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| wdt_ID | Book Number | Title | Category | Cast | Cast Size | Date | Author | Publisher | Grade Level | Collection | Collection Plays | Who Performed | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Clown Skits For Everyone | Skits | 1 - 2 AG | 1-3 | 1991 | Feder, Happy Jack | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDC) | Middle Years and High School | No | This book is a handy aid for anyone and everyone who is ever in need of clown performance material or bits of advice on how to perform. This book contains dozens of fully scripted skits designed to be used by one or two clowns. | ||
| 2 | 2 | Algebreathe | Comedy One Act | 4 AG | 4-10 | 2021 | Chandler, Marty | YouthPLAYS | Middle Years and High School | No | 35 - 40 minute playing time. Four students meet on Zoom. Their mission: come up with an idea for a creative, at-home group project for their math class. From water bottle flipping to counting candy, their attempts to brainstorm something meaningful and mathematic may help the squad grow closer, calculate solutions to their shared worries and rediscover the importance of taking time to just breathe. | ||
| 3 | 3 | First Class Acts | Collections | Various | N/A | 1993 | Various | Playwrights Union of Canada | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Grasshopper Pie, Be My Friend, The Discovery Trunk, What A Difference A Day Makes, Her Majesty's Moustache | Short plays created specifically for classroom use by some of Canada's best playwrights with suggestions for fun ways to use plays with 8-12 year olds. Designed for easy use with groups of all sizes, the plays include the complete script, detailed instructions for rehearsal, staging, costuming, and other aspects of production. | |
| 4 | 4 | My First Scene Book, Volume 4 | Scenes | N/A | N/A | 2008 | Dabrowski, Kristen | Smith and Kraus Book | Elementary and Middle Years | No | What would you do if a monster invited you to dinner or if you found $100? In new and strange situations, it can be hard to know what to do or how to act. This book can help! In this book manners, ethics, morals, and all kinds of dilemmas are explored. You'll find stories from the real to the down right silly that are just right for five to nine year olds. This book is interactive, featuring pictures and discussion questions. | ||
| 5 | 5 | My Second Scene Book, Volume 5 | Scenes | N/A | N/A | 2009 | Dabrowski, Kristen | Smith and Kraus Book | Elementary and Middle Years | No | What if you found yourself in a whole new world? Let your imagination run free in this scene book, jam-packed with cavemen, gods and goddesses, magic, dragons, time machines, grouchy old ladies, and more! The book begins with short skits for Starters, progresses to Classic Tales with a twist and Brand New Tales, and ends with challenging Advanced Adventures for older students. | ||
| 6 | 6 | America Hurrah | Collections | Various | N/A | 1967 | Van Itallie, Jean-Claude | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Interview; T.V.; Motel | See Entries 4562-4564 for details on plays. | |
| 7 | 7 | Somewhere, Nowhere | Collections | Various | N/A | 2011 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | High School | Yes | Frying Pan To Frying Pay, The Tower Of Tyler, Underneath, The Egg Carong And Shaving Cream Solution | Somewhere, Nowhere is both a full-length play and four independent competition-length one acts. Each one-act is a snapshot of teenage life in the small town of Brayton. The full-lenth takes place over the course of four seasons. The characters reappear, change and grow with each subsequent story. Each one act play's running tme is approximately 25-30 minutes. See 238, 240, 1749 and 2126. | |
| 8 | 8 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | N/A | 0 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Paint Me A Picture, Stirring Up Trouble, Huckleberry Finn (Adapted), Mail-Order Bride, Snow White, Bee At Your Best!, The Three Aunts | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for Middle Years and High School. Production Notes Included.See 684, 936-939, 949, and 960 for details. | |
| 9 | 9 | American Blues | Collections | Various | N/A | 1968 | Williams, Tennessee | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Moony's Kid Don't Cry; The Case Of The Crushed Petunias; The Dark Room; The Long Stay Short Cut, Or, The Unsatisfactory Supper; Ten Blocks Of The Camino Real | See entries 4570-4574 for details on plays. | |
