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GUYS, THE

Less than two weeks after the September 11th attacks, New Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan, receives an unexpected phone call on behalf of Nick, a fire captain who has lost…

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HALFWAY UP THE TREE

After some years of army service in the Malayan jungle, General Sir Mallalieu Fitzbuttress returns home to face a series of domestic crises. His son Robert who has been sent down from Oxford, has become…

Cast 5 male 4 female

HALLELUJAH GIRLS, THE

Hilarity abounds when the feisty females of Eden Falls, Georgia, decide to shake up their lives. The action in this rollicking Southern comedy takes place in SPA-DEE-DAH!, the abandoned church-turned-day-spa…

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HANSEL AND GRETEL

Adapted from the Brothers’ Grimm tale, Colin Wakefield and Kate Edgar magically bring the enchanted forest to life with an evocative score, colourful costumes and memorable characters – including…

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HARRY AND SAM DIALOGUES, THE

Harry and Sam are old friends who like to pass the time posing outlandish questions to one another. "If ya had the choice would ya rather love a woman whose top half was a fish and whose bottom half was…

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HARVEY

One of the longest running comedies in Broadway and West End history, Harvey has endeared generations of audiences with the relationship of the amiable Elwood P Dowd and his best friend, the 6'1" tall…

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HASTY HEART, THE

THE HASTY HEART tells of a wounded Scottish soldier whose last few weeks of life, spent in a convalescent ward of a hospital in the Orient, are changed by the sympathetic treatment his fellow patients…

Cast 8 male 1 female

HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, THE

A chilling and mystifying study in mounting terror in which a small group of psychically receptive people are brought together in Hill House, a brooding, mid-Victorian mansion known as a place of evil…

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HEALTHY GRAVE, A

Robert and Hilary Travers, a childless married couple in their seventies, have had careers around the world as academics, but in retirement their horizons have shrunk to a small cottage in the Cotswolds.…

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HEAVEN CAN WAIT

Take a trip back in time to 3rd February 1959, and the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. The Winter Dance Party featuring Buddy Holy, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens is just ending and the boys leave…

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HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY LOVE

An intensely dramatic study of the unredeemed loves of a mother and daughter for the same young man, for different reasons and with tragically different consequences, that takes its title from a painting…

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HEIDI CHRONICLES, THE

Tracing the coming of age of Heidi Holland from her student days in the 1960's to her successful career as an art historian in the late 1980's, the play is a moving examination of the progress of a generation…

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HERBAL BED, THE

The latest play from the author of The School of Night and The Bright and Bold Design is based on actual events which occurred in Stratford upon Avon in the summer of 1613, when William Shakespeare’s…

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HIGH DIVE

An American woman about to turn fifty is standing on a high dive at a pool in a hotel in Greece. She is on vacation with her husband and eleven-year-old son. Her son has requested that she jump off the…

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HIMSELF

The last of a dying breed, Christie Cameron has spent a lifetime touring the counties of Ireland as an actor-manager in the time-honoured tradition. When Christie sets off on a short lecture of American…

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HITCH-HIKER, THE

An adaptation of the original radio play by Orson Welles, this ghost thriller tells the tale of Ronald Adams, an ordinary motorist who sets out to drive from Brooklyn to California, and encounters a strange…

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HOLD ME

Blending together a series of sketches, skits and vignettes, this delightful revue peoples the stage with the engaging and all-too-human characters made famous through the author's renowned cartoons.…

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HOLY GHOSTLY

An early short play from Sam Shepard written in 1969 involving the confrontation of a father with his son.

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HOLY GHOSTS

Seeking to retrieve his runaway wife (and the possessions she has taken with her), Coleman Shedman arrives at the rural meeting house of a southern pentecostal sect with a lawyer in tow. But his wife,…

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HOME FREE

A play concerning the incestuous relationship between a brother and sister, written in a haunting and evocative style which both illuminates and softens the elemental pathos of its subject. "A poignant…

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HOME FRONT (THE WAR AT HOME)

First presented in London under the title The War at Home and then produced on Broadway, this play blends comedy and tragedy as it examines the dilemma of a middle-class Texan family unable to comprehend…

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HOT L BALTIMORE, THE

*Please note that the rights to this title outside of North America are handled directly by Wilson's agent* The scene is the lobby of a rundown hotel so seedy that it has lost the "e" from its marquee.…

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HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE

This exciting new adaptation was a special commission to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's thrilling masterpiece. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances,…

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HOUSE OF YES, THE

It's Thanksgiving, and Marty's arrival home is greatly anticipated by his mother, Mrs. Pascal, his twin sister, Jackie-O, and his younger brother, Anthony. He arrives during a hurricane, but worse than…

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HOUSE, THE

The Redmonds have an unusual relationship – with their dream home. With the kids now raised, it’s finally time to move on. They don’t, though, want to just sell the place. They want to entrust it…

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HOW I GOT THAT STORY

The scene is "Ambo Land" (Vietnam) where a naive young Reporter from Dubuque encounters the Historical Event—a second actor who portrays some twenty-one characters, including several anxious to cover…

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HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE

A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man. HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE is the story of a woman who…

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HOW LONG IS NEVER? - DARFUR A RESPONSE

After Rwanda the world said never again. These seven short plays, originally commissioned and produced by the Tricycle Theatre London, explore the nature of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Many…

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HOW TO BE HAPPY

We all want to be happy. We all know what it feels like. But what if it keeps slipping through our fingers? Paul is a former happiness guru. As a young man he wrote self-help books and appeared on the…

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HOW TO SAY GOODBYE

The action of the play is set in Cleveland on the day before young Conor Staiger is to undergo an operation which he will not, for long, survive. Then, in flashbacks, we meet Conor's parents, Marty and…

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HUGHIE

Originally produced on Broadway, revived to sellout houses in 1996 starring Al Pacino, HUGHIE was one of O'Neill's last works. It was originally intended as part of a series of short plays, but it became…

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HUNTERS AND THE HENWIFE, THE

When a young and headstrong nobleman takes his two blundering servants for an evenings' hunting on Unicorn Mountain, they get more game than they bargained for. The Henwife, with all her good magic, cannot…

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HYPOTHERMIA

Oskar lives in the state hospital in Andernach, Germany. Although a patient, he helps Dr Erich by keeping the other patients in order, joking with the staff, singing opera and tending to a fine collection…

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I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING

A gentle, poignant study of two old friends, an elderly man and woman who live in nearby houses and often take their meals together. She is a wealthy widow, he is a retired draftsman, and both lament…

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I HATE HAMLET

When dissolute TV actor Andrew Rally takes on the role of Hamlet in Central Park, he's unaware that his new apartment is haunted by the ghost of John Barrymore. On the surface, everything looks good,…

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I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER

This is the story of Gene, a widower, with an elderly mother whom he loves and an eighty-year-old father, whom he has never loved, hard as he tried. The father has been mayor of a small town in Westchester…

Cast 7 male 4 female

I WANT THAT HAIR

Jane Thornton's plays include Shakers (with John Godber), Amid the Standing Corn, Back to the Walls, Handle with Care, Catwalk, Cut 'n' Dried and the stage adaptations of Dracula (also with John Godber)…

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ICARUS' MOTHER

Over the course of an afternoon, a pleasant, lazy picnic trnasforms into a menacing apocalypse.

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ICEMAN COMETH, THE

Drama by Eugene O'Neill.

