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| Brief Lives by Andrew Beattie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama for young actors. Traces of black comedy and strong language. Two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Two teenage boys are presented with a difficult situation when, arriving for his regular music lesson, one of them discovers the dead body of his elderly music teacher. |
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| A Briefer History Of The Ancient Olympic Games by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Two narrating roles, four other speaking roles, one wailing role and various silent demonstrators of athletic prowess. (The strong silent types are written male, but nobody will mind if they aren't.) |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen minute play for kids. An educational piece sprinkled with a good deal of light comedy. (As you might deduce from the title, this is a cut-down version of 'A Brief History of the Ancient Olympic Games'. |
| Synopsis | A short inspirational dramatic presentation using the creation of the original Olympic Games as a vehicle for bringing history and mythology to life. |
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| The Bright and Shiny Radio Show [Family Edition] by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 55. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Which could be increased with addition of musical numbers between sketches. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of 23 sketches suitable for either a radio show or a stage revue. (Thre are sound effects, but no props or set requirments listed.) This edition is [in the opinion of the writers] suitable for a family audience. |
| Synopsis | A comedy collection, which includes a number of very problematic job interviews, investigations into the difficulties of being a snake, a homing pigeon or an insect, various unlikely television and radio shows and the inevitable doctor's sketch. |
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| The Bright and Shiny Radio Show [Robust Edition] by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 61. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Which could be increased with addition of musical numbers between sketches. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of 26 sketches suitable for either a radio show or a stage revue. (There are sound effects, but no props or set requirements listed.) This 'robust' edition has three more sketches and a few more rude words than the family edition. |
| Synopsis | A comedy collection, which includes a number of very problematic job interviews, investigations into the difficulties of being a snake, a homing pigeon or an insect, unlikely various television and radio shows and the inevitable doctor's sketch, along with a couple of running gags. |
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| Bucolic by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single domestic set, simple props. (Contains mild swearing and mild adult themes.) |
| Synopsis | Adam manages to come home earlier than usual, hoping to enjoy his restful country home, but there's an odd string of visitors, and his errant son returns unexpectedly from college. The new, attractive female, curate comes to call, and his wife reveals a most unexpected secret. |
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A Budget Cinderella by Peter Bond
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Chorus size at Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A One Act Pantomime. |
| Synopsis | In this watered down version of the old favourite there is no watering down of the action, as the usual suspects put a different slant on the Cinderella story. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Building Bridges by Colin Calvert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One character (the dog walker) could be an offstage voice! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length character comedy with an environmental theme. Single set - simple, give or take the boardwalk which is constructed on-stage during the show! Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | It's nerdy Clive's first time with The Ferrets - a group of environmental volunteers - and today they're building a boardwalk over some boggy ground. What will he make of officious Bob, strident Beryl and ASBO Mandy? And what's so special about Molly's culinary offerings? |
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| Bully For Theseus by Graham Milton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. In addition to the Minotaur, the characters include a dog, a giraffe and the voice of the giraffe's Sat Nav. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act shcool play, taking a whirlwind tour through the Ancient Greek Myths of Theseus. |
| Synopsis | Theseus travels to Athens, to be reunited with his father, Aegeus. He meets many dangers on the way, but does find his way to Athens. His reunion does not last very long, before he volunteers to sail to Crete, in order to kill the dreaded Minotaur. Although successful, he then finds tragedy at home. |
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| The Bully in the Graveyard by Sarah Cowan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Cast of school children plus a ghost - who might be an adult or a large child (assuming that you don't have a real ghost to hand). |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for seven pieces of backing music are included in the Producer's Copy of the scripts. (The cast is not required to sing, but might do so! One dance is suggested.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | School play about bullying. A serious theme, but lots of comedy, and strong characters. |
| Synopsis | Billy and his friends are picked-on by Preson's gang. Their response is to demonstrate to the bullies what it is like to be frightened. |
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| Bunkers by Peter Lancaster Walker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Whilst there isn't a formal chorus, there is a party going on in one corner of the set, into which extras could be added. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play. Single set (indicative of a newspaper office). Written as a verbal comedy, but since one of the characters is accident-prone there is plenty of opportunity for development of a physical side. |
| Synopsis | Delphine has arranged a job at the newspaper where she works for her accident-prone flat-mate, Sally. Now the job of Foreign Correspondent is up for grabs and Sally has applied! Here comes Armageddon! |
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