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Hilary Mackelden

HILARY MACKELDEN

  (1959 - )
Nationality:    English
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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.

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         Agape Supper         Ahmed And the Mummy         Alex and Rose         Ashdown-Lee         Barabbas         Beauty and the Beast         Beyond Redemption         Blue Ridge Cinders         Christ's Passion         Country Curate, The         Devil In the Detail         Father, Forgive         Five Children and It         Foundations         Hansel And Gretel         If We Had Only Known         Innkeeper's Cat, The         Ladies At the Seaside         Life Support         Lion the Witch And the Wardrobe, The         Narnia, The Last Battle         Pied Piper, The         Pilgrim's Progress, The         Power Play         Price Of Firewood, The         Rumpelstiltskin         Running the Race         Sam Saves Christmas         Sammy         Sheriff Of Council Flats, The         Snow Queen, The         This Way         Three Musketeers, The: the Pantomime         Volunteers         Water Babies, The

Agape Supper

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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Genre:
play One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 main characters, plus supper party guests. all parts were written female but can be either

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Ahmed And the Mummy

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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2 act Pantomime

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Male:  -            Female:  -            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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Alex and Rose

Synopsis:
Alex has learning difficulties. He's been cared for by his mother, Rose, but now, at 25, he is going into a home. After giving years of her life to his care, Rose must adjust to a new life without him, and without a defined role. At the same time, she finds herself coping with welfare reforms such as the bedroom tax, and the unsympathetic officials that implement them. . .

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Genre:
two act play

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Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  1

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Ashdown-Lee

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

Notes:
derived from the German myth Germelshausen

1st Produced:
Mount Ayr Community School, Mount Ayr, Indiana     2005

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2 act Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Barabbas

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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a two Act community Drama. 17 speaking roles, plus chorus, though some could be doubled.

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Genre:
Drama

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Beauty and the Beast

Synopsis:
Ten years ago, Prince Leopold was changed into a hideous beast. The only way to break the spell is to find a woman who loves him as he is now, and to perform an act of true love for her. But if he doesn't find that woman by midnight this coming Saturday, he will stay a beast for ever, and his evil cousin, Zelda will rule instead. Belle Ring's father, Hank, is an archaeologist. He wanders into the grounds of Muddleton Manor looking for the fabled Cup of Zeus and is arrested for trespass. To save him, Belle offers to stay in his place. While Leopold's faithful guards, Hale and Hearty, "help" him as he tries to make Belle love him, her father tries to rescue her, assisted - sort of - by his would-be fiancee, Gloria Swan, village handyman, Handy Andy, and Zelda's henchmen, Cross and Patch, who are working undercover and can't remember whose side they're on. All is not going to go as planned&

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All parts are minimum numbers. It's a pantomime, so gender is optional. Girls play boys, men play women& aslong as it's fun, who cares?

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Genre:
Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  9

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Beyond Redemption

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.

Notes:
This play needs no scenery And very few props, but does need lighting

1st Produced:
All Saints Church, Crowborough, England     2008

Organisations:
Mark One Drama, Crowborough

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing, 2008   -

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Genre:
religous play One act

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Blue Ridge Cinders

Synopsis:
Cinders lives in the small town of Golden, Virginia, where she works hard to please her stepmother, Ma, who si town mayor, and step sisters, Sheriff Lisa and Miss Cissy. Cinders has two friends, Buttons and Beau, good ol' boys who make moonshine and are always one step ahead of Ma. And then there is Prince Charming the third, the slightly dopey son of the Governor, who meets Cinders, realises she's the girl of his dreams and then loses her before he thinks to ask her name. .

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Genre:
Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  11 actors, 2 should be played by females, the rest, who cares?

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Christ's Passion

Synopsis:
community Drama

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aka Life of Christ, the

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Genre:
2 act Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  minimal cast of 28, 24 of the roles male, the other 4 female, and the maximum cast can be of Cecil B de Mille proportions

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Country Curate, The

Synopsis:
the story of John Newton, the slave trader turned abolitionist who wrote amazing Grace

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2 act Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Devil In the Detail

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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a Christian play written for the Hope 2008 initiative

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Genre:
2 act Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  these are minimum m/f. 3 others can be either

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Father, Forgive

Synopsis:
Thirty years ago, a group of six soldiers, under orders from Herod the Great, entered Bethlehem. When they left, seventeen small boys were dead. One of the fathers, Simeon, tried for revenge, killed three of the soldiers, and has languished, forgotten, in prison since. Thirty years on, and the last living soldier, Jeremiah, is now a powerful judge in Jerusalem. His enemies want rid of him, and when they learn of Simeon, it seems the perfect solution to their problem. they release him and send him after Jeremiah. Meanwhile, Jeremiah's teenage son, Reuben, wants to follow the mavErick rabbi, Jesus, and when his Father tries to stop him, Reuben walks out of home. On the night Jesus is arrested, Reuben finds himself caught up in the chaos on the streets where Simeon encounters him and sees the perfect revenge - he will kill Jeremiah's son before he kills the man himself. . .

