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| Little Bigfoot by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children, assumed to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Complete set of original sheet music and lyrics supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Two-act musical play set in an American summer camp (simple outdoor sets). |
| Synopsis | Camp Log-off is a summer camp for kids who need to be weaned off their computer habit. The camps owners are bankrupt and looking for ways of supplementing their income - what could be better than the reward for capturing a Bigfoot, which is rumoured to be in their area? |
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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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| A Little Elfin Magic by Donna Brightwell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters are written as male or female, this is largely a matter of personal pronouns, so the script can easily be adjusted to accommodate anything from ten boys through to ten girls. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act (well, technically two acts, but of one-act play length!) secular Christmas play. Aimed at junior school children, but could enjoyably be played for laughs by older groups! |
| Synopsis | It's September and the Elves in Santa's toy workshop are in a spot of bother - they've only just woken up after their New Year Party and they have three months to make a year's worth of toys. Worse still, could the new department member be a spy? |
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| Little King Arthur by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Most of the roles are written male, but most school productions will overcome this where necessary! |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act school play, designed for simple staging. |
| Synopsis | Young Arthur is a ward at the school of Camelot, where Kay shines as the brightest pupil, not least because his father is the Principal. But Arthur's destiny is to rule, and even nepotism cannot stand in destiny's way. |
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| A Load of Rubbish - Musical by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. The characters described as 'a few small pieces of fruit and veg' play a chorus role. Their numbers are very flexible. The characters are inanimate objects, so gender is flexible! |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for eight original songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act large-cast musical (probably a whole school class) for kids. A comedy with a strong ecological message. Little in the way of set or props - mostly characters instead of props! (The Producer's copy of the script includes costume suggestions!) |
| Synopsis | Life on an overspill rubbish dump takes a philosophical turn, with items of garbage asking 'why are we here?' - and making a song and dance about it! |
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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
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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A Load of Rubbish - Play by Sue Gordon
Performance by Thurso Junior Players, Winner of SCDA One Act Play Festival Highland Division Intermediate Section, 2007 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. The characters described as 'a few small pieces of fruit and veg' play a chorus role. Their numbers are very flexible. The characters are inanimate objects, so gender is flexible! |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act large-cast play (probably a whole school class) for kids. A comedy with a strong ecological message. Little in the way of set or props - mostly characters instead of props! (The Producer's copy of the script includes costume suggestions!) |
| Synopsis | Life on an overspill rubbish dump takes a philosophical turn, with items of garbage asking 'why are we here?' |
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| Looking for the Rainbow by Philip Bird (music Isabelle Michalakis) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 27. No chorus. More children can be added at the producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 46 minutes. [Estimated!] Dance music, which is not provided, is at the Producer's discretion. |
| Music | Full scores for the 3 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Dance music, not provided, is at the Producer's discretion. |
| Style | A play with music and dance for children, set on an open stage. |
| Synopsis | A fantastical adventure in which two groups of children living on opposite sides of the mountain manage, despite their differing cultures, to join together to find their rainbow. |
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| Love Me Tender by Roger Woodcock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Four Elvis Presley songs are suggested, to be sung by character within the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act drama with a mix of comedy and pathos. A single kitchen setting. |
| Synopsis | In an economic downturn, a fish and chip shop owner and his wife can't decide whether to stay open or move to Spain, while their part-time potato peeler Billy happily sings Elvis songs and dreams of what's under Olga Pike's duffle coat. A tragedy will turn all their lives upside down. |
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| Love's Labour's Lost [60-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 60-minute abridgement of the Shakespeare comedy.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but, because all the words are Shakespeare's and therefore out of copyright, performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | Ferdinand, King of Navarre, has decided that he and his court will devote three years to an ascetic life of studying, fasting, and forswearing the company of women. However, he has forgotten that the Princess of France and her retinue are due to visit. So, will the court pursue asceticism or pretty women? |
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| Macbeth [a 60-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare abridged by Dwayne Lawler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', with the original text of around three hours cut down to 60 minutes.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | Witches, prophesies, murders, battles and ghosts. Shakespeare's Macbeth compressed to the compass of a small cast. |
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| The Madness of Sherlock Holmes by JPS Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One of the characters is non-speaking. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act thriller. Single set - a prison cell! |
| Synopsis | A curious and very authentic Holmes tale, with the Great Detective locked in a cell and wearing a straitjacket. Is there really a plot to assassinate the Queen, or is this a fabrication of Holmes' deranged mind, as his friend Watson suspects? |
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