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IDP

Part of a collection of seven short plays originally commissioned by London’s Tricycle Theatre to stimulate discussion and debate on the on-going situation in Darfur. In IDP, a mother refuses to acknowledge…

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IKKE IKKE NYE NYE NYE

This explosively funny and ingenious farce deals with what might have been a seduction—but while she is all for it (despite her feeble protests) he has eyes only for her telephone. And what he can't…

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IMPERIAL FIZZ

A seemingly carefree high-society couple swill cocktails and exchange witty banter and pointed barbs as they sing and dance to melodies transmitting from a classic RCA radio in their swanky art deco apartment.…

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IMPERIAL NIGHTINGALE, THE

Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Nightingale" has been magically woven onto the stage. The tyrannical Emperor is under threat from the treacherous warlord, Red Dragon. When the Nightingale appears with…

Cast 7 male 6 female

IN A FOREST, DARK AND DEEP

It was so simple ... just a few little bits in his diary, files that he kept in longhand with all his thoughts and wishes and dreams ... Bobby thinks he’s simply lending his sister a hand with clearing…

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INCIDENT AT VICHY

In the detention room of a Vichy police station in 1942, eight men have been picked up for questioning. As they wait to be called, they wonder why they were chosen. At first, their hopeful guess is that…

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INCORRUPTIBLE

Welcome to Priseaux, France, c. 1250 A.D.: The river flooded again last week. The chandler's shop just burned to the ground. Nobody's heard of the wheelbarrow yet. And Ste. Foy, the patron of the local…

Cast 5 male 3 female

INDEPENDENCE

The setting is the small town of Independence, Iowa, the lifelong home of Evelyn Briggs. Her oldest daughter, Kess, is a university professor in Minneapolis, but she has come home at the request of her…

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INHERIT THE WIND

Based on the true events of the famous 'Scopes Monkey Trial' in 1930's America, a small town schoolteacher is arrested when it is discovered that he is teaching his pupils the theory of evolution. He…

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INTENT TO MURDER

Within minutes of the opening of this play, we are plunged into the middle of an explosive situation. Janet Preston, a well-known authoress who lives alone in a remote cottage on the Yorkshire Moors,…

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INTERVIEW

As Norman Nadel describes: "Four masked, smiling interviewers interview a scrubwoman, a house painter, a banker and a lady's maid. It is commonplace and familiar enough, except that suddenly, the most…

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IT MUST HAVE BEEN MURDER

Another ingenious thriller from the author of Strictly for the Birds. This is a tale of murder, straightforward in that one's interest lies in wondering who will succeed and how. There are a number of…

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IT'S NEVER TOO LATE

What happens when your husband leaves for a younger woman? How do you kick-start your life when you've never had to work? How do you cope with the realisation that time is not on your side? Susan Shaw…

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IT'S NOW OR NEVER!

The hilarious sequel to the author's Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! is set in a Spanish villa where Tom Weals, an Elvis fanatic, and Alice, his fiancee, have arrived in preparation for their long-awaited…

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JACK & THE BEANSTALK (Denys & Harris)

"The two Chrises have become to Pantomime what the Two Ronnies were to Television Light Entertainment". "A Christmas cracker full of beans" [The Stage & Television Today] "The show creates an air of genuine…

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Wakefield &…

Jack and the Beanstalk combines all the classic elements of this popular panto: dotty Dame Trot, and her son Jack, who sells their precious cow Clarabelle for a bag of beans; the magical transformation…

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Webster)

Peter Webster's award-winning adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk is now available in a single volume including Cinderella and The Snow Queen.

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JEFFREY

Politically incorrect and proud of it, Jeffrey is an outrageous and dazzling gay romantic comedy with a difference - one in which the quest for love and really fantasic clothes meet, wherein we learn…

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JESUS HOPPED THE 'A' TRAIN

Angel Cruz is a thirty-year-old bike messenger from NYC who has lost his best friend to a religious cult. At the opening of the play, he is in his second night of incarceration, awaiting trial for shooting…

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JOHNNY BULL

Having married an American serviceman during his wartime stint in England, Iris has looked forward to coming to the United States - to the glittering, glamorous world she has seen depicted in Hollywood…

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JOINED AT THE HEAD

Maggie Mulroney is on a promotional tour for her novel JOINED AT THE HEAD when she gets an invitation to visit with her old high school flame, Jim, and his wife (also named Maggy) who is dying of cancer.…

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JOVIAL CREW, A

Written in 1641, A JOVIAL CREW was the last play to be performed before the outbreak of the English Civil War and the deep devisions within English society form a distinctive backdrop for Stephen Jeffreys'…

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JUMP TO COW HEAVEN

Set in December 1966, Jump to Cow Heaven is a gripping triumph of tension and suspense, the winner of the Fringe First Award for best new play at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival. In a small basement flat…

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JUNIOR MISS

Harry and Grace Graves have two children—Lois, and Judy, who at 13 has, besides her confidante Fuffy and an amazing capacity for food, a burning desire to grow up to the glamorous age of 16. With characteristic…

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KEEPING TOM NICE

Tom is approaching his twenty fifth birthday. He is severely handicapped and in spite of growing intervention from the social services he has lived in the care of his parents Doug and Winnie and sister…

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KENTUCKY CYCLE, THE

The cycle is epic in style when the plays are performed together, yet each individual play tells a powerful story on its own. (The character breakdowns shown here reflect the individual plays, but, together,…

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KEY EXCHANGE

A long off-Broadway success premiered at the Old Red Lion theatre in London, this exceptionally bright and witty play explores the pitfalls facing New York's young swinging singles as they deal with the…

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KEY LARGO

On a rocky hilltop in Spain four young American men, fighting for the Loyalist cause, face certain death if they remain to cover a retreat. King McCloud, their leader, surprises the others by deciding…

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KICK IN THE BAUBLES

"Executed with panache, A Kick in the Baubles might just jingle your bells" ~ The Times It's another peaceful Christmas in the Bauble household, but chestnuts aren't roasting on an open fire. And although…

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KICKING A DEAD HORSE

The play begins with a man alone in a desert landscape digging a grave. Hobart Struther's horse has just dropped dead. He stands there in the vast open desert trying to figure out what to do about his…

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KISSING SID JAMES

An hilarious adult comedy of fumbling passion. Eddie's an aspiring stationery salesman with a flash car and a moustache he adores. Crystal's a croupier with a bit of a thing for Sean Connery. Together…

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LADIES IN RETIREMENT

Based on a famous murder which actually took place at the end of the last century and set in the 1880s, this play has become one of the most successful and most frequently performed in the modern repertoire.…

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LADY MISLAID, A

Two unmarried sisters have rented an isolated country house in search of peace and quiet to aid the younger sister's recovery from a recent nervous breakdown. They have hardly arrived before the police…

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LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY

Moving back and forth in time, the action of the play is a mosaic of short scenes, monologues and original songs, all blending together into a revealing and affecting study of the American Dream gone…

Cast 8 male 4 female

LARAMIE PROJECT, THE

In October 1998 a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody,…

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LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT

Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament's most infamous and unexplained sinner. "An extraordinary…

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LAST MATCH, THE

Played out under the lights of the US Open Semifinals, THE LAST MATCH pits Russian star Sergei Sergeyev against American great Tim Porter in an epic showdown that follows two tennis titans through pivotal…

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LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, THE

THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, in December of 1939. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's elitist German Jews are much…

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LAST OF THE DUTY FREE

Thirty years after the disastrous antics in the original Duty Free, Eric Chappell has reunited the couples at the Hotel San Remo in Marbella once again in another hugely entertaining adventure!…

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LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE

In this new stage adaptation of the timeless television series, Foggy, Clegg and Compo are reunited for one last adventure. Foggy has designs on winning the affections of Constance, Nora Batty’s niece…

