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Stuart Ardern

STUART ARDERN  (1956 - )

 Nationality:    English
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below is a list of Stuart Ardern's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Aladdin         Cinderella         Dead Ringer         Death In Character         Dick Whittington And His Cat         Gentlemen Of the Press, The         Long Road, The         Meet the Inventor         Minny Pinny Makes A Difference         Miss Glossop Comes To Tea         Miss Glossop's Weekend Break         Panto Of the Opera         Phantom Thief, The         Puss In Boots         Rhyming Red Riding Hood         Robin Hood And the Singing Nun         Sinbad         Snow White And the Mini Miners         Snow White And the Seven Dwarves         Witch Hunt

Aladdin

Synopsis:
Mayhem in China as the wicked abanaza wields the magic lamp with its great and powerful genie, and captures the emperor's daughter. aladdin comes to the rescue, with the aid of Widow Twankey and the camp Genie of the Ring.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
CaTS    1996

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 1999   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
2 act Musical Christmas Pantomime Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 20

Further Reference:
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Cinderella

Synopsis:
the Prince must marry (otherwise his stipend will be cut off) and holds a ball to choose a bride. Cinderella is banned by her ugly sisters and cruel stepmother, but her fairy godmother ensures a happy ending

Notes:
written by Bob Heather And Stuart Arden

1st Produced:
CaTS    1995

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
2 act Musical Christmas Pantomime Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 16

Further Reference:
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Dead Ringer

Synopsis:
Margo attends a seance to contact her dead husband - who seems to have taken their fortune to the grave with him. the police, however, have other ideas

Notes:
Single simple set

1st Produced:
Southampton    1997

Organisations:
CaTS

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 1998   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
mystery One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Death In Character

Synopsis:
the management committee meets on the stage for the last time to arrange closure of their theatre. By the end of the evening the police are called in to investigate a murder with a rather unusual victim.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
CaTS    2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2002   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 8

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Dick Whittington And His Cat

Synopsis:
enlisting the help of a cat, a camel and an uncannily familiar bard, Dick Whittington battles rats and pirates, survives a shipwreck and an encounter with an unusual smuggler to win the hand of the Lord Mayor's daughter.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
CaTS    2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2003   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
2 act Musical Christmas Pantomime Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 17

Further Reference:
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Gentlemen Of the Press, The

Synopsis:
During the Napoleonic wars, two junior officers are sent out to find men to fill the complement of their ship. One of them has other motives.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Purley Players    2005

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Long Road, The

Synopsis:
For alan, the memories of hospitalisation after World War II are more real than his current stay in hospital, to the distress of his family, but his flashbacks eventually explain the loss of his closest friendship. the play uses the unravelling of the mystery of a broken friendship to explore the nature of memory and its impact on behaviour.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 1999   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
2 act Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 15

Further Reference:
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Meet the Inventor

Synopsis:
an interview with the inventor of a time machine explores just some of the paradoxes inherent in time travel.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2003   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy Sketch Sketch

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 2

Further Reference:
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Minny Pinny Makes A Difference

Synopsis:
the farmer can't get to market, the driver can't drive him because his truck tyre is flat and there's nobody to take it to the garage. Minny Pinny is only a little girl, how can she help the farmer? How can she make a difference?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Chisipite Junior School, Zimbabwe    2005

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Children's 1 act Musical Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 7

Further Reference:
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Miss Glossop Comes To Tea

Synopsis:
Hapless amateur sleuth, Miss Glossop visits and old friend and solves a murder to the satisfaction of everyone - especially the guilty

Notes:
Single drawing-room set.

1st Produced:
Southampton    2001

Organisations:
CaTS

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2001   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
humorous whodunit One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Miss Glossop's Weekend Break

Synopsis:
a murder is committed at a small hotel, and Miss Glossop is on hand to demonstrate how easy it is to jump to the wrong conclusions. a second outing for the incompetent detective who first appeared in Miss Glossop Comes to Tea. (Note that this is not a sequel - the two plays function independently.)

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
CaTS    2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2003   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Panto Of the Opera

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    2007

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Phantom Thief, The

Synopsis:
a boy has gone missing. His disappearance coincides with a series of robberies. Can his friends find him and unravel the connection - or is their visit to the haunted house just harmless fun?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2002   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 1 act Mystery Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 9

Further Reference:
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Puss In Boots

Synopsis:
Tom, the hero, is bequeathed a cat in his father's will. an unusual cat. a cat with the gift of the gab. a gift for getting Tom into trouble - and out of it again in his quest to marry a princess.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
CaTS    1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 1999   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
2 act Christmas Pantomime Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 13

Further Reference:
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Rhyming Red Riding Hood

Synopsis:
Red Riding Hood is getting in her mothers way, and is sent off to visit her grandma. Unfortunately, a wolf gets to grandma's house first - unfortunately for the wolf, as he more than meets his match.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming play Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 5

Further Reference:
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Robin Hood And the Singing Nun

Synopsis:
Richard the Lionheart has gone missing and Prince John is about to usurp the throne. the Sheriff of Nottingham is terrorizing Sherwood Forest and Maid Marian has become a nun! enter Robin Hood to save the day with a bow, a song and a custard pie.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
CaTS    2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2003   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
2 act Musical Christmas Pantomime Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  6            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 23

Further Reference:
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Sinbad

Synopsis:
Sinbad wants to marry Shaheen, daughter of the Caliph of Warezit, but there are a few obstacles. For a start, there's the villanous al Capone and his evil genie, then there's the quest the Caliph has set. Sinbad has to bring back a rok (a dangerous giant bird), braving shipwrecks, a whale, sharks and pirates on the way.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
2 act Musical Christmas Pantomime Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 18

Further Reference:
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Snow White And the Mini Miners

Synopsis:
Tells the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with the minimum of characters. On the run from her wicked stepmother, Snow White takes refuge with a group of miners who are a bit short on - well, everything, they have even mislaid a mineshaft. then there are the problems with the apple seller and the handsome prince.

Notes:
with music by Jonny Ardern

1st Produced:
Impact DTG    2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical Christmas Pantomime Musical One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 12

Further Reference:
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Snow White And the Seven Dwarves

Synopsis:
On the run from her wicked stepmother, Snow White takes refuge with a group of miners who are a bit short on - well, everything. a couple of salesmen ("this cloth . . . can only be seen by people of above average intelligence") give away her whereabouts, and her stepmother comes to call. Fortunately a hero is on hand to save the day.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
CaTS    2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2001   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
2 act Musical Christmas Pantomime Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 15

Further Reference:
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Witch Hunt

Synopsis:
When an old woman moves into a cottage, she is initially greeted with hostility, however her knowledge of basic medicine gains her the respect of the local community. Trouble starts when there is famine and sickness, and the old woman is accused of witchcraft.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Children's 1 act Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 12

Further Reference:
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