| 10 | 10 | American Dream, The | Collections | 2 M, 3 F | 4-10 | 1961 | Albee, Edward | Penguin Group | High School | Yes | The American Dream, The Zoo Story | Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon - 1983 | Mother, a domineering upper-class wife, and father, a long suffering, acquiescent husband, are making small talk. Then Grandma, who is supposed to be a superannuated nuisance, appears. She is well aware that her daughter wishes to get rid of her. Also found in Three Plays By Edward Albee - 2 (196-7). |
| 11 | 11 | Anthem Sprinters And Other Antics, The | Collections | Various | N/A | 1963 | Bradbury, Ray | Colonial Press | High School | Yes | The Anthem Sprinters; Clear View Of An Irish Mist; The First Night Of Lent; The Great Collision Of Monday Last | No abstract available. | |
| 12 | 12 | Apple Pie: Three One Act Plays By Terrence McNally | Collections | Various | N/A | 1968 | McNally, Terrence | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | Tour; Next; Botticelli | Tour: An American couple on a tour of Italy imagine themselves to be ambassadors of good will despite their patronizing chatter. Mixed in with their inane comments, to their driver and others, are references to their son in Vietnam and to the carnage there; but somehow they remain unable to comprehend the reality of the world they live in- and to be comfortable with the sense of privilege their money and freedom provide. Next: An Over weight, over age, and over-wrought draftee is reluctantly reporting to the Induction Center for his physical. Confronted by a female sergeant, he tries every evasion he can think of to disqualify himself but is shattered by the realization that nothing will stave off the inevitable. Botticelli: Two American Soldiers in Vietnam play an intellectual guessing game while waiting for a trapped enemy soldier to show himself. They smoke, reminisce, play their game and wait. When the soldier appears they coolly shoot him and then go on reciting the great names of literature, philosophy and music. The plays can be produced separately as one acts, or all together on a single bill. This latter basis is the only one on which the omnibus title APPLE PIE may be used. | |
| 13 | 13 | Artists' Theatre | Collections | Various | N/A | 1960 | various | Grove Press | High School | Yes | Absalom; The Bait; The Heroes; Try! Try! | No abstract available. Four plays. | |
| 14 | 14 | Waterworks And When Esther Saw The Light: Two Award Winning Plays | Collections | Various | N/A | 1989 | Safirstein, E.J.; Sargent, Michael | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Waterworks, When Esther Saw The Light | When Ester Saw the Light by Michael Sarent: Dark, Surreal comedy. A nightmarish, pitch-black comedy about child abuse and the horrors of suburban living. Esther is a failure as a wife. She has a husband who cant stand her, a baby she can't relate to and a sister in prison. She reacts to her life's bleakness by cruising the local grocery store for women to pick up. Her descent into comic madness is chronicled in fourteen fragmented scenes in which nothing is sacred. 5 M, 5 F. | |
| 15 | 15 | Four Plays By Paul Foster | Collections | Various | N/A | 1967 | Foster, Paul | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Balls; The Recluse; Hurrah For The Bridge; The Hessian Corporal; | ||
| 16 | 16 | 1996 Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Contest Winners | Collections | Various | N/A | 1996 | Various | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Beautiful Girls, Sergeant Peter Best's Lonely Hearts Club Band Syndrome, Barbie, Get Real! | Waterworks by E. J. Safirstein: A co winner of the 1988 American College Theatre Festival Short Play Award, this gentle, funny play is about two teenagers forced at an early age to confront illness and death in their lives. The conflict between brash, aggressive Ruth and shy, bookish Ben provides the tension and humor through which we see their deep vulnerability and loneliness. Eventually, they establish a friendship which enables them to face grief. Dramatic Comedy - 1 M, 3 F. | |
| 17 | 17 | Best Of Thespian Playworks, The: Volume I | Collections | Various | N/A | 1997 | Corathers Don (Edited by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Flambee, God And Poker, The Idiot And The Oddity | Three plays from the International Thespian Society's Student Writing Program. See entries 4607-4609 for details on plays. | |
| 18 | 18 | Black: The Horse Latitudes & The Pokey | Collections | Various | N/A | 1967 | Black, Stephen | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Pokey; The Horse Latitudes | See entries 4610-11 for details on plays. | |
| 19 | 19 | Three Plays By Sharon Pollock | Collections | Various | N/A | 1981 | Pollock, Sharon | NeWest Publishers Ltd. | High School | Yes | Blood Relations; One Tiger to a Hill; Generations | See entries 4604-6 for description of plays. | |