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LAST YANKEE, THE

A play in two parts which focuses on the relationships of two couples - Leroy and Patricia Hamilton, married many years with seven children, and John and Helen Frick, a childless couple. Both women are…

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LATE HENRY MOSS, THE

Two antagonistic brothers, Ray and Earl, are brought together after their father Henry Moss is found dead in his seedy New Mexico home. The reunion starts out amiably enough as they sit around the bungalow…

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LATER LIFE

Austin has spent his entire life convinced that something terrible is bound to happen to him. One night, at a party, overlooking Boston harbor, he has the pleasure of rekindling a romance begun almost…

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LAUGHTER IN THE SHADOW OF THE TREES

Martin, a brilliant, distinguished critic, is rapidly falling into a state of dementia. His wife, Felicia, remains the epitome of the supportive wife and loyal fan, even in the face of his insults and…

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LAUNDRY AND BOURBON

Conceived as a companion piece to precede Lone Star with which it constitutes a full evening of theatre, this play can also be equally effective presented independently. The action centres on the discontent…

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LAURA

When Detective Mark McPherson first falls under the spell of Laura, he believes he has fallen in love with a ghost. He has come to her former flat to investigate the circumstances of her murder. From…

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LAWYER, THE

Molnár’s first theatrical success, The Lawyer is a fast-paced comedy from 1902 with a plot-line whose twists and turns are more like hairpin bends, while pricking bubbles of ambition and self-importance…

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LEARNED LADIES, THE

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur now offers us a sparkling new version of Les Femmes Savantes, Moliere's witty examination of intellectual pretensions and the vicissitudes of love. Clitandre…

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LET'S BE FRIENDS

A play about a group of women who are going through their final minutes of preparation and rehearsal before going on the air on a radio programme. Hilarious fun and thoroughly recommended.

Cast 9 female

LET'S PRETEND

The hotel Nova Paradise may have seen better days, but it’s still a home away from home for the long-stay British pensioners wintering in Majorca. For one couple, the victims of a plundered pension…

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LIE OF THE MIND, A

After savagely beating his wife Beth to the brink of death, Jake returns to his mother's home in California. He is convinced that he has killed her, and his guilt begins to erode his sanity. Jake's brother…

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LIFE & ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY,…

One of the great events of modern theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Nicholas Nickelby enjoyed phenomenal success, both in London and New York. Despite its length and large cast, the…

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LIFE & ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY,…

One of the great events of modern theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Nicholas Nickelby enjoyed phenomenal success, both in London and New York. Despite its length and large cast, the…

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LIFE AND TIMES OF YOUNG BOB SCALLION,…

Bob Scallion is a survivor. From a humble start and an early brush with the law, young Bob sets out on a course of betterment on his way to seeking his fame and fortune. But when faced with life's many…

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LIGHT OF DAY, THE

From the author of A State of Affairs comes a provocative and insightful exploration of marriage as it is shaped by independence and individualism in the modern world. After seventeen years of marriage,…

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LIGHT UP THE SKY

A popular hit both on Broadway and in the West End, this lively comedy revolves around a group of New York theatre people attending the opening of their new play. Everyone has high hopes at the prospect…

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LILIOM

First presented in 1909 and initially a failure in Budapest, Liliom was hailed in New York in 1920 as one of the rare events of theatredom: a play that gripped the mind and the heart. It is now perhaps…

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LINDA HER

LINDA HER is set in a summer cottage where Carol, an insomniac, lies awake pondering her dissatisfaction with her boring husband (who talks endlessly of a lost love whom he hasn't seen since kindergarten)…

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LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART

Set on the outdoor terrace of an elegant beach house on Fire Island, a brother and sister and their respective spouses attempt to celebrate the 4th of July holiday weekend. Sally is married to Sam, a…

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LISBON TRAVIATA, THE

The first act is set in the fussily ornate apartment of Mendy, a ferociously dedicated opera buff who begs and cajoles his friend Stephen to let him borrow his copy of the pirated Maria Callas recording…

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LITTLE FOXES, THE

Picture a traditionally graceful and charming house in the American deep South at the turn of the century. Into this peaceful scene bring the prosperous but grasping Hubbard family - Ben, possessive and…

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LITTLE GREEN SHOOTS

The latest play from the author of A Seat in the Park is located among the garden-like environment of the Eden Grove Allotment. For nearly fifty it has provided a welcome respite from the stresses and…

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LITTLE HUT, THE

Three excessively sophisticated and elegant English people are shipwrecked on a desert island. Philip and Susan are married, and Henry is the family friend, who, it turns out, has been something more…

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LITTLE MISS FRESNO

A light and hilarious piece about two very different mothers whose daughters are competing in a beauty contest. As they sit in anxious anticipation of the judges' verdict, they discuss their children's…

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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (Wakefield/Edgar)

NARRATOR (M): Troubadour. Story-teller. Also plays the WOODCUTTER. GRANNY (F): Eccentric and independent, but easily flattered. (Not a panto Dame). MOTHER (F): Hardworking, loving, exasperated. Single…

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LIVE BED SHOW, THE

From the co-author of An Evening With Gary Lineker comes this hilarious boy meets girl tale for the over-30’s. Seen in the West End starring Paul Merton and Caroline Quentin, Live Bed Show finds one…

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LIVER BIRDS, THE

Following on from the huge success of the television series, The Liver Birds is the amusing story of Sandra and Beryl, adapted for the stage. Living together in a Merseyside apartment, the girls pursue…

Cast 5 male 4 female

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

A collection of short comedies by David Ives. ENIGMA VARIATIONS. Zany hijinks as a pair of lookalikes named Bebe W.W. Doppel-gängler solve an identity crisis with the help of Dr. William W. Williams…

Cast 3 male 2 female

LONE STAR

The story takes place in the cluttered backyard of a small town Texas bar. Roy, a brawny, macho type who had once been a local high school hero, is back in town after a hitch in Vietnam, and trying to…

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LONELY HEARTS

A sparkling tale of romance and relationships from the author of OFF OUT. From school discos to Rita and Bernie's wedding day, LONELY HEARTS spans twenty years in the lives of Rita and Bernie, and their…

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LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY

LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY is a domestic drama of a troubled young wife who finds herself crossing through time—and identities—on a fateful winter evening in an empty apartment

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LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

A startlingly honest autobiographical piece written by O'Neill at a time of acute psychological stress. Set in 1912, the action takes place in the living room of a summer house, where we learn, in just…

Cast 3 male 2 female

LOOK BEHIND YOU

This tragicomic panto-within-a-play is set over the holiday period at a crumbling provincial theatre, chronicling both the on and off stage lives of the cast and crew of a repertory production of Dick…

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LOOKING FOR NORMAL

Roy and Irma have been married for twenty-five years. They have two children. They live in the heartland. They're respected members of their church and their community. When Roy and Irma go to their pastor…

Cast 5 male 4 female

LOSING THE PLOT

When Jack Munroe’s life is turned upside down by changes at the school where he teaches art, he turns his back on the world – he walks out on his job, his wife Sally and two university-bound teenagers…

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LOST

It’s the first day of Scarborough’s summer season and Tom and Chelsea have holiday jobs at the Court Hotel. They love their work – they could watch it all day, especially guests Len and Betty whose…

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LOST & FOUND

New from the co-authors of SHAKERS, Jane Thornton's LOST and John Godber's FOUND are available in one volume - see separate entries under each title for full descriptions.

