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| Richard III - Has Anybody Seen My Horse by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical comedy for kids. Structurally in four acts, but of one-act length. No specific set requirements. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | With the Wars of the Roses in full swing, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, finds himself on the right side when the House of York take the throne. Richard harbours an ambition to become King. Unfortunately his older brothers and his own nephews stand in his way. For a resourceful fellow with no principles this does not present a problem. Dark deeds inevitably ensue. Temporary success is achieved but a happy ending for the story of one of history's favourite villains (*) seems increasingly unlikely.
* This is only because this bit of history was written by the Tudors. (To the victor, the spoilers.) |
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Rings Around The World by Keith Badham
Premiere production won Best Youth Production and Best Youth Male awards at the Bedfordshire One Act Play Festival 2013.
(50% of author's royalties are donated to 'Ambitious about Autism'.) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. Sign Language is also used in this play. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggested music is by The Super Furry Animals and Gruff Rhys. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act drama with music, dance and multiple simple settings suggested by the cast. |
| Synopsis | Young Mark is autistic and we are swept into his world in this moving and satirical picture of his short life. |
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| Robby Nudd by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. All the characters are adults, assumed to be played by children or a mixture of adults and children (with particularly the role of Sheriff and Friar open to adults). |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (Lyrics and music by Chris Donovan, additional music by Adrian Watts) for 7 songs plus two reprises is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | A sideways look at the Robin Hood legend! |
| Synopsis | Robby Nudd has become an outlaw because he's too small to join the police! Robby and his band of outlaws haven't robbed anyone in a long time and the women they have brought to the forest are sick of being cooks. The girls rebel and leave the forest. The men go to Nottingham Fair to try and win the archery contest, win the bag of gold and buy the girls some proper ingredients to cook with. The resulting clash with the Sheriff has an unexpected resolution. |
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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
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| Robinson Crusoe - No Man Is An Island by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Most characters are nominally male, however that is merely to indicate a foolhardy disposition, and should not prevent casting against type! Whilst there is no formal chorus, non-speaking warriors and Naval Ratings (strong silent types) could be added. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | The author bills this as a pantomime, and it certainly has some pantomime elements, but it lacks a formal panto structure. Anyway, it's a comedy for kids in one act (and a single set). |
| Synopsis | It is the year 1751 and Robinson Crusoe, eager to escape the prospect of becoming a schoolteacher, sets out for a life of adventure at sea. The adventure sees him shipwrecked on an apparently deserted island. But he finds that he is not alone as he encounters a less than completely loyal Friday, hostile natives, survivors from another wreck and a trio of unprincipled pirates on the trail of royal treasure. |
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| The Romantic Legend of Don Quixote - A Knight to Remember by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Don Quixote's servant is normally male (Sancho Panza), but here is written female (Sancha Panza), though could be played by either. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-Act comedy (verbal and physical). Single set. Written for a company of adults, but could be played by teenagers. |
| Synopsis | When the penniless nobleman Don Quixote arrives in the town of Guadalcar he falls in love with the beautiful daughter of Don Alvaro and Donna Madeleina, the town's rulers. Unfortunately Don Quixote doesn't fit their idea of a suitable match for their daughter and Don Quixote has to complete seven tasks to prove himself. Fortunately he has help from Sancha, his servant, Romana, a fortune teller, and Gonzalo, an artist with questionable honesty, who make up for Quixote's distinct lack of bravery and imagination! |
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| Ronnie Tumbler Gets Her Goat by Rajapillai Pillai |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 41 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There is a set of lyrics built in which can either be put to the tune of 'Oh Susanna' or recited as a poem, with optional guitar accompaniment. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act comedy show performed by adults for children with various suggested settings. |
| Synopsis | The tale of a wild west feud between Bullets McGraw and Otis Mills, with some educational gems thrown in. As the reasons for the feud start to become clear, Ronnie Tumbler and Rocky the talking goat do their best to bring the two sides together. |
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| Round, Round by Linda Stephenson and Alison Hudson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Chorus size may be adjusted at Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act fantasy adventure for children. |
| Synopsis | Step brother and sister Carl and Becky discover an old magical carousel, which takes them back in time to 1919. Their adventure enables them to rescue Lucy and Joe from the clutches of their evil step father. In the process they are able to reconcile themselves to their own new relationship. |
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| Sad Angel by Robert Foylan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama set in a park. |
| Synopsis | Grace is walking in the park, preparing herself for a dramatic moment in her life, when she meets a sad-looking man. He seems to know a lot about her and her life, but could he really be her guardian angel? |
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| The Saga of Freydis and the Raiders by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
Optional interlude for song and dance. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for kids. Simple sets. Not specifically musical, but there is an optional interlude for song and dance. |
| Synopsis | It is 980 A.D. and Freydis nurtures an ambition to become famous by getting herself into a Norse Saga. To do this she must impress The Wise One (Recorder of Sagas) with some deed of daring, a great adventure or victory in some ferocious battle. Unfortunately she has been told time and time again that the Saga is a male-only preserve. Undeterred she seeks to break the mould by sailing across the oceans to discover the New World, the safer alternative to going head-to-head with local bully-boy, Thorbrand the Destroyer. A tale of ambition, daring and Skandiwegian furniture. |
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| Salem Witches by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Characters cover a range of ages. Could be played by a youth theatre company or a mixed-age company. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven original songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Play with music. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length (that is to say, it could form half an evening's entertainment!) |
| Synopsis | Historical drama, based on the events in Salem Massachusetts in 1692 when personal disputes spilled-over into accusations of witchcraft and the prosecution of numerous townsfolk. |
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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
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