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Genre:
two act play

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Five Children and It

Synopsis:
When their parents go on a second honeymoon, five children are sent to stay with Aunt Martha. Playing on the beach, they meet a Psammead, an ugly, grumpy sand-fairy who agrees to grant them one wish a day, on the understanding that the wish will only last till sunset. But the children soon learn that wishes don't always turn out as they thought they would, and they often have unintended consequences. . .

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a modern story based on the classic novel by E Nesbit

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Genre:
story

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Minimum cast (with doubling) 12. Maximum - 31

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Foundations

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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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.

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Genre:
community Drama Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Hansel And Gretel

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1st Produced:
Crowborough, England     2007

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Mark One Productions

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Genre:
Pantomime

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If We Had Only Known

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

Notes:
aka Behind the Headlines

1st Produced:
Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England     2004

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1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing, 2005   -

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Genre:
Nativity play One act

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  1 m/f

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Innkeeper's Cat, The

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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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

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Genre:
Children's nativity play with songs

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Ladies At the Seaside

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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the play is 45 to 50 minutes long. One continuous scene, A bench on the pier At eastbourne

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One act

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Life Support

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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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.)

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Genre:
comedy Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  3 m/f

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Lion the Witch And the Wardrobe, The

Synopsis:
community Drama

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adapted from the book by CS Lewis

1st Produced:
Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England     2002

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Genre:
2 act Play/Drama

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Narnia, The Last Battle

Synopsis:
community Drama

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adapted from the book by CS Lewis

1st Produced:
Crowborough, England     2007

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Genre:
2 act Play/Drama

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Pied Piper, The

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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1st Produced:
Crowborough England     2009

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Mark One Drama

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009   -

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Genre:
Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  5 can be either, plus chorus, must include children

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Pilgrim's Progress, The

Synopsis:
community Drama

Notes:
a modern Adaptation of the book by John Bunyan, which stays true to the original story

1st Produced:
Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England     2004

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2010   -

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Genre:
2 act Play/Drama

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Power Play

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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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. . .

1st Produced:
Rotherfield Junior Players, Rotherfield, Sussex, England     01 Dec 2010

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Genre:
a two act, modern retelling of the Nativity Story

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Price Of Firewood, The

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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play is being considered for benefit performance by A charity organisation involved in the Make Poverty History Campaign. Adapted into A screenplay

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2 act Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  3 m/f

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Rumpelstiltskin

Synopsis:
based on the traditional children's story by the Brothers Grimm.

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1st Produced:
Crowborough England     2008

Organisations:
Mark One Drama

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2010   -

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Genre:
2 act Pantomime

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Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Running the Race

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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No sets And few props.

1st Produced:
Cirt Children's Bible Week, Crowborough     2012

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one act play with a Christian theme, about 20 to 25 minutes long.

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Requires 5 actors, they can be male or female, but preferably younger performers - teens are ideal. No sets and few props.

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Sam Saves Christmas

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from A short story by Hilary Mackelden.

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Genre:
original pantomime

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Sammy

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.

Notes:
Winner of the Sussex Playwrights Club National Playwriting Competition 2004

1st Produced:
Crowborough, England     2006

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Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008   -

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Genre:
2 act Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sheriff Of Council Flats, The

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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Genre:
Family friendly pantomime, two acts

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  12 named roles plus chorus, and a back end to the horse!

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Snow Queen, The

Synopsis:
community Drama

Notes:
a new Adaptation of the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen

1st Produced:
Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England     2006

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2 act Play/Drama

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This Way

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.

Notes:
the Pilgrim's Progress meets the Credit Crunch. With roller skates.

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Genre:
humorous Christian play in 2 acts

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Minimum 15 (with doubling). Must be male 3, must be female 8, all others can be either.

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Three Musketeers, The: the Pantomime

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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Lazy Bee Publishing, 2009   -

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  3 can be either, plus chorus

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Volunteers

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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2 act Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  9            Other:  doubling possible

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Water Babies, The

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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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.

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Genre:
Drama

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