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LOT 13: THE BONE VIOLIN

UNWRAP YOUR CANDY is a delectable evening of bedtime tales for adults guaranteed to keep you awake for nights on end. Together the plays examine the danger of being a child, the terror of being an adult…

Cast 3 male 2 female

LOVE AFFAIR

A deliciously light and very funny version of the highly successful Paris comedy Coup de Soleil set in Paris in the spring of 1925. During a recent UK tour, Sian Phillips starred as Valentine Matignon,…

Cast 4 male 3 female

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LOVE LETTERS

A unique and imaginative theatre piece which needs no theatre, no lengthy rehearsal, no special set, no memorisation of lines and no commitment from its two actors beyond the night of performance. The…

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LOVE ME SLENDER

"Remember girls - not slim for today. Not slim for tomorrow. But slim for life!" With these words, Siobhan, the 'Achiever of the Year' inspires her hopeful new recruits in the Slim for Life dieting club.…

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LOVE OF FOUR COLONELS, THE

An adult fairy tale, where four colonels representing America, France, Russia and England are taken to a magical castle by two fairies, one wicked, the other good. At the castle they discover The Sleeping…

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LOVE RIDES THE RAILS

The villianous Simon Darkway seeks to control the Walker Valley, Pine Bush & Pacific R.R. for his own vile purposes. Assisting him are Dirk Sneath, a viper of a man, and Carlotta Cortez, the sultry siren…

Cast 7 male 5 female

LOVE TALKER, THE

Fourteen-year-old Gowdie and her older sister, Bun, live alone in a house surrounded by dark and mysterious woods. One day, when she was supposed to have been out harvesting potatoes, the adolescent Gowdie…

Cast 1 male 3 female

LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play. At a beautiful Dutchess County farmhouse, eight men hash out their passions, resentments and fears over the course of three summer weekends. There's Perry and Arthur,…

Cast 7 male

LOVELIEST AFTERNOON OF THE YEAR, THE

THE LOVELIEST AFTERNOON OF THE YEAR. He and She first meet when She is feeding pigeons in the park, and He asks her for the plastic favor at the bottom of the Crackerjack box. He tells her that his wife…

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LUCKY ONES, THE

It's the 1960s in Hampstead, London. Bruno and Anna Mosenthal, Anna's brother Leo and his wife Ottilie are awaiting the arrival of a potential buyer for their jointly-owned country cottage. Leo is keen…

Cast 3 male 4 female

LUCKY SPOT, THE

The place is Pigeon, Louisiana, the time Christmas 1934—at the low point of the American Depression. Reed Hooker, a compulsive gambler, has won a rundown rural dance hall in a poker game, and hopes…

Cast 4 male 3 female

LUDLOW FAIR

An engrossing, funny play which offers a revealing glimpse into the hopes, dreams and anxieties of two female room-mates. It is a touching portrait of two characters: Agnes, rather plain and lonely, and…

Cast 2 female

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M. BUTTERFLY

A brilliant theatrical tour de force which is drawn from real life events involving the strange tale of Rene Gallimard, a French diplomat posted to Beijing who carried on a twenty year relationship with…

Cast 7 male 3 female

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MACBETH DID IT

Fast-moving and outrageously funny, this delightful play traces the trials and tribulations of a community theatre production of Macbeth, from casting rehearsals to the breathless deadline of opening…

Cast 12 male 9 female

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MAGNIFICENT MR. BOOTH, THE

Switching between the 1950s and the present day, this play re-enacts the romantic adventures of a Tory MP, Gerald Gray, with a fatal weakness for the 'fairer' sex. While the house in which these adventures…

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MAIDEN'S PRAYER, THE

The play opens at the wedding of Taylor and Cynthia, a golden couple beloved by everyone—almost. Libby, Cynthia's hard-drinking sister, is in love with Taylor herself and she can take it no longer.…

Cast 3 male 2 female

MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, THE

Sheridan Whiteside comes to dine with the Stanleys, a nice conventional American family, and is forced by an unhappy accident to stay for six weeks. The Stanley living-room is monopolised by this irascible…

Cast 15 male 9 female

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MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK, THE

Miller's early American fable, which recently received its British premiere at the Bristol Old Vic and London's Young Vic Theatre tells the story of two brothers, David and Amos Beeves, and the fate which…

Cast 9 male 2 female

MAN, THE

When kindly old Mrs. Gillis, who lives alone in a large house on the outskirts of town, takes in a friendless and semingly helpless young man who has come looking for work and who reminds her of the son…

Cast 5 male 2 female

MANY MEN'S WIFE

Part of a collection of seven short plays originally commissioned by London’s Tricycle Theatre to stimulate discussion and debate on the on-going situation in Darfur. In MANY MEN'S WIFE, three men vie…

Cast 3 male 1 female

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MARRAKECH

The mid-life crisis strikes Walter and Vivien when Walter announces his intentions to rebel against his house husband existence in London and leave for Marrakech to write a book - alone. Walter's plans…

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MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO, THE

As the play begins Bette and Boo are being united in matrimony, surrounded by their beaming families. But as the further progress of their marriage is chronicled it becomes increasingly clear that things…

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MARRIAGE PLAY

Jack comes home from a middling day at the office to quickly announce to his wife, Gillian, that he is leaving her. Suspecting for some time a midlife crisis, Gillian goads Jack about this announcement,…

Cast 1 male 1 female

MARVIN'S ROOM

This dark yet hilarious account of one woman's commitment to loving others first, in spite of her own personal struggles, was first presented at Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the West End.…

Cast 5 male 4 female

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MASS APPEAL

Father Tim Farley, a lover of the good things in life, is comfortably ensconced as priest of a prosperous Catholic congregation. Without realizing it, he has resorted to flattering his parishioners and…

Cast 2 male

MASTER CLASS

Maria Callas is teaching a master class in front of an audience (us). She's glamorous, commanding, larger than life—and drop-dead funny. An accompanist sits at the piano. Callas' first "victim" is Sophie,…

Cast 3 male 3 female

MATILDA LIAR!

From the author of the award-winning The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband and the BT Biennial play Nasty Neighbours comes this fable for adults about Matilda, a compulsive liar who tells so many lies that…

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MATING GAME, THE

The hugely successful and attractive chat show host Draycott Harris has a problem...he has no luck with women. Draycott enlists the help of his long-lost, worldly-wise brother to assist him in the pursuit…

Cast 2 male 3 female

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MEDEA

A sketch co-authored by Durang and Wendy Wasserstein. Medea and her chorus of 3 woman try to figure out if it's appropriate to kill your children to punish your husband. Jason shows up; so does a messenger…

Cast 2 male 4 female

MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, THE

Out of the poignant loneliness of adolescence and the strange bond between black and white in the American south of the 1940s, Carson McCullers fashioned one of the most beautiful plays of a generation…

Cast 6 male 7 female

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MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS, A

This is the shorter of two plays which were produced on Broadway under the generic title of A View from the Bridge. a one-act fragment about people who work in an automobile parts warehouse in the early…

Cast 12 male 2 female

MEN'S SINGLES

Every Tuesday night, Rob, an advertising executive in his late twenties, gets together with either Larry, a salesman in his mid-thirties, or Kurt, a psychiatrist in his early thirties, for a tennis match.…

Cast 3 male

MERE MORTALS: Six One-Act Comedies

Act One: In FOREPLAY OR: THE ART OF THE FUGUE, we find Chuck, a self-styled Don Juan, and his girlfriend on a date at the miniature golf course. When they move to the second hole, a slightly older Chuck…

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MIDNIGHT CALLER, THE

The play is set in a boarding house in a small town on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Three unmarried women, Alma Jean, Cutie and Miss Rowena, have lived there for years, watching the life of the town. Helen…

Cast 2 male 5 female

MIMA (THE RED MILL)

A modern morality play, showing the devastating effect that ingenious manipulation and programming can have on any of us, but at the very last moment affirming the “speck of diamond” of basic integrity…

