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Bully Dancers by Frank Gibbons
Winner of the Annual Derek Lomas Playwriting Competition (youth section), 2005. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Characters are teenagers with a range of ages, plus two adults (intended to be played by teenagers). |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | It is open to the Producer to select dance music appropriate for the script and the specific cast! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play for teenagers on the subject of bullying. |
| Synopsis | Two rival dance troupes are preparing for a local competition, but they have to share rehearsal space. Their proximity increases the rivalry until tragedy strikes, provoking unexpected changes. |
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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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| The Bully's Surprise by Garry R. Keane |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. The cast includes a number of elves (and, indeed, an elven chorus). |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for kids (probably a whole school class). Some humorous elements, but carrying a serious message. Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | It looks like it's going to be a tough evening at Kate's sleepover party, but she raises the tension between the boys and the girls by revealing an Elf who can grant magic powers, setting off a bullying chain reaction. Who can stop it? |
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| A Bump In The Night by Susan Vesey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful one act play, with a simple set. |
| Synopsis | Jen and Jacob are in bed when they hear noises downstairs. Jen wants Jacob to investigate, but he's not keen. They trade visions of a future if the burglars turn nasty, but the noises are made by Gladys - who brings a very different perspective. This play deals with the issue of underage sex, child sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy. |
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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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| Busted by Kev Salter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy on a single police station set. |
| Synopsis | You'd think working in a rural outback police station would be boring, but with a serial thief on the loose, these three cops get themselves mixed up in all sorts of trouble. Plus, their boiler's broken. |
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| Butchers by Tim Cole |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 129 minutes. [Estimated!] Original production running time was between 95 and 105 minutes. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length comedy whodunnit with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | John Cleaver has just changed his will when he is found apparently murdered. The new will demands certain unpalatable tasks from some, but not all, of the beneficiaries. Novice detective Bullock struggles with his investigation into the members of the dysfunctional Cleaver family. |
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A Butler Did It! by Robert Scott
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play - a dark comedy farce. |
| Synopsis | The funeral of Aunt Francesca has finally brought the Butler brothers together again. Shockingly, she is not dead - at first - and soon secrets and lies are almost outnumbered by corpses. |
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| The Butterfly Lovers by Stefan Allan and Gill Baxter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Flexible chorus numbers possible. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A re-telling of an old Chinese folk tale, in many scenes, but with simple set requirements. |
| Synopsis | As the only daughter of a family in need of Imperial favour, Ying has no choice about marrying Prince Wencai. But the unexpected death of her father puts her brother in charge of the family, and she can travel to school instead, meeting a new love. This is an adaptation of an old Chinese folk tale, dating back to at least the Tang Dynasty. It balances the traditional tale with an engaging style of dramatization. |
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