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| A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen (Musical) by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 40. No chorus. Lots of speaking parts, but few characters per scene so easy to structure small rehearsals. Whilst it does not require a chorus, there is scope for extra characters in a few of the scenes. Some of the characters sing! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 7 original songs and 3 pieces of incidental music is provided with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Comic retelling of fairytales as a musical play. Many scenes, but using the same few pieces of 'set furniture'. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | Hans Christian Andersen gets an unexpected visit from the Brothers Grimm - who seem to be upset over the matter of stealing story lines. A competition ensues, with characters from Andersen and Grimm stories taking the stage - often in unexpected ways. |
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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
** Backing tracks for the 7 songs and 3 pieces of incidental music for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen'
** Vocal tracks for the 7 songs (plus 3 pieces of incidental music) for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen' by Sue Gordon. (Arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Leanne Cooper and, Jonny & Stuart Ardern. Recordings by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
** A zip file of backing tracks for the 7 songs and 3 pieces of incidental music for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen'
** Vocal tracks for the 7 songs (plus 3 pieces of incidental music) for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen' by Sue Gordon. (Arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Leanne Cooper and, Jonny & Stuart Ardern. Recordings by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
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| Hamlet the Musical by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The chorus play non-speaking roles of peasants, courtiers, onlookers and servants. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (piano and vocal) for the five songs is supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Shakespeare's Hamlet retold in modern (American) English, with more jokes than the original.
In a normal tragedy, at the end, everyone dies. This is a musical - at the end, everyone sings. |
| Synopsis | Prince Hamlet's father reappears as a ghost to demand revenge for his murder. The prince vacillates, arranges a play to trap the murderer, and finally chooses to fight. |
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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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| Hats Off! - The Musical by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. A nucleus of seven actors, backed by a chorus (with no size limitations) singing the songs. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for seven songs (original lyrics to Victorian period music) is supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical for children (could also be staged by adults for kids). Whilst by length we would class this as a one-act play, it is split into two acts and an interval is advised so that the single set can be redressed to mark the passage of time! |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Green is the real driving force behind 'Barker's Bonnets' a milliner's shop in Victorian England. However, she faces unemployment when Mr. Barker sells up to emigrate. A secret scheme is hatched to allow her to continue - and to thrive in the modern world of the 1870s. (The script tells an engaging story whilst exploring the novelties, inventions and social nuances of the Victorian world. This would fit well with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 History Topic, 'The Victorians'.) |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| An Heir for the King by Wesley A. Knoch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Optional chorus size |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Full score set available with the Producer's copy. |
| Style | A one act musical, portraying rich and poor, generosity and meanness. |
| Synopsis | A caring old king who is feeling his age decides that for the good of his kingdom he needs to find an heir before it is too late. The question is: Whom will he choose? After deciding to adopt an heir, he embarks on a quest to a distant town in his kingdom - to meet their orphans. He comes across assorted characters who treat him quite differently. |
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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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| Hijacked Fairytales by Kevin Jannetts |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 34. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. The main characters were written for kids aged 9 to 15. Some of the chorus roles might easily be played by younger children. Jack talks in Scots, somewhat reminiscent of 'Oor Wullie'. [In our opinion, learning this dialect is well worth the effort!] |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 16 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act comedy musical play for kids. |
| Synopsis | Jack's a bit of a lad, and he's eager to seize a chance to get his own social worker, just like his friends have. The trouble is, Geraldine is actually a secret Fairy Godmother, and Jack finds himself in Fairytale land helping folks there to earn his way back home again. |
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Hook and Peter Pan - How it all began by Giles Scott, Helen Dooley and Bob Walsh
Cape Times Awards for Amateur Theatre, "Best Musical" 2003 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. This is not a panto, but it would be possible for Peter Pan and some or all of the lost boys to be played by girls. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for Overture and 15 songs by Helen Dooley and Bob Walsh are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Full-length musical which could be played by a youth company, by adults or by a mixture.
The production notes include extensive explanations of how to fly! |
| Synopsis | Everyone knows the story of Peter Pan. But how did the Boy Who Never Grew Up learn to fly? How did Hook lose his hand? How did the croc swallow the clock? This enchanting musical provides the answers! |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| Kaa! by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Very flexible cast numbers - roles can be spread amongst a larger cast or reduced. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for six original songs plus one reprise is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act musical play for kids, with a strong ecological theme. |
| Synopsis | A remote Pacific island is inhabited by a tribe of children who remain young because of oil collected from a precious orchid. Unfortunately for them, Gasco has a tip off that oil is to be found on the island. Gasco tempts the children with junk food and drink. Although the children are initially swayed, they return to their home in the nick of time, preventing Gasco from destroying their paradise. |
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| Keep Smiling Through by Suzan Holder |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 15. Minimum total with doubling = 33. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Chorus size at Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing possible with songs used |
| Music | Well known songs from the wartime era. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A play for schools, with songs, set in a theatre in Britain in World War 2. |
| Synopsis | A Theatre Company preparing and presenting a variety show evokes life in wartime Britain through drama, song, dance and some pathos. |
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| Kids in Tights - The Musical by Bill Siviter with Music by Jonny Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Whilst there isn't a formal requirement for a chorus, there is plenty of opportunity for adding Montagues, Capulets and ball guests. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and Vocal scores for nine songs are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Romeo and Juliet told, as an irreverent verse play, by the protagonists and by narrators. A good introduction to Shakespeare's story! (The specified run-time is the minimum - extending the ball and the fight will add time!) |
| Synopsis | Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet condensed into a short verse play for kids, then lengthened because everyone gets so excited that they need to sing about it.
Boy meets girl, love overcomes the family feud - but only for the lovers. Swordplay turns rivals into kebabs. Mistakes are made and the heroes die. (You see, it's a soppy love story.) |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| The Lambton Worm by Timothy Hallett and Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Very flexible casting. There is one narrator role, but this could be shared out. Equally, the chorus could be 'all the actors'. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A 40-page musical score is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Short musical retelling of an English folk tale. (The music plays throughout, even though some of the narration is spoken rather than sung.) No real set requirements, but the ideal performance would put some effort into creating a fearsome worm! |
| Synopsis | The tale of the wild worm of Wearside and its grisly end.
It should be emphasised that 'worm' is used in its old sense of 'serpent' - so this is a story of knights fighting dragons. |
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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
** CD with backing track for the whole musical The Lambton Worm by Timothy Hallett and Nicholas Richards. Plus simple rehearsal tracks for each individual section (accompaniment on piano with vocal line played on another instrument.)
** Complete recording of The Lambton Worm by Timothy Hallett and Nicholas Richards including all songs and the spoken narration.
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