Cast 10 male 5 female

MINOTAUR, THE

A present-day version of a classic Greek myth, THE MINOTAUR is a contemporary take on love, honor, and human connection. With refreshing originality and wit, it explores how we break out of history in…

Cast 4 male 2 female

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MISANTHROPE, THE

Outraged and disheartened by the vain flattery and calculated duplicity of his fellow men, Alceste declares that henceforth he will speak only the truth, no matter what offence this might herald. His…

Cast 8 male 3 female

MISCONCEPTIONS

World premiere: April 2002 as a co-production between Derby Playhouse and Salisbury Playhouse. A new comedy about sex, infertility and DIY artificial insemination! After years of attempting to conceive…

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MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST

The place is the small Mississippi town of Brookhaven, the time a few days before the Fourth of July. Carnelle Scott (known locally as "Miss Hot Tamale") is rehearsing furiously for the Miss Firecracker…

Cast 2 male 4 female

MISSING BELIEVED MARRIED

Diana Roberts, an attractive heiress, has lost her memory. All she recalls is falling in love with a sailor, marrying him at sea and losing him in the port of Cape Town. She can no longer remember his…

Cast 5 male 5 female

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MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE

The sequel to this author's celebrated The Miracle Worker, the present play takes up the story of its famous protagonists at a later point, when Helen Keller has come to young womanhood and Annie Sullivan…

Cast 3 male 2 female

MONKEY'S UNCLE

Monkey’s Uncle examines the mayhem caused when our animal instincts come into conflict with our civilised veneers. Monkey’s Uncle begins with the great farceur Georges Feydeau struggling to cope –…

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MONTHS ON END

In a series of comic scenes—one for each month of the year—we follow the intertwined worlds of a circle of friends and family whose lives are poised between happiness and heartbreak. The circle centers…

Cast 5 male 5 female

MOON IS DOWN, THE

Set in an unknown town that has just been occupied by a small regiment of enemy soldiers, the Mayor of the town agrees to meet with the enemy to try to work out a plan for peaceful coexistence between…

Cast 17 male 3 female

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MORRIS, THE

It’s a sunny day in Prestatyn for the End of Season Championships . . . Our Lady All Angels’ Morris Dancing Troupe are fluffing up their shakers, whitening their pumps and sizing up the competition.…

Cast 6 female

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MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD, THE

With the help of a high-tech stage manager, Rudnick takes on a new culturally-inclusive revision of the Old Testament, travelling from the Garden of Eden to the present day in a theatrical tour de force.…

Cast 4 male 5 female

MOTHER CHRISTMAS

Christmas past, Christmas present and Christmas future are all very familiar. But in the hands of a dysfunctional family intent on throwing annual fancy dress parties on Christmas Eve under the watchful…

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MOTHER GOOSE (Denys/Harris)

"Traditional family entertainment at its best .. would put many an expensive movie blockbuster to shame" [Bath Evening Chronicle] "Denys and Harris conjure up all that's best in traditional Pantomime…

Cast 5 male 3 female

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MOTHER GOOSE (Wakefield/Edgar)

Follow the adventures of Mother Goose and Cilla the magic goose! The wicked squire and the demoness hatch a plan to kidnap poor Cilla for her golden eggs. Their plans are thwarted when Mother Goose, her…

Cast 4 male 4 female

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MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA

The master dramatist's great epic trilogy, which traces the rise and fall of a New England family in terms paralleling the structure of The Oresteia of Aeschylus.The plays may be produced in their entirety…

Cast 7 male 4 female

MOVE OVER MRS MARKHAM

Philip Markham, a publisher of children's books, is asked by his business partner, Henry Lodge, if he can borrow the flat for the evening to gallivant with his latest girlfriend. As Philip and his wife…

Cast 4 male 5 female

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MR. CHARLES, CURRENTLY OF PALM BEACH

With the help of a high-tech stage manager, Rudnick takes on a new culturally-inclusive revision of the Old Testament, travelling from the Garden of Eden to the present day in a theatrical tour de force.…

Cast 2 male

MR. PETERS' CONNECTIONS

Harry Peters walks into an old club, greeting what may be an old friend or a long lost brother. The club brings back memories, or creates them, and even though he is not sure which, he is there for a…

Cast 5 male 3 female

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MRS. BOB CRATCHIT'S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE

In this departure from Dickens, young Scrooge's exclamations of "Bah, humbug!" are an undiagnosed "kind of seasonal Tourette's Syndrome," and The Ghost of Christmas Past is played by a sassy African-American…

Cast 6 male 4 female

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MRS. SORKEN

A middle-aged suburban matron is scheduled to give a lecture on the meaning of theatre, but has lost her notes. Relying on memory, her comments are dotty, but definitely endearing. From the collection…

Cast 1 female

MUDDY COWS

Scarfield Ladies Rugby Union FC have a tough time attracting enough members to turn out a full team most weeks, despite the best efforts of their captain Maggie. Forced to use tyres and oil drums for…

Cast 7 female

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MUMBO JUMBO

Joint-winner of the 1985 Mobil Playwriting Competition and premiered at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, this play recently enjoyed a highly successful run at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Set…

Cast 6 male 3 female

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MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE

Thriller.

Cast 4 male 4 female

MURDER IN GREEN MEADOWS

Thomas Devereaux, a successful architect and local contractor, and his beautiful wife, Joan, have just moved into their dream house in the quiet suburban town of Green Meadows when they are visited by…

Cast 2 male 2 female

MURDERED TO DEATH

From the author of Out of Focus comes this hilarious spoof of the best Agatha Christie traditions, with an assembled cast of characters guaranteed to delight: Bunting the butler, an English Colonel with…

Cast 5 male 5 female

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MURDERING MARLOWE

William Shakespeare, in his mid-twenties, an aspiring playwright without a foothold in London, is desperate to make his mark. The greatest obstacle to his achieving the success he believes he richly deserves…

Cast 7 male 2 female

MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940, THE

The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious 'Stage Door Slasher') assemble for a backer's audition at an isolated country mansion.…

Cast 5 male 5 female

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MY DOG'S GOT NO NOSE

My Dog's Got No Nose takes us on a journey through the events surrounding a stand-up comedian’s first ever performance. Before picking up his microphone and venturing into the limelight, he…

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MY GIDDY AUNT

Set in Lady Eppingham's house in India, this play has all the superb comedy that one would expect from the masters of farce, plus a good measure of thrills. The eccentric but aristocratic Lady Eppingham…

Cast 5 male 3 female

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MYSTERY AT TWICKNAM VICARAGE

THE MYSTERY AT TWICKNAM VICARAGE. A body on the carpet, three ridiculous Masterpiece Theatre-style suspects and a bumbling Scotland Yard detective solve philosophical quandaries as they investigate: Who…

Cast 3 male 2 female

NAKED TRUTH, THE

When five very different women sign up for Gabby’s pole dancing class at the local village hall, none of them have any idea what lies ahead – each of them have their own reasons for taking up pole…

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NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM

A collection of short plays by Christopher Durang. NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM. Naomi, when visited by John and Johnna, her son and daughter-in-law, is alternately friendly and insulting. Johanna copes her…

Cast 3 male 4 female

NASTY NEIGHBOURS

A terrifically thrilling black comedy examining the stresses and strains of modern life in the 1990’s, Nasty Neighbours bursts into life following the emigration of Mr and Mrs Peach’s neighbours the…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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NATIVITY

This version of the Nativity story was a special commission by Birmingham Repertory Theatre for their Millennium celebrations, and as the curtain rises on the engagement party for Mary and Joseph it's…

