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A is for Arsenic by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A funny comedy which uses popular themes (crime and amateur writers) in an original and surprising plot. Easy to stage, on a single set. |
Synopsis | A small group of aspiring crime writers meet every week under the critical eye of their course tutor - a successful author who is always daring them to better him. When one writer decides to take up his challenge, it provokes a chain of consequences straight from the pages of a crime novel. |
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Absolute Angels by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length comedy horror, inspired by (but deliberately not sticking to the storyline of) 'The Turn of the Screw' by Henry James. |
Synopsis | Young governess Angela is hired to look after two precocious teenage children. When she arrives at the country house, she finds the household haunted by the ghosts of a former caretaker and governess, whose behaviour and death have seemingly corrupted the souls of the two orphans. |
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Aliens in the Park by Louise Bramley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. One character written as M but can be played by F. |
Run Time | Around 103 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length sci-fi comedy. Single set with suggested video effects as backgrounds. |
Synopsis | A group of Evolans have come to Earth to study the population and ascertain if a male can be found to improve the gender ratio back at home. But Jasper won’t leave his dad, and the crew are suddenly feeling… different. |
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The Amazing America Roadtrip by Rob Roznowski |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. 4 main roles (2M, 2F) and 18 further roles designed to be split between 2 actors (1M, 1F). |
Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy adaptable to small or large casts. US English. |
Synopsis | After a particularly challenging presidential election, a family decides they need to take a driving vacation across America. Along the way they meet a collection of colorful characters who restore their faith in the country. This surprisingly patriotic yet non-partisan comedy showcases the best of the American spirit. |
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Chance Encounters by Jamesine Cundell Walker Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Can be played with a different cast in every scene, or with the same cast throughout. |
Run Time | Around 76 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length play comprised of nine connected playlets with a single (park bench) setting. |
Synopsis | Nine encounters take place on a park bench during the course of a day in September. Some are dramatic, some comedic. |
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Chicks and Dogs by Clive Renton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length comedy drama, with bawdy overtones. Revised 2023. |
Synopsis | Despite a clash of views over the problems of the world, and whether donating to charity is effective or if a more radical approach is needed. David Watson agrees to help the Vicar with his drive to provide chickens to the needy. And then he finds out what he has to wear... |
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Cinderella [Small Cast Version] by tlc Creative Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The monster could be doubled by the actor playing the fairy. The off-stage voice might be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The script does without songs (or song suggestions), but productions may add songs if they feel it appropriate. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A version of the classic fairytale, for a scmall cast,, adapted (shortened) from TLC Creative's popular full-length, large cast version. Presented in one act but a production could be split into two acts, particularly if lengthened by songs. |
Synopsis | Cinderella lives a life of drudgery, bullied by her horrible Ugly sisters, Salmonella and Listeria. Her only comfort is her pal Buttons! Prince Charming is holding a ball to meet his bride to be. Can this be the chance that Cinders has been waiting for? Despite the best efforts of her two malicious Ugly Sisters, Cinderella shall go to the ball with the help of her Magical Fairy Godmother! |
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Extras | The 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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Cold Front by Alan Robinson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One character is a radio voice from offstage and could be pre-recorded. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length comedy with farcical overtones, in a remote hut setting. |
Synopsis | When Mike whisks Karen away to a remote cottage in the Scottish Highlands, he thinks he's planned the perfect birthday surprise. But things soon sour when the cottage turns out to be nothing more than a rusty tin shack, and the friends Mike has invited are people Karen can't stand. As tensions rise and temperatures plummet, they find themselves entombed in a blizzard, leading to frosty exchanges and those of a more amorous nature. |
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Customer Service by Avis & Herb Hasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Characters are a variety of ages. Many could be played as either gender. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy play (on the boundary between a one-act and a full-length play). Single (department store) set. Mildly surreal, bordering on farce, with lots of prop gags. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Just another day in a department store, where a pair of bewildered shop clerks encounter a clown, an accountant, a thief, some very colourful customers and a string of misplaced suitcases... |
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Death by Detective by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A witty and fast paced comedy loosely based on The Speckled Band with a solid mystery plot provided by the Conan Doyle source material. A lot of fun for cast and audience. Structured in two acts, but could form half an evening of one-act plays. |
Synopsis | When a legendary detective solves a terrible murder and discovers his own guilty part in the affair, it is left to his closest friends to prevent him from arresting himself. |
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