| 20 | 20 | Blue Heart | Collections | Various | N/A | 1998 | Churchill, Caryl | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Heart's Desire; Blue Kettle | See entries 4600-4601 for description of plays. | |
| 21 | 21 | Book Of Good Plays, A | Collections | Various | N/A | 1958 | McMaster, Ronald J. (Edited by) | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Monkey's Paw; The Happy Journey; The Patchwork Quilt; The Valiant; Moon-Up; The Old Lady Shows Her Medals | Monkey's Paw, The: Major Morris drops in for a smoke with Mrs. White. In his irresponsible chatter he mentions the gift to him by an Indian Fakir of a monkey's paw. The superstition attached to it is that its possessor may have three wishes granted by asking them aloud. Happy Journey, The: The story of Ma and Pa and the two children who journey from Newark in the family car to visit their married daughter in Camden. Patchwork Quilt, The: A touching story about an old woman's love for her patchwork quilt every coloured square of which holds a memory for her. By means of these squared the audience is given a glimpse of her youthful courtship and marriage. Valiant, The: A man is awaiting his execution day a girl comes to see him thinking he maybe her long lost brother. The prisoner recognizes her, but the sister is not sure of him. He sends her back to their mother happy in the belief her brother died a war hero. Then, head up, he walks to the execution chamber. | |
| 22 | 22 | Box And Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung | Collections | 2 M, 2 F | 4-10 | 1969 | Albee, Edward | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | Box; Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung | Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung: Two interior related plays to be performed with out intermission. The play opens with a recorded voice reciting a long and tiresome threnody on the human predicament. During the recital, The stage is empty except for a wooden framework of a large cube the recital over , the cubes is seen to contain a portion of a ships deck some deck chairs, and four people. One is Mao, who spends the rest of the evening wandering about the stage and the adjacent boxes and aisles, quoting, the lady finishes the last stanza of the ballad and the play is over. | |
| 23 | 23 | Middle School Book, The | Scenes | N/A | N/A | 2010 | Price, Lindsay (Edited by) | Theatrefolk | Middle Years | No | A collection of comedic, character-driven, and challenging scenes for the middle school student. Perfect for classwork or for IE Competitions. | ||
| 24 | 24 | Two Plays By Bertolt Brecht | Collections | Various | N/A | 1986 | Bentley, Eric (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Caucasian Chalk Circle; The Good Woman Of Setzuan | See entries 4602-4603 for description of plays. | |
| 25 | 25 | Farces By Anton Chekhov | Collections | Various | N/A | 1958 | Bentley, Eric and Hoffman, Theodore (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Brute; The Celebration; The Harmfulness Of Tobacco; A Marriage Proposal; Summer In The Country; Swan Song; A Wedding | The Brute: Mrs. Popoff, widow of a landowner, has vowed never to remarry and abjures the company of men forever. Then Smirnoff, one of her late husband's creditors, forces himself into her presence. He's had some little experience of women and also sworn off love. So-- they seemed groomed for quarrelling and they do to the point where the anti feminist Smirnoff challenges her to a duel. To his surprise and delight-- she accepts. The misogynist creditor suddenly becomes a suitor and by the end it's realized Mrs. Popoff's widowhood is also about to end. Itranslated from Anton Chekhov's Farces. Abstracts of other plays not available. | |
| 26 | 26 | Grim And Gruesome Grimm | Fantasy One Act | 8 M, 12 F, 21 AG, Doubling options | 17+ | 2021 | Merritt, Evelyn (Adapted by) | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | No | Warman High School - 2025 | 60 minute playing time. The original Grimm’s Fairy Tales are far from sweet, naive, innocent, syrupy, or charming. They are not typical at all: Death. Cannibalism. Death. Burial alive. Death. Burned alive. Death. Kidnapping. Death. Beheading and body parts. Death. These tales are not for the faint of heart! Join us for a grim and gruesome stroll through dark forests and nasty characters. Don’t keep a body count. A playful and theatrical adaptation with flexible genders, flexible cast size, and two one act lengths. | |
| 27 | 27 | Two Plays By David Campton (2) | Drama One Act | Various | 4-10 | 1969 | Campton, David | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | A Smell of Burning | See entry 769 for description of "Then..." and entry for 4771 description of A Smell of Burning. | |
