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| Puss in Boots [Short Version] by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Includes a cat and an ogre, so nothing out of the ordinary. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy (not really a pantomime treatment, though this is frequently a panto subject). Several different locations, but no real set requirements, so can be staged very simply. |
| Synopsis | Jack, the Miller's youngest son, finds himself cast out when his father retires and hands over the business to his other two sons. With only a burning ambition to be a magician, a dream of marrying a princess and his cat for company, he sets out to make his fortune. After an inauspicious start to his great adventure, a misfiring trick results in the cat being far more useful than Jack could ever have imagined. |
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The Romans by Andrew Yates
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics to seven songs are embedded in the script. accompaniments (and demos of the songs) are available on the optional extra CD. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | School play with songs, sketches and chorus work, providing lots of opportunities for all abilities. The show is both accessible and educational and will deliver a memorable experience for audience and participants alike. |
| Synopsis | A humorous journey through the events and personalities of the Roman Empire. All Roman life is here, from emperors to slaves. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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Romeo and Juliet by Geoff Bamber
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as a modern language play (with modern irony and humour) for kids. One act and a single set, with simple props. |
| Synopsis | Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene... Well, dignity if dignity includes Lady Montague and Lady Capulet scrapping in the streets. Basically a story of family fights family, boy meets girl and most of the principals meet an untimely death. (But there are a few laughs on the way.) |
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| Rumpelstiltskin [Version 2] by James O'Sullivan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Eight major roles and ten minor ones. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act play for a school or youth theatre. |
| Synopsis | A boastful father makes a foolish claim to a cruel King and his daughter's life depends on her ability to spin straw into gold...
A novel retelling of the traditional tale with a new twist tote ending and plenty of laughs along the way. |
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| Same Difference by Louise Roche |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A list of suggested songs is given in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play (with music) for kids. Multiple settings, but designed to be staged simply. |
| Synopsis | Penny is a new girl, desperate to fit in with her peer-group. The other kids, led by Danni, dare her to enter a mysterious house that has been unoccupied for years. There she meets Amelia..
A tale of exclusion, bullying, ghosts and reconciliation. |
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| Saving Angeline Palmer by Maia Kinney-Petrucha |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama for schools with various simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Recalcitrant history student Justine is transported back to 19th century America where she learns about the horrors of slavery. Along with the citizens of a small town, Justine is able to save Angeline Palmer from being sold as a slave. |
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| Scoop Jackson by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Character genders could be matched to cast available. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy for young actors - nine years and older. |
| Synopsis | The ailing Daily Special is under threat of closure from its owner, Big Boss. Cub reporter Scoop Jackson sets out on a mission to rescue the paper by way of getting a 'big story' from the worlds of show business, politics, or law and order. Success seems to be eluding him as he desperately puts 'Plan D' into action. Will it work? Hold the front page! |
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Scotch Broth by Geoff Bamber with songs by Stuart Ardern
Production by Stranraer Drama Club Juniors won loads of trophies at the Wigton division of the SCDA festival, 2015 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for two songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of ther script. (Two further songs are suggested.) |
| Style | A dramatised partial (probably in both senses) history of Scotland suitable for Primary School aged children and above. Minimal sets (although Hadrian's wall is built - very rapidly - during the show.) |
| Synopsis | Two Inter-Galactic time travellers arrive in Scotland on a fact-finding mission. Guided by a helpful Narrator, they take an eventful journey through the nation's history and culture and encounter some famous faces on the way. |
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Shop! by Geoff Bamber
Performance by Wilmslow Guild Players won The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic at the Wilmslow one-act play festival, 2017. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for a youth theatre company. Could be performed in front of a backdrop, but a bare stage will do! |
| Synopsis | A short stop for supplies at Mrs Popkiss’s shop turns into a frustrating afternoon for a group of would-be campers. |
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| Small Miracles by Maureen Speller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 54. Chorus. Three short plays, one cast can perform all three or they can have separate casts. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Choral music to be played at various points in play, at discretion of director. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Collection of three short plays with Biblical themes. Suitable for performance by children. |
| Synopsis | A trio of short plays following the story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus from the end of most Nativity stories to the early days of Christianity in Rome. |
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