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A Brief History Of The Ancient Olympic Games by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male (it was a requirement for the athletes!) but don't let that stop you from casting it how you like. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for kids. An educational piece sprinkled with a good deal of light comedy. |
Synopsis | An 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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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. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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A History Of The Olympic Games - A Class Play by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 30. Minimum total without doubling = 37. No chorus. Characters include a Greek god and a horse! |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for a full school class. |
Synopsis | The history of the Olympic Games, beginning at the ancient games with a personal appearance by Zeus, followed by a whirlwind tour of the modern games, complete with a selection of famous medal winners. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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A History of the Olympics - Readers' Theatre by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 36. No chorus. Six plays with six characters in each. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A set of six mini-plays (with run times around 10 minutes) designed for 'readers theatre' (i.e. use for small group reading), though they could also be performed as plays. No set requirements. Producer's Copy includes a quiz for each play. |
Synopsis | Olympic history, comparing the ancient games to the modern olympics and studying the development of the modern Olympic games through references to events, sportsmen and controversies. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Olympic Games 2012 [Large Cast Version] by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 45. Minimum total without doubling = 94. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for fourteen songs. (Others could be substituted at the discretion of the production team.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Educational and entertaining piece for kids. Intended for a large cast - a whole school year group, for example. |
Synopsis | An intruduction to all the sports that will be on display at the 2012 Olympics. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Olympic Games 2012 [Single Class Version] by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 34. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for fourteen songs. (Others could be substituted at the discretion of the production team.) Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Educational and entertaining piece for kids. Intended for performance by a school class. |
Synopsis | An intruduction to all the sports that will be on display at the 2012 Olympics. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
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