed by a youth company. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | A couple of public domain songs are suggested for use in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play with various simple settings. |
Synopsis | Roy is that inspirational teacher everyone remembers. He arrives at a small school in Ohio and immediately makes a mark on every pupil he comes into contact with. His death is sudden and unexpected but his spirit lives on as his pupils move into adulthood. |
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An Irregular Satellite by Meg Schenk |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Female character also sings. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for one of the two songs is provided with the Producer's copy of this script. (The other is a suggestion of a popular song.) |
Style | A one act love story, with two songs, and a single simple set. |
Synopsis | In an imaginative setting, good friends Fran and Scott gradually discover their love for each other. Written in American English. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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Jackpot Joy by Karen Doling |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for four songs (with adjusted lyrics to one of them). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act comedy play (with a few songs thrown-in). Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | After apparently winning the lottery one night, Joy's life is plagued by sycophantic family members angling for a portion of her seven-figure jackpot. When Joy hides her winning ticket, others are determined to take matters (and the ticket itself) into their own hands! |
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