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HILARY MACKELDEN (1959 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Born in Coventry, England in 1959, I have lived all my adult life in Sussex. I started writing at the age of eight, but didn't try writing for the stage until 2001 when asked to provide a new version of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Finding I loved it, I have been making up for lost time ever since. I am divorced with three (grown up) children, three grandchildren and three dogs. (At least I am consistent!) Apart from writing, my interests include film, theatre, books, amateur dramatics, my grandsons, Church, swimming, Ashdown Forest (Winnie the Pooh country, where I live) the sea and Morocco. I have visited this country several times, taking wheelchairs to be distributed there. As well as the plays which I have listed, I have also written four screenplays, a libretto and many sketches. If I'm not writing, I am not living, merely existing.
Plays by Hilary Mackelden
Agape Supper | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #42883 | |||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 main characters, plus supper party guests. All parts were written female but can be either | |||||
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Synopsis: | When you are a Christian, you know that God has forgiven you all your sins. But how do you feel when someone who has wronged you and got away with it becomes a Christian and therefore forgiven? | |||||
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Ahmed and the Mummy | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118110 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 14 speaking parts plus a chorus of at least 5 or 6. 4 must be men, 2 must be women, 8 plus chorus can be either. | |||||
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Synopsis: | Prince Ahmed is under a curse. He must return a stolen ruby to the tomb of Amen-Hal-al-Lou-Yah or he cannot marry his true love, Ophelia Payne. Trouble is, the tomb has been lost for 3000 years. Helping (or hindering) his quest are lonely widow, Eileen Down and her son, Neil, con men Harry and Mac and real villains, Ali Katt and Willy Gofarr, among others. Chaos abounds, along with groanworthy puns, songs and lots of jokes about Mummies. | |||||
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Ashdown-Lee | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mount Ayr Community School, Mount Ayr, Indiana | 2005 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Publishing, 2005/06 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42873 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | derived from the German myth Germelshausen | |||||
Synopsis: | Three men on an outward bound weekend find themselves lost on Ashdown Forest. They stumble into a village where things are as they were 250 years ago. . . A community drama | |||||
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Barabbas | ||
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Publishing, 2011 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131207 | |||
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Genre: | drama | |||||
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Notes: | A two act community drama. 17 speaking roles, plus chorus, though some could be doubled. | |||||
Synopsis: | Barabbas is a thief and rebel in Jerusalem. When he tries to assassinate a collaborator at the temple he is captured, and execution looks certain. But, to his amazement, he is given a free pardon in exchange for the life of an itinerant preacher, Jesus. Barabbas goes back to his friends and his old way of life, but something has changed. . . | |||||
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Beyond Redemption | ||
| 1st Produced: | All Saints Church, Crowborough, England | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Mark One Drama, Crowborough | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eldridge Publishing, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #71759 | |||
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Genre: | religous play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | This play needs no scenery and very few props, but does need lighting | |||||
Synopsis: | Jacob is a guard at the temple in Jerusalem. He is a decent, family man trying to get on but when his wife and daughter get mixed up with a maverick preacher, Jesus, his career prospects are damaged. He is on duty the night Jesus is arrested. All his frustration boils over and for the first time in his life, Jacob mistreats a prisoner. He then has to live with himself afterwards. | |||||
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Christ's Passion | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #42876 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | aka Life of Christ, The | |||||
Synopsis: | community drama | |||||
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Country Curate, The | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #42874 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | The story of John Newton, the slave trader turned abolitionist who wrote Amazing Grace | |||||
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Devil in the Detail | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82267 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | these are minimum m/f. 3 others can be either | |||||
Notes: | A Christian play written for the Hope 2008 initiative | |||||
Synopsis: | The Mayor of Muddleby, William Green, wants to make money by helping the developer, Claude Deville, buy the town Church, which has no congregation and seems surplus to requirements. Green doesn't know that Claude is really the devil, and not only does he want the Church, he wants Green's soul as well. Green is scheduled to die in six months, and if he dies without turning to God, he becomes Claude's. Things start to go wrong when Joe Ketchall comes at the new vicar. Joe is keen and eager for revival. Worse, he's praying for Green. Claude sends his best operative, Evelyn to ensure Green does not change sides. He also sends a trainee, Harry. Harry is young and mischievous, somewhat an innocent abroad; Evelyn calls him more of a hindrance than a help. But it is imperative to Claude that Harry damns at least one soul as soon as possible. Will Green fall foul of Claude's plans, or will he be saved by the power of Joe's prayers? Will revival happen or will the empty Church die? And why is Claude so keen for Harry to damn someone? | |||||
