Drama

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by Henrik Ibsen (Author)Specially commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Southwark Playhouse, Samuel Adamson's new version of A Doll's House brings zest to this classic play.4 women, 4 men Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 30, 2015 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Doll's House Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12 Reading Level: ...

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by Howard Sackler (Author)Tragic Drama / Characters: 8 male, 3 female, extras w/doublingWinner of Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award "A great part a tragic hero, cheated, degraded, and at last brutally beaten. Mr. Sackler has used his hero, a figure based on the first Black heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Johnson (played by James Earl Jones), as a symbol in part of Black aspiration...Has an epic scope and range...It picks up the Johnson story soon after the Australian day in 1908 when ...

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by Lynn Riggs (Author)Drama / 10m, 4f, extras This evocative play charting the rocky romance between headstrong farmgirl Laurey and cocky cowhand Curley in a tale of early America during the settlement of the midwest was the basis of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma Using the colorful vernacular of the period, Green Grow the Lilacs paints a picture of pioneer farmlife with colorful characters and language, presenting a dramatic challenge to professionals and amateurs alik...

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by Marie Jones (Author)Vera and Anna have made the trip to Donegal to see their singing idol Daniel O'Donnell. Vera has been abandoned by her husband and Anna is content to dream of Daniel whilst sustaining a loveless marriage. Singing waiter, Fergal, invites the women to join him at dawn. In a series of dream-like meetings the women confront their spouses and each other. Neil Martin's country-style songs enhance this easily-staged, telling look at the spirit of women. The music is included i...

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by Bob Larbey (Author)To the painful ritual of Sunday family visits and empty condescension, Cooper and his friend Aylott reply with humour and wit, aware that life can only be endured if treated as a comedy.3 women, 3 men Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 01, 2001

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by Neil Simon (Author)Successful Long Island businessman Joe Benjamin is a modern-day 'Job' with a demanding wife, ungrateful children, and wise-cracking household employees. Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, he is visited by Sidney Lipton, a.k.a. A Messenger from God (and compulsive film buff) with a mission: test Joe's faith and report back to "the Boss." The jokes and Tests of Faith fly fast and furious as Neil Simon spins a contemporary morality tale like no other in this ...

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by Craig Warner (Author)Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. Guy Haines and Charles Bruno meet on a train and, because they are strangers, they think they can say anything while chatting. Bruno suggests that they could get away with murder-he could kill Guy's unfaithful wife while Guy could eliminate his hated father. Guy does not take him seriously, but Bruno is deadly serious. The basis of the classic film by Alfred Hitchcock which starred Farley Granger and Robert Walker.-2 women, 5 m...

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by Mike Poulton (Adapted by)Mike Poulton's revised translation of Uncle Vanya was presented at The Print Room, London, in March 2012. In his introduction to the text he writes, "It's a measure of the greatness of this play that while translations lose their power, the original never does. It grows more moving, more gripping, and funnier on each reading. The more one works closely with it, the more secrets it reveals."-4 women, 6 men Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publicat...

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by John Buchan (Based on a Book by), Patrick Barlow (Adapted by)From the Movie by Alfred Hitchcock, Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited and an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon Characters: 3m, 1f Comedy WINNER 2 Tony(R) and Drama Desk Awards, 2008 WINNER BEST NEW COMEDY Laurence Olivier Award, 2007 The 39 Steps, is Broadway's longest running comedy, playing its 500th performance on Broadway, May 19th, 2009 Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a da...

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by Declan Donnellan (Author)This brilliant adaptation of the classic novel by a well-known writer uses seven actors to play all of the roles. The fluid setting moves easily from one simply suggested location to another.-Flexible cast Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 26, 2015

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by D. L. Coburn (Author) Comedy/Drama Characters: 1 male, 1 female Exterior Set This winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize, which originally starred Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn and later revived with Julie Harris and Charles Durning, uses a game as a metaphor for life. Weller Martin is playing solitaire on the porch of a seedy nursing home. Enter Fonsia Dorsey, a prim, self righteous lady. They discover they both dislike the home and enjoy gin rummy so they begin to play and to reveal intimate ...

