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Adventures of Oliver Twist by David Pemberton
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. 16 speaking parts, plus an unspecified number of Urchins, playable by a company of 10 with a lot of doubling (and probably some rapid costume changes).
Run TimeAround 77 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA new, humourous adaptation, in two acts, of Dickens' classic novel.
SynopsisThe story of an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and lives with a gang of pickpockets before being rescued by a kind gentleman and an unexpectedly close relation. This is Oliver with a modern Twist.
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The Brilliance in the Room by Phil Porter
RolesMinimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 105. No chorus. An ensemble piece designed for a cast of 12 or more, each playing multiple roles.
Run TimeAround 102 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA full-length sweep of Dickensian vignettes, with an ensemble of actors playing multiple characters. No specific set, but props are manipulated to convey locations.
SynopsisA dreamlike convergence of Dickens’ characters and situations swirl about the stage, in a celebration of the author’s works.
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Chariot by Chad Bearden
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. The original production used adults to play the roles of Lenny and Margo.
Run TimeAround 80 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe producer's copy of this script suggests five pieces of background music to be used during the course of the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA full length play, intended for two young pincipal actors (and various adult roles).
SynopsisLenny and Margo are left orphaned when their mother dies, but their Uncle Joe sneaks them away from government care and takes them on a wild road trip towards San Diego (where he claims to have a job). The kids use their imaginations to stay calm and happy on the trip. The family meet various personalities along America's highways who try to help the lost siblings and the loyal Joe set aside their fantasies and confront reality.
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Christmas Present by Jim and Jane Jeffries
RolesMinimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 16. Minimum total with doubling = 41. Minimum total without doubling = 51. No chorus. Aimed at a mixed company of adults and children.
Run TimeAround 110 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleNativity play, but not one for young kids! A large cast piece, probably for a church group. Elements of comedy, but a serious core.
SynopsisA modern retelling of the Nativity - a faithfull following of the biblical accounts, give or take a couple of thousand years, featuring business tycoons, mobsters, fast food workers and homeless people, plus assorted Trekkies!
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Delilah by Len Cuthbert
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. 3 adult roles and 1 with a character age of 12.
Run TimeAround 98 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA full-length drama with a multi-functional set. Canadian English.
SynopsisJade has a history of being the victim of abandonment. As a result, she struggles with her relationships with the people she is closest to. Her survival mechanism is to be in control of her own life and everyone else’s. But that ability to control is threatened when she faces one of the most difficult decisions of her life.
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The Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden by Kieron Toner
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Ravenscar (one of two fictional characters) is written male but could be played female.
Run TimeAround 94 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleDramatisation of the true story of the Cottingley fairies.
SynopsisElsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, now elderly ladies, recount to two investigators the events that took place in Cottingley in 1917, when as young girls they took photographs of fairies.
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Family Matters by Juliet Devon
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Cast includes 5 children (of secondary school age) and two offstage adult voices.
Run TimeAround 61 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fun script for a lively show that accommodates a number of younger actors. Structurally in two acts, but run-time on the boundary between full-length and one-act. Single domestic set.
SynopsisSusan tries to steer her five children through a regular school day, while also dealing with her mother, her father, and her sister, as well as the helpful advice of her husband, who's out of the country for work.
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First Drop of Rain by James Brosnahan
Screenplay version placed in the Semifinals (top 1%) of the Austin Film Festival.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Cast of 4 women, 2 12-year-old girls (one with doubling) and 4 men.
Run TimeAround 125 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length historical drama. An entertaining exploration of the characters and the times.
(First published 2021, revised edition published 2024.)
SynopsisWhen an aspiring author sets out to write her first novel, the gendered prejudices of 18th Century London come for her, leaving her to decide between marrying her suitor in surrender or being as brave as the female protagonist she has written. Based on the true story of Frances Burney.
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The Magdalen Whitewash by Valerie Goodwin
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Optional female chorus.
Run TimeAround 84 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length drama. Multiple locations, but simple set requirements, with main scenes played on the full stage and smaller scenes downstage with a few pieces of furniture.
SynopsisIn 1946, teenage Nancy tracks down her birth mother Mary to one of the many 'Magdalen laundries' set up in Ireland to house women shunned by society for unmarried pregnancies. But why doesn't Mary want to leave with Nancy? Sixteen years earlier, during Mary's first days at the laundry, she and the other women deal with isolation, pregnancies, and mistreatment from the nuns and priests.
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A May Dream by Sally Kinnell
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 32. No chorus. In addition to the 32 human roles (playable by a cast of 14) there is Crumble the Dog who can double as Starveling's Dog. There are two brief (silent) appreances of children ('School Boy' and 'Child' who could probably be doubled).
Run TimeAround 110 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length drama. Multiple locations but simple settings. Contains mild (Shakespearean) swearing.
SynopsisA collection of Shakespeare's Rustics pursue their own plotlines outside their plays, converging on Hecate's shop and Doll Tearsheet's bar. Philosophy, love, conspiracy and the unmasking of a villain, in genuine Shakespearian language.
A May Dream was specially written in response to the Royal Shakespeare Company's Open Stages Project in 2012.
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