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| The Elves and the Shoemaker by JPS Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. The characters include a pantomime cow, otherwise the usual panto juxtapositions apply. |
| Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 10 songs are included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime. |
| Synopsis | The evil empire-building Freeman Hardly-Lykely is taking over Tommy Cobbler's shoe-making business. Only a last minute deal can save the shop and the Cobblers home, and maybe win Joe Cobbler the hand of lovely Clementine into the bargain. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Emperor's New Clothes [Version 2] by PL McQueen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. The usual panto juxtapositions apply. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Producer's copy of the script includes a list of 9 suggested songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British panto. |
| Synopsis | Tired of being Emperor, his Majesty is off to become the next World's Top Model, but he needs a stunning outfit. The winning designer gets the kingdom and the hand of Daisy, the Emperor's daughter. Sir Spicious and Lady Vil have a wicked plan, but Taylor Tayler the Tailor and his friends will stop them. |
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| The Emperor's New Clothes [Version 3] by Jilly McNeil |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 88 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 14 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with various settings. |
| Synopsis | The fable is turned into a pantomime with the usual characters - this time including a recalcitrant Fairy and two comedy duos, as good defeats evil. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Emperor's New Clothes by Philippa Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 39. Chorus. Designed for a mixed cast of adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 19 songs, with new lyrics for several of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Traditional pantomime. Simple sets, with scene changes created by the cast (largely using a set of posts!) |
| Synopsis | Vain Emperor Montague Preen is obsessed with clothes, and he's set up a competition to furnish his next set. Conman Fabulo Fetuccini sets out to humiliate the Emperor and to relieve him of his fortune. To the rescue comes Dame Nellie Nimby, her daughter Amelia and Clover, the pantomime cow. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Emperor's New Nose by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 58 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Family show in one act, very loosely based on the work of Hans Christian Andersen. |
| Synopsis | A lively adaptation of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' introducing many new characters who, through a series of mishaps, ensure that the rightful Emperor is restored to his throne and is able to marry his one true love. |
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| Emporium - The Story of the Store by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. A crowd of indeterminate number enters towards the end of the final act. (The minimum is one, which is small, as crowds go, but in this case feasible!) |
| Run Time | Around 115 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy play (in three acts). Single set. A combination of the five short plays of the Emporium series. |
| Synopsis | In a strange retail outlet (no matter what the problem, our happy smiling staff are always here to blame the customer!) romance blossoms between one of the staff and a policeman brought-in to investigate a break-in. |
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| End of the Ban by Anne Graham |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 63 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-hour comedy set in 1980s England. |
| Synopsis | It is 1987. Coal miner Les Varley and his family are typical of the many mining families of North Nottinghamshire. Les and his wife Rita's slow drift apart is accelerated by conflicts over their daughter's sex life and their son's criminal activities. Then comes the news that Les is trapped in an underground roof fall. His family, the neighbours and the whole village can only wait. |
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| An Evening to Forget by Rupert Dick |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | The 'Boss coming to dinner' trope is one that has been used for years, but this script succeeds in taking it in a new direction in spectacular fashion with elements of light comedy, farce and thriller. |
| Synopsis | Olivia is worried, because her boss is coming to dinner and it’s very short notice. And he’s bringing a companion. And it’s a very important dinner. But when things really go wrong, it’s not any of the issues she was imagining. |
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| Everybody's Talking by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 47. No chorus. Some scripts require offstage voices which could be recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A collection of comedy sketches, with a variety of simple sets. |
| Synopsis | A collection of confrontations, revelations, and scenes of a gossipy nature. |
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| Excalibur - The Pantomime by Ralph Summers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. Characters include a gorilla! |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | All songs at the discretion of the Producer (no suggestions given in the script). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime - jokes, mayhem and magic, including the legendary 'Glastonbury Cabinet'. |
| Synopsis | King Arthur takes Guinevere out into the country to celebrate their wedding anniversary, leaving Lancelot in charge of the Throne and Aunt Philly in charge of the preparations for the party. Excalibur is left in the care of Trainee Knights Sir Endor and Sir Price. The wicked Mordred sneaks into Camelot with a parchment that says the rightful king is whoever sits on the throne holding Excalibur. He tricks the knights and gets the sword, but is foiled by Merlin and his magical cabinet, restoring order just in time for the royal couple's return. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
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