Drama

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by Noel Coward (Author)One of the "Tonight At 8:30" series, produced in London and New York. In the middle class drawing room of amiable and hard working Henry Gow passes most of the family life surrounding his harridan wife Doris, his brat daughter Elise, and his complaining mother in law Mrs. Rockett.3 women, 1 man Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 01, 1938

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by Aditi Brennan Kapil (Author)Love Person is a four part love story in Sanskrit, ASL and English in which love transcends sexual orientation, physical attraction, and social structure and rests instead on the ways in which we communicate and how communication bonds or breaks us. The play is structured around four Sanskrit love poems that influence and reflect the journeys of the characters. Free, a Deaf woman in a relationship with Maggie, accidentally falls into a deceptive email correspond...

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by William Archibald (Author)Melodrama adapted from Henry James' The Turn of the Screw Characters: 1 male, 3 female, 1 boy and 1 girl aged ten to thirteen. A story of unspeakable horror, it begins when a young governess arrives at an English estate to oversee two precocious, orphaned youngsters. There's also a motherly cook. But these four aren't alone they're haunted by fears and phantoms and by ghastly shadows. The governess and cook are terrified, but the children are possessed by the spir...

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by Lloyd Suh (Author)Drama / 3m, 2f Steeped in the difficulty of reunification and reconciliation, American Hwangap tells the story of Min Suk Chun, who some 15 years earlier left his family in a West Texas suburb to return to his native Korea. On the occasion of his 60th birthday (hwangap), a milestone signifying the completion of the Eastern Zodiac and a type of rebirth, he returns to his ex-wife and now adult children as they struggle to reconcile their broken past with the mercurial, verb...

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by John Mortimer (Author)A young man and woman meet in a wayside hotel during lunch hour to express their love. In order to be discreet, he has fabricated a story of marriage, children, distant home, to satisfy the concierge.The woman is confused when confronted with this fabrication, and as she unravels the matter in her mind the enchantment of love begins to fade. In brilliant dialogue by one of England's best writers.2 women, 1 man Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Public...

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by Anton Chekov (Author), Tom Stoppard (Translator)As produced by London's Old Vic and later, New York's BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in 2009. Anton Chekhov was a master whose daring work revolutionized theatre. In The Cherry Orchard, his last full-length play, an impoverished landowning family is unable to face the fact that their estate is about to be auctioned off. Lopakhin, a local merchant, presents numerous options to save it, including cutting down their prized cherry orchard. But ...

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by Peter Shaffer (Author)Bob is a born loser: plain and shy he is no match for Ted whose facile charm impresses "the birds". Bob thinks he has found a different kind of girl and invites her to dinner. Ted bustles about, further reducing Bob's store of confidence. Doreen arrives. Her quiet poise is revealed as foolishness and she finds classical music as tedious as Bob's conversation.1 woman, 2 men Number of Pages: 72 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: February 27, 2015

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by Robert Patrick (Author)This is an evocative drama of American idealism and the tragic fallout from the euphoria of the 1960s. Five lost souls are gathered in a bar, Valentine's Day, 1974: Wanda, a secretary-turned-schoolteacher, keeping John Kennedy's memory alive despite the inevitable slurs; Sparger, an actor grown bitter and cynical as New York's vital underground theatre movement becomes a commercial wasteland; Rona, a political activist who sees the movement collapsing from self-indul...

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by Peter Shaffer (Author)Charles and Belinda are an ill-assorted couple yet they were once in love. Insanely jealous, Charles engages a private eye, Julian, to follow her round London. Julian can only report that she is attached to someone. When the three meet it transpires that Belinda has fallen for Julian. Deciding to mend a marriage, rather than break it, Julian banishes Belinda to her wanderings but this time to be followed by Charles. Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN ...

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by Noel Coward (Author)The No l Coward musical, Sail Away, tells the story of a romantic love-affair aboard a cruise ship, with all the classic wit and charm of Broadway's golden era. Recent divorcee Mimi Paragon (a role originated by Elaine Stritch) is stuck serving tourists as one of the ship's hostesses when she is drawn to the much younger and strikingly handsome Johnny Van Mier. Complicating their relationship is a host of eccentric and hilarious cruise ship characters-from cynical and q...

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by Dorothy Parker (Author), Arnaud D'Usseau (Author)DramaDorothy Parker and Arnaud d'UsseauCharacters: 7 male, 9 female, 1 dog5 Interior SetsAlthough THE LADIES OF THE CORRIDOR is not strictly a thesis play, its authors do have a point to make. It is that when widowhood comes to American middle-aged women, only those prepared for a career have any chance for happiness. They are mostly bitter, frustrated, bored, and driven to suicide, kleptomania or constant attendance at the movies. In partic...