| 28 | 28 | Modern Plays Of The Canadian Theatre 1934-1984 | Anthologies | Various | N/A | 1984 | Perkyns, Richard | Irwin Publishing | High School | Yes | Hill-Land, At My Heart's Core, Riel, Bousille and the Just, Fortune and Men's Eyes, Drum Song, Buffalo Jump, The Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance, Of the Fields, Lately, Dispossed, Generations, The Canadian Brothers | Twelve outstanding plays, all full length, by established Canadian dramatists. All plays on Canadian themes, reflecting Canadian regional life. Biographies of all the dramatists included. | |
| 29 | 29 | Two Plays By David Campton | Collections | Various | N/A | 1966 | Campton, David | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | Little Brother: Little Sister; Out Of The Flying Pan | See entries 4598-4599 for description of plays. | |
| 30 | 30 | Great Ice Cream Scheme!, The Or Robin Baskins To The Rescue! | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 5 F, Extras | 11-16 | 1996 | St John, Billy | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Wadena Composite School - 2011 | 60 minute playing time. Everyone knows Pop Sicle's Ice Cream Parlor serves the best ice cream in town. Thanks to a secret recipe known only to him, his sister, Nana Peel, and his adopted son, Robin Baskins, Pop has the competition covered. When that cold-hearted villain, I.C. Custard, decides to steal Pop's recipe, things get a little sticky. Custard hires an accomplice, Parfait Deluxe, ex-chorus girl and total klutz. Despite her shortcomings, Parfait is instructed to entice the recipe from Robin. But Robin has given his heart ? and lips ? to Marsha Mallow, the sweet young waitress Nana has just hired. (Their romance is enough to melt your heart!) Employees getting locked in the freezer, a stage-struck prop man, a scoop of madcap characters and a show-stopping fight all make The Great Ice Cream Scheme a delightfully flavorful show! | |
| 31 | 31 | Two Plays By Joanna M. Glass | Collections | Various | N/A | 1977 | Glass, Joanna M. | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Canadian Gothic; American Modern | See entries 4596-97 for description of plays. | |
| 32 | 32 | No See Scenes | Scenes | N/A | N/A | 2020 | Price, Lindsay and Loftus, Karen | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | No | This resource is specifically for teachers who do not feel comfortable turning on their cameras in a virtual classroom. There are many reasons for this from personal to environmental. The drama classroom is all about connection and engagement. How do you connect to students who do not feel comfortable turning on their cameras in a virtual classroom? It will require all your creative and critical thinking skills. This resource will help provide some help with suggestions, exercises, lessons and scenes written specifically for no camera students. | ||
| 33 | 33 | Two Plays By Lewis John Carlino | Collections | Various | N/A | 1961 | Carlino, Lewis John | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Mr. Flannery's Ocean; Objective Case | Mr. Flannery's Ocean: Jim Flannery, 79 year-old retired seaman, belligerent, cantankerous and very human, has laid claim to an ocean. Objective Case: The imperfections of two people become the symbol of each other's imperfections and tragically , also the focal point for each other's ambivalent feelings of hate. | |
| 34 | 34 | Cascando And Other Short Dramatic Pieces | Collections | Various | N/A | 1967 | Beckett, Samuel | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | Cascando; Words And Music; Eh Joe; Come And Go; Film | Contains two radio plays, a television play, a stage play, a dramticule and a film script. | |
| 35 | 35 | Chain of Words, A: Folktales And Legends From Japan | Drama One Act | 3 M, 2 F, Extras | 4-10 | 1978 | Watts, Irene N. | TalonBooks | Middle Years | No | Folktales have a universality that transcends age and race. These six stories contain cruelty and kindness, anger and forgiveness, humour and sadness; intrinsically familiar themes to everyone! This production has borrowed heavily from the Kabuki style of presentation, which is rooted in folk theatre as opposed to the more aristocratic Noh. The strong narrative element in Kabuki originated in on e of the oldest Japanese amusements - storytelling. The actors are involved in a variety of roles at all times, whether playing leading characters, or as musicians/chorus, villagers, animals, and spirits. The chorus introduces each new scene and, as "prop men," also makes the transition from one location/story to the next. In keeping with the Kabuki tradition, no attempt has been made to conceal quick changes of costume and character from the audience, and properties are kept to a minimum. | ||