Cast 10 male 6 female

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NATURAL DISASTERS

TROPICAL DEPRESSION. In a slightly seedy resort hotel on a remote Caribbean island, two high-living Texas housewives, Gloria and Janine, are enjoying a respite from their rich but boring husbands. They…

Cast 1 male 2 female

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NEW ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE

We’re delighted to announce the publication of the latest title from one of the true masters of the pantomime, Norman Robbins! Norman’s pantomimes have been delighting the nation for over fifty years…

Cast 7 male 5 female

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NEW CLOTHES FOR THE EMPEROR

The kingdom of Christendom is under the influence of a terrible curse - everybody will remain incredibly stupid and vague until the stolen prince is returned. Two likeable rogues Perkin and Piers are…

Cast 9 male 4 female

NEW LAMPS FOR OLD

In Baghdad long ago lived a widowed laundress and her idle dreamy son, Ali-dhinn. The Caliph's Grand Vizier importunes the boy to enter a cave and rescue a lamp with a Genie inside. But forewarned, the…

Cast 6 male 4 female

NIGHT IN QUESTION, THE

When a woman is attacked in a city car park the staff of Faraday Finance, whose offices overlook the car park, fall under suspicion – in particular Brian Heath, who has been picked out at an identification…

Cast 5 male 3 female

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NIGHT OF THE DOLLS

Miss Wycherley has a passion for collecting life-size dolls. These dolls play an important part in this very unusual and gripping thriller in which her jealousy of Jane, who has become engaged to man…

Cast 7 female

NIGHT SONG

Short comedy for three women by Cherry Vooght.

Cast 3 female

NIGHT, MOTHER

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this play by the author of 'Getting Out' explores the final hour in the life of Jessie, a young woman who, quite simply, has decided that life is no longer worth living.…

Cast 2 female

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NINA VARIATIONS, THE

In this funny, fierce and heartbreaking homage to THE SEAGULL, Steven Dietz puts Chekhov's star-crossed lovers in a room and doesn't let them out. In forty-three variations on their famous final scene,…

Cast 1 male 1 female

NO VILLAIN

Josef Weinberger are delighted to announce the publication of Arthur Miller's first play, written for a playwriting competition in 1936 and not performed until 2015, No Villain contains many…

Cast 6 male 2 female

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NOT NOW DARLING

The tremendously successful West End hit set in the elegant fur salon of Bodley, Bodley & Crouch. Gilbert Bodley, a flamboyant extrovert, is scheming to seduce a beautiful stripper, Janie, with the aid…

Cast 5 male 6 female

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OF MICE AND MEN

Steinbeck's own stage version of his classic novel tells the story of George and Lenny, the fast-talking farm hand and the simple giant who accompanies him on a life of casual labour in the California…

Cast 9 male 1 female

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OFF OUT

June, Danny, May and Mac — four people living life on the edge in the seedy and often dangerous world of prostitution. For June, it’s a way of life, the only way of getting the money to make ends…

Cast 2 male 2 female

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OFFICE PARTY, THE

Everyone has a different story to tell - or forget, in some cases - about the annual office party. John Godber's latest play pays a visit to the offices of Chapman & Howard, a small marketing firm, just…

Cast 4 male 3 female

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OH ROMEO

30 years after Romeo and Juliet fail to commit suicide, we find them squabbling together in this ingenious farce with music. Original score available on request. "The early romantic situation has now…

Cast 2 male 1 female

OH, CLARENCE!

A hilarious comedy based on one of P.G. Wodehouse's most famous characters, Lord Emsworth, the dreamy peer of Blandings Castle. The delightful Earl, as vague as ever, wants nothing more than to be allowed…

Cast 8 male 5 female

OLD HERBACEOUS

It's not often that you find a play which gives you gardening tips and cookery suggestions! This one-man show about Bert, the head gardener at a country house, has entranced audiences all around the country.…

Cast 1 male

OLEANNA

Mamet’s scathing investigation of ‘political correctness’ at a time of moral uncertainty has provoked audiences worldwide in one of the most exciting and important new plays for many years. When…

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OLYMPIA

Can there be happiness for a high-ranking Princess and a dashing Captain in the Hussars? Scandal, mystery and a masterly tale of revenge in this three-act play dealing with the manners, morals and behaviour…

Cast 4 male 3 female

ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS

The latest comedy from the author of Bouncers, Teechers, Salt of the Earth and many more. It’s a night to remember with Northern Soul and the decorators from Hell! Richard Jackson is middle-aged, middle…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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ON GOLDEN POND

A touching, funny and warmly perceptive study of a spirited and lovable elderly couple facing their twilight years. Ethel and Norman Thayer return to their summer home on Golden Pond for the 44th year.…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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ON THE PISTE

John Godber takes to the slopes in this hilarious and insightful view of skiing holidays, complete with all the pretensions and frustrations. Chris and Alison, Bev and Dave are all beginners - they've…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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ON THE TIN

The committee members of the Granary Theatre are trying to revive their organisation’s flagging fortunes by pinning their hopes on an enthusiastic newcomer, Steve, who seems to know a lot about theatre.…

Cast 5 male 2 female

ON YOUR HONOUR

Hugo Barnes QC desperately wants to be a High Court Judge and has organised a weekend conference called 'Clean up the Bar' to impress the new Lord Chancellor, Sir Harry Lumsden-Clark, a populist, homophobic…

Cast 5 male 3 female

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN WIGAN

Wigan Casino . . . from 1973 to 1981 the heart of Northern Soul, unlike anywhere else in the world. All-night dancing to 60s and 70s American soul music classics, you had to be there. Once Upon a Time…

Cast 2 male 2 female

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ONE FOR THE POT

Running for over 1200 performances at the London's Whitehall Theatre, One For The Pot has become one of the most popular and revived of the Whitehall farces. When a wealthy Northern mill owner offers…

Cast 6 male 3 female

ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER

Coventry, November 1940 Katie Stanley is a headstrong 18 year old training to be a teacher. While awaiting the All Clear signal from an air raid warning, she encounters the stranded Michael, an Oxford…

Cast 5 male 4 female

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ONE OF US

What really happened during that summer weekend in 1951 when Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean suddenly disappeared only to surface later in Moscow? One of Us sets out to unravel the story behind Burgess's…

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OPAL'S MILLION DOLLAR DUCK

Part of this author's ever popular "Opal" series, in which the irrepressible Opal Kronkie once again triumphs hilariously over the forces of evil—while remaining blissfully ignorant of what her antagonists…

Cast 1 male 3 female

OTHER CINDERELLA, THE

A refreshingly alternative version of the classic tale - Cinderella may be pretty, but she is incredibly precocious and bad tempered, and her step-sisters are neither ugly or cruel but loving and gentle.…

Cast 5 male 5 female

OUR WIFE

Early comedy by Leslie Sands.

Cast 5 male 4 female

OUT OF FOCUS

Helen has arrived at the Church Hall with her troupe of terrorising Brownies in tow. Kath and Bob arrive ready for their planned badminton game amidst their own marital quarrels about Bob's secretary…

Cast 4 male 5 female

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OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE

The story of two sisters-in-law, one of whom continually takes advantage of the other's good nature and kindness by hinting that she will leave her a fortune when she dies. When, however, she is found…

Cast 8 female

OVER MY DEAD BODY

Hard times have fallen on the Murder League. Trevor Foyle, Dora Winslow, and Bartie Cruickshank, now in their seventies, are the only surviving founders of this very proper British club that once counted…

Cast 7 male 1 female

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn't mean his family isn't still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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PAR FOR THE COURSE

Captain’s Day at the Seven Lakes Golf Club gets off to a bad start when the men’s Captain is indisposed. Club secretary, Simon, relishes the chance to take over but is soon thwarted by the arrival…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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PARAGON, THE

Full length drama by Roland and Michael Pertwee.

