Drama

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by David Of Cardiovascular Wood (Author)The Salamander, a sort of dragon, is in trouble with the Fire Flies, because he is unable to create a fire by breathing on a pile of sticks. To redeem himself he is sent on a mission to burn down Papertown. The paper inhabitants, including the Papertown Crier (a newspaper), the Postman (an envelope), Professor Paperback (a book who runs the bookshop), Mr. Quid (a pound note who is the Bank Manager) and Lady Carrier Bag - gather their resources to meet t...

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by Woody Allen (Author)Comedy Characters: 3 male, 8 femaleInterior Set Allan Felix has this thing about Humphrey Bogart. If only he had some of Bogart's technique... Bookish and insecure with women, Allan's hero, Bogey comes to the rescue, with a fantastic bevy of beauties played out in hilarious fantasy sequences. Fixed up by friends with gorgeous women, he's so awkward that even Bogey's patience is tried. Allan mostly resembles a disheveled, friendly dog and this is what ultimately charms ...

The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington - Paperback

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by Alfred Bradley (Author) Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: January 01, 1976

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by Theresa Rebeck (Author)Dark ComedyCharacters: 4 males, 3 femalesAre news and entertainment interchangeable? A cocksure TV bigshot faced with dwindling ratings installs America's favorite news anchor as host of a popular reality show. Meanwhile, in Middle America, a houseful of roommates bickers over high-stakes real-world conflicts: Merv doesn't clean the bathroom. Someone ate Alice's yogurt. And the rent is long past due. When reality collides with reality TV, we find ourselves front and ...

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by Sam Bobrick (Author)Characters: 4 male, 2 femaleMurder Mystery, ComedyAdam Webster, a down-on-his- luck writer, in desperation to make the rent, has put a sign in his apartment window, "Psychic Readings $25". The characters it draws in lead into a tangled murder mystery of sorts in this hilarious original comedy. "The play's clever, Pirandello-esque twists make for a pleasant divertissement... satisfyingly unpredictable" - LA Times "Surprise plot twists, and all-around hilarity. It's on Nu...

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by Charles Busch (Author)ComedyCharacters: 1 male, 5 femaleMultiple SetsThe Divine Sister is an outrageous comic homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns. Evoking such films as The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Singing Nun and Agnes of God, The Divine Sister tells the story of St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior who is determined to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. Along the way, she has to deal wi Number of Pages: 78 Dimensions: 0.16 x 8 ...

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by Peter Terson (Author)Browning's famous poem is here transformed and developed into a play with music. Originally written for in-the-round performance at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, the play can equally be performed in a proscenium setting. The edition includes detailed production notes and the music is included in the play script.-3 women, 12 men Number of Pages: 86 Dimensions: 0.18 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: July 20, 2015

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by James Matthew Barrie (Author) The everlasting classic account of two boys and a girl who follow Peter Pan and the invisible fairy, Tinker Bell, into Neverland, where children never grow old and where Captain Hook and his pirates are outwitted. Performed by Maude Adams, Jean Arthur, Mary Martin. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.25 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: November 22, 2016

Power and the Glory, the (Greene) - Paperback

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by Dennis Cannan (Author), Pierre Bost (Author), Graham Greene (Based on a Book by)Tragedy Denis Cannan and Pierre Bost, adapted from Graham Greene. Characters: 28 male, 9female, extras Unit set, frags., travellers. In the revolutionary days of Mexico a priest decides to stay with his people in disguise rather than escape. It is little consolation, however. For wherever the priest goes with the Mass and the Sacraments, the police are sure to follow executing those who harbored him. Though he ...

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by Neil Simon (Author)Comedy / 7m, 5f (performed on Broadway with 3m, 2f) / Scenery: InteriorHilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza. A suburban couple take the suite while their house is being paintedandit turns out to be the one in which they honeymooned 23 (or was it 24?) years before and was yesterday the anniversary, or is it today? This wry tale of marriage in tatters is followed by the exploits of a Hollywood producer who, after th...

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by Jessica Dickey (Author)DramaCharacters: 1 female The Amish Project is a fictional exploration of the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and the path of forgiveness and compassion forged in its wake.The Amish Project made its original debut at the New York International Fringe Festival in the summer of 2008 and instantly generated buzz in the theatre community. The Amish Project went on to a workshop production at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City, Number of Pag...