| 36 | 36 | Chicks And Other Short Plays | Collections | Various | N/A | 1987 | McKeaney, Grace | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Chicks; The Coming Of Mr. Pine; Fits And Starts | Chicks: About a kindergarten teacher. Set in her classroom, the audience members are her students. She is obsessed with telling us the truth about the world and our lives will be like as we grow up, and of course our parents and the school administrators don't want us to know the truth. Coming of Mr. Pine: In a parlour somewhere at twilight three women await a visitor from the world of "deja vu". When Mr. Pine arrives, he brings with him mystery and innuendo. Fits and Stars: Barbs Bowll has decided life has no discernible pattern or meaning only to turn out from the confines of the stage to find she has an audience watching her life. For the next hour she "accounts" comically and feelingly for the ensuring amazing events in the life of and "ordinary American House wife". | |
| 37 | 37 | Moby Dick | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 1 F, Extras | 4-10 | 1980 | Green, Michael and Langridge, Michael | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | An ambitious attempt to reduce the epic novel to a series of quick fire scenes. In the Course Acting Show 2 - 40. | ||
| 38 | 38 | E-Scape | Drama One Act | 1 F, 3 - 10 AG | 4-10 | 2022 | Kazmierowicztrimm, Kerry | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | Paradise Gardens East;Conerico Was Here To Stay | 35 minute playing time. Dee has recently come out to his entire school as transgender. After his former friend Riley harasses him about his trans identity on social media, Dee uses an undercover pseudonym to post embarrassing secrets about her. The revealing post quickly circulates among the student body. Soon, Dee and Riley realize they have said more than they can take back. In this interactive performance, students will be prompted to think about the unintended consequences of cyberbullying and the ways that social media can strain relationships. This show can be produced using a mix of projections, puppetry, and live actors. | |
| 39 | 39 | Damnation Of Vancouver | Drama One Act | 10 M, 2 F | 11-16 | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 90 minute playing time. An original play for radio. In Words on Waves: Selected Radio Plays by Earle Birney - 5322. | ||
| 40 | 40 | Coarse Acting Show 2, The | Collections | Various | N/A | 1980 | Green, Michael (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Moby Dick; The Cherry Sisters; Last Call For Breakfast; Henry The Tenth (Part Seven) | See entries 37, 42, 4618 & 4619 for details on plays. | |
| 41 | 41 | Comanche Caf? And Domino Courts | Collections | Various | N/A | 1977 | Hauptman, William | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Comanche Cafe; Domino Courts | Comanche Caf?: Two women are talking outside a seedy diner. Mattie once had a fling, but has settled for minimal creature comforts. Ronnie, a regretful virgin, wonders about the future. Domino Courts: Two couples have a reunion inn a drab tourist cabin in 1939. | |
| 42 | 42 | Cherry Sisters | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 6 F | 11-16 | 1980 | Green, Michael, Pearson, David, Langridge, Michael, Gaunt, Richard and Turner, John | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A previously undiscovered Chekhov fragment, is a desperately sincere piece with a teary ending (spoiled by a faulty prop that necessitates a standing death). In the Course Acting Show 2 - 40. | ||
| 43 | 43 | Daniel Maclvor: 2 Plays | Collections | Various | N/A | 1992 | Maclvor, Daniel | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Never Swim Alone; This Is A play | See entries 4594-4595 for details on plays. | |
| 44 | 44 | High-Schoolers Guide To The Galaxy, The | Comedy One Act | 15-40 M or F | 17+ | 2008 | Starchman, Bryan | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | Tisdale Middle & Secondary School - 2012, Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton - 2013 | Four students stare out at the audience. Tomorrow they start their freshman year of high school. There are so many things to worry about: class schedules, bullies, cafeteria food, dating, parents? expectations, what to wear, and worst of all ? gym class! These students need a survival guide and that?s exactly what this play attempts to do with hilariously embarrassing and awkward results. Watch as our guides take us through the gauntlet that is high school. Find out the appropriate way to boogie down at high school dances, discover creative ways to get out of gym class, and take a peek into the most top secret of all rooms on campus: the mysterious teachers? lounge. With minimal sets, incredibly flexible casting, and scenes we can all relate to, this galaxy is only ?laugh-years? away. | |
