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Bat Out Of Heaven by Frank Gibbons Short-listed in the Drama Association of Wales Competition 2008. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Characters are a mix of teenagers and two generations of adults. Could be played by such a mix, or possibly by a youth theatre group. Four table tennis players appear for opening and closing mimes. (The doctor is written male, but could be female.) |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A powerful one-act drama, well-told, treating the central theme sensitively but without excessive sentimentality. Multiple locations but designed for very simple staging. |
Synopsis | Jessie is the favoured daughter, getting perhaps too much of Mum's interest in her Table Tennis efforts. Her brother is jealous, and things take a turn for the worse when Jessie is diagnosed with leukaemia. Her Mum must admit that she is adopted, and so her brother Rob cannot be a marrow donor. Rob sets out on a quest to find a donor sibling. |
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The Bath by Jim Hollingsworth |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act comedy, on one set which, despite the title, is the sitting room of a modern but run-down Edwardian house. |
Synopsis | John Pollington is squatting in the house of his wealthy Aunt Aurelia with his girlfriend Lucy. When family come to visit, and Aurelia intends to cut him out of her will, John hides in the bath, playing with his rubber duck. Aurelia tries to haul him out of the bath, leading to an embarrassing incident. |
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The Battle of Hastings by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Whilst their isn't a specific role for a chorus, there is plenty of flexibility to add soldiers and ladies-in-waiting |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Humorous history, peppered with anachronisms. Single simple set, simple props. Fits with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 3 History syllabus (at a stretch!) |
Synopsis | The events of 1066 captured with the aid of a war artist with an eye for melodrama and an outside broadcast team from an American radio station! |
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Battle of the Bedroom by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The characters are written as 3M, 4F, but - with permissible minor tweaks to the text, could be played by any combination. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A funny and fast-paced one-act comedy combining physical humour with witty dialogue. |
Synopsis | When Chris and Jo move into their new bedsit apartment, they discover that it's much smaller than they first thought and that living together, with their combined possessions, is going to be an alarmingly cramped and intimate experience. |
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Be Careful What You Wish For by Jon Boustead |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The author suggests (but does not insist) that the Chorus consists of five or more actors. In addition to their occasional speaking and animated roles, the chorus perform physical theatre, becoming parts of the set and props. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act fantasy play for children with various simple settings. Drama and opportunities for physical theatre. |
Synopsis | A group of children visit a strange castle and are taken on a salutary journey by the castle keepers on which the children's wishes are fulfilled. The children learn the importance of being careful what they wish for. |
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The Beast by Louise Wade |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The lead characters are 12 years old, the other roles are older. (The adults might be played by teenagers.) |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act drama. Multiple setings, but intended for simple presentation. |
Synopsis | Jane's parents and brother think her sighting of a beast in their garden one evening owes more to her teen vampire books than her eyesight. Luckily, her friend Mark takes a more scientific approach to gathering evidence. |
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Beasts by Tony Best |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 35. No chorus. The characters are a mixture of adults and children, intended to be played by a Youth Theatre company or a mixed company. |
Run Time | Around 175 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Collection of five one-act plays based on short stories by Saki (H H Munro). Following the originals, the humour is very dark - verging on wicked. |
Synopsis | The stories are: Sredni Vashtar in which a boy oppressed by his aunt extracts an unexpected revenge Gabriel-Ernest about a werewolf The Storyteller featuring a subversive entertainer The Open Window in which the hero does not discover a rest cure and The Gala Programme which revisits Roman attitudes to female emancipation and entertainment |
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Beauty and The Beast by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. The usual pantomime ambiguity - Belle and the witch are definitely female. The Beast and the Merchant definitely male. Mrs. Bustle could be female or male (a pantomime dame), the prince is probably a 'principal boy' (played by a girl). |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for 11 original songs (counting two reprises) supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | English pantomime - puns, slapstick, visual jokes, songs. (It should be stressed that this is pantomime and not the Disney version of the story!) |
Synopsis | The arrogant prince is turned into The Beast by a scheming witch. He can only redeem himself if someone loves him for what he is. Into the Beast's castle comes a hapless merchant, father of the beautiful Belle. The merchant incurs the Beast's wrath, but when it is time for him to return to face justice from the Beast, Belle returns in his place. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Beauty and The Beast [Short Version] by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The chorus is optional - playing dockworkers and possibly used to perform musical numbers (not included in the script). |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy for kids. Several settings but intended to be performed with minimal scenery. |
Synopsis | Joshua Harcourt faces financial ruin. With a wife, three daughters and a house in the country to support, the outlook is bleak. A chance encounter with a rich and handsome prince looking, as handsome princes do, for true love, provides him with a chance of salvation. All that is needed is for Joshua's youngest and sweetest daughter, Belle, to fall for the prince. Unfortunately this prince has fallen foul of a witch who has turned him into a hideous beast. Can Belle's sweet disposition persuade her to ignore the prince's appearance and can the prince be restored to his former handsome self? As it all ends, as tradition demands, happily ever after, then the answer to both questions must be 'yes'. |
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Beauty and The Beast [Version 2] by James Barry Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Characters include a pantomime horse. The pantomime dame's role is that of Beauty's sister. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 11 songs and 3 dances. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | English pantomime in two acts. |
Synopsis | A prince transformed into the Beast and a dual between the Good Fairy and her evil counterpart. Can Belle save the day? And how come Dobbin the horse is so bright? |
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