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The Pied Piper of Hamelin [Version 2] by Hilary Mackelden
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male, but this is panto and nobody will mind if genders are switched! Chorus of rats, dogs and cats is intended to be played by children,
Run TimeAround 140 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe script contains places for fourteen songs, suggestions for most of which are included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleBritish pantomime. A full-length show, with very simple sets, so easy to stage in a non-standard environment.
SynopsisThe classic tale of the Pied Piper told in panto style with a happy ending!
Hamelin's greedy mayor is up for re-election, and when the town is invaded by rats, he hires a piper to get rid of them, but then he won't pay up.
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ExtrasThe 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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The Pied Piper of Hamelin [Version 3] by Tina & Robert Burbidge
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. It's a pantomime, with the usual ration of gender-flexibility, plus any number of rats!
Run TimeAround 120 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 17 songs, with some orginal lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleThe story of the Pied Piper reshaped into a very satisfactory pantomime format. A good line in jokes, with plenty of cheese-related humour involved!
SynopsisAlvin's a musician who loves the Mayor's daughter, but can't marry her because he's too poor. When rats plague the town, the Mayor uses them as scapegoats for the town's misery, but if Alvin can rid the town of vermin he can marry Ellie and become wealthy....
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ExtrasThe 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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The Pied Piper of Hamelin [Version 4] by Lorraine Mason
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Flexible numbers, with choruses of townsfolk, children and rats.
Run TimeAround 100 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicThe producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 17 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleBritish pantomime (with German setting!)
SynopsisRattenfanger the piper rids the town of rats but takes his revenge when the Mayor can't pay the agreed fee. Lots of panto action with a German Dame Pumpernickel, Hero Fritz and Villainous Rats, not forgetting sweet Anneleise or the panto cow!
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The Pied Piper by Bob Heather
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions are assumed, with Heidi the pantomime dame played by a man and Ralf, the principal boy, played by a young woman.
Run TimeAround 110 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicTwo sets of lyrics supplied with the script, all other songs are at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleEnglish pantomime - comedy, silliness and puns!
[Originally published in 2006, revised edition published 2012.]
SynopsisHamlin is over-run with rats, too many for the Councillors Hans and Nees to deal with so the Council decide to respond to an advert in the local paper for a Piper who claims to be able to rid anywhere of four-legged pests. Unfortunately the Mayor can't afford to pay, so the Piper runs off with the Mayor's daughter Greta and the village children. Will Ralf and the other villagers be able to rescue Greta and the children from the Piper before it's too late?
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ExtrasThe following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
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The Piper Of Hamelin by Steven Allen
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. Nucleus of principal characters plus some excellent opportunities for comic cameos.
Run TimeAround 118 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicSuggestions for 14 songs are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleA full-length pantomime packed with verbal and visual comedy.
SynopsisA sparkling original treatment of the story of the fabled Rat Charmer in which the infestation of Hamelin is tangled with a sourcerer's attempts to gain control of a magical flute.
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ExtrasThe 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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The Ratbusters of Hamelin by Philip Bird (music Isabelle Michalakis)
RolesMinimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Whilst there is no formal requirement for a chorus, there are opportunities for additional townsfolk and additional children.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicPiano/vocal scores for three original songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script.
StyleMusical play for kids, with an interesting variation on the Pied Piper story. (As suits modern tastes, it comes with a happy ending, though the mayor probably wouldn't think so.)
SynopsisThe people of Hamelin shake their mayor and town council out of their greedy complacency when the town's children are kidnapped by they hypnotic piper - assistant to the unpaid and affronted travelling doctor.
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ExtrasThe following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Rhyming Pied Piper by Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. (Chorus plays rats and children)
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleThe story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin told as a simple verse play. Minimal set requirements.
SynopsisRats are taking over the rich town of Hamelin, so when an eccentrically dressed stranger offers to drive them away, the Mayor offers to heap him with gold. However, when the rats have disappeared, so has the Mayor's promise, till the stranger reminds the town of his musical prowess.
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