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The Eye of the Pharaoh by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Most of the characters are not gender-specific. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A light and fun Egyptian romp for a school or youth theatre company. |
Synopsis | The Eye of the Pharaoh is a jewel of immense power that ensures the continued reign of Ramenha. His Uncle Ahketnan doesn't want that reign to continue - he wants to be pharaoh, and recruits Salen to help him steal the jewel. But Salen uses it to raise a demon... |
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Henry VIII Meets His Match by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An assembly piece for schools with simple settings, based on an old folk tale. |
Synopsis | Henry VIII decides to make an example of an Abbot living the high life so sets him the task of solving three riddles within a year and a day. The Abbot hasn't a clue, so sends a clever shepherd, who is his double, to answer for him. |
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Joseph And The Truth Stick by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one-act drama ideal for school assemblies. |
Synopsis | In this cautionary tale of Ancient Egypt, Joseph is able to use his wisdom and guile to determine who had stolen the Pharaoh’s priceless gemstone. |
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The Legend Of Beowulf by Roger Hurn Received a 5-star award from the TES resources site. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Flexibility of numbers of narrators can be achieved by doubling. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama suggested as an assembly piece for schools, with a single (Norse hall) setting. |
Synopsis | The hero Beowulf comes to the aid of his friend Hrothgar, an elderly King, whose Hall is being attacked on a nightly basis by the monster Grendel. The legend is brought to life with narration and stirring action. |
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Pandora's Box by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. One human, five narrators and a bunch of anthropomorphic personifications. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for children with a simple single setting. |
Synopsis | The story of Pandora's box is told in an accessible and light hearted way with added educational opportunities as a bonus. |
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The Storm Clouds Gather and The Evacuees by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 35. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An educational piece ideal for school assemblies, with no set required. |
Synopsis | This assembly, designed to support work on Britain since 1930, concentrates on some of the events that occurred on the home front at the time of the Second World War. It has been divided into two parts. The first, The Storm Clouds Gather can be used to set the scene for the following section, The Evacuees. Both scenes are prefaced and linked with narration. There are 35 speaking parts including narration. |
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Thor's Hammer by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short assembly piece for schools, with a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Based on a traditional Scandinavian folk tale this drama gives a useful background to the Viking era along with an amusing acting piece. We hear of the theft of Thor’s hammer by the Frost Giants and Loki’s cunning and amusing cross dressing plan to retrieve it. |
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A Victorian Street Scene by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Cast flexibility comes by way of choruses of Passers-by, Urchins, and Salvaitonists, plus the option of the narrators doubling other roles. Four roles are nominally gendered, but this is really not important. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Vignette for a class or school assembly |
Synopsis | A scene intended to convey the feel of a bustling Victorian street and give voice to the different types of tradespeople and characters who might be found there. |
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