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Bullies by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children. (Could all be played by children.) |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Scores for eight songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script |
Style | One-act musical play for performance by children or a mixture of adults and children. Very simple set and no specific requirements for props. |
Synopsis | A review and also a revue! A series of linked musical sketches presenting an investigation of issues surrounding bullying at school, covering reasons for bullying and approaches to dealing with it. |
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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 Bullies at Sam's Café by Stuart Ardern Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. There are three distinct chorus groups with flexible number - the piece was designed to be performed by a whole class. All roles are gender-neutral. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Short one-act play for primary school children, with two songs. Nominally two sets, but no specific scenery, and only simple props. |
Synopsis | A bully with a gang disturbs the staff and customers at Sam's café, but when the bullies get into trouble, should Sam and his friends help them? |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show ** ZIP file containing MP3 tracks for the two songs from 'The Bullies at Sam's Cafe'. (The files are backing tracks, without any vocals.) ** ZIP file containing vocal demo MP3 tracks for the two songs from 'The Bullies at Sam's Cafe' by Stuart Ardern. ** Rehearsal tracks - simple accompaniment with an instrument playing the vocal line - plus vocal demo tracks for the two songs from The Bullies at Sam's Café by Stuart Ardern.
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Bully For Theseus by Graham Milton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. In addition to the Minotaur, the characters include a dog, a giraffe and the voice of the giraffe's Sat Nav. |
Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act shcool play, taking a whirlwind tour through the Ancient Greek Myths of Theseus. |
Synopsis | Theseus travels to Athens, to be reunited with his father, Aegeus. He meets many dangers on the way, but does find his way to Athens. His reunion does not last very long, before he volunteers to sail to Crete, in order to kill the dreaded Minotaur. Although successful, he then finds tragedy at home. |
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The Bully in the Graveyard by Sarah Cowan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Cast of school children plus a ghost - who might be an adult or a large child (assuming that you don't have a real ghost to hand). |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Suggestions for seven pieces of backing music are included in the Producer's Copy of the scripts. (The cast is not required to sing, but might do so! One dance is suggested.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | School play about bullying. A serious theme, but lots of comedy, and strong characters. |
Synopsis | Billy and his friends are picked-on by Preson's gang. Their response is to demonstrate to the bullies what it is like to be frightened. |
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The Bully's Surprise by Garry R. Keane |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. The cast includes a number of elves (and, indeed, an elven chorus). |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for kids (probably a whole school class). Some humorous elements, but carrying a serious message. Minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | It looks like it's going to be a tough evening at Kate's sleepover party, but she raises the tension between the boys and the girls by revealing an Elf who can grant magic powers, setting off a bullying chain reaction. Who can stop it? |
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The Butterfly Lovers by Stefan Allan and Gill Baxter |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Flexible chorus numbers possible. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A re-telling of an old Chinese folk tale, in many scenes, but with simple set requirements. |
Synopsis | As the only daughter of a family in need of Imperial favour, Ying has no choice about marrying Prince Wencai. But the unexpected death of her father puts her brother in charge of the family, and she can travel to school instead, meeting a new love. This is an adaptation of an old Chinese folk tale, dating back to at least the Tang Dynasty. It balances the traditional tale with an engaging style of dramatization. |
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Butterfly Shoes by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Humorous one-act fairy tale for kids, simple sets. |
Synopsis | An unheroic hero has to rescue a kidnapped granny from the clutches of a tribe of mountain Amazons, mainly, it appears, for the sake of the granny's shoes. |
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Bye Baby Bunting by Mark Green Winner of best original play at the Greater Manchester Drama Federation one-act play festival 2015. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characers' ages range from 7 - 13. |
Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A historical drama for children set in a collapsed mineshaft. |
Synopsis | In January 1839, seven children are working underground in the Lovers Bridge Colliery number four mine when they are trapped by a tunnel collapse. They stoically comfort each other in their fear as they wait for rescue which becomes less and less likely as time passes. |
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Bygone Pastures by S. J. Edwards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act, humorous play suitable for 9-12 year olds. 4 minimal sets. |
Synopsis | Bygone Pastures is an old folks’ home in financial trouble. The owners have gone bankrupt, and the administrator needs half a million to keep it going. The movie star who’s moved in next door won’t help, but maybe her painting will... |
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Caesar and the Pirates [Short Version] by Nicholas Richards and Timothy Hallett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Flexible - the pirates roles could easily be shared by a smaller number and other doubling is possible. On the other hand, there is scope for pirate and soldier chourses. Only one specfied female roles but some could be cast female. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for six songs. |
Style | Comedy play for kids - with optional songs. (A longer version of the same play is available.) |
Synopsis | An older Caesar is recounting his campaigns in Gaul to a bored scribe, who suggests that it might benefit Caesar's public image to tell a tale of his younger days... Something dashing, perhaps, involving pirates? As it happens, Caesar does know such a story... Great fun (and secretly educational) with a genuine event in Caesar's life. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Vocal recording for five tracks and six rehearsal tracks (accompaniment with an instrument playing the vocal line) for the songs from Caesar and the Pirates [Short Version].
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