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Twist by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Whirlwind adaptation of Dickens' Oliver Twist as a one-act comedy for kids. |
Synopsis | Wide-eyed innocent Oliver progresses from orphanage to workhouse to den of thieves to prison cell and then back onto the mean streets as a fugitive, and not only from the law. No matter, things can only get better, can't they? Even the ever-optimistic Oliver is beginning to have doubts about that. |
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Two Farmers by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are farmers, hence the title. (Could be male or female.) |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch with no set and no props (give or take an implicit farm gate!) |
Synopsis | Two farmers converse! A thinly disguised string of dreadful farmyard-related jokes! |
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Two Gentlemen of Verona by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Flexible numbers of soldiers and outlaws |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A humorous retelling of Shakespeare's story as a modern-language one-act play. |
Synopsis | When Proteus follows his best friend Valentine to fashionable Milan, he finds himself attracted to the Duke of Milan's daughter, Silvia, upon whom Valentine has already set his sights. Hatching a plot to remove Valentine from the scene and move in on Silvia, he does not realise that he is being followed by Julia, the girl he left behind in Verona and to whom he has sworn everlasting devotion. Will the faithless scoundrel succeed with Silvia or will his efforts founder? A no-brainer, really. |
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Upgrades by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy skit. Single set. Some props for visual jokes! |
Synopsis | Flushed with the success of his new invention, Alexander Graham Bell describes his plans for upgrading his phone to his assistant, Watson. |
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Vectors of Power by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Character genders may be changed at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play for youth, set in a fantasy role-play computer game. |
Synopsis | Chalera is a Warrior Chieftain, unable to pass through the portal and progress into the next zone. She seeks help from IT, where the small print seems to hold the clue. Then a range of obstacles appear in the paths of the participants, who must overcome them using the points available to them. Can the gamers reach their goal? |
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The Victorians by Andrew Yates |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. Very flexible numbers! The roles are a mixture of adults and children, but intended to be played by children. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for six original songs (plus a late-Victorian popular song) are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Short educational and entertaining musical for kids. |
Synopsis | A brief history of Victorian England brought together through a series of songs and Vignettes. |
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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
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What's Up, Icarus? by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. Whilst there is no formal chorus, there is the option of adding non-speaking slaves and soldiers. The Minotaur is an off-stage presence. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comic rendition of an Ancient Greek myth as a one-act play for kids. Several locations, but no set requirements. |
Synopsis | King Minos of Crete is a man ahead of his time, seeing his island as a successful holiday destination. The resident monster, the terrifying half-man, half bull Minotaur and a labyrinth to keep it in are key elements in his plan. [So a major tour to see the Minotaur? No? Suit yourselves...] Brilliant designer Daedalus, assisted by his son Icarus, is enlisted to construct the labyrinth but when Daedalus finds that King Minos is inclined to imprison him too, he realises that his next design must be for a means of escape. Icarus is less than enthusiastic about the method chosen. Perhaps he sees a Greek tragedy on the cards. |
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Where Babies Come From by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are played by people older than the stated age. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | Two children, seven and seven and three quarters, discuss the big mystery of where babies come from. |
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Which Witch? by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy, divided into four parts, with a simple setting. |
Synopsis | When the council institute a policy to curb witchcraft, old Mrs Gridley comes under suspicion. Her friends Jenny and Jackie, 'ably' assisted by Jenny's boyfriend, Melvin, endeavour to clear her name - a task hampered by the arrival of an unwelcome face from Mrs Gridley's past. Can the day be saved and what could possibly be the contribution of spaced-out hippy musician, Three-Chord Bob? |
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Who Framed the Easter Bunny? by Warren McWilliams Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. A long list of characters, but with plenty of cameos and chorus roles, so plenty of opportunities for doubling or for participation of a large company. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] Timing allows for 10 songs. |
Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full-length family play (with songs) with interactive quiz elements. |
Synopsis | There's trouble brewing in Happy Kingdom. The Easter Bunny stands accused of stealing all the chocolate in the land by the wicked Halloween Queen, who wants to make Halloween last forever. The Easter Bunny needs your help before it's too late. Follow along, help find the clues, and prove the Easter Bunny's innocence. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Graphic image which might be used to form the nucleus of a flyer or poster for a production of 'Who Framed The Easter Bunny' by Warren McWilliams
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