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| Anniversary at Camelot by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Light-hearted one-act Arthurian romp for kids. |
| Synopsis | King Arthur and Guinevere plan to give each other a novel present to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They delegate the task to various knights who must encounter magical forces to complete the task. |
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The Ant Chant by Michal Y Noah
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two original songs are included in this script. |
| Style | A short rhyming musical play for children. |
| Synopsis | A day in the life of an ant and their worker companions is told in musical rhyme. Adapted from the childrens' book of the same name. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Zip file containing recordings by Jonny Casto-Ardern of the two songs from 'The Ant Chant' by Michal Y Noah. The recordings come in two forms - simple backing tracks and vocal demos. Additionally, Song 2 has a demo recording of just the chant.
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| Antigone by Stewart Boston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act adaptation of a Greek myth |
| Synopsis | A dramatic retelling of Sophocles’ tragedy, suitable for performance by secondary/high school students and youth theatre. Two brothers died fighting each other for the throne of Thebes in Ancient Greece. Creon, the new ruler, has decided to honour one (Eleocles) and shame the other (Polynices). Their sister Antigone defies Creon's order and wants to arrange an honourable burial for Polynices. |
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| Anyone for Bison? by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. All characters are adults, intended to be played by children. Whilst there isn't a formal requirement for a chorus, other characters could easily be added. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Costumed comedy for kids. Single set (with teepee). |
| Synopsis | This is what might of happened when a bunch of English settlers first encountered native Americans - a clash of cultures resolved in a uniquely American way. |
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Anything You Say, Your Majesty by Geoff Bamber
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. Multiple settings, but intended for production with minimal scenery. (The author is fond of 'a few stage blocks'.) |
| Synopsis | Surely a Queen looking for a new high-profile image and appearance in ‘Hi, there!’ celebrity magazine, can do no better than featuring in a coronation and a royal wedding at one and the same time. Of course the absence of both a crown and a suitable groom could be a problem. |
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| Apparently Not by Hayley Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. Principal characters are four girls (plus the school principal and a teacher). The chorus is the bullies gang - number unspecified. The chorus lines could be spoken by one person or shared amongst several. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act play, set in and around a school. |
| Synopsis | A new girl in school, is forced to choose between supporting her new friend and fitting in with a gang of bullies, and makes the easier choice. |
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| Are You New Here? by S. J. Edwards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. All roles can be male or female (names can be changed to suit the male/female balance of the cast.) The number of roles could be expanded by giving the children fewer lines each. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act, humorous play suitable for 9-12 year olds. Two very simple sets - Schoolroom and Police Station with no specific requirements for either. |
| Synopsis | Three aliens must complete a report on earth, so they infiltrate a school to avoid the local Alien Abduction unit of the police, but must also run the gauntlet of a by a power-crazed Deputy Head! |
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| Around the World in Eighty Days by Richard Cowling |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 54. Chorus. In order to be faithful to Jules Verne, most of the characters are written male. How you cast them is up to you! (For example, whilst it was not so in Fogg's day, the Reform Club is now open to women!) |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal score for seventeen songs and nineteen pieces of incidental music is provided with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Full-length school musical based on Jules Verne's novel. By the nature of the story, there are a lot of locations, but these can be presented in as simple or complex a way as you please. |
| Synopsis | Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to travel around the World in Eighty days. Armed with only Passepartout (his trusty French manservant) and pursued by a detective, he sets out, venturing via Egypt, India (where he acquires a princess!), Japan and the USA. |
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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
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** Conductor's score and band parts (Clarinet/Alto Sax/Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass, and Keyboard) for 'Around the World in Eighty Days' by Richard Cowling
** Midi Files for the 36 songs and instrumentals from Around the World in Eighty Days by Richard Cowling. The files contain the band arrangements plus vocal lines.
** Backing Tracks for the 36 songs and musical pieces from Around the World in Eighty Days by Richard Cowling. (The tracks are the orchestrated instrumentals, with additional instruments playing the vocal lines.)
** Vocal recordings of all the songs from Around the World in Eighty Days by Richard Cowling. (Vocals by Richard Cowling and Leanne Cooper.)
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| The Art of Nero by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. All written male (on the grounds of history), but that isn't essential to the plot. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Roman romp for kids. Single location (preferably decorated according to the taste of the emperor Nero). |
| Synopsis | As Nero constructs the Golden House amongst the Ashes of burnt Rome, three friends hatch a plot to end the tyranny and, more importantly, the dreadful singing, acting, poetry and painting of the mad emperor. Sadly, Nero's 'Art' defeats them all. |
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| Arthur, Boy-King Of Britain by Andrew Beattie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 18. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 32. No chorus. All parts written as M, but could be adapted if insufficient M cast available. |
| Run Time | Around 73 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play for children, with various (simple) settings. |
| Synopsis | A good dramatisation of the story of the boy Arthur, his links with Merlin, and the legend of the Sword in the Stone. The story and characters are well-drawn, from Arthurian legend. |
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