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The Magdalen Whitewash by Valerie Goodwin
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Optional female chorus.
Run TimeAround 84 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length drama. Multiple locations, but simple set requirements, with main scenes played on the full stage and smaller scenes downstage with a few pieces of furniture.
SynopsisIn 1946, teenage Nancy tracks down her birth mother Mary to one of the many 'Magdalen laundries' set up in Ireland to house women shunned by society for unmarried pregnancies. But why doesn't Mary want to leave with Nancy? Sixteen years earlier, during Mary's first days at the laundry, she and the other women deal with isolation, pregnancies, and mistreatment from the nuns and priests.
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A Man of Quality by Richard Morris
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne act play, exploring slavery and its abolition in the West Indies. Multiple settings, but suitable for minimal staging, with location changes indicated mainly by lighting.
SynopsisA historical drama based on the experiences of Janet Shaw and her father, the English Abolitionist James Shaw. Janet travels to Antigua to see for herself the treatment of slaves on the sugar plantations. She is impressed by the intelligent and gentle Robert, a house slave of her hosts.
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Master Shakeshafte by Peter Parkinson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 84 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA full length play, with a variety of settings, generally indicated by furniture and atmosphere.
SynopsisThere is much speculation over the 'missing years' of Shakespeare's life, and this play offers a glimpse into what may have happened if the bard of Avon really did spend time as a tutor in Hoghton Hall, before becoming a playwright in earnest. There are numerous nods to familiar plays and characters, and also lines or titles which may delight an alert audience.
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Matt Freeman's San Antonio by Sandy Radford
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 60 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleDrama, running somewhere on the boundary between a one-act and a full-length play, though structured in four acts. Multiple sets, but described very feasibly. Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisMatt is a playwright, but he's not happy with his level of success, either in his professional or his personal life. He decides to throw everything into a new play and a trip to San Antonio to try and recapture a lost love.
A play that plays with theatre to lead the audience on a journey through what is, what chould be, and what might have been.
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A May Dream by Sally Kinnell
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 32. No chorus. In addition to the 32 human roles (playable by a cast of 14) there is Crumble the Dog who can double as Starveling's Dog. There are two brief (silent) appreances of children ('School Boy' and 'Child' who could probably be doubled).
Run TimeAround 110 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length drama. Multiple locations but simple settings. Contains mild (Shakespearean) swearing.
SynopsisA collection of Shakespeare's Rustics pursue their own plotlines outside their plays, converging on Hecate's shop and Doll Tearsheet's bar. Philosophy, love, conspiracy and the unmasking of a villain, in genuine Shakespearian language.
A May Dream was specially written in response to the Royal Shakespeare Company's Open Stages Project in 2012.
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The Mayor's Christmas Masquerade by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play based on Mary E. Wilkins's The Christmas Masquerade
SynopsisThe Mayor is throwing a masquerade party for the children of the town at Christmas, and a new Costumer has provided costumes for all the children. However, when the party is over, the costumes won’t come off. The Costumer has demands to make of the Mayor, or the kids stay Princesses forever.
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The Merchant of Venice [60-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Jack Shaw
RolesMinimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 60 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleEvery word is Shakespeare's, but the cast list has been reduced, with four minor characters and all servants/court officials removed.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.)
SynopsisBassanio needs money so that he can court the noble lady Portia. He goes to his friend Antonio, who helps negotiate a loan from the moneylender Shylock. If the money is not repaid, Shylock will demand a pound of Antonio's flesh. This leads to a court case with an unexpected judge.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream In 17 And A Half Minutes Or Less by Christine Harvey
RolesMinimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 19 minutes. [Estimated!] (But see also the title - which assumes a fast pace.)
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act Shakespearean comedy with various simple settings.
SynopsisA fast-paced version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Perfect for schools, this is a compact, humorous adaptation of the classic tale of love and mishap in seventeen and a half minutes or less.
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Missing by Sue Bevan
Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Voices of 7 parents may be off stage or recorded.
Run TimeAround 43 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA gritty one act play for youth theatre.
SynopsisTom's run away from home but finds he's spent his first night on Lizzie's 'turf'. Is she going to help him, or take his stuff? Perhaps Lizzie's idea of helping Tom isn't the same as his...
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Mitigating Circumstances by Juliet Devon
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Ten on-stage characters plus an offstage voice (better done live, but easy to double)
Run TimeAround 55 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA dramatic story told in a single set but in non-chronological order.
SynopsisSimon's death was certainly caused by his heart condition, but Emma swapping his meds for vitamins didn’t help. After the funeral, her friends gather and discuss things that might have driven Emma to murder.
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