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RAYMOND BLAKESLEY
Nationality: English
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Short stories on BBC; poetry also published in magazines inc. Poetry Monthly, envoi, Iota, the Coffee Shop. Two poetry collections - Growing Pains and Free Fall.
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Aliens At School Big Bad And Little Red Brainstorm Caterpillar Crawl Dog In the Manger First Steps Fishy School, A Green For Ever And Longer Once Princess And Postman Sandra Clause And the Bottomless Sack Scary Miss Muffet Snow White And Reality Royality Tidy That Room Waterspout Hero Watt's CookingAliens At School
Synopsis:
Aliens are coming, but the class does not worry; they are landing on the far side of the earth. Jack is more concerned with the radio he is building; Lucy, this week's Class Mermaid, is intent on the welfare of Clarence, the goldfish. then the aliens change course. they dominate world television. they are going to dominate the world. they are going to land at the school. Why? Fairly obvious, though no one sees it. the outcome? Keep quiet; no one would believe it.
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1st Produced:
South Bank Players, Barton-Upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England Mar 2013
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts -
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Genre:
45 - 60 min play
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: 13 speaking, but others needed. 5 females, 3 males, 5 either, but with slight script adjustments, all male or all female
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Top of PageBig Bad And Little Red
Synopsis:
Big Bad Wolf is on trial for swallowing Granny Hood and making a mess on her carpet. Both of the three little pigs accuse him of blowing houses down and gobbling the third pig. Little Red is the star witness who charms judge, clerk and prosecutor. She and her best friend Big Bad complain about the injustice of having ridiculous names bestowed on them. Is it a fair trial? Is Granny masterminding a plot? How will the jury vote? Who was in the pork pie?
Notes:
the Audience is the jury. Cast members Are placed Amongst it to lead responses, ensure chaos, And extemporise At specified places.
1st Produced:
Dreamstuff, Ireland 2011
Organisations:
Highbury
1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2011 -
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Genre:
Children's Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: either: 5 principals, unnumberd non-principals
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Top of PageBrainstorm
Synopsis:
Ivor Pippin is the unsuccessful writer of highly Dramatic plays. the characters in his brain crave success, with a happy ending for a long standing villain a brand new heroine. they enlist the help of Mega Dim and other brain cells, a brainwave, a thought imPulse and, finally, a frightening brainwave. they succeed; there is a happy ending, the villain does get the girl, the play is Ivor Pippin's best, but still finishes last in the annual competition.
Notes:
the characters Are All part of writer Ivor Pippin's brain. Some overacting in his style is called for.
1st Produced:
St. Francis College, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008
Organisations:
performed by the students
1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 -
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Genre:
Children's Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 1 Other: 6 interchangeable
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Top of PageCaterpillar Crawl
Synopsis:
No one believes Tom's caterpillar can speak, except perhaps his eccentric granny, who teaches it to belly dance. On its singing and dancing debut it turns into a chrysalis; when it has finished that stage it flies away. Tom's worm, of course, has no ability, not even speech. Or does it?
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1st Produced:
Ottawa Montessori School, Canada 2007
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2007 -
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Genre:
Children's 1 act comedy Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 6 Other: Class members as available
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Top of PageDog In the Manger
Synopsis:
Grumpy Dog, Humpy Camel,Lumpy Donkey and Frumpy Star join in a journey to a better home. It may only It may only be a stable but it is an improvement, until until the Grumpy Dog takes over the manger. Only one thing makes him move.
Notes:
Cast size can vary According to needs
1st Produced:
Whitebead United Methodist Church, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma 2006
Organisations:
Whitebead United Methodist Church
1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2006 -
Music:
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Genre:
Children's Christmas Play Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: 14
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Top of PageFirst Steps
Synopsis:
the blobs are the only life form on earth, living on the sea bed. they do nothing but reproduce by dividing in two. arthur is a go ahead blob who wants to go onto dry land, which upsets the other blobs and causes visits from the psychblob. eventually arthur achieves his ambition by inventing legs, but has forgotten all the other bits that might just be necessary. He is rescued by his sceptical friend Horace, who now makes a few mental notes, while the remainder of blobdom continues in the old ways.
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Characters Are All Amoeba like blobs of jelly, neither male nor female. the names Are only for identification, so the cast can be All male, All female or mixed. Costumes should typically be long And white, covering the feet, to enable Arthur to invent legs.
1st Produced:
San Francisco Friends School, San Francisco, Ca 2009
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 -
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Genre:
Children's Youth audience
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: flexible
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Top of PageFishy School, A
Synopsis:
the tiddlers in the school are threatened by the pike family, King & Queenie Fisher, and the dangling worm. Only wimpy Wilfred Minnow can save them, but will he do it? Will Old Trout help him and who really is she? Can the stickleback teachers teach the tiddlers? Will the staff room run out of coffee?
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1st Produced:
Bell Tower Theater, Dubuque, Iowa 2005
Organisations:
Bell Tower Theater
1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005 -
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Genre:
Children's 1 act Comedy Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 9 Other: Minimum Cast Size 20
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Top of PageGreen For Ever And Longer
Synopsis:
In a wood, insects gather to celebrate Sir Turnham Green, who forever dedicated their home as green. they are joined by two praying mantises, escapees from the nearby zoo, with the one desire to be married. the Queen Bee grants their boon. Three microbes arrive, having used the same escape tunnel from the zoo, their intention devastation of the wood. Fortunately the Queen has already prepared a speech for all emergencies; Will Worker does what the Drones will not; Cabbage White stops fluttering; Bill Slime the snail traps the Microbes, who submit to being green. and Jack Black Beetle conducts a moving wedding ceremony for Senorita Conchita Mantis who may, or may not, be persuaded into preservation.