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Foundations | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #91920 | |||
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Genre: | community drama Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | play and lyrics by Hilary Mackelden, music by Andrew Smith. It's a community drama with myriad parts for men and women. It is a Christian play, telling the story of the early church as told in the Book of Acts from chapter one to chapter 13. It has not, as yet, been published or produced. Copyright in the lyrics and play belongs to St Richard's Church, Alderbrook, Crowborough, and copyright in the music belongs to Andrew Smith. | |||||
Synopsis: | Jesus has been crucified and the powers that be think that is the end of the matter. But a new church is rising, its followers bold and confident in their belief that he was and is the son of God. This angers a young Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus, who makes it his life's work to stamp out this new religion. After being involved in the arrest and murder of Stephen, he begins to persecute and terrorise the church, scattering the people as they look for safety. Hearing that the leader, Peter, may be in Damascus, Saul sets off for that city with an army, meaning to bring him to justice. However, on the road, Saul's horse is frightened by bright lights and the voice of Jesus. Saul is thrown, and when he gets up again, he discovers he has been blinded. Helpless, frightened, abandoned by his soldiers, Saul is taken into Damascus, where he is visited by Ananias, a follower of Jesus. Ananias heals Saul, looks after him and helps him come to terms with the fact that Jesus really is the son of God. After his baptism, Saul preaches the gospel as passionately as he once tried to destroy it, until his former colleagues plot to kill him and he has to flee the city. He returns to Jerusalem, persuades the disciples to trust him and preaches there. Once more forced to flee, he sets off to tell people in the wider world about Jesus. The play ends as Saul heads out on his first missionary journey to bring the good news to the whole world. | |||||
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Hansel And Gretel | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crowborough, England | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Mark One Productions | |||||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #49154 | |||
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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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If We Had Only Known | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England | 2004 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Publishing, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42875 | |||
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Genre: | Nativity play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 m/f | |||||
Notes: | aka Behind the Headlines | |||||
Synopsis: | The TV chat show host is finding out about the special birth by interviewing those who came into contact with the Holy Family - the gossip in Nazareth, the Roman Official who wouldn't exempt Mary from travelling, the profiteering inn keeper in Bethlehem, the guest who took the last bed, Herod's spin doctor, the Egyptian who doesn't want Israelite asylum seekers. As they justify their treatment of the family, we are confronted by our attitudes today | |||||
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Innkeeper's Cat, The | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #82268 | |||
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Genre: | Children's nativity play with songs | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Designed for primary schools and Sunday Schools, it takes as many or as few children as you have to perform this. Minimum named parts 22, but some can be doubled. There are also chorus parts. Play includes six songs, music by Marilyn Williams | |||||
Synopsis: | Zedekiah is a cat living in an inn in Bethlehem. At the time of the census, he is thrown out to make room for guests, and he goes in search of a warm, comfy bed. He has little sympathy for the young couple on a donkey who are put in the stable. He tries to stay with his friend, Shep, the sheepdog, but just before Zedekiah arrives, Shep and the shepherds are visited by an angel and they rush off to Bethlehem to see a new king. Zedekiah tries to stay with some travelers and their camels but they are keen to go to Bethlehem and see the new king. Zedekiah has just finished telling them he came from Bethlehem and he didn't notice any king, when the star comes from behind a cloud and leads the travelers on. Intrigued, Zedekiah follows, and finally finds his way to the stable. | |||||
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Ladies At The Seaside | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #79364 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play is 45 to 50 minutes long. One continuous scene, a bench on the pier at Eastbourne | |||||
Synopsis: | Dolly is on a coach trip to Eastbourne, as are Mo and Babs. The three do not know each other before the play begins. Dolly is depressed and sits on the pier writing her suicide note, but is stopped by the arrival of bossy, uncompromising Mo, then good time gal, Babs. As they talk, and unlikely friendships form, they begin to let their guards down, talking of regret, loneliness, "the path not taken and the path you can't turn back on". | |||||
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Life Support | ||
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Publishing, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95319 | |||
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Genre: | comedy drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 m/f | |||||
Notes: | a two act play, a Christian Christmas play, a bitter sweet comedy-drama. There are 9 parts altogether, 3 male parts and 3 female and three which could be either gender (although written as females, simply because am dram is majority female.) | |||||