| 45 | 45 | Plays By Arthur Kopit | Collections | Various | N/A | 1987 | Kopit, Arthur | Hill And Wang | High School | Yes | Chamber Music; The Conquest Of Everest; The Day The Whores Came Out To Play Tennis; The Hero; The Questioning Of Nick; Sing To Me Through Open Windows | See entries 4630-4635 for details on plays. | |
| 46 | 46 | Gawain And The Green Knight | Drama One Act | 4 M, 2 F, Extras | 11-16 | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. A version for radio of the ancient Anglo-Saxon legend of Beowulf. In Words On Waves: Selected Radio Plays Of Earle Birney - 5322 | ||
| 47 | 47 | Griffin And The Minor Canon, The | Drama One Act | 3 M, Extras | 11-16 | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 60 minute playing time. a free adaptation for radio of Frank R. Stockton's short story from his collection of stories, The Lady or the Tiger? In Words On Waves: Selected Radio Plays Of Earle Birney - 5322 | ||
| 48 | 48 | Piers Plowman | Drama One Act | 6 M, 1 F, Extras | 11-16 | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 60 minute playing time. A dramatic adaptation for radio of the fourteenth-century dream allegory, The Visions of Piers the Plowman, atrributed to William Langland. In Words On Waves: Selected Radio Plays Of Earle Birney - 5322 | ||
| 49 | 49 | Deer slayer And Other Plays | Collections | Various | N/A | 1961 | Clay, N. L. | William Heinemann, Ltd. | High School | Yes | Deerslayer; Maid Marian; ...Pays All Debts; A Short Play Of The Royal Astrologers | Four one act plays -- Deerslayer based on the novel by Fenimore Cooper; Maid Marion based on the novel by T. L. Peacock; ?Pays All Debts from "The Arabian Nights;" and A Short Play Of The Royal Astrologers based on "The Play of the Royal Astrologers" by Willis Hall. | |
| 50 | 50 | Donnellys, The | Collections | Various | N/A | 1983 | Reaney, James | Beach Holme Publishing Limited | High School | Yes | Sticks And Stones; The St. Nicholas Hotel; Handcuffs | A play in three parts based on the true story of a family who came out from Ireland in 1844 to Biddulph Township 18 miles from London, Ontario, and were nearly annihilated by a secret society formed among their neighbours 36 years later. See entries, 4658-4659, & 4532 for details on plays. |
| wdt_ID | Book Number | Title | Category | Cast | Cast Size | Date | Author | Publisher | Grade Level | Collection | Collection Plays | Who Performed | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Clown Skits For Everyone | Skits | 1 - 2 AG | 1-3 | 1991 | Feder, Happy Jack | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDC) | Middle Years and High School | No | This book is a handy aid for anyone and everyone who is ever in need of clown performance material or bits of advice on how to perform. This book contains dozens of fully scripted skits designed to be used by one or two clowns. | ||
| 2 | 2 | Algebreathe | Comedy One Act | 4 AG | 4-10 | 2021 | Chandler, Marty | YouthPLAYS | Middle Years and High School | No | 35 - 40 minute playing time. Four students meet on Zoom. Their mission: come up with an idea for a creative, at-home group project for their math class. From water bottle flipping to counting candy, their attempts to brainstorm something meaningful and mathematic may help the squad grow closer, calculate solutions to their shared worries and rediscover the importance of taking time to just breathe. | ||
| 3 | 3 | First Class Acts | Collections | Various | N/A | 1993 | Various | Playwrights Union of Canada | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Grasshopper Pie, Be My Friend, The Discovery Trunk, What A Difference A Day Makes, Her Majesty's Moustache | Short plays created specifically for classroom use by some of Canada's best playwrights with suggestions for fun ways to use plays with 8-12 year olds. Designed for easy use with groups of all sizes, the plays include the complete script, detailed instructions for rehearsal, staging, costuming, and other aspects of production. | |
| 4 | 4 | My First Scene Book, Volume 4 | Scenes | N/A | N/A | 2008 | Dabrowski, Kristen | Smith and Kraus Book | Elementary and Middle Years | No | What would you do if a monster invited you to dinner or if you found $100? In new and strange situations, it can be hard to know what to do or how to act. This book can help! In this book manners, ethics, morals, and all kinds of dilemmas are explored. You'll find stories from the real to the down right silly that are just right for five to nine year olds. This book is interactive, featuring pictures and discussion questions. | ||
