Drama

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Report copyright infringementby Rodney Ackland (Author)Based on a short story by Somerset Maugham, Before The Party tells the story of a family attempting to return to normal in the wake of the Second World War. With daughter Laura returned from Africa, widowed but not alone, they prepare for the latest social gathering. Amidst the never-ending whirl of hats and dresses and below stairs skirmishes, Laura reveals a shocking secret that threatens to ruin more than one party on the climb to soci...

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Report copyright infringementby Donna Abela (Author)In this delightful adaptation of the classic tales, Donna Abela brings centuries-old tradition into the modern era with a play that is timeless yet utterly contemporary. Young courtier Shahrazad poses as a ""Smuggle"" (a refugee) about to be executed by the despotic King Shahrayar. To save her life, she tells the king a story he can't resist. It's a tale of magic and transformation, demons and lovers, adventure and terror. Delaying her fate ...

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Report copyright infringementby Boguslaw Schaeffer (Author), Magda Romanska (Translator)'I place Boguslaw Schaeffer's genius firmly at the centre of the European cultural heritage which expressed avant-gardism during my lifetime.' Richard Demarco This anthology of plays by Boguslaw Schaeffer, a Polish playwright, composer, musicologist and graphic designer, includes his most frequently performed works: Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor (1976), Quartet for Four Actor...

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Report copyright infringementby Frank J. Morlock (Author), Ivan Goncharov (Based on a Book by)Based on a novel by the Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, this dramatic comedy features his eponymous hero, Oblomov. A young man of considerable decency and kindness (with a "soul as clear as crystal"), Oblomov has fallen into such a state of lethargy that he resists even getting out of bed, finding every excuse possible to do absolutely nothing. All the efforts of his male and female friends to energiz...

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Report copyright infringementby Frank J. Morlock (Author)Based on the novel by Russian writer Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1867-1941), Morlock's dramatic adaptation tells the tragic story of Russian Tsar Peter the Great's conflict with his only surviving son and heir, Tsarevitch Alexis. Peter, an autocrat who was determined to modernize Russia at all costs, dealt brutally with any opposition--but found his most stubborn and potent resistance in his own home in the person of Alexis. This was a battle ...

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Report copyright infringementby Peta Tait (Author)Eleanor Roosevelt's epic flight across Japanese patrolled sea to Australia in 1943 during WWII stands out as heroic. Evading Winston Churchill's visit to the USA for his meetings with her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor confesses to Mary Alice Evatt that she is dreading the official receptions in Australia. Artist Mary Alice, who is married to Doc Herbert Evatt, Minister of External Affairs, tries to dissuade Eleanor from fly...

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Report copyright infringementby Rosa Campagnaro (Editor), Carlo Goldini (Author)'There are so many servants looking for a master and I have found two! Yay. What the hell do I do now? I can't serve both, can I?' Hungry servant Truffaldino bites off more than he can chew when he agrees to serve two masters at the same time! Now he must hold everything together without exposing his scam and woo his love interest, spicy Smeraldina, all at the same time. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Florindo pine for e...

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Report copyright infringementby Keziah Warner (Author)A heavily pregnant ex-ballerina, a child detective, a bitter puppeteer and a feminist pop princess hurtle towards Mars. The world is watching. Isn't it? On the eve of a revolution, Nicki and Caroline attempt to gain control over their lives as their A.I. superior, Alex, dances the night away. And on New Earth, Esta and Isabelle forge hope through a new kind of relationship. First presented by Red Stitch in 2019, Control is a startling and ...

The Mono Box Presents Playstart 2: Short Plays from New Voices

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Report copyright infringementby Kiran Benawra (Author), Grace Tarr (Author), Vivian Xie (Author)Four short plays by brand new writers each of whom has been mentored by an experienced playwright and supported by the Mono Box team. Including Cold Feet and Bacon Sandwiches by Kiran Benawra, Meatballs by MaatinPatel, When the Leaves Fall by Grace Tarr and One of the Good Ones by Vivian Xie.Author BiographyThe Mono Box is a collaborative, not-for-profit network that caters for actors and theatre-m...

The Princess Casamassima: A Play in Five Acts

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Report copyright infringementby Frank J. Morlock (Author), Henry James (Based on a Book by)Based on the 1885 novel by Henry James, this play tells the story of Hyacinth Robinson, the bastard son of a French woman and an English lord. Robinson has become a bookbinder in the London working-class slums. He embraces radicalism, and joins a conspiracy of anarchists plotting to assassinate high-ranking members of the establishment. But when he's actually given a terrorist mission to carry out, Hyac...