Cast 4 male 4 female

PATIENT A

Blessing’s play is a true account of the experiences of Kimberly Bergalis, whose case marked the first known instance of HIV transmission from a health worker to a patient. Issues of testing, ignorance,…

Cast 2 male 1 female

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PATIO/PORCH

Two short plays by the author of Vanities that can be performed independently or together and which provide endearing studies of small town Texas women. In Patio, Pearl is throwing a going away party…

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PENNY BLUE

Bob and Marion live with their rebellious daughter Pen in a cockroach-infested tower block. Dougie and Petula are old friends who years before emigrated to Australia in search of a better life. Dougie…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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PERFECT GANESH, A

Margaret and Katharine, two outwardly unremarkable middle-aged lady friends, turn the pilgrimage tradition on its head when they throw themselves into a rousing tour of India, each having her own secret…

Cast 2 male 2 female

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PERFECT MURDER, THE

Victor Smiley and his wife Joan have been married for nearly two decades, but each barely recognises the person they wake up next to every morning. Victor is so fed up with his job at the local factory…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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PETER PAN (or The Boy Who Would Not…

This is the beloved story of Peter, Wendy, Michael, John, Captain Hook, Smee, the lost boys, pirates, Indians and, of course, Tinker Bell, in their adventures in Never Land. This new version of Barrie's…

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PETER PANTO

The timeless adventures of Peter, Wendy, Captain Hook and the rest have been given a new turn with the addition of songs, spectacle and lots of audience participation! The journey through Never Land to…

Cast 5 male 4 female

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PETRIFIED FOREST, THE

Gabby Maple is a young girl who wants to see the world, but necessity compels her to work as a waitress in the middle of the Arizona desert. Out of the desert comes Alan Squier, a disillusioned sophisticate…

Cast 18 male 3 female

PHILADELPHIA, THE

This critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies combines wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun, a hilarious sextet of short plays that can be performed together or separately. The Plays:…

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PHILIP GLASS BUYS A LOAF OF BREAD

PHILIP GLASS BUYS A LOAF OF BREAD is a parodic musical vignette in trademark Glassian style, with the celebrated composer having a moment of existential crisis in a bakery. Part of the collection of short…

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PICNIC

The play takes place on Labor day Weekend in the joint backyards of two middle-aged widows. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a…

Cast 4 male 7 female

PICTURE OF AUTUMN, A

A delightful comedy of quality and charm which has become the hallmark of all N C Hunter's plays. The main theme deals with the efforts of the well-meaning son to organise the sale of his parents' house,…

Cast 6 male 4 female

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PIECE OF CAKE, A

‘Bridget Jones’ meets ‘Nigella Lawson’ in this delicious romantic comedy! When London city girl Penelope Hart is suddenly made redundant she seizes the chance to follow her life-long dream –…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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PIED PIPER, THE

The citizens are up in arms and the rats have taken over the town! The local rat catchers are proving useless so Mayor Kettle offers the hand of his daughter Lydia to the champion who can rid them of…

Cast 8 male 8 female

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PIGS EAR

On the eve of the 1979 General Election, a family gathers to watch the results. And again in 1983, 1987 and 1992. In four acts, over the results of four elections, Cullen’s black comedy travels through…

Cast 5 male 5 female

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PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX

Set in the parlour of the Strachan's house in Brighton during the late 1800's, Pink String and Sealing Wax is a domestic drama concerning a repressed family, whose cold and undemonstrative father comes…

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PINOCCHIO

Adapted from Carlo Collodi’s timeless adventure of the puppet who yearns to be a real boy, Colin Wakefield and Kate Edgar magically bring Old Italy to life with an evocative score, colourful costumes…

Cast 4 male 2 female

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PLAY ABOUT THE BABY, THE

By turns funny, mysterious and disturbing, THE PLAY ABOUT THE BABY concerns a young couple who have just had a baby, and the strange turn of events that transpire when they are visited by an older man…

Cast 2 male 2 female

PLAY READING, THE

The play opens innocently enough; the scene appears to be a normal play reading by some of an all-women drama group, in the cottage sitting-room of one of the members. But why is the youngest member,…

Cast 6 female

PLAY'S THE THING, THE

Molnár plays his audience as you would a musical instrument in this three-act play, adapted from the original Hungarian by P.G. Wodehouse. A famous playwright has to act quickly to save the honour of…

Cast 9 male 1 female

PLAYING AWAY

Elisabeth is at the centre of a love triangle. She has one lover in London, Roger Rodgers, and another life in Paris with paramour Pierre. But can she carry on having her gateau and eating it? Playing…

Cast 2 male 1 female

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PLAYING WITH FIRE (AFTER FRANKENSTEIN)

Adapted from Mary Shelley's novel, the play deals with the events which transpire after those usually associated with the Frankenstein story - in this case the final, fateful meeting between Dr. Frankenstein…

Cast 5 male 1 female

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PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY, THE

A somewhat tarnished international playboy returns to the San Francisco home of his former wife to give away their daughter in marriage. He hasn't laid eyes on the girl since she was a sprout and now…

Cast 5 male 2 female

PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY, THE

A collection of one-act plays by the ever-popular playwright. Each of the plays is complete in itself, and can be played on any kind of stage. Strong roles for women, demanding actresses who can bring…

Cast 1 male 1 female

POOL OF BETHESDA, THE

The award winning first play from the author of TV's Prime Suspect 2 and The Countess Alice has been likened to a Whose Life is it, Anyway? for the twenty first century. Dr Daniel Pearce, a surgeon at…

Cast 5 male 4 female

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POOR MRS PEPYS

Based on incidents contained in Samuel Pepys' famous diary, Poor Mrs. Pepys spans an eleven year period between 1658 and 1669, taking in both the Black Death and the Great Fire and creating a vibrant…

Cast 6 male 4 female

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PRELUDE

Set in an eating house and bakery in Bethlehem, where Mary of Nazareth seeks lodging for the night. There she gains the sympathy of the inn-keeper's wife who comes to the bakery to buy bread. She takes…

Cast 6 female

PRESIDENT (ONE, TWO, THREE)

The President was written for Max Pallenberg, one of the great European comedians. If you have a leading actor with split-second timing and the ability to sustain rapid deliveries for the duration of…

Cast 18 male 6 female

PRICE, THE

In the attic of a soon-to-be-demolished house, two brothers meet after a 16 year estrangement to dispose of their dead parents' property. The first is a policeman who sacrificed his education and probably…

Cast 3 male 1 female

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

A popular and simply staged adaptation of Jane Austen's novel.

