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| Christmas Spirit - The Conversion of Mrs Scrooge by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Very flexible cast, including non-speaking reindeer. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for six songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Light Christmas play for (up to a class of) kids, conflating various stories! Opportunities for up to six songs. |
| Synopsis | The Spirit of Christmas Past, Present and Future (the other two are sick, so he's doing all three) tries to get the grim Mrs Scrooge into the spirit of Christmas, but it takes a lot of jokes and a visit from Santa and his wife to bring her round. |
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| Cinderella's Beanstalk by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short rhyming pantomime mixing folk tales. |
| Synopsis | A wonderful rhyming collision of Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella, with an unexpected but happy ending for everyone except the no-so Charming Prince. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Cinderella's Grumpy Turkey by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion (non-speaking roles). |
| Run Time | Around 41 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act rhyming panto-style play. |
| Synopsis | Wesley, a particularly Grumpy Turkey, is dispatched to Cinderella to be fattened for Christmas dinner, but Wesley is clearly not happy to be the dinner! Captain Hook, Piratical guests, and even Abanaza too, are invited to the Palace for Christmas, but the sisters - being far from elegant, are not to be suited. However, it turns out lucky for Wesley that the Genie can concoct a better recipe for success. |
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| Cinderella's Sisters... Happy Ever After? by Mark Billen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 92 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A two act play (not a pantomime), for school-aged actors, with simple staging. |
| Synopsis | In this sequel to Cinderella we see how the ugly sisters fare in their attempts to emulate their sister - who is now happily married to her handsome prince. Their brother-in-law is determined to rid the kingdom of their nastiness and some visiting pirates help him to achieve his aims! |
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| Cleopatra and the Roman Way by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. No formal chorus, but opportunities for extras. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play for kids. A solid grounding in ancient history, but it's comedy, so there are plenty of anachronisms. |
| Synopsis | When the glamorous Queen Cleopatra takes over the throne of Egypt along with her brother Ptolemy XIII it coincides with the expansion of the Roman Republic (soon to be Empire) in her direction. Cleopatra does not find the advances of a succession of stylish Romans entirely unwelcome, even if her brother has to be disposed of in the process. Unfortunately, Roman politics being what they are, none of her suitors can be viewed as having any long-term prospects. |
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| Cloud 9 by Andy Johnson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for a (cast the size of a) whole school class. |
| Synopsis | Cloud 9 studio has a secret – they don't just predict the weather, thanks to their Climosphere 5000 they actually MAKE the weather. But the C5000 gets stolen, so the hunt is on for the thief before the weather goes to pot! |
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| A Cloud In Space by Debbie Chalmers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 13 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length fantasy space adventure for young actors. |
| Synopsis | In response to a distress signal the intrepid crew of the Starship Countdown set off on a mission to save the Globs, inhabitants of the doomed planet Globule. Their successful rescue brings surprising benefits to planet Earth. |
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| Come to the Circus by Debbie Chalmers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 27. No chorus. Various characters could be m or f. Particular talents are needed for some roles. |
| Run Time | Around 73 minutes. [Estimated!] Flexibility, according to music used and 'acts' - at the Producer's discretion. |
| Music | Song suggestions for 12 pieces are provided with the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A fun two-act play with songs and 'circus acts', which may challenge a younger youthful cast. |
| Synopsis | Times are hard for the circus, and the whole Big Top team meets to try and find a way to draw people away from their televisions and computer games. But it's Granny who has the winning idea, introducing some mischievous monkeys to every act. |
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| Coming of Age by Jack Oliver |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The teenage character is written as male but could be played as female. The middle-aged character can be played by a teenager if used for youth theatre, |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama with a single (bedroom) setting. US English. Some strong language. Suitable for youth theatre. |
| Synopsis | Allan makes his best attempt to rekindle the relationship with his teenage son Jordan, as they suffer from an emotional disconnection after the death of Jordan's mother. Jordan finds himself struggling to balance schoolwork and a social life while maintaining his dwindling mental health. |
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| Consulting an Ancient Doctor by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A series of short educational scenes. The narration is in English and the dialogue in Latin. Suitable for Latin classes and assemblies. |
| Synopsis | A series of comic scenes set in Roman times in which an ancient doctor deals with various patients - in Latin. Narrators bind the scenes together, explain the Latin for those who need it, and provide some elementary background information on ancient medicine. The piece is designed as an educationally useful but recreational activity for Latin classes, and could make an entertaining Assembly or be interspersed with other pieces in an end-of-term show. |
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