| 5 | 5 | My Second Scene Book, Volume 5 | Scenes | N/A | N/A | 2009 | Dabrowski, Kristen | Smith and Kraus Book | Elementary and Middle Years | No | What if you found yourself in a whole new world? Let your imagination run free in this scene book, jam-packed with cavemen, gods and goddesses, magic, dragons, time machines, grouchy old ladies, and more! The book begins with short skits for Starters, progresses to Classic Tales with a twist and Brand New Tales, and ends with challenging Advanced Adventures for older students. | ||
| 6 | 6 | America Hurrah | Collections | Various | N/A | 1967 | Van Itallie, Jean-Claude | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Interview; T.V.; Motel | See Entries 4562-4564 for details on plays. | |
| 7 | 7 | Somewhere, Nowhere | Collections | Various | N/A | 2011 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | High School | Yes | Frying Pan To Frying Pay, The Tower Of Tyler, Underneath, The Egg Carong And Shaving Cream Solution | Somewhere, Nowhere is both a full-length play and four independent competition-length one acts. Each one-act is a snapshot of teenage life in the small town of Brayton. The full-lenth takes place over the course of four seasons. The characters reappear, change and grow with each subsequent story. Each one act play's running tme is approximately 25-30 minutes. See 238, 240, 1749 and 2126. | |
| 8 | 8 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | N/A | 0 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Paint Me A Picture, Stirring Up Trouble, Huckleberry Finn (Adapted), Mail-Order Bride, Snow White, Bee At Your Best!, The Three Aunts | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for Middle Years and High School. Production Notes Included.See 684, 936-939, 949, and 960 for details. | |
| 9 | 9 | American Blues | Collections | Various | N/A | 1968 | Williams, Tennessee | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Moony's Kid Don't Cry; The Case Of The Crushed Petunias; The Dark Room; The Long Stay Short Cut, Or, The Unsatisfactory Supper; Ten Blocks Of The Camino Real | See entries 4570-4574 for details on plays. | |
| 10 | 10 | American Dream, The | Collections | 2 M, 3 F | 4-10 | 1961 | Albee, Edward | Penguin Group | High School | Yes | The American Dream, The Zoo Story | Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon - 1983 | Mother, a domineering upper-class wife, and father, a long suffering, acquiescent husband, are making small talk. Then Grandma, who is supposed to be a superannuated nuisance, appears. She is well aware that her daughter wishes to get rid of her. Also found in Three Plays By Edward Albee - 2 (196-7). |
| 11 | 11 | Anthem Sprinters And Other Antics, The | Collections | Various | N/A | 1963 | Bradbury, Ray | Colonial Press | High School | Yes | The Anthem Sprinters; Clear View Of An Irish Mist; The First Night Of Lent; The Great Collision Of Monday Last | No abstract available. | |
| 12 | 12 | Apple Pie: Three One Act Plays By Terrence McNally | Collections | Various | N/A | 1968 | McNally, Terrence | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | Tour; Next; Botticelli | Tour: An American couple on a tour of Italy imagine themselves to be ambassadors of good will despite their patronizing chatter. Mixed in with their inane comments, to their driver and others, are references to their son in Vietnam and to the carnage there; but somehow they remain unable to comprehend the reality of the world they live in- and to be comfortable with the sense of privilege their money and freedom provide. Next: An Over weight, over age, and over-wrought draftee is reluctantly reporting to the Induction Center for his physical. Confronted by a female sergeant, he tries every evasion he can think of to disqualify himself but is shattered by the realization that nothing will stave off the inevitable. Botticelli: Two American Soldiers in Vietnam play an intellectual guessing game while waiting for a trapped enemy soldier to show himself. They smoke, reminisce, play their game and wait. When the soldier appears they coolly shoot him and then go on reciting the great names of literature, philosophy and music. The plays can be produced separately as one acts, or all together on a single bill. This latter basis is the only one on which the omnibus title APPLE PIE may be used. | |
| 13 | 13 | Artists' Theatre | Collections | Various | N/A | 1960 | various | Grove Press | High School | Yes | Absalom; The Bait; The Heroes; Try! Try! | No abstract available. Four plays. | |
