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The Nativity by Juliet Devon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Narrator is the only speaking part. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 4 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A rhyming, short nativity, for young children (with songs). |
Synopsis | The script is written for a narrator and miming cast, telling the nativity story. |
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Noah's Ark by Bill Siviter |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. Non-speaking parts include 'all the creatures of the earth'! |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Verse play, mainly told by narrators (with plenty of scope for a large cast to mime the actions) |
Synopsis | See the book of Genesis, chapters 6 to 9! |
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The Norman Conquest by Richard Morris |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | One set of song lyrics embedded in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Verse play, fitting with the English National Curriculum Key Stage 3 History syllabus. |
Synopsis | We travel back in time to England in 1066 where William sails from Normandy (bringing an army and 'beaucoup fromage'). defeats King Harold and sets about building fortifications and surveying his new kingdom. |
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Olympic Ode - Faster, Higher, Stronger by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Designed with flexibility in mind, with the possibility of up to 24 idividuals (representing athletes of various sorts) taking a verse each, plus one or more speakers taking the chorus parts. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Performance poem for a class of children. No props or staging requirmeents |
Synopsis | The motto of the Olympic Games, Citius, Altius, Fortius - Faster, Higher, Stronger - explored in verse, with the performers representing different groups of athletes. |
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One in the Eye by Bill Siviter with Lea Anderson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Since the characters include 'William's Army' and 'Harold's Army' the numbers are rather vague (or very flexible, depending on the gloss you want to apply). Most of the characters are supposedly male, but don't let that stop you. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music for six original songs (one of which is reprised). |
Style | An educational, historical, rhyming comedy musical. (There. What does that leave out?) |
Synopsis | The story of the Harold, the last Saxon king of England who proves adept at dealing with his riotous brothers and Viking invaders, but is finally overcome by William, Duke of Normandy, with his secret weapon... |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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The Princess and the Frog by Peter Bond |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Two song suggestions are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A short rhyming play. |
Synopsis | Spoilt Princess Gwendolen is not satisfied with her suitors, and the frog who turns into a handsome and eligible prince is no exception. He lives happily ever after - but what of the Princess? |
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A Quest for a Nest by Michal Y Noah |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. As written, there are six characters. However, the narrator's role would be easy to divide amongst a larger number. It would also be easy to add choruses - particularly of ants and rabbits - to join in with the songs. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for 3 original songs is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. (The short theme song, 'Little by Little' is sung 6 times through the show.) |
Style | Short verse play for young children, interspersed with simple songs. (Can be staged very simply or more elaborately for those so inclined.) |
Synopsis | Melody, a little bird, demonstrates the magical power of persistence through her efforts to build a nest. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A CD with backing tracks plus vocal demos for the songs from A Quest for a Nest by Michal Y Noah. (Both backing and vocal tracks include all the reprises of 'Little by Little'.) ** A set of MP3s with backing tracks plus vocal demos for the songs from A Quest for a Nest by Michal Y Noah. (One instance of each distinct track, so the reprises of 'Little by Little' need to be achieved by replaying the track.)
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Rhyming Christmas Gift by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. All characters are adults. (Except the elves.) Opportunity for a chorus as a choir of carol singers. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A simple verse play. Assumed to be done with minimal set - imagination substituting for scenery. Simple props. |
Synopsis | A liberal adaptation (updated and versified) of the O. Henry story 'The Gift of the Magi'. An arguing couple demonstrate their love through Christmas gifts. |
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Rhyming Goldilocks by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Whilst critters abound, Goldilocks gets the lion's share of the dialogue (as well as the bears' share of the porridge). |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short rhyming drama for kids. Single set, complete with collapsing chair. |
Synopsis | The time-honoured tale of burgling blonde meets ursine breakfast! |
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Rhyming Hansel and Gretel by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Characters include humans, birds, rodents, dogs and four wheels! |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A modern version of the Grimm Brothers' Hansel and Gretel told as a verse play. Simple props, no specific set requirements. |
Synopsis | In an update to the original fable, Hansel and Gretel's parents want to get rid of them, not because the family is poor, but because the parents are selfish. This leads to the encounter with the witch with the confectionary cottage. |
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