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| Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Persons by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Lots of gender-flexibility (as is normal with British panto) |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for songs (and some original lyrics) are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short, British pantomime for a small(ish) cast. |
| Synopsis | A snappily-written version of the Robin Hood saga - rivalry between heroic Robin and the Sheriff (over who is entitled to money and over Maid Marian - who, in this version, is the Sheriff's daughter.) |
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| Robin Hood and his Merry Men by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] This is dependent on the songs chosen. |
| Music | No song suggestions included. All to be chosen by the Director or Producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A simplified version of Robin Hood - the pantomime. |
| Synopsis | The greedy Sheriff forces the noble Robin of Locksley to become an outlaw in Sherwood, fighting to regain his confiscated estate and win back his darling Marion. With King Richard held for ransom in the Crusades, who will defeat the wicked Sheriff? |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Robin Hood and his Musical Merry Men by Sian Lewis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. All manner of pantomime staples - make your own mind up who does what! |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for four songs, including original lyrics for two of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime in two short acts. (Although the merry men are musical, the script contains opportunities for songs, rather than being a musical.) |
| Synopsis | Prince John is taxing Nottingham beyond endurance. Robin Hood and his band keep things from getting out of hand by taking the taxes back from the Sheriff and giving them to the poor. Prince John's sister, Dame Twinklebottom, announces that Maid Marion will marry her wet son, Tarquin, giving the Dame and Prince access to Marion's money. Meanwhile Tarquin harbours a secret desire to be a weatherman and Marion falls for Robin. Chases, weddings and prisons follow, as they normally do! |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Robin Hood and the King's Gold by Philippa Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Cast includes a Pantomime horse and disembodied voice. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] This allows for 9 songs at the discretion of the Director. |
| Music | All songs at the director's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Structurally in Two Acts but is a One Act length. |
| Synopsis | The Greek Gods enlist the help of Robin Hood and his Merry Men (along with their Panto horse, Porsche and Dame Mrs Hood) to deal with avaricious King Midas.The evil Sheriff and witch Griselda get in on the act too. |
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Samson - The Musical by Sue Gordon
Performance by Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts won the award for Best Junior Production at the Wilmslow Guild One Act Play Festival, 2008 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Whilst the script doesn't specify a chorus, there are groups of 'Israelites' and 'Philistines' and 'Delilah's friends' whose numbers could be expanded. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 8 original songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script |
| Style | Humorous musical version of the story of Samson and Delilah. Simple sets, basic props (give or take the lion!). There is also a version of this script as a play. (The same script, without the songs.) |
| Synopsis | See the book of Judges, chapters 13 to 16 (give or take the bit where Delilah catches Samson with a jam jar, and with a cha-cha-cha for hairdressers). |
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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
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** High quality backing tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical. (Recording by Dave Watt of the Musical by Sue Gordon.)
** Vocal tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical by Sue Gordon. (Musical arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Jonny Ardern, Stuart Ardern and Leanne Cooper. Recording by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
** Zip file containing MP3 high quality backing tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical. (Recording by Dave Watt of the Musical by Sue Gordon.)
** Zip file of MP3 vocal tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical by Sue Gordon. (Musical arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Jonny Ardern, Stuart Ardern and Leanne Cooper. Recording by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
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| The Scramblings at Spriggly Torch by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comic play - a Second World War mystery. One set, divided into three locations. |
| Synopsis | It is 1943, and enemy plans for a new fighter aircraft have fallen into the hands of British intelligence, but a traitor is suspected of attempting to retrieve them. |
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| Scrooge's Christmas Carol by Darren Humphries |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions (and new lyrics) for five songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length, British pantomime. A comic rendition of Dickens' Christmas melodrama. |
| Synopsis | The Dickens tale with some huge liberties taken to make it as much of a pantomime as possible!
Scrooge and his housekeeper Lottie the Hottie go on a ghostly journey through the past, present and future in an attempt to make the old skinflint change his ways. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Second Friday Of The Month by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A farce in two short acts (which puts it on the boundary between a one-act and full-length play). Single (small flat *) set. Contains mild swearing and adult themes.
* I mean it's set in a small flat, not that the set is small and flat. |
| Synopsis | Dan has a somewhat clinical sexual relationship with a psychologist who lives in the flat above him. They meet every second friday of the month, but their routine is broken by the arrival of some of Dan's diverse acquaintances.
A clever, funny play, exploring some rather unconventional relationships. |
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| The Shakespeare Convention by Christine Harvey (with YAK Drama Camp) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 38. No chorus. There are male and female characters, but in Shakespeare's day, they were all played by men, and there is no reason why the reverse convention should not be applied (or anywhere between the two ectremes). |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play (which might be regarded as a coherent collection of skits) for kids. There's a lot going on, but it doesn't need a complex set. A fun introduction to Shakespeare! |
| Synopsis | Bumbling producer Burbage and his irate associate Iggy have put together a Shakespeare convention, at which the actors perform four plays and a sonnet in a rather unconventional manner. Iggy is out to ruin Burbage, but loses the plot a little towards the end! |
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| Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Pantomime by Giles Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length British pantomime using characters from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. |
| Synopsis | Princess Irene, in England to demonstrate her wonderful new invention, has been kidnapped by Professor Moriarty. Fortunately, Sherlock Holmes is just the man for the job, being discreet, talented, and with nothing else to do. With the aid of Dr. Watson, Lord Baskerville and his faithful hound Cuddles, the game is afoot! |
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