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Report copyright infringementby Alexandre Dumas (Author), Adolphe de Leuven (Author), Frank J. Morlock (Translator)If ever a scorned woman gets her revenge on a man, the Marquise is a model of the type! She cleverly forces him to marry her (for her fortune, of course!), and then gets him framed for murdering her. And, in the end, she comes to his rescue, nimbly extricating him from the trap she's prepared for him. You don't want to cross this lady! A Fairy Tale (Un Conte de fées) was one of t...

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Report copyright infringementby Inua Ellams (Author)In a world where tower blocks are stone mountains and city walls are urban tapestries retelling epic fights, Michael keeps away from the warring tribes until a passerby helps him out of a tight situation. Instantly, he is pulled into the culture he has tried to escape. The city spirals out of control as battle lines are drawn and redrawn. In the quest for balance, loyalty, faith and friendships are tested, but will Michael succeed in ending ...

Playing the Games: Taking Part/After the Party

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Brace (Author), Serge Cartwright (Author)Playing the Games is a duo of plays focussing on the London 2012 Olympics, it includes: Taking Part by Adam Brace Lucky Henry, a Congolese security guard, has set his sights on representing his country at the 2012 Olympics. Only one problem; he's a terrible swimmer and his Russian coach wants to fly home on the first day of training. Everyone loves an underdog - think Eddie the Eagle or Eric the Eel. Follow Henry's ...

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Report copyright infringementby Atyp (Author)'I loved the idea of being grown up, you know? And I'm not. To anybody. Not to parents, not to kids. All the burden and none of the respect. That middle ground is really hurting me... I think I killed Benny.'In a small town, a young woman applies make-up like layers of defence, preparing to go into battle. On top of the town tip, two friends stand guard as some home truths emerge. At the local arcade, a grotesque ritual sacrifice is taking place. A...

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Report copyright infringementby Alana Valentine (Author)Narelle is Sydney born and bred but lately she's lost her sense of belonging. Something keeps bringing her back to Pyrmont. This peninsula was her family's bedrock, and the home of her extraordinary grandmother June, who held everything together through the decades: a son's brush with the law, a daughter's battles with demons, a husband's decline. Life revolved around the sugar refinery. For a time this was the sweetest neighbourhood in ...

Ellida: a new translation of Henrik Ibsen's The Lady of the Sea

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Report copyright infringementby May-Brit Akerholt (Author), Henrik Ibsen (Joint Author)'You can't stop me from choosing. You can keep me here by force. You have the power to do that. But my choice comes from deep inside me...'What does it mean to be free? To be truly independent? Ellida - a lighthouse keeper's daughter - is living a life of quiet desperation with her husband Dr Wangel in a coastal fjord town when a stranger from her past arrives, upsetting the fragile equilibrium she and Wang...

Masters Are You Mad?: The Search for Malvolio

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Report copyright infringementby Glyn Maxwell (Author)'I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you!' vowed Malvolio at the end of Twelfth Night, but twelve years have passed in Illyria and nothing has been heard of him. Illyria is a ghost town now: all its young people have left for 'Upriver', for the legendary land of Moai, a realm of love requited, fortunes made and dreams come true, presided over by a mysterious figure who may or may not be Malvolio. Whoever he is, the Duke Orsino wants him '...

Brumby Innes and Bid Me To Love: Two plays

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Report copyright infringementby Katharine Susannah Prichard (Author)Written in the 1920s, Brumby Innes confronts the turbulent relations between the sexes and the races in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is published with another Prichard play from the 1920s, Bid Me To Love, set in fashionable white rich society in the lush hills outside Perth. The two plays are compelling for their dramatic styles and for their insight into the novels which followed: Coonardoo and Intimate...

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Report copyright infringementby Adolphe D'Ennery (Author), Frank J. Morlock (Translator)French dramatist Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899) follows the Faust story originally developed by Goethe, but with a leavening of humor that the German playwright lacked. Especially entertaining is the character of the female demon Sulphurine, who's created by Faust's servant Wagner to be his slave. Needless to say, this she-devil is no one's mistress! Faust initially repels the advances of Mephistopheles, but...

The Red and the Black: A Play in Three Acts

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Report copyright infringementby Frank J. Morlock (Author), Stendhal (Author)Based on the novel by Stendhal (Henri Beyle, 1783-1842), The Red and the Black tells the story of Julien Sorel, a talented and ambitious young peasant. Sorel manages to cynically and hypocritically manipulate those around him to gain a position as a secretary with a prominent Marquis--and to seduce his employer's beautiful daughter, Mathilde. But he doesn't love Mathilde--doesn't love anyone, really--and when he murde...

