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The Legend of Santa Claus by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters include two elves.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fifteen-minute play suited to both performance by schools and also adult (or mixed company) presentation to schools.
SynopsisA charming and thought-provoking dramatisation of the origins of the worldwide legend of Santa Claus. 'Tis the night before Christmas and two young girls, Betty and Ruth, are excitedly finalising preparations for the big day as their daddy tells the story of Santa Claus with a reading of Clement Moore's poem. The tale is magically brought to life as first St Nicholas and then Santa Claus arrive to tell their stories, with the help of two of Santa's elves.
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The Little Hut in the Woods by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play, in two scenes, suitable for young school-aged performers.
SynopsisThree sisters find a hut in the woods as they travel, one at a time, in search of their father. The first two are rude and unhelpful, and find themselves trapped in the cellar by the old man and his animal friends. But the third daughter is polite and generous, and then finds the old man is not what he seems.
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The Match Girl's New Year's Eve by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. The cook is written male, but need not be.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play for schools, based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale.
SynopsisA friend, a cook, two nutcrackers and grandmother of course, drop in to make the little match girl's New Year's Eve warm and bright.
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The Mayor's Christmas Masquerade by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play based on Mary E. Wilkins's The Christmas Masquerade
SynopsisThe Mayor is throwing a masquerade party for the children of the town at Christmas, and a new Costumer has provided costumes for all the children. However, when the party is over, the costumes won’t come off. The Costumer has demands to make of the Mayor, or the kids stay Princesses forever.
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Mrs Santa Claus's Tea Party by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. One of the few stage plays to offer lines to talking pies. Whilst many of the characters have a specific gender, it doesn't really matter for the purposes of casting.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for seven songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA one act (largely secular) Christmas play for children with no set requirements.
SynopsisMrs Santa Claus invites familiar Christmas characters to her annual tea party. Everyone joins in the spirit of Christmas as they sing and dance their way through the preparations for the big day.
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Rabbie Burns' Night by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Whilst the characters are nominally gendered, this need not be taken too seriously.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA children's introduction to the celebration of the Scottish bard. No set or props required, but the odd display of tartan wouldn't go amiss.
SynopsisIt's Burns' Night, and some very special characters have gathered to tell us a little more about Scotland's most famous wordsmith. Mrs Haggis, Mr Whisky, Mr Bagpipes and Mrs Mousie, helped out by the Misses Neep and Tattie.
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Royals in Love by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Whilst the characters are nominally older, this is could easily be performed by a junior group.
Run TimeAround 16 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleLight romantic comedy. Two scenes, but requiring furniture only (assuming that the definition of stage furniture runs to a fallen tree).
SynopsisIt's not easy for Prince Gerald and Princess Wendy to accept the court's rigid protocol and whenever they can, they sneak away. When they meet, both conceal their true identity, but things get complicated when Gerald resolves to propose.
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Rumpelstiltskin, Stella and the King by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The script calls for an unspecified number of non-speaking servants (whose main role is to bring props on and off). We think two would be a reasonable minimum.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act dramatisation of a fairytale for performance by a small company of children.
SynopsisA miller boasts that his daughter can spin straw into gold. This gains the daughter immediate employment in the king's treasury and the propsect of a short and unhappy life, due to her lack of any such ability. Enter a gnome, with an offer she can't refuse...
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Simpleton and the Queen Bee by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short fantasy play for children.
SynopsisGrimm's fairy tale is brought to life as the animals help Simpleton complete the tasks which will bring him his true love.
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The Tailor's Little Christmas by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Some of the characters have specific genders, but then some of them are mice, so casting by gender doesn't matter all that much!
Run TimeAround 11 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort play for children based on 'The Tailor of Gloucester' by Beatrix Potter.
SynopsisA tailor struggles to finish a coat in time for the mayor's Christmas wedding, especially when his mischievous cat hides the thread. A family of kind mice take it upon themselves to finish the work.
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