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by William Missouri Downs (Author)Comedy / Characters: 2m, 3f / Unit Set Kosher Lutherans centers on Hanna and Franklyn, the seemingly perfect couple who desperately want to have a child of their own, but are unable to do so. As the couple begins to wonder if they'll ever become parents, they have a chance encounter with a God-fearing pregnant girl from Iowa who offers to let the couple adopt her out-of-wedlock baby. Just before the adoption papers are signed, Hanna and Franklyn discover the ...

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by Ray Cooney (Author)Farce / Characters: 4 male, 3 femaleScenery: Unit setThe sequel to Run for Your Wife finds the bigamist taxi driver John Smith still keeping his two families in different parts of London, both happy and blissfully unaware of each other. However, his teenage children, a girl from one family and a boy from the other, have met on the Internet and are anxious to meet in person since they have so much in common name, surname and taxi driving dad Keeping them apart plunges Jo...

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by William Missouri Downs (Author)Comedy / Character: 3m, 1w / Unit Set Phil, an average nice guy, is madly in love with the beautiful Sophia. The only problem is that she's unaware of his existence. He tries to introduce himself but she looks right through him. When Phil discovers Sophia has a glass eye, he thinks that might be the problem, but soon realizes that she really can't see him. Perhaps he is caught in a philosophical hyperspace or dualistic reality or perhaps beautiful women are j...

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by Jules Feiffer (Author)Comedy / 2m, 4f, 1f child / 2 Ints. An acerbic comedy by the famed cartoonist and author of KNOCK KNOCK and LITTLE MURDERS. It's about a middle-aged journalist who has, at last, grown up - only to find he's trapped in a world of emotional infants. "A laceratingly funny play about the strangest of human syndromes - the love that kills rather than comforts. Feiffer's vision seems merciless, but its mercy is the fierce comic clarity with which he exposes every conceivabl...

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by Alan Ayckbourn (Author)2 Comedies / 7m, 7f, extras / Int./Ext.An unprecedented theatre event: two plays take place simultaneously in the same theatre but in different auditoriums. Characters walk off one set and onto the other throughout and yet each portion is a complete theatre experience. In HOUSE, two upper-crust marriages are in hilarious upheaval, the awkward confusion of young love abounds, a devious politician has bizarre ulterior motives land a French film star imbibes one too man...

Harold and Maude - A Play in Two acts - Paperback

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by Colin Higgins (Author)This is a stage adaptation of the movie about the suicidal 19 year old boy who finally learns how to truly live when he meets that delightfully wacky octogenarian, Maude. Harold is the proverbial poor little rich kid. His alienation has caused him to attempt suicide several times, though these incidents are more cries for attention than actual attempts. His peculiar attachment to Maude, whom he meets at a funeral (a mutual passion) is what saves him and what captivate...

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by Patrick Hamilton (Author)Genre: Drama Characters: 6 males, 2 females Scenery: Interior For the mere sake of adventure, danger, and the "fun of the thing," Wyndham Brandon persuades his weak minded friend, Charles Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate, a perfectly harmless man named Ronald Raglan. They place the body in a wooden chest, and to add spice to their handiwork, invite a few acquaintances, including the dead youth's father, to a party, the chest with i...

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by Adam Szymkowicz (Author)Drama / Characters: 3m, 4f Pretty Theft is a play about ballerinas, boxes and the dangers of beauty. After losing her father, Allegra falls under the wing of bad girl Suzy, only to find an unexpected friendship with Joe, an autistic savant. When things take a violent turn, Allegra and Suzy escape cross country and befriend Marco, a mysterious thief who claims he cannot be caught. "Disturbing but touching...Mr. Szymkowicz writes quirky plays about contemporary topics...