A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol - Paperback

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by Walt Jones (Author), Faye Greenberg (Author), David Wohl (Composer)Walton Jones, David Wohl and Faye Greenberg Musical Comedy8m, 4fThe long-awaited sequel to the popular The 1940's Radio Hour. It's Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, NJ, and set to present their contemporary "take" on Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Whether it's the noisy plumbing, missed cues, electrical blackouts, or the over-the-top theatrics of vet...

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by Heidi Schreck (Author)Characters: 3 male, 3 femaleComedyAfter being pestered by devils for more than half a year, Margery Kempe - new mother, mayor's daughter, and proprietress of a highly profitable beer business - is liberated from her torment by a vision of Jesus Christ in purple robes.Visions are hard to come by, even in 1401. Should we trust the new Margery, with her fasting and her weeping and her chastity fixation, or burn her with the other heretics? Can a woman of insatiable appet...

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by William Link (Author), Richard Levinson (Author)Drama / Characters: 4 males, 3 females Scenery: 3 interiorsThe TV series was based on this play. A brilliant psychiatrist and his mistress hatch a plot to murder his neurotic, possessive wife that depends on a bizarre impersonation to create a perfect alibi. Lt. Columbo and the doctor engage in a cat and mouse duel of wits until the doctor succeeds in having Columbo removed from the case. But the mistress is the weak link that leads to a trap...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Paperback

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by C. S. Lewis (Author)Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy embark on a magical mystery tour to the Land of Narnia through the wardrobe. There they encounter the wicked White Witch, representing the forces of evil, and the King of the Beasts, Aslan the lion, representing all that is good and right. The White Witch is destroyed, allowing good to triumph over evil in the time-honoured way. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.18 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: May 01, 1987

John Ball's in the Heat of the Night - Paperback

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by Matt Pelfry (Adapted by)Characters: 8 male, 2 femaleAcclaimed playwright Matt Pelfrey's adaptation of John Ball's In the Heat of the Night based on the award-winning book that inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series.It's 1962. A hot August night lies heavy over the small town of Argo, Alabama. A dead white man is discovered and the local police arrest a black stranger named Virgil Tibbs. The police discover that their prime suspect is in fact a homicide detec...

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by Noël Coward (Author)At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. His line in harmless, infatuated debutantes is largely tolerated but playing closer to home is not. Just before he escapes on tour to Africa the full extent of his misdemeanours is discovered. And all hell breaks loose. Noel Cowards Present Laughter premiered in the early years of the Second World War just as such privileged l...

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by A. A. Milne (Author)We are introduced to all these well-loved characters - Christopher Robin, Kanga, Roo, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Owl, not forgetting the Bear of Very Little Brain himself, Pooh - and follow their adventures involving bees, balloons, boats and birthdays in the 100 Acre Wood. Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: February 11, 2015 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Winnie-The-Pooh ...

The Prisoner of Second Avenue - Paperback

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by Neil Simon (Author)Comedy / Characters: 2 males, 4 females Scenery: Interior Mel Edison is a well paid executive of a high-end Manhattan firm which has suddenly hit the skids and he gets the ax. His wife Edna takes a job to tide them over, then she too is sacked. Compounded by the air-pollution killing his plants, and with the walls of the apartment paper-thin, allowing him a constant earfull of his neighbors private lives things can't seem to get any worse...then he's robbed and his psych...

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Paperback

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by C. S. Lewis (Author)This enthralling adaptation of one of C. S. Lewis's Narnian stories tells the adventures of the Dawn Treader, a dragon-ship led by Caspian, King of Narnia. The story is a traditional quest and the marvels include dragons, invisible islanders and a lake that turns everything to gold. The play can be simply staged with few scenic requirements and no elaborate props. Number of Pages: 58 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: July 23, 2015 Acceler...

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Paperback

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by Jay Presson Allen (Author)Adapted from the novel by Muriel SparkComedy /4m, 15f / Platform setMiss Brodie is a teacher, a formidable figure who molds young minds to her form. And what is more, she is so intensely interesting that the girls admire her above all else. But Miss Brodie is not honest. She prevaricates and then tells the girls to do as she tells them, not as she does herself. She is having an affair with the music teacher and has had one with the art teacher, and this is not the...

The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) - Paperback

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by Roald Dahl (Author)Characters: Minimum of 4 male, 4 female to play 30 characters Scenery: Various setsA children's favorite, the well known story about a twenty four foot high giant and a little girl is recreated faithfully for the stage. At Sophie's birthday party, family and friends act out the story using props and puppets in an improvisational manner. Number of Pages: 80 Dimensions: 0.17 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: November 08, 2010 Accelerated Reader: ...