Synopsis: | Lucy Farr and her assistant Bea L. Zaybub are worried about the President of the Chamber of Commerce in Goston, Pauline Salmon. Pauline is a hard bitten woman, and one of Lucy's finest subjects, but the new vicar in town has been praying for her. She needs protecting from him, but with a week to go to Christmas, all demons are completely snowed under with work and cannot take on more. Meanwhile, the local bad boy, Jamie, is trying to turn over a new leaf. Pauline treats him badly and in retaliation, he steals from her shop. Escaping, he is run down by the mall's Santa sleigh and ends up on life support in hospital. Lucy comes to him and tells him that he is technically dead and must now spend five hundred years in the fire pits. However, she will waive this if he agrees to keep Pauline from succumbing to the vicar's efforts between now and Christmas Eve. As Jamie tries to do the job he learns that not everything is as simple as he thought, and he is forced to face a few home truths of his own until, on Christmas Eve, he must finally make the decision - ensure Pauline's damnation, or accept the fire pits as his own fate. | |||||
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Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42877 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adapted from the book by CS Lewis | |||||
Synopsis: | community drama | |||||
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Narnia, The Last Battle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crowborough, England | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42878 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | adapted from the book by CS Lewis | |||||
Synopsis: | community drama | |||||
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Pied Piper, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crowborough England | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Mark One Drama | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100970 | |||
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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 5 can be either, plus chorus, must include children | |||||
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Synopsis: | he corrupt Mayor of Hamelin cuts back dustbin collections to save the tax payers' money so he can use it to fund his own lifestyle. The cut backs bring rats and a mysterious piper offers to get rid of them - for a price. When the Mayor doesn't pay up, the piper takes the town's children as well. Meanwhile, the elections are coming and the challenger, Mercedes van Hire, looks as if she will win. The mayor decides to stop her. When he learns that married women cannot stand for election in Hamelin, he tries to woo her. . . His henchmen, Herr Rinse and Herr Kutt hinder him more than they help, and the incompetent army officer, Major Incident keeps losing his men - when they aren't trying to shoot him. And just who is the mysterious stranger in rags, collecting aid for the flooded town of Bremen? | |||||
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Pilgrim's Progress, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England | 2004 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42879 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | a modern adaptation of the book by John Bunyan, which stays true to the original story | |||||
Synopsis: | community drama | |||||
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Power Play | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rotherfield Junior Players, Rotherfield, Sussex, England | Dec 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120233 | |||
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Genre: | a two act, modern retelling of the Nativity Story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 13 characters, one must be female, three must be male, all others can be either | |||||
Notes: | Billionaire businessman Jason Herod buys up businesses, strips them of their assets and shuts them down, throwing people out of work. He destroys the firm of Nazareth Carpenter, throwing Joe out of work just as Joe's fiancee becomes pregnant with a miracle baby. However, Herod is superstitious and is told by his medium, Madame Arabella, that a great power is coming to Bethlehem. He offers jobs in Bethlehem, which draws Joe and Mary, who has her baby in a cardboard box in a back alley. Discovering his successor is in Bethlehem and that a child is involved, Herod sends his goons to find the child. . . | |||||
Synopsis: | Jason Herod, CEO of Herod International, buys companies, strips their assets and puts people out of work without a second thought. One of the people he has fired is Joe, whose fiancee, Mary, is having a baby. Desperate for work, Joe hears Herod is recruiting for his factory in Bethlehem, so he and Mary make their way there, only to find themselves jobless, penniless and living on the streets. Meanwhile, Herod has learned that a rival for power has come to Bethlehem and he determines to find it and neutralise it, so sends his none too bright goons to do the job. . . | |||||
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Price Of Firewood, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #52038 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 3 m/f | |||||
Notes: | play is being considered for benefit performance by a charity organisation involved in the Make Poverty History Campaign. adapted into a screenplay | |||||
Synopsis: | In the fictional African country of Tukulrimi, a family of three women have survived the onslaught on their village by Government backed militia and have taken refuge in a camp. They have received food aid, but it needs cooking and the wood which will feed the cooking fires is outside the camp, where the milita roam, looking for victims. Meanwhile, people in the west find it is not in their interests to help these victims. . . | |||||
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Rumpelstiltskin | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crowborough England | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Mark One Drama | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #52039 | |||
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Genre: | 2 act Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | based on the traditional children's story by the Brothers Grimm. | |||||
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Running the Race | ||
