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| A Lesson Learnt by Jackie Fitton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. All roles are intended to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes a list of suggested songs and one set of modified lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play for kids. No set requirements. A set of four short scenes (with separate casts) tied together by a final vignette which delivers the message of the piece. |
| Synopsis | Four short sketches written for children leaving Primary school, dealing with fears about starting Secondary school and the long holiday to come. |
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| Let Her Rip by Donna Brightwell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. In addition to the eight characters there are three off-stage voices. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play set in the southern USA. Intended to be played with minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | Sixty-somethings behaving badly, when four ladies decide to have the wild time they've missed in the rest of their lives. |
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| Let's Be Friends by Iris Winston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. The characters are all animals. The chorus of woodland animals could be performed live or could be puppets or silhouettes. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple morality play for young children about making friends despite differences. (To be performed by children, or possibly an older group playing to young children.) |
| Synopsis | Sammy Skunk tries to make friends with some squirrels, but is rejected - at least until the squirrels get lost in the forest, and realise just how useful a friend like Sammy can be. |
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A Letter to Santa by Sue Gordon
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Two of the characters are nominally adults. It is written so that the cast can be divided into two - a school class and Santa's elves. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 5 original songs is provided with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A light musical for young children. Basic sets. |
| Synopsis | A school class write Christmas letters to Santa, and we discover that they are dealt with by Mrs. Santa and a bunch of fractious elves. |
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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
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| The Library by Shari Gledhill |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama with a single (library) setting. |
| Synopsis | Mature student Miranda is trying to catch up on her law assignment but is constantly distracted by Dan, a mysterious stranger. As their relationship develops over the library table, it becomes apparent that Dan knows more than first seemed, and then he claims to bring a message from Miranda’s dead husband. |
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| The Lipstick by Jos Biggs |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy play. Set in a department store, but minimal set requirements.
Whilst The Lipstick functions as an independent play, it could also be performed as the companion piece to The Coat. |
| Synopsis | Linda just wants a lipstick, but Trishie and Soraya are determined to give her the makeover they are sure she needs. They may well have brought out her Urban Feral look, but that just makes her angrier... |
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The Little Red Hen by Gerald P. Murphy
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. A narrator, a bunch of barnyard fowl and a fox! Whilst there isn't a chorus specified, it would be easy to increase the flock! |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Producer's copy of the script includes piano/vocal scores for seven simple songs (including reprises). |
| Style | A simple musical for young children, based on a familiar story! |
| Synopsis | It's pizza time in the barnyard, and as usual Peggy Pullet is doing all the work. The rest of the fowl are happy to let her - until they get a harsh lesson in the shape of a wily fox. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Loitering Within Tent by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play, single set (a Bedouin tent), simple props. |
| Synopsis | A Tourist party of ladies from the Women's Institute are treated to the 'Bedouin Desert experience', unaware that there is more to it than meets the eye... |
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| A Long Day's Journey Makes Things Right by George Freek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play (with more than a little comedic nod to Eugene O'Neill). |
| Synopsis | Jamie really needs to tell his parents the truth about his frequent visits to Dr Richard before his impending marriage gets any closer. Unfortunately, his father’s vaunted psychic abilities have completely failed to pick up on this. |
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| Look Down And Follow The Star by Pippa Lund |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for introduction and six songs is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | A Nativity Play with music and dance with various simple settings. |
| Synopsis | In this refreshingly different look at the Nativity - based on a legend of the journey of the magi - the three wise men lose sight of the star and become lost. Only by looking down can they get themselves back on the right course. |
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