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Anyone for Bison? by Bill Tordoff
RolesMinimum 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 TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleCostumed comedy for kids. Single set (with teepee).
SynopsisThis 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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Cleopatra and the Roman Way by Geoff Bamber
RolesMinimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. No formal chorus, but opportunities for extras.
Run TimeAround 55 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy play for kids. A solid grounding in ancient history, but it's comedy, so there are plenty of anachronisms.
SynopsisWhen the glamorous Queen Cleopatra takes over the throne of Egypt along with her brother Ptolemy XIII it coincides with the expansion of the Roman Republic (soon to be Empire) in her direction. Cleopatra does not find the advances of a succession of stylish Romans entirely unwelcome, even if her brother has to be disposed of in the process. Unfortunately, Roman politics being what they are, none of her suitors can be viewed as having any long-term prospects.
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Columbus - The Pantomime by Mark Jack
RolesMinimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Chorus size may be variable at the Producer's discretion.
Run TimeAround 135 minutes. [Estimated!] Experiential run time (first production) 1 hours 50 minutes.
MusicSong suggestions for 13 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA full length pantomime, with Italian, Spanish, and sea-scape settings.
SynopsisIn 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. This fun panto version of the New World discovery holds true to many family pantomime values - as good defeats evil, love conquers all, and Columbus writes his place in the history books.
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ExtrasThe following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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The Fifty Year School Trip by Alan J. Laing
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short one act play, which can be split into two - if a break is needed.
SynopsisJenny and her gran are visiting the local museum and they look at a classroom from the 1960's, when Jenny's gran was a pupil. Jenny sits in the class when the others leave and finds herself transported back fifty years, where some things aren't that different at all...
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I, Tiberius by Geoff Bamber
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. The numbers of soldiers and secret service agents can be treated flexibly.
Run TimeAround 45 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play for kids, set in Roman Britain. Single set (to the point of almost no set at all) and simple props, give or take the solid gold Egyptian statuette.
SynopsisWhen Tiberius Pompus arrives from Rome to take up a governorship in the wilderness that is Eastern Britain he is looking for peace and a quiet life. He has every faith in his long-suffering personal assistant, Flavia, and his military commander, Ludicrous. Unfortunately restless locals in the form of the Iceni tribe and in particular the ambitiously troublesome Boudicca prove a thorn in his side. What Tiberius needs least is a visit from newly-appointed Emperor and old school friend, Marcus Antonius, accompanied by the Emperor's girlfriend, the ultra-glamorous and even more ultra-temperamental Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. It is imperative that the Emperor's stay goes perfectly. It doesn't.
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Jesters, Jousters & Donuts by Patti Veconi
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus.
Run TimeAround 54 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicEight pieces of Renaissance-themed music, scored for junior school musicians, are provided with the Producer's copy of this script.
StyleA one act Renaissance-themed school play with music.
SynopsisA troupe of re-enactors assemble in a small town to stage their annual Renaissance Fair - just as contractors with the Dept. of Buildings arrive to announce plans for the sale of the land they are on. The narrator arranges a stay of execution and the show, featuring an archery contest, juggling jesters, a jousting match and not one, but three rival queens, can go on. When the contractors return, (with donuts to share), the actors make their sad goodbyes and exit. The clever Narrator, however, makes a discovery that saves the Renaissance Fair and brings the charming village of Notting-Sher-Wessex-Wood back.
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Jetty by Stuart Smithers
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 34 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act drama with a gentle edge of comedy in a simple set. Would make a good drama festival piece.
SynopsisOn a lakeside jetty, two strangers, both in their 60s, begin a conversation. As Edward teaches Veronica the tricks of skimming stones, they try to guess the circumstances of each other's lives.
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Keep Smiling Through by Suzan Holder
RolesMinimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 15. Minimum total with doubling = 33. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Chorus size at Producer's discretion
Run TimeAround 75 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing possible with songs used
MusicWell known songs from the wartime era. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA play for schools, with songs, set in a theatre in Britain in World War 2.
SynopsisA Theatre Company preparing and presenting a variety show evokes life in wartime Britain through drama, song, dance and some pathos.
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Lil Diamond The Snake Woman by Linda Stephenson and Alison Hudson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus.
Run TimeAround 37 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play-within-a-play for children. A story with a moral - and a puppet!
SynopsisClem and his family have moved to California in 1886, and he’s missing his friends. He meets the strange snake woman when she rescues him from a Diamondback, but local prejudice stops him visiting her until his mother falls sick and he needs help. A puppet snake helps tell the story.
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Musical Maurice and the History Hop by Cat Durning
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 34. Chorus. Thirteen principals (although the lead character could be played by three different actors) and scope for a large chorus (the original production employed three school classes!)
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe producer's copy of the script gives suggestions for three songs and various pieces of incidental music to accompany the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleTime-travelling school play, Multiple locations but little needed in the way of stage furniture. (Locations indicated by music or acting!)
SynopsisA child and a grandfather get sucked into a whirlwind history tour by a time-traveller with a magic wand.
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