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| Spaced Out by Garry R. Keane |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. All the crew of the Lolly Pop are aged 11 to 13. (There is a good reason for this in the script!) Mission control is considerably older, but is a voice-over. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Space-based comedy play for a cast of kids. |
| Synopsis | These are the voyages of the Intergalactic Confederation ship 'Lolly Pop'. It's mission - to search the stars, to boldly go where no child has gone before. To seek out... lunch. |
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| A Spell of Bad Weather by Giles Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. The Giant is an offstage voice, so could be recorded or live. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act fairytale/fantasy for kids. Several settings, but each intended to be indicated by a single item of stage furniture. |
| Synopsis | The village of Winsome has been suffering from continuous storms. Something must be done. Preferably something heroic. Fortunately, there's a hero to hand, not to mention a teacher, a weather forecaster, and a policeman. They set off on a quest to find the cause. A quest involving a giant, an invisible wall, The Wizard of Nastiness, a good fairy and The Princess Delightful (a delightful princess). |
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| The Spirit of Christmas by Annette Cameron |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. The numbers are very flexible, with generic roles (Elves, Bears, Soldiers, Dolls, Farm Animals) which can be spread thinly or doubled with ease. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for one original song is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script, together with a list of other suggested songs and music. |
| Style | One act play with music for young children. (A secular Christmas play!) |
| Synopsis | It's close to Christmas, but Santa has lost his Christmas Spirit. Can Mrs Claus and the Elves find it in the huge Workshop before it's too late? |
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Squirrel Plays His Part by Stuart Ardern
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The characters are three narrators and lots of jungle animals. The numbers are intended to be flexible, with options to combine or redistribute lines. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play for young children. No set requirements. A few simple props. A moral story about prioritisation and co-operation! |
| Synopsis | The jungle animals are supposed to be growing crops, but they keep getting distracted by ants! |
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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
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| Sredni Vashtar by Tony Best |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. Chorus is written as a 'Greek chorus', talking in unison and commenting on the action. (This could, of course, be done in other ways.) |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play based on a short story by Saki. Intended to be played near-continuously on a simple set (different parts of the stage representing different locations). |
| Synopsis | This might be described as a black comedy, since our sympathies lie with Conradin, the orphan at the centre of the story who is oppressed by his aunt. Eventually, the aunt gets her comeuppance from Sredni Vashtar, Conradin's very dangerous pet, and Conradin gets to eat more toast. |
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| St Georgia and the Dragon by Andy Johnson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 30. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Characters include a two-headed dragon (to be played by two actors). |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Large-cast, one-act comedy for kids. Multiple locations, but could easily be staged with minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | King Arthur (no, not that one) rules the kingdom of Amnesia, but he's plagued by a dragon and his out-of-condition knights are no help. Cue the arrival of the very female knight, St Georgia, and the recruitment of some of the palace ladies to see off the menace! |
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| Stand and Deliver [Kids Play] by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. The numbers are made flexible by the presence of the Earl of Scarborough's Guards (who stand around, look nervous and shout a bit. This is called acting.) |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play for kids. |
| Synopsis | Emily Jenks, a poor farmer's daughter, accidentally robs the King, finds herself mistaken for a notorious highwayman and consequently on trial for her life. |
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| The Star by Annette Cameron |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 39. Chorus. (It might well be possible to perform this with a smaller cast by reassigning some of the lines. Likewise, an even bigger cast!) Characters include reindeer, robins, Santas and snowmen. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Nine songs and a dance are suggested in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A Christmas play for a large cast of young children. Mainly modern secular characters with the star adding the link to the first Christmas story. |
| Synopsis | It's Christmas time again, and the workers at Mr Kindthought's Christmas Card Factory are excited - who's going to be on the cards this year? The Snowmen, Santas and Robins are all in, but the Star is too old-fashioned this year. Or is it? |
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| Sticky Snail and the Fire Dragons by Richard Morris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. All characters are animals. Numbers could be increased by multiplying the numbers of each sort of animal! |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming script aimed at an audience of young children (UK years 1-3, US K-2). |
| Synopsis | The animals are cold, damp and miserable - they need fire to warm them up, but for that, they must persuade the fire dragons to help. Unfortunately, the fire dragons only want to fight! |
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| Stone Soup by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. There is no specific requirement for a chorus, but the group of stockbrokers could easily be expanded to the available numbers! |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Modern American fable told as a one-act play. No set requirements - continuous action with locations indicated by a few props carried on by the actors. |
| Synopsis | The Jones family are broke. They need to sell their worthless farm, and all they have left in the world is a heap of stones and their wits! |
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