Find the right play script for your group
We have hundreds of specially written school plays, plus others written for adults
but within the capabilities of some children's drama groups. We therefore
offer lots of ways of narrowing down the search for the scripts that will suit you group.
All the plays can be read in full on the Internet. Click on any of
the underlined text to see descriptions of the plays in your chosen category (from
where you will find links to the on-line text)... |
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See the Full List of Plays Written
for Children |
Search for a play
to suit your group of kids |
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All our plays written for children
sorted alphabetically by title. (This does
not include plays written for adults which could also be performed by kids.) | |
The search engine
allows you to select a script by number of characters, length
of play, age of participants,
genre and lots more! (Caution: the above link takes you to plays written specifically
for children. There are many plays missing from the list because they were
not written for kids, but which are suitable for performance by youth groups - particularly
teenagers. To include those in your search, use the
full play script search engine. |
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Plays sorted by Age-Group |
Plays for Kids, sorted by (our estimate of) Run-Time |
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Suitable for Performers Aged <5 | |
Shorter than ten minutes |
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Suitable for Performers Aged 5-8 | |
Ten to twenty minutes |
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Suitable for Performers Aged 9-12 | |
Twenty to thirty minutes |
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Suitable for Performers Aged 13-16 | |
Thirty to forty-five minutes |
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Disclaimer: The age ranges are our opinion, just because we think a script will suit a particular age group it does not mean that it will suit your
group. For that reason, we suggest that you read the on-line
text of the plays that grab your interest. | |
Forty-five to sixty minutes |
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Longer than sixty minutes |
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School Plays |
Plays with Educational Themes |
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The
School Plays are generally plays with large casts, intended for performance
by a full class (sometimes even larger!) | |
These are generally plays associated with specific educational topics (particularly
historical subjects,
introductions to Shakespeare, and social subjects such as
plays about bullying.) |
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Christmas Plays for Kids |
Plays for Children with Religious/Moral Themes |
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Christmas plays have some religious element (on the grounds that it's
a Christian festival!) although a few remain resolutely secular. | |
These a dramas based on
Old Testament Stories,
New Testament Stories, "Christian
Commentaries" (plays with religious themes, but not based on any
specific text) and other moral plays. |
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Pantomimes for Kids |
Rhyming Plays for Children |
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These include
school pantomimes (specifically written for school-age children and generally
no longer than an hour), (short)
rhyming pantomimes and
longer pantomimes that are within the range of (some) school-age groups. | |
The ryhyming plays include some
plays with educational value (some of them in a mix of rhyme and prose),
rhyming drama just for fun, and, of course, the
rhyming pantomimes. |