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by Tina Howe (Author)Comedy Characters: 3 males, 4 females Interior Set In Tina Howe's comedy, Chasing Manet, a rebellious painter from a distinguished family in Boston and an ebullient Jewish woman with a huge adoring family form an unlikely bond. Inside the confining walls of Mount Airy Nursing Home, the two plot an escape to Paris aboard the QE2. But can they possibly pull it off amidst the chaos of their surroundings? The tension and comedy grow as they struggle to take wing for the last ...

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by Peter Shaffer (Author) Number of Pages: 90 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: January 24, 1998

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by Neil Simon (Author)Neil Simon Full Length, Comedy Characters: 1 male, 3 female Interior Set Middle-aged and married, overworked and overweight, Barney Cashman wants to join the sexual revolution before it's too late and arranges three seductions: the first, Elaine Navazio proves to be a foul-mouthed bundle of neuroses; Bobbi Michele is next, a 20-ish actress who's too kooky by half; finally comes September and Jeanette Fisher, a gloomy, depressed housewife who happens to be ma Number of Pa...

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by N. F. Simpson (Author)It would be wrong to say nothing surprises the Paradocks, Bro and Middie. It's just that they take in their stride the things that would surprise us. The elephant in their garden, for instance, has actually been ordered, but this year the shop has made a mistake and sent the wrong size.2 women, 1 man Number of Pages: 46 Dimensions: 0.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 01, 1958

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by Ferenc Molnar (Author), Benjamin F. Glazer (Translator)Comedy / Characters: 17 male, 5 female, (extras)Scenery: Interior and 4 exteriorsLiliom is a shiftless young bully in Budapest. He works intermittently as a barker for a merry go round and many servant girls fall victim to his charms. Among these girls is Julie, whom he eventually marries. Learning that he is about to become a father Liliom participates in a robbery to enhance his fortunes. But he is caught and stabs himself rather tha...

Emilie: La Marquise Du Ch Telet Defends Her Life Tonight - Paperback

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by Lauren Gunderson (Author)Characters: 2m, 3f / Historic/Docu Drama Passionate. Brilliant. Defiant. Tonight, 18th century scientific genius Emilie du Ch telet is back and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, head or heart? In this highly theatrical rediscovery of one of history's most intriguing women, Emilie defends her life and loves; and ends up with both a formula and a legacy that permeates history. "Gunderson possesses an antic imagination that seeks to ...

Come Into The Garden Maud - A Light Comedy - Paperback

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by Noel Coward (Author)Performed with Shadows of the Evening in London with Coward, Lilli Palmer and Irene Worth, this view of the haute monde is tempered by having the man and wife Americans this time. She is a social climber, while he is a rich cornhusker who couldn't care less about society. While the wife is entertaining a high and mighty prince downstairs, the husband is entertaining a threadbare princess upstairs. It doesn't take long for the husband to realize he has more in common wit...

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by David Adjmi (Author)Characters: 2m, 4f / Drama David Adjmi received the first ever Steinberg "Mimi" Playwright Award in 2009 Sixteen year old Lily knows nothing beyond the Syrian-Jewish community in Brooklyn where she lives a cloistered life with her much older husband. Soon an unlikely relationship with her enigmatic African-American maid opens Lily's world to new possibilities - but at a huge price. David Adjmi's daring new work shifts from caustic satire to violent drama as it exposes t...

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by Lorraine Hansberry (Author)New Revised Version 5 black m, 3 white m, 2 white f, 1 black f, 6 extras including 1 child Unit set Best American play of 1970, Les Blancs prophetically confronts the hope and tragedy of Africa in revolution. The setting is a white Christian mission in a colony about to explode. The time is that hour of reckoning when no one the guilty nor the innocent can evade the consequences of white colonialism and imperatives of black liberation. Tshembe Matoseh, the Englis...

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by Joe Simonelli (Author)Comedy / 2m, 6f / Interior Newly revised edition by the author Cecelia is a successful psychologist who, among many sessions, runs a support group for singe and divorced women. She's got troubles of her own, but it's her ensemble of neurotic patients who provide the action when a "volunteer" role-player becomes the hapless victim of their not-inconsiderable ire. " . . . Audiences are doubling up with laughter." - Asbury Park Press. "Simonelli displays an adept comic t...

