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| A Midsummer Night's Dream [90-minute abridgement] by Shakespeare, abridged Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', with the original text reduced by a thousand lines or so.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) |
| Synopsis | Fairies make mischief in the Athenian woods, mixing up two couples and pairing the fairy queen with one of the 'Rude Mechanicals' who are in the woods rehearsing a play. When all is straight, we finally get to see the Mechanicals' play, and the Athenian nobility turn critics.
The text aims to provide a workable edition of Shakespeare for secondary schools. |
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Missing by Sue Bevan
Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013 |
| Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A gritty one act play for youth theatre. |
| Synopsis | Tom'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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| Murder Mansion by Don Lowry |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters have gender-specific names (because it's easier if characters have names), in the production notes alternatives are given - Bruce, for example, might be Brenda! |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy detective story for a high-school group. Single (barely-furnished old house) set. |
| Synopsis | Alex and Tabby are Private Detectives, and their latest case is really tricky, because the house they are supposed to be looking for clues in, is full of a movie crew rehearsing a horror film. Can they find the murderer and lost diamonds? |
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| My Sister, The Thief by Mary Stone |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two characters are written as female but can be played as male - this would of course require a change in title, which the author is happy for you to do. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act play ideal for teenage performers, with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Ally has always looked up to her big sister, Tee, the hockey star, the brightest pupil, so generous with gifts. But now she’s discovered that Tee has been stealing those presents, not buying them. |
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| The Nativity Problem by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four male secondary school pupils and their teacher |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen minute play, with a Christian theme. Nominally set in a Church of England school, but no specific set requirements, and minimal simple props. |
| Synopsis | It's time to start rehearsals for the school Christmas play, but with some understandable reluctance among the all male cast to play angels and virgin mothers, an alternative slant on the story must be found... |
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| Nellie's Cottage by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Potential for some non-speaking roles to be added in. |
| Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy for children. |
| Synopsis | Nellie Scoggins's run-down cottage stands on the Silverwood Estate, presided over by the redoubtable Lady Silverwood - who is planning build a railway line through the said cottage. Nellie finds herself subject to a series of fiendish schemes. But can she avoid losing her home and will the arrival of a mysterious stranger have any bearing on the matter? |
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| A New You by Wesley A. Knoch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and Vocal sheet music for nine original songs is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script |
| Style | One act musical comedy play - set in the studio of a TV make-over show complete with cheesy presenters and sponsorship jingles. |
| Synopsis | A Nasally over-blessed heroine (Miss Nodda Tragtiff) takes part in a reality Makeover show, only to find that the New You promised has caused her to lose her old friends and only gained her fleeting popularity with new people. She comes to understand that real beauty comes from within, and true friends aren't swayed by appearance. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| Oh Dear, King Lear by Juliet Devon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The Head Teacher and Mrs Bloss are written as female, but could be changed to male if preferred. |
| Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act youth theatre play set on a school hall stage. |
| Synopsis | Nikki, the drama teacher, is running up to the performance of King Lear, despite the interruptions from the Head and the cleaning lady, but she's in for a nasty surprise - her Cordelia will be abroad on the nights of the play. |
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| Olivia Twist by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and teenagers, intended to be played by teens. The script does not specify a chorus, but extra chorus roles could be added. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 8 original songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play with a horror element ('Oliver Twist' crossed with 'A Portrait of Dorian Grey' on a dark night in Salem.) Simple sets, few props. |
| Synopsis | When Olivia Twist is rescued from the streets, she thinks she has met with a philanthropist, however her benefactor turns out to be a lot more sinister... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Open Evening by David Dunn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three speaking parts and one unconscious cameo! Gender entirely flexible. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch for teenagers. Part of the Bite Size collection of Vampire plays |
| Synopsis | Three teens are getting ready for their vampire school open evening. Though they only have to get the drinks area ready, they've had a good look around and are ready to discuss all the other departments. Something tells me this is a night school... |
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