Cast 5 male 6 female

PRINCESS AND THE SWINEHERD, THE

There once was a very haughty princess who had all the princes of the world at her feet, and who turned them all down with disdain. Like all spoiled young ladies, she was restless and unhappy. A new swineherd…

Cast 4 male 6 female

PRINCIPIA SCRIPTORIAE

The play opens in 1970 in a Latin American country where two aspiring young writers are thrown into prison for distributing subversive leaflets. The second part of the play is set fifteen years later…

Cast 8 male

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PRIVATE EYES

PRIVATE EYES is a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Matthew's wife, Lisa, is having an affair with Adrian, a British theatre director. Or perhaps the affair is part of…

Cast 3 male 2 female

PROLOGUE TO KING LEAR

It’s awkward to be confronted by “her husband” when you are about to play King Lear, but a heavy beard and much gravitas come in handy, especially when the husband is a Professor of Literature with…

Cast 10 male 1 female

PTERODACTYLS

An absurdist black comedy about the demise of the Duncan family, and, by extension, the species. Emma Duncan, a hypochondriac with memory problems, and her orphaned fiancé, Tommy, confront her mother,…

Cast 3 male 2 female

PUSHCART PEDDLERS, THE

In THE PUSHCART PEDDLERS, the greenhorn, Shimmel, fresh from the old country, meets the older, wiser Cornelius and is inveigled into buying his pushcart business. Complications arise when Cornelius returns…

Cast 2 male 1 female

PUSS IN BOOTS (Wakefield/Edgar)

When Tom, the Miller's son, only inherits the family cat in his father's will his prospects look bleak. But Puss has other ideas and, newly equipped with a pair of boots, he sets out to make his master's…

Cast 4 male 2 female

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PVT WARS (Full length version)

A new, full-length version of one of our most popular short plays, dealing with three Vietnam veterans who are recuperating in an Army hospital, the play combines humour and compassion with uncompromising…

Cast 3 male

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PVT WARS (One Act version)

Dealing with three Vietnam veterans recuperating in an Army hospital, this play is both compassionate and funny whilst remaining uncompromisingly honest. The three GIs while away their time on the terrace…

Cast 3 male

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QUEEN ELIZABETH SLEPT HERE

Where Elizabeth slept is a tumbledown country cottage that Norah Fuller has just bought. Her husband is less enthusiastic about it than she is, particularly when he discovers that there are no modern…

Cast 7 male 6 female

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QUEEN'S ENGLISH

Heard the one about the Englishman, the Scotsman and the Irishman? This biting topical comedy pokes a finger at ideas of national identity, class and Britain's role in the modern world. Set in a once-grand…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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QUILLS

Doctor Royer-Collard, head of Charenton Asylum, is visited by Renee Pelagie, wife of the asylum's most notorious inmate, the Marquis de Sade. Furious that her husband's sadomasochistic pornography has…

Cast 5 male 3 female

RAINY AFTERNOON, THE

Two little girls and a boy "play house," emulating their parents with a completeness that both alarms and reveals.

Cast 1 male 2 female

RAISED IN CAPTIVITY

We meet Sebastian Bliss and his twin sister, Bernadette Dixon, at their mother's funeral, after she was killed by an errant shower head. It is a reunion for the siblings, having not seen each other in…

Cast 3 male 2 female

RAPING THE GOLD

In a small Derbyshire town facing the closure of the local factory works, members of the local archery club meet regularly for what has become their only source of comfort in a community beset with social…

Cast 4 male 1 female

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RECKLESS

At home on Christmas Eve, Rachel is informed by her guilty husband that he has hired a hitman to kill her, and she must flee for her life—which she does by scrambling out the kitchen window and into…

Cast 4 male 5 female

REDWOOD CURTAIN

Geri, a seventeen-year-old Vietnamese-American has taken time out from a rigorous touring schedule as a piano prodigy to stay on her Aunt Geneva's Redwood plantation in Northern California. She's been…

Cast 1 male 2 female

REINDEER SOUP

Atop the arctic world, pilgrim members of a Detroit family huddle around a giant soup pot filled with nothing but melting ice and a gauze-wrapped raccoon head. The starving family awaits the return of…

Cast 3 male 1 female

RELUCTANT HEROES

A deferred public schoolboy, a deferred married man from Lancashire and a cockney lad all report to the army for National Service. This lively comedy deals with this ill-assorted bunch of conscripts who…

Cast 8 male 3 female

RELUCTANT ROGUE, THE

A very funny and fast-moving play centring on an amorous young college professor who specialises in seducing the prettier of his female students until he finds himself trapped in a tangled web of false…

Cast 2 male 5 female

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REPENT AT LEISURE

Edith is marrying into a very well-connected family and although her people are descended from a Billingsgate fish porter, she herself is a highly educated and charming young woman and quite able to fill…

Cast 7 female

REUNION, THE

It’s good to meet up with old friends . . . or perhaps not! When Nigel arranges a reunion in the back room of a pub, he is optimistic of a good turnout. Whilst the numbers disappoint him, he soon has…

Cast 4 male 4 female

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REVENGE

Bill Crayshaw, MP, returns from an overseas business trip to his smart Westminster flat to learn of the death of his party agent in a car crash. Mary Stanwyck arrives, a journalist intent on learning…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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REVIVAL, THE

The new play from the author of STONE COLD MURDER and DEATH KNELL is a chilling ghost story full of shocks, twists and gothic atmosphere. The cast of Lucian O’Keefe’s 1946 classic ghost play Scared…

Cast 5 male 3 female

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RIDE DOWN MOUNT MORGAN, THE

Two women meet in a hospital intensive care ward, after each learns of an automobile accident which has seriously injured their husband. The two visitors, unknown to each other, soon realise that it is…

Cast 4 male 4 female

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RIMERS OF ELDRITCH, THE

The story itself is simple; a man has been murdered and the mystery concerns the identity of the man who murdered him and the circumstances. In order to solve it, the playwright looks at the outside and…

Cast 7 male 10 female

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RIVIERA

Will the impoverished, glamour-hungry sales girl Louise stand by her lover, a poor window-dresser, or will she be seduced by the young, rich store-owner, her lover’s former friend? One man at least…

Cast 7 male 4 female

ROBIN HOOD & THE BABES IN THE WOOD (Wakefield/Edgar)

With their usual class and style, Colin Wakefield and Kate Edgar have beautifully entwined two great stories to create one fantastic pantomime! Robin's in a sunny glade with his merry men, the babes are…

Cast 6 male 5 female

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ROMANOFF AND JULIET

Peter Ustinov's sensational West End hit is set in a mythical country lying smack on the border between East and West. Full of the most delightful comic satire on modern times and international affairs,…

Cast 9 male 4 female

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RUNNER STUMBLES, THE

A young nun has died under mysterious circumstances in a remote parish in northern Michigan, and her superior, Father Rivard, has been charged with her murder. The action alternates between interrogations,…

Cast 5 male 4 female

SANTALAND DIARIES, THE

This is a brilliant evocation of what a slacker's Christmas must feel like. Out of work, our slacker decides to become a Macy's elf during the holiday crunch. At first the job is simply humiliating, but…

Cast 1 male

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SAVAGE/LOVE

A monologue about romantic love, and both the closeness and distance between lovers.

Cast 1 male

SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY, THE

In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fate—and an impromptu happy hour—and decide…

Cast 4 female

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SAVED OR DESTROYED

A challenging, ethereal, celebratory play about the staging of a play, SAVED OR DESTROYED examines the parallels and paradoxes of life and theatre with reverence, irreverence and brilliant insight. SAVED…

Cast 3 male 3 female

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS

Fresh off the back of their latest amateur dramatics production, the Parish Players learn that circumstances beyond their control are forcing them to abandon the Parish Hall. Without anywhere to stage…

Cast 2 male 3 female

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SCALES OF JUSTICE

Based on a true story, Scales of Justice is a fascinating exploration of the nature of British justice and sense of fair play. At the height of the 1914-18 war between Great Britain and Germany, Hans…

Cast 9 male 3 female

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SCARED TO DEATH

The year is 1857. Will Nicholls, the owner of Nicholls Flour Mill, is an inveterate gambler. Desperately in debt, he raises the stakes at the weekly poker game. With the fate of his livelihood, his Mill…

Cast 4 male 1 female

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SCARY BIKERS

When retired miner Don and former private school teacher Carol meet in a graveyard, they could never have imagined how their lives would merge. An innocent coffee leads to a bike ride through the…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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