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by Jules Feiffer (Author)Jules Feiffer Full Length, Black Comedy Characters: 6 male, 2 female Interior Set Depressed New Yorker Alfred Chamberlain is engaged to perky, can-do Patsy Newquist. As their wedding day grows near, Alfred finds himself embroiled in an urban nightmare not the least of which is his fiance's family, the possiblity of marriage without Faith, muggings and a sniper's bullet. "Jules Feiffer, a satirical sharpshooter with a deadly aim, stares balefully at the meaningle Numbe...

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by David E. Rowley (Author)Shirley and Rita, having run away from school, are hiding. They are surprised by two boys who know who they are from the newspapers. The play follows the developing relations among the four, Jeff and Rita becoming immediately attracted to each other. The encounter and the resulting delay alters all their plans.2 women, 2 men Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: February 06, 2015

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by Katherine Disavino (Author)Farce / 3m, 5f with doubling /Interior Bridget and her Grandmother are about to become roommates. However, what Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite Nana in New York for the summer quickly turns into an experience she'll never forget. It seems her sweet Grandma is running an illegal boutique from her apartment, selling hand-made naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five borough area Will Bridget be able to handle all the excit...

Exceptional Monologues for Men & Women Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Roxane Heinze-Bradshaw (Editor), Katherine Disavino (Editor)In an effort to foster awareness of new plays, and provide for the ever-constant need of audition material, we are proud to announce a new series of monologue books highlighting the latest Samuel French publications. Each year, starting with 2008, monologues from or most recent publications will be selected by our editorial staff to be included in that year's collection. Complete with play synopses, a thematic index, and broad ran...

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by Marian De Forest (Author), Louisa May Alcott (Author)This play tells Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of awakening in a simple and effective manner. Beautiful, amusing, and meaningful, this telling of the March sisters' pivotal years on the verge of womanhood imparts cheer and hope for the goodness of mankind. Number of Pages: 146 Dimensions: 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 07, 2017

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by David Campton (Author)This play was written to be performed by a company of almost any size, of any age and of either sex. Two parties enter, A and B, from East and West. Each party plans to settle down, then sees each other. Instant suspicion. A dividing wall is built. After mutual spying war ensues and the wall is broken down.-Flexible cast Number of Pages: 22 Dimensions: 0.05 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: February 13, 2015

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by Renee Taylor (Author), Joseph Bologna (Author)Five Comedies Characters: 6 male, 6 female 4 interior sets.A hit on Broadway and later on film, this edition includes the popular sequence Hal and Cathy created for the film and played by Gig Young and Anne Jackson. The other stories include Brenda and Jerry in a planned seduction gone wrong. Johnny and Wilma have been married so long that they can't remember who starts what. With Mike and Susan, on the eve their wedding, he's Number of Page...

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by Arthur Schnitzler (Author), Eric Bentley (Adapted by)Arthur Schnitzler, Translated by Eric Bentley Full Length, ComedyCharacters: 5 male, 5 femaleBy the author of the classic romantic romp The Loves of Anatol, Schnitzler's popular roundelay of love in old Vienna is told in ten interwoven scenes: two characters appear in each and one of these moves into the next. The soldier of the first scene leaves a prostitute to appear in the next scene with a parlor maid. The maid then departs to be wi...

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by Shirley Lauro (Author)Characters: 2m, 4f /Drama / A play about growing up in our "have and have-not" society, and discovering what "family" really is. Though Angie, an adolescent, lives in a wealthy town, she is poor. Deserted at birth by her mother, her father killed in War, she lives in a trailer with her ailing but loving Grandma. Though a gifted athlete, Angie's afraid to compete at her preppie school, feeling she's "Trailer Trash". While terrified a disliked aunt will soon take her aw...

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by Mark Dunn (Author)Dramatic Comedy / 9m, 8f (cross casting and double casting possible) Inspired by Pygmalion, Shaw's classic drawing room tale of language and class division, and its musical incarnation, My Fair Lady, the play tells the story of one Eliza Doolittle-the daughter of a hardscrabble Mississippi pig farmer-who sells homemade pork rinds at the Tri-Counties Fair and Livestock Show, and dreams of someday working as a waitress at "one of those nice downtown barbecue restaurants whe...

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by William Van Zandt (Author), Jane Milmore (Author)Farce / Characters: 5 males, 3 females Scenery: InteriorHere is a wild farce with twists of fate, sight gags, mistaken identities and hilarious comic lines. Jon Trachtman and Leslie Arthur are out of work musicians who room together in New York City. To save money, Jon has been filing tax returns listing the pair as a married. The day of reckoning comes when the Internal Revenue Service informs the "couple" they're going to be investigated b...