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| The Nativity by Juliet Devon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Narrator is the only speaking part. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 4 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A rhyming, short nativity, for young children (with songs). |
| Synopsis | The script is written for a narrator and miming cast, telling the nativity story. |
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| Operation: Santa by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes a list of suggested songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A fun comedy for schools with lots of enjoyable silliness. |
| Synopsis | Christmas is coming and everyone in the North Pole is as busy as ever, but just when things couldn't be any more stressful, Santa is kidnapped by a mysterious foe. It's up to the Santa Retrieval Squad to get him back! |
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| The Pitch by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch intended for church groups. |
| Synopsis | Film-makers pitch a movie called 'The Father of God'. (Matthew , 18-25) |
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| A Princess For Christmas by Jeff Bray |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. 7 actors, with a choir of 3-4 singers. |
| Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length comedy with a single retirement home setting. |
| Synopsis | Grumpy old widower Reg gets the shock of his life when his ex-mistress Diane, who he abandoned many years ago, is admitted to the Retirement Home After a stormy beginning and with the tender help of the staff and other residents, they are able to rekindle their relationship. |
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| Rest, Ye Merry Gentleman by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fun sketch that fits within a Christmas theme while avoiding all the usual cliches surrounding the season, this would be a novel addition to any festive evening of entertainment. |
| Synopsis | An elderly gentleman is sitting on a comfy armchair in an upmarket department store. His reverie is disrupted when he is taken to task by an irate woman. In a case of mistaken identity, can he convince her that he isn't who she claims he is? |
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Rhyming Christmas Carol by Richard Coleman
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children, assumed to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A simple, humorous rendition of Dickens' A Christmas Carol in rhyme, minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | On Christmas eve, miserly Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old business partner and three other ghosts. Being shown the error of his ways, he then sets out to make Christmas happy for others. |
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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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| Rhyming Christmas Gift by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. All characters are adults. (Except the elves.) Opportunity for a chorus as a choir of carol singers. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A simple verse play. Assumed to be done with minimal set - imagination substituting for scenery. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | A liberal adaptation (updated and versified) of the O. Henry story 'The Gift of the Magi'. An arguing couple demonstrate their love through Christmas gifts. |
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| Rhyming Nativity by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. The character numbers are flexible - many have only a single line, so doubling is easy. Equally, the narration could be split and additional non-speaking parts can be added. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple nativity play told in rhyme. No specific requirements for set or props. |
| Synopsis | See the Gospels according to St. Luke and St. Matthew (chapter 2 in each case). Taxation, Bethlehem overcrowded, no room at the inn, baby laid in a manger, shepherds in the fields, wise men bringing gifts. All of that - and a stable of talking animals. |
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| Sandra Clause and the Bottomless Sack by Raymond Blakesley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Aimed at a full class production - the members of Miss Knott's class are not named, and only a few have individual speaking roles, but there is a lot of class chanting! |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Not a musical, but the text contains provision for adding songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act school play with bags of verbal humour. Minimal set (Santa's bottomless sack can be as imaginative as you please!) |
| Synopsis | Miss Knott has disappeared on the day of the school Christmas Fayre. The governor, the Head and the PTA Chairwoman and her secretary all deny responsibility, so it's down to Teaching Assistant Mrs Dimmock, Miss Knott's class (with their supply teacher, who they have named 'Not Miss Knott') to show exactly what happened. |
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| Santa and Elf by John Furse |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Elf is written female but could be played by a male. The disembodied voice (making Post Office announcements) is assumed to be recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play in a single (Post Office) set. |
| Synopsis | The Giggleton Post Office has to get a sack of mail off to the Sorting Office ASAP - it’s kids' letters to Santa. Little do they know that Santa himself is on hand to collect the sack, if his Elf assistant can stop causing traffic accidents! |
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