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Macbeth

Macbeth

Adapted by I. E. Clark.

Product Code: ML1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 6m., 4w., extras

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Excerpts from Shakespeare's famous play introduce the treachery of Macbeth and his mother and the ultimate resolution of their murderous rise to power.

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The Frogs

The Frogs

Adapted by I.E. Clark from Aristophanes.

Product Code: FE3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Senior Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 5m., 5w., extras (may include 20 or more).

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

An adaption of a classic Greek comedy by Aristophanes, in which Dionysus ventures to Hades in order to bring a playwright back to life.

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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Adapted by I. E. Clark from Oscar Wilde's masterpiece.

Product Code: IC4000

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Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 5m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Two charming young ladies—sophisticated Gwendolen from the city and naive Cecily from the country—are in love with Earnest Worthing. But there is no such person as Earnest Worthing. In the midst of all this confusion comes Lady Bracknell, who doesn't like the idea of anybody loving anybody. It sounds like a big mess, but this knotty affair unwinds into one of the favorite comedies of English literature.

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She Stoops To Conquer

She Stoops To Conquer

Adapted by I. E. Clark. From the play by Oliver Goldsmith.

Product Code: SY3000

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Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 5m., 3w., extras.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Kate is an 18th-century country girl who gets few chances to meet young men. So when one comes along, she isn't about to let him get away, even if she has to stoop to conquer.

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The Littlest Angel

The Littlest Angel

Adapted by Patricia Gray. Based on the story by Charles Tazewell.

Product Code: L26000

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Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 9 characters, plus extras.

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Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

Known throughout Heaven as "The Littlest Angel", an unruly boy who sings off-key is ordered to present himself before the Angel of Peace. What happens then makes this a beautiful and heartwarming play for young people.

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The Open Window

The Open Window

By James Fuller. Based on the story by H.H. (Saki) Munro.

Product Code: O17000

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Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 3w., extras.

Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

The fun begins when teenager Vera decides to take revenge on her aunt's visitor, Frampton Nuttel. Seizing on the ordinary fact that a window has been left open, innocent-looking Vera spins a fantastic tale of tragedy and delusion.

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Charity Case

Charity Case

By Ford Ainsworth.

Product Code: CK7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 4m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

This play opens in a cemetery, where an orphaned boy is searching for relatives. The thing he dreads most is being returned to the "Haven," from which he has escaped. This poignant drama shows one of the major problems of our times: the impersonal institutions that are supposed to aid the helpless, the lonely and the handicapped but can't provide the needed help without depriving the individual of his freedom.

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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

By Robert Brome. Based on the story by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Product Code: O13000

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Cast Size: 11m.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

The play is set simply in the one-room barracks of a Siberian concentration camp where a bare light bulb hangs and 10 men strive to maintain life and sanity in the face of incredible hardship. This one day in the life of a Soviet prison camp ends with Ivan achieving a small but cherished victory of the human spirit over crushing adversity—a trifling victory but one of such importance to the men involved that to Ivan this is..."almost a happy day!"

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The Little Snow Girl

The Little Snow Girl

Adapted by Nellie McCaslin.

Product Code: L66000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 3m., 2w. (3 boys, 4 girls, extras.)

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

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To Burn a Witch

To Burn a Witch

By James L. Bray.

Product Code: T32000

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Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

Two girls wait in the bare cell room for the questioning to resume. Accused of witchcraft, they are terrified. Mary refuses to lie—even to save herself—but Ruth, desperately frightened, "confesses." The questioners then turn to Mary, but she cannot bring herself to swear to this lie. Since the two girls have always been so close, the questioners are dissatisfied with the conflicting stories. To save herself, Ruth feigns a seizure in which she deeply implicates her friend Mary. Only one hope remains for Mary now, and in a scene of dramatic power she makes her final choice.

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