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Olivia Twist by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and teenagers, intended to be played by teens. The script does not specify a chorus, but extra chorus roles could be added. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for 8 original songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
Style | Musical play with a horror element ('Oliver Twist' crossed with 'A Portrait of Dorian Grey' on a dark night in Salem.) Simple sets, few props. |
Synopsis | When Olivia Twist is rescued from the streets, she thinks she has met with a philanthropist, however her benefactor turns out to be a lot more sinister... |
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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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The Perils at Peddler's Cove by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Murder mystery peopled with eccentric - and suspicious - characters. One set with additional front-of-curtain scenes. |
Synopsis | Letters from a lawyer summon a group of people to a remote island, apparently for a weekend house-party, but then one of the guests is murdered. |
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The Phantom Thief by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The characters are all teenagers, though with a variety of ages. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Adventure/mystery for teenagers. Two very simple sets |
Synopsis | A boy has gone missing. His disappearance coincides with a series of robberies. Can his friends find him and unravel the connection - or is their visit to the haunted house just harmless fun? |
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The Point of the Pyramid - Musical by Sue Gordon Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Thirteen speaking roles with lots of supporting players (with a lot of scope for doubling). The songs need three or four soloists and a chorus or choir. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music (piano and vocal) for six original songs. |
Style | One-act historical, educational, musical comedy mystery! (What more could you want?) A story of intrigue in Ancient Egypt with a lot of period detail (suitable for the Key Stage 2 history syllabus) snuck in! |
Synopsis | Someone is plotting against the Pharaoh! On a visit to the construction site of his much-delayed pyramid, his life is threatened by a falling stone. Luckily, Baki, one of the slave builders, saves the Pharaoh and is rewarded with his freedom. Then Baki learns that the Pharaoh has had four food-tasters poisoned in the last three weeks. Can he save the Pharaoh's life again? |
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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 ** CD with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon. ** CD of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.) ** Zip file with backing tracks for the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid - Musical' by Sue Gordon. ** Zip file containing MP3s of sung versions of the six songs from 'The Point of the Pyramid' by Sue Gordon. (Musical accompaniment by Dave Watt, vocal recordings by Jonny Ardern.)
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Princess Bigfoot by Bob Heather |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act family play, based on real characters circa 750 AD (though incorporating folk tales). |
Synopsis | In 8th Century France an identity theft scheme to usurp the Princess Bertha from her position as the wife of King Pepin is thwarted by that famous pair of investigators: Messrs Hercule and Poirot - as well as by the Princess’s shoe size. |
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Ragtime Mystery by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. In addition to the principal characters it would be possible to have a number of non-speaking 'extras'. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Three Scott Joplin rags suggested as musical accompaniment. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Short, simple detective story. Three scenes, but integrated by music whilst the set is dressed for the next scene. |
Synopsis | Gossip columnist Veronica Rivers gets a mysterious invitation to a party, where she recognises an infamous jewel thief - just before a diamond necklace goes missing. It's down to Charlie 'Ragtime' Jones the piano-playing detective to solve the mystery. |
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The Riddles at Ramshackle's Rest by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A murder mystery with enough slices of humour, intrigue and cake to keep everyone happy. (There is even an alternative ending!) |
Synopsis | The local village fair is about to go ahead, and the villagers are priming their melons and baking their cakes. But when the owner of Ramshackle's Rest is found dead, the police are called in - just in time to witness further murders and uncover some closeted skeletons... |
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The Robin Hood Files by Phil Tuffin |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 50. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | A couple of song suggestions are made in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Comedy drama for kids (a school play for a full class or possibly more), exploring aspects of the Robin Hood legend. |
Synopsis | Inspector Green and Constable Wood are trying to identify the real Robin Hood from four suspects who may have robbed the Bishop of Hereford. Through cunning use of reconstructions, the various suspects present their cases. |
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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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Sherlock Holmes and The Emerald of Alcazar by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children, assumed to be played by children. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comic melodrama. Simple sets, varied characters, strong story line. |
Synopsis | The theft of a famous jewel draws Sherlock Holmes into the foggy streets of London and a battle of wits with a deadly enemy. |
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