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| Murder at the Music Hall by Laura Sanderson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Some suggestions for music and songs are made in the Producer's Copy of the script, though other period music could work just as well. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A melodramatic spoof of a country house murder mystery for a youth theatre company. Music Hall acts might be interspersed with the action! |
| Synopsis | The cast of the Music Hall are invited back to the manor house of their sponsor, Hector Clarkson. They are joined by most of the Clarkson family and a Duchess, but his Lordship is missing... until he is found murdered! Time to ask: Whodunnit? |
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| Murder Mansion by Don Lowry |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters have gender-specific names (because it's easier if characters have names), in the production notes alternatives are given - Bruce, for example, might be Brenda! |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy detective story for a high-school group. Single (barely-furnished old house) set. |
| Synopsis | Alex and Tabby are Private Detectives, and their latest case is really tricky, because the house they are supposed to be looking for clues in, is full of a movie crew rehearsing a horror film. Can they find the murderer and lost diamonds? |
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| Neighbourhood Watch by Liz Dobson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act light comedy. Single domestic set. |
| Synopsis | We are privy to the goings on at the Smeaton Neighbourhood Watch Committee at the home of Mrs Wilson-Smythe.The members of the Committee are upstanding and influential citizens who are all victims of a recent spate of burglaries in their prosperous, previously crime-free village. Their local police officer joins the meeting to address their concerns and ascertain the extent of their losses so as to begin investigation. As they recount their losses we discover not only the monetary value but also the touching sentimental value each piece has. But, of course, there is a twist... |
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| The New Neighbours by Rachael Morgan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage characters and an offstage male voice. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy of manners with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | When bodies suddenly begin turning up all over the village, two nosy housewives are convinced they know exactly which neighbour is responsible and they are determined to find out the truth. |
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| Night Call by Archie Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play. Single domestic set. Simple props. Contains mild swearing and sexual elements. |
| Synopsis | Matthew's quiet night in is disturbed by a couple of strange visitors. The fearsome Scanlon seems very interested in Matthew's book collection while the voluptuous Lisa is paying more attention to Matthew himself. But what is it they are really after? A menacing short play with a comic twist. |
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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 Point of the Pyramid - Musical by Sue Gordon
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| 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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| 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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| Sherlock Holmes' Last Case by Charlie Cook |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act comedy play (single set). |
| Synopsis | The fabulous Kalimari diamond has been stolen from a locked bag in a locked safe, and when Watson hands over the ransom, the receiver is murdered horribly! A brilliant Holmes pastiche with appropriate gags and a surprise ending. |
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