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Badgett (Author)During this drama we experience the difficulties and hopes of the Earl and Countess of Ninth moving into Barham Hall after it was requisitioned during the second world war. Their grandson makes a bet with an Arab Prince that threatens his inheritance and puts in jeopardy the future of the estate. The Earl and the butler come to his aid by providing a car that can compete with a Ferrari in a dramatic race at Le Mans. Number of Pa...

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Report copyright infringementby George Gordon Byron (Author)Title: Sardanapalus, a tragedy. The Two Foscari, a tragedy. Cain, a mystery.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include arou...

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Report copyright infringementby Vanessa Bates (Editor)All Jeda's friends have moved to the city, but he still lives with his two mothers in a small town between the beach and the bush, on a train line with a city at either end. Waiting. He's not sure what he's waiting for, but in the meantime he works at the council investigating sinkholes in people's backyards. Since finishing high school, the frustrations of coastal life are looming large. And something is being hidden from him about the il...

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Report copyright infringementby Donna Abela (Author)Aspiring archaeologist Sophie left home when she was only 20, much to the shame of her traditional Jordanian mother. Six years later, losing sleep and petrified by the judgement of her visiting 'mad Arab' Aunty Azza, Sophie is forced to lie about her life, her career and the existence of her Aussie partner. Worst of all is the fear that she's also lying to herself. Looking deep into the heart of Sydney and beyond, Jump for Jordan unpacks the...

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Report copyright infringementby Frank J. Morlock (Author)In order to prevent his aged cousin (Old Martin) from leaving his huge estate to charity, Pecksniff travels from London to America to dissuade the dying man from such a mistake. But Old Martin is far from death's door, and is planning from pure spite to swindle the relatives he loathes out of all their money. To do this he employs Montague Tigg, a honey-tongued confidence man who has, up to this point, had little worldly success despite...

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Report copyright infringementby Johnny McKnight (Author)This pair of plays are from Scottish theatre company Random Accomplice, by Random Accomplice writer, Johnny McKnight & follow on from the success of their Smalltown tour. Marymassacre 'refreshing & original production ...dark, funny & at times, very hard hitting...' - The Irvine Herald It's where the fun of the fair meets a secret affair. On Irvine Moor, two women wait at the candy floss machine, both of them unaware how they...

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Report copyright infringementby Ben Webb (Author)This collection of short plays is a passionate response to the effect of Clause 28 on the artistic and social language of a generation. The plays dance between intimate details and the big, historical picture, telling the story of a love affair from three different angles. Each piece is formally inventive & draws on a rich history of gay and queer theatre practice, whilst innovatively pushing the form forward. This collection includes: So L...

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Report copyright infringementby Jenna Watt (Author)Faslane, a hugely powerful and timely insight into the UK's current nuclear debate. Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, or Faslane, situated 40 miles outside Glasgow, is home to the UK's nuclear missile program: Trident. With her family having worked in Faslane with Trident all her life, and with her friends protesting at the gates, Jenna endeavours to understand her relationship to Trident, the wider nuclear debate and activism.Author BiographyJ...

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Report copyright infringementby Luke Barnes (Author)We value truth in this family. Carpe Diem. Seize the day. We're all just food for worms. So tell them you love them. Have fun, mount a donkey, whatever, just feel alive. Charades is fun, right, with those people, yes, your family, the ones you try to get away from at Christmas. For the Pilgrims though it's not simply a family affair, this is more than a game, this.... Is an Eisteddfod. This bawdy new play from acclaimed young playwright Luke...

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Report copyright infringementby Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (Author), Paul Feval (Author), Frank J. Morlock (Translator)Henri de Lagardere, the best swordsman in France, suddenly finds himself duty-bound to protect the baby female heir of a murdered friend--a girl who matures into a beautiful woman who will one day inherit a princely fortune--a girl with whom Henri falls madly in love. But his affection is hopeless: the difference in their ages and stations in life precludes any permanent liaiso...

Antigone and Cyrano de Bergerac: Two adaptations for Sport for Jove

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Report copyright infringementby Damien Ryan (Author)'Who here can tell what law we owe the dead?' Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, is a child of war. Thousands of years ago she asked a question: What do we do with the body of the enemy when this enemy is our brother? Damien Ryan's new adaptation of Sophocles' classic takes the conflicts of ancient Thebes and wrenches them passionately into the present. This story of war and its aftermath is a powerful yet vulnerable allegory about one of histor...

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Report copyright infringementby Felicity Castagna (Author)The Incredible Here and Now is a play about cars and boys and having to grow up too soon. Charcoal chicken, a white Pontiac Trans Am, the Council pool, Michael is living in the shadow of his older brother Dom. The biggest guy in the school. Best car in the West. The guy who just can't help but grab everyone's attention. The guy with the girlfriend with the huge-arse hair. When he is gone Michael roams the streets, navigating life, frie...