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins - Paperback

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by Margaret Engel (Author), Allison Engel (Author)Drama / Character: 1fThe story of the unsinkable Molly Ivins, the famously brassy newspaper columnist and best-selling author. A true Texas original, Ivins was a sharp-tongued wit who skewered the political establishment and the "good ol' boys" with her unforgettable humor and wisdom. Written by twin sisters, themselves longtime journalists, the play celebrates Ivins' courage and tenacity - even when a complacent America wasn't listening. "Red...

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by C. S. Lewis (Author)Adaptation of: The horse and his boy / C.S. Lewis. Number of Pages: 52 Dimensions: 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 26, 2015 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Horse and His Boy Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8 Reading Level: 5.8 Point Value: 8

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by James Kirkwood (Author)James KirkwoodFull Length, ComedyCharacters: 3 male, 1 female Interior SetIn the West Village of Manhattan, Jimmy Zoole, a thirty-ish actor is having a run of bad luck. He's been robbed twice (they even took the only copy of his first novel), fired from a play, has a cat on the critical list, a girl friend who's leaving, and he discovers a burglar hiding in his loft. To avenge his life, he ties "Vito" to the kitchen sink and keeps him prisoner over the long New Yea N...

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by N. Richard Nash (Author)Comedy / Casting: 6m, 1f / Scenery: Composite Int. At the time of a paralyzing drought in the West we discover a girl whose father and two brothers are worried as much about her becoming an old maid as they are about their dying cattle. For the truth is, she is indeed a plain girl. The brothers try every possible scheme to marry her off, but without success. Nor is there any sign of relief from the dry heat. When suddenly from out of nowhere appears a picaresque cha...

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by Jane Austen (Author), Michael Bloom (Author), Michael Bloom (Adapted by)From the novel by Jane AustenAdapted by Michael Bloom6m, 6f, plus ensembleComedyPledging never to marry, the mischievous Emma Woodhouse is nevertheless the "matchmaker of Highbury." Her newest project, Harriet Smith, has already received a proposal, but Emma insists she marry the eligible vicar Mr. Elton, while, an older family friend, Mr. Knightly, warns her to give up matchmaking. When Emma discovers Mr. Elton is mor...

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by Alan Ayckbourn (Author)Fans of his Ernie's Incredible Illucinations are sure to enjoy this story. Suzy lives in a cottage with her mother and her dog, Neville. Suave but sinister Mr. Accousticus moves into the big house across the street and Neville suddenly loses his bark. Suzy is certain the new neighbor is responsible so she and Neville search his house. What happens next? It's up to the audience in this imaginative tale.-8 women or men Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 ...

A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick - Paperback

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by Kia Corthron (Author)DramaCharacters: 3 males, 2 femalesA Cool Dip offers glimpses into the lives of Abebe, a young Ethopian man with a passion for the unlikely combination of Christianity and ecology, and the family that houses him during his college studies in Maryland. Through their interactions, the play uncompromisingly tackles the issues of drought and social injustice, combining a realistic evocation of human emotion with the fantastical to bring attention to the scarcity of somethi...

Too Old for the Chorus But Not Too Old to Be a Star - Paperback

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by Marie Cain (Author), Mark Winkler (Author), Shelly Markham (Author)Musical Comedy3 m, 2 fToo Old for the Chorus is a smart, funny musical revue about men and women who find themselves suddenly 50 Set in their neighborhood retro coffee shop, five characters express in 18 musical numbers the gamut of their frustrations and joys - from troublesome relations with still demanding parents and cutting edge technology to finding delight in second careers (and second chances), getting smarter, and...

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by Fay Kanin (Author), Michael Kanin (Author) Drama Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin Characters: 6 male, 3 female Exterior SetThe famous stories of Akutagawa were adapted for Broadway for Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Akim Tamiroff and Oscar Homolka. The wife of a Samurai officer is assaulted and her husband killed by a roving bandit. Contradictory versions of what happened are reenacted at the trial by the bandit, the wife and the dead husband who speaks through a sorceress. Each version is true in ...

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by Enid Blyton (Author)Enid Blyton's name is synonymous with children's stories, none being more famous than NODDY. David Wood, the acclaimed children's dramatist, draws upon the most entertaining and instructive of the twenty-four books for this popular adaptation. Exploiting the excitement of life theatre with imaginative staging, music, light, puppetry and lots of audience participation, the play will be a hit with all, whether they know Noddy or not. Number of Pages: 86 Dimensions: 0.18 x...