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by Agatha Christie (Author)A whimsical day by the sea in a British resort. An emerald necklace has been stolen and the Inspector has to investigate an extraordinary mix of characters. Part of the triple bill The Rule of Three which also features The Rats and The Patient.5 women, 7 Number of Pages: 46 Dimensions: 0.1 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2017

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by Frank McGuinness (Author)Drama / 3m, 2f / Interior Written by acclaimed Irish author Frank McGuinness, whose Someone Who'll Watch Over Me earned a Tony(R) Award nomination, Gates of Gold is an acerbic duel between two lovers, the fashionable and eloquent theatrical trailblazers who founded Dublin's Gate Theatre. Gates of Gold is witty and moving - a vibrant celebration of art, love, and finally, life itself. "Compelling This endearing love letter of a play " -The New York Times "Moving P...

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by Noel Coward (Author)Hoping for a quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist and his wife Judith, a retired actress, find that an impossible dream when their high-spirited children Simon and Sorel appear with guests of their own. A housefull of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings and tempers flare. With Judith's new flame and David's newest literary 'inspiration' keeping company as the children follow suit, the Bliss family lives up to its name as the ...

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by Thomas Bradshaw (Author)Drama / Characters: 2m, 4f, plus 1 male or female character and 1 male voice over / Simple Set / Dawn revolves around Hampton, an abusive alcoholic who has completely alienated his wife and children. Can he stop drinking and make up for the past, even amidst some very dark revelations of incest and pedophilia? Dawn is one father's story of redemption and reconciliation - with a twist. Bradshaw was named Playwright of the year by the theater blog KUL-That Sounds Cool...

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by William Alfredo (Author)Tragic Drama / Characters: 10 male, 5 female, 5 extras.Scenery: Interior/ExteriorThis Obie-winning drama was first produced at New York's American Place Theatre and made a star of Faye Dunaway. A highly volatile drama in blank verse, Hogan's Goat is set in a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn populated by Irish Catholic immigrants teeming with hopes of "the American Dream". The current mayor Quinn has been caught in a scandal and the time is ripe for a reform ticket. Ambi...

The Browning Version - A Play in One Act - Paperback

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by Terence Rattigan (Author)Ill health is forcing Andrew to retire from teaching. His wife despises him for his failures and finds consolation with Frank, a younger teacher. She openly taunts Andrew while Frank watches with disgust and shame. The wife knows she has lost Frank - but even more bitter is the realization he's now Andrew's best friend. Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 31, 2014

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by Jaston Williams (Author), Joe Sears (Author), Ed Howard (Author)Comedy / 2m / Ints, Exts Tuna Does Vegas, the hilarious new installment from the legendary Greater Tuna creative team Tuna Does Vegas re-unites the lovable and eccentric characters from the 'third smallest town in Texas' as they take a rambling romp in Sin City. The hilarity begins when oddball-conservative radio host Arles Struvie announces on air that he and his wife Bertha Bumiller are heading to Vegas to renew their weddi...

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by Eugene Ionesco (Author), Donald Watson (Author) Number of Pages: 58 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: January 10, 1998

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by Em Lewis (Author)Drama / Characters: 5m, 1f 2009 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award - American Theater Critics Association 2008 Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an Outstanding New Play - Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle 2008 Production of the Year - The LA Weekly Awards - Los Angeles, CA Max, a musically gifted high school student, is falling off the edge of the world - and his biology teacher is the only one who's noticed. A play about the science of life and loss, t...

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by Philip Barry (Author)This classic romantic comedy became a beloved film starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.23 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 07, 2017

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by Harold Pinter (Author) Number of Pages: 54 Dimensions: 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 27, 2013

Keeping Down with the Joneses - Paperback

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by John Chapman (Author), Jeremy Lloyd (Author)Geoffrey Jones, M.P. and sometime architect, is convinced that the Russians are about to launch a nuclear strike against England. He builds a bomb shelter equipped with everything he, his wife, and his wifes old mother will need to last out such a strike. They plan to try the thing out for a three week experiment when, inadvertently, they are trapped inside with the mother, the telephone installer and an Indian milkman. They try to make the best ...

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by John Guare (Author)FarceCharacters: 4 male, 6 femaleInterior SetArtie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zoo-keeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night, plying his wares at piano bars in Queens, New York where he lives with his wife, Bananas. Who is. Much to the chagrin of Artie's downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus who'll sleep with him anytime but refuses to cook until they are married. On the day the Pope is making his first visit to the city, Artie's...