| 1st Produced: | CIRT Children's Bible Week, Crowborough | 2012 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136663 | |||
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Genre: | one act play with a Christian theme, about 20 to 25 minutes long. | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Requires 5 actors, they can be male or female, but preferably younger performers - teens are ideal. No sets and few props. | |||||
Notes: | No sets and few props. | |||||
Synopsis: | Story: 188 is an athlete who is desperate to win gold in his race so he can gain sponsorships and endorsements, but in order to do this he has to sabotage another athlete, Fast Eddie. He gets his sidekick, 188-2, to trick Eddie into taking a banned substance, and Eddie is disqualified and disgraced. But there's someone who is determined to undo the damage and wipe the slate clean so Eddie can have another chance... | |||||
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Sam Saves Christmas | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42880 | |||
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Genre: | original pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from a short story by Hilary Mackelden. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Sammy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crowborough, England | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42881 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Winner of the Sussex Playwrights Club National Playwriting Competition 2004 | |||||
Synopsis: | about a family who have a child with learning difficulties. It examines the impact it has upon them and the ways in which they react. | |||||
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Sheriff of Council Flats, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131205 | |||
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Genre: | Family friendly pantomime, two acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 12 named roles plus chorus, and a back end to the horse! | |||||
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Synopsis: | Six Gun Smith leads a band of outlaws that terrorise the town of Council Flats every Tuesday, and hold up the stage every other Thursday. The townspeople are fed up with this and instruct their mayor, Chester Hare, to do something about it. Chester is in cahoots with Six Gun and he employs a sheriff and deputy, Frank James and his sister, Jessie. He believes they are working for Six Gun, and will turn a blind eye to things. However, Frank and Jessie, together with Chester's sister, Hedda Hare, two clueless cowboys, Ike Keir and Deke Kaff, Frank's girlfriend, Helen Back, and a horse called Trigger, join together to save the town from the outlaws and clean up the wild west. John Wayne, eat your heart out. | |||||
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Snow Queen, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42882 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | a new adaptation of the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen | |||||
Synopsis: | community drama | |||||
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This Way | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118111 | |||
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Genre: | humorous Christian play in 2 acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Minimum 15 (with doubling). Must be male 3, must be female 8, all others can be either. | |||||
Notes: | The Pilgrim's Progress meets the Credit Crunch. With roller skates. | |||||
Synopsis: | Joe is an ordinary man making his way through life when he discovers he has a huge debt, so big he can never hope to pay it off. If he doesn't do so before the deadline, he will be thrown into debtor's prison for all eternity. He learns that there is a debt counsellor who may be able to help him. He sets off in a race against time to search for this counsellor, accompanied by Ditzy, a gum-chewing, roller skating California chick with an agenda of her own. | |||||
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Three Musketeers, The: the Pantomime | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Publishing, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100969 | |||
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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | 3 can be either, plus chorus | |||||
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Synopsis: | Cardinal Richelieu has kidnapped all the musketeers except Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who are away on holiday. The king is now in danger, and the only ones who can save him are a trio of girl singers who pretend to be the musketeers, their crooked manager, Charlie, a greenhorn kid called D'Artagnan,a Parisian washerwoman called Fleur de Leece, and D'Artagnan's valet, Billy Doo. Ranged against them are the Cardinal, a gold digging Milady and her two accomplices, who Milady thinks are soldiers but who are, in fact, can-can dancers trying to sneak into England. Yes folks, this is pantomime. | |||||
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Volunteers | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48247 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
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Synopsis: | Prue, Denny and Brenda are mature women who work in a charity shop. Things are fine until the charity's new Managing Director decides he wants a younger image, and the older workers will have to go. . . | |||||
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Water Babies, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131206 | |||
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Genre: | drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | A two act community drama particularly suited to youth casts and schools. Adapted from the whimsical fairy tale by Charles Kingsley. The cast can be quite large, but there is a lot of scope for doubling up. | |||||
Synopsis: | Tom is a chimney sweep in Victorian England. Abused by his harsh master he is sent up into the chimneys of a fine house, where he becomes lost and finds his way into the bedroom of a young girl. There, he discovers for the first time, how dirty he is and determines to become clean. He runs away and in his escape, plunges into a river. Here, his adventures really begin. . . | |||||
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