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Bears Don't Cry by Charles Alverson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are a six-year-old girl (who might be played by any age!), a bear, a lion and two off-stage voices.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA charming short play for an audience of children with five woodland scenes and a theme of friendship. (The script might be performed by kids or by adults or by a mix!)
SynopsisYoung girl Shanni, separated from her bear hunter Daddy, is lost in the woods. She is befriended and cared for by Bear and a touching and deep friendship develops between the pair.
[Our editor wished to stress that this script is not a reliable guide to the behaviour of ursines.]
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Billy Goat Gruff - Play by Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. The troll is nominally male. One male goat and two female goats. The narrators are elves.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleSimple play for young children. Basic stage set (a bridge!). Costumes, but no props.
SynopsisOverweight goats meet greedy troll. The troll's dinner menu changes when Billy Goat butts in.
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The Bird, the Mouse and the Sausage by Peter Nuttall
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFifteen-minute play for kids.
SynopsisA tale of domestic bliss upset - with a moral message about the dangers of fire.
One of Peter Nuttall's Grimm Tales (for Little Horrors)
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The Elf and the Shoemaker by Peter Nuttall
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFifteen-minute play for kids.
SynopsisA shoemaker and his wife are amazed to find that their work is being completed for them whilst they are asleep at night. An investigation follows!
One of Peter Nuttall's Grimm Tales (for Little Horrors)
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The Farmer and the Charuba Seeds by Geoff Bamber
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort contemporary fable for children. No set requirements. A few simple props. Designed to be played on its own or as part of a broader entertainment.
SynopsisA farmer tries to eke out a living from the land, whilst everyone around him believes that they know better.
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The Legend of Santa Claus by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters include two elves.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fifteen-minute play suited to both performance by schools and also adult (or mixed company) presentation to schools.
SynopsisA charming and thought-provoking dramatisation of the origins of the worldwide legend of Santa Claus. 'Tis the night before Christmas and two young girls, Betty and Ruth, are excitedly finalising preparations for the big day as their daddy tells the story of Santa Claus with a reading of Clement Moore's poem. The tale is magically brought to life as first St Nicholas and then Santa Claus arrive to tell their stories, with the help of two of Santa's elves.
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The Little Hut in the Woods by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play, in two scenes, suitable for young school-aged performers.
SynopsisThree sisters find a hut in the woods as they travel, one at a time, in search of their father. The first two are rude and unhelpful, and find themselves trapped in the cellar by the old man and his animal friends. But the third daughter is polite and generous, and then finds the old man is not what he seems.
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The Perfect Princess and the Wonky Wizard by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. One of the characters is a unicorn. For the purpose of counting roles, we have assumed this requires one actor, but of course it might be played as a full skin costume, like a pantomime horse. (The narrator might double as the unicorn.)
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicAn optional song is suggested in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleShort fairytale for children's theatre, with an original story.
SynopsisWilhelmina the Wicked Witch is holding Spoony the Uni, a unicorn, prisoner in an enchanted forest - which is no longer enchanted due to Walter the Wonky Wizard casting the wrong spell! Two owls, Joey and Snowy, and a young crow, Pickles, team up with Princess Arabella on her quest to rescue Spoony.
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Simpleton and the Queen Bee by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short fantasy play for children.
SynopsisGrimm's fairy tale is brought to life as the animals help Simpleton complete the tasks which will bring him his true love.
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The Tailor's Little Christmas by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Some of the characters have specific genders, but then some of them are mice, so casting by gender doesn't matter all that much!
Run TimeAround 11 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort play for children based on 'The Tailor of Gloucester' by Beatrix Potter.
SynopsisA tailor struggles to finish a coat in time for the mayor's Christmas wedding, especially when his mischievous cat hides the thread. A family of kind mice take it upon themselves to finish the work.
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