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1st Produced:
Highfield School, Marlow, Buckinghamshire 2010
Organisations:
Bell Tower Theater
1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 -
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Genre:
Children's Play Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 10 Female: 7 Other: Other interchangeable: at least 2, but as many as wanted
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Top of PageOnce
Synopsis:
Upset at receiving a late invitation to Princess Rainbow's party, Beldesire curses the postman's son: his first kiss will turn him into a toad. That same postman's son later rescues the Princess from a Dragon, but how will they live happily ever after?
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1st Produced:
Desford Primary School 2004
Organisations:
Key Sage 2
1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004 -
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Genre:
Children's 1 act Comedy Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 11 Female: 7 Other: Minimum Cast Size 26
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Top of PagePrincess And Postman
Synopsis:
a smaller cast version of Once. . . To punish the postman who delayed her Invitation to the new princess's, Princess Beldesire ordains that the postman's small son shall turn into a toad when he first kisses his bride. To give him a chance, she changes his name to Delphinium, a deterrent to most girls. But the new Princess Rainbow is not most girls; she is not even beautiful. If she were, the decrepit old dragon Crackbone would not have dared to suggest what he did suggest, nor would Delphinium have acted as he did. as for being a toad. . .. . . . .!
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1st Produced:
Thirroul Drama School, Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia 2009
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee -
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Genre:
45 min 4 scene comedy Childrens play
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 4 Other: Minimum Cast Size 13
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Top of PageSandra Clause And the Bottomless Sack
Synopsis:
Why at the Christmas Fair did teacher Miss Knott claim to be Sandra Clause? Why did she then disappear into a certain sack? Why did the head, governors and all in charge leave it to the class teaching assistant to sort out? Why was the hastily summoned supply teacher called Not Miss Knott? Why did Holly and Ivy tell R. e. Porter to sit down and be quiet? Why have all the audience members suddenly discovered that they are the class's parents? Why does it matter?
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Only one stage setting, A school classroom Arranged for Santa Claus's grotto. If wanted, suitable carols/songs can be sung before And After, And between some scenes. Length 45 - 60 minutes.
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts -
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Genre:
Children's one act comedy
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 6 Other: as many others as wanted to form a vocal class
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Top of PageScary Miss Muffet
Synopsis:
Jill Muffet threatens her brother Jack with dire consequences if he does not obey her, and the garden flowers with consignment to the compost heap, so that she can find a home for aunty Rhinum. the sun has ordered Sunbeam to be dark and dismal while he has time off. the spider has its eyes on Buzz Fly, who is saved by Dan D. Lion. Bookworm tries to bring comfort and education to all from his compost heap home. In the end all are happy, except, perhaps, for Scary Miss Muffet. and the spider has turned vegetarian.
Notes:
Combines Miss Muffet with Jack And Jill
1st Produced:
Manistee Catholic Central School, Manistee, California 2010
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 -
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Genre:
Children's 1 act comedy, ages 11-15
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 5 Other: 4 Interchangeable
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Top of PageSnow White And Reality Royality
Synopsis:
there's only one way for this modern queen to dispose of her rival in beauty; hold a reality TV show between the two of them, fix the judges and make the second prize an indefinite stay in the forest. and, of course, become the treasurer of the Society for Protecting Unicorns, with the telephone voting charges paid into it. Trust the seven Small gentlemen to upset her plans; surname Small, carefully born alphabetically a-G. as for the aged Mirror and GrandFather Clock, they end happily side by side, as do Snow White and albert Small. No, she will not be Snow Small. the queen sees to that by revealing the girl's proper name in a move designed to shock the world.
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1st Produced:
Bentley New Village Primary School, Doncaster 2011
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2010 -
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Genre:
Children's Comedy Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: 12 either
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Top of PageTidy That Room
Synopsis:
emily is ordered to tidy her bedroom and stop making a noise. She objects, as do the dust, smelly sock, half eaten jam sandwich, C.D.Player and other happy inhabitants. Panic ensues with the arrival of the vacuum cleaner, brush, duster and dustpan. and what is the horror under the bed? Will the dust's fate be the wheelie bin retirement home?
Notes:
Other parts Are non gender residents of emily's room, e.g.dust, brush
1st Produced:
Rosslyn Academy, Nairobi, Kenya 2005
Organisations:
by the students
1st Published:
longer rhymed speeches are read from from naturally occurring books and documents., 2006 -
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Genre:
Children's Comedy Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: 14 minimum
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Top of PageWaterspout Hero
Synopsis:
Incey Wincey is preparing for his waterspout challenge. His wife persuades Buzz Fly to help him, without mentioning his main task as food. When Incey boasts that he will go nearer to the sun than anyone else, Big Drip and the Raindrops determine to stop him. Meanwhile, the sun has had enough of doing the same thing every day; Violet, Lily and Rose are engaged in a permanent beauty argument in the flower bed; the bookworm from the compost heap meets his mortal enemy, the early bird; and the put upon weed, Dan D. Lion, becomes the most unlikely hero. This is an all action garden.
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1st Produced:
Grissom Elementary School, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2010
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 -
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Genre:
Children's Comedy 50-60 min Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 4 Other: 7 interchangeable. Others for choral speaking as wanted
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Top of PageWatt's Cooking
Synopsis:
Edna Black is a totally unpleasant girl, whose desparate parents send her to Mrs. Watt, a pie maker. Freddie Bear is a totally unpleasant cub, who also becomes involved with Mrs Watt. Watt's Cooking is Mrs. Watt's cookery book, containing details of everything Mrs. Watt's has, including those who have helped in the pies. It's a situation in need of a very firm Edna.
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2015 -
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Genre:
Children's 10-13+
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 5 Other: 1
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