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| ABC December by Sherrill S. Cannon & Kerry E. Gallagher |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. Chorus. There are no specific characters. The lines are intended to be recited by one or more children. The lines could be spoken by individuals or an ensemble. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for ten songs to accompany the piece. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Performance piece for a nursery school / kindergarten class. |
| Synopsis | A rhyming review of December festivals (with a North American bias - it covers Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other American celebrations, with a nod to their antecedents in other countries). |
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| A Brief Guide To Greek Tragedy by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. 2 narrators and 3 'actors' who each switch between multiple characters. Chorus can be any number of people, even just 1. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short educational sketch. |
| Synopsis | Learn about ancient Greek tragedy in ten minutes, using the story of Cassandra (the prophetess whom no one believed) as demonstration. |
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| A Briefer History Of The Ancient Olympic Games by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Two narrating roles, four other speaking roles, one wailing role and various silent demonstrators of athletic prowess. (The strong silent types are written male, but nobody will mind if they aren't.) |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen minute play for kids. An educational piece sprinkled with a good deal of light comedy. (As you might deduce from the title, this is a cut-down version of 'A Brief History of the Ancient Olympic Games'. |
| Synopsis | A short inspirational dramatic presentation using the creation of the original Olympic Games as a vehicle for bringing history and mythology to life. |
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| The Cautionary Tale of Mary Contrary by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for four songs are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short rhyming comedy play with a moral, for children, with two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Once upon a nursery crime - Mary Contrary demonstrates selfish actions, contrary ways and uncaring attitude to the environment, which lead to her eventual demise. |
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| Dear Diary - A Presentation For Christmas by Aberuthven Primary School ed. Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Variable numbers of non-speaking roles at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Words are provided for the 3 songs included in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A short narrative version of the Christmas story, with action and music. |
| Synopsis | A humorously narrated presentation of diary entries, by the central Christmas story personnel - brought up-to-date! |
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| Doctor Hoof by Diana Kimpton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. All characters are animals behaving as humans (with options for any mix of gender). Flexible singing chorus (from none to lots). |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Choruses set to traditional tunes are included in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short play for children. (It might be described as a light comedy or a light morality play.) Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Doctor Hoof only treats other horses. When he moves to a new town, he finds he's the only horse around, so there's no one for him to treat. Helped by the other animals, he gradually learns they are not as different from him as he thought. |
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| Dog in the Manger by Raymond Blakesley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Characters include a dog, a camel, a donkey, three stars and a flock of sheep! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics to simple songs (to well-known children's tunes) are included in the script. Additional (optional) carols are suggested. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Simple Nativity play for young children, told from the point of view of the animals! (No set or prop requirements.) |
| Synopsis | A dog, a camel a donkey and a star are all complaining about their lot in life, but they have important roles to play in Bethlehem. |
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| The Easter Story by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script suggests the use of a couple of familiar hymns/songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Simple version of the Easter story as a play for children. Multiple locations (following the story!) but no specific set requirments. |
| Synopsis | A classroom/church group rendition of the Easter Story from the arrival in Jerusalem to Mary's encounter with Jesus outside the tomb. |
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| Echo and Narcissus by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Simple piano/vocal scores for four original songs are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | A fifteen-minute musical based on Ancient Greek myth. |
| Synopsis | Hera, the queen of the gods, is furious when she discovers that her husband Zeus has been unfaithful, and she takes it out on the object of his affections, the articulate Echo. Echo falls for the handsome Narcissus, but she cannot make him understand because of Hera's curse, which confines Echo to repeating the words of others, and meanwhile Narcissus is in love with his own reflection. (Not a happy lot, the Ancient Greeks!) |
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| Everybody wants to be a Cat by Louise Arnold |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. The characters are all cats and dogs! There is an optional 'chorus' of cats - members of Daphne's coterie. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play for kids about friendship. |
| Synopsis | A young cat makes an unusual friend, and then has to learn to deal with peer pressure and prejudice. |
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