| 14 | 14 | Waterworks And When Esther Saw The Light: Two Award Winning Plays | Collections | Various | N/A | 1989 | Safirstein, E.J.; Sargent, Michael | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Waterworks, When Esther Saw The Light | When Ester Saw the Light by Michael Sarent: Dark, Surreal comedy. A nightmarish, pitch-black comedy about child abuse and the horrors of suburban living. Esther is a failure as a wife. She has a husband who cant stand her, a baby she can't relate to and a sister in prison. She reacts to her life's bleakness by cruising the local grocery store for women to pick up. Her descent into comic madness is chronicled in fourteen fragmented scenes in which nothing is sacred. 5 M, 5 F. | |
| 15 | 15 | Four Plays By Paul Foster | Collections | Various | N/A | 1967 | Foster, Paul | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Balls; The Recluse; Hurrah For The Bridge; The Hessian Corporal; | ||
| 16 | 16 | 1996 Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Contest Winners | Collections | Various | N/A | 1996 | Various | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Beautiful Girls, Sergeant Peter Best's Lonely Hearts Club Band Syndrome, Barbie, Get Real! | Waterworks by E. J. Safirstein: A co winner of the 1988 American College Theatre Festival Short Play Award, this gentle, funny play is about two teenagers forced at an early age to confront illness and death in their lives. The conflict between brash, aggressive Ruth and shy, bookish Ben provides the tension and humor through which we see their deep vulnerability and loneliness. Eventually, they establish a friendship which enables them to face grief. Dramatic Comedy - 1 M, 3 F. | |
| 17 | 17 | Best Of Thespian Playworks, The: Volume I | Collections | Various | N/A | 1997 | Corathers Don (Edited by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Flambee, God And Poker, The Idiot And The Oddity | Three plays from the International Thespian Society's Student Writing Program. See entries 4607-4609 for details on plays. | |
| 18 | 18 | Black: The Horse Latitudes & The Pokey | Collections | Various | N/A | 1967 | Black, Stephen | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Pokey; The Horse Latitudes | See entries 4610-11 for details on plays. | |
| 19 | 19 | Three Plays By Sharon Pollock | Collections | Various | N/A | 1981 | Pollock, Sharon | NeWest Publishers Ltd. | High School | Yes | Blood Relations; One Tiger to a Hill; Generations | See entries 4604-6 for description of plays. | |
| 20 | 20 | Blue Heart | Collections | Various | N/A | 1998 | Churchill, Caryl | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Heart's Desire; Blue Kettle | See entries 4600-4601 for description of plays. | |
| 21 | 21 | Book Of Good Plays, A | Collections | Various | N/A | 1958 | McMaster, Ronald J. (Edited by) | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Monkey's Paw; The Happy Journey; The Patchwork Quilt; The Valiant; Moon-Up; The Old Lady Shows Her Medals | Monkey's Paw, The: Major Morris drops in for a smoke with Mrs. White. In his irresponsible chatter he mentions the gift to him by an Indian Fakir of a monkey's paw. The superstition attached to it is that its possessor may have three wishes granted by asking them aloud. Happy Journey, The: The story of Ma and Pa and the two children who journey from Newark in the family car to visit their married daughter in Camden. Patchwork Quilt, The: A touching story about an old woman's love for her patchwork quilt every coloured square of which holds a memory for her. By means of these squared the audience is given a glimpse of her youthful courtship and marriage. Valiant, The: A man is awaiting his execution day a girl comes to see him thinking he maybe her long lost brother. The prisoner recognizes her, but the sister is not sure of him. He sends her back to their mother happy in the belief her brother died a war hero. Then, head up, he walks to the execution chamber. | |
| 22 | 22 | Box And Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung | Collections | 2 M, 2 F | 4-10 | 1969 | Albee, Edward | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | Box; Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung | Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung: Two interior related plays to be performed with out intermission. The play opens with a recorded voice reciting a long and tiresome threnody on the human predicament. During the recital, The stage is empty except for a wooden framework of a large cube the recital over , the cubes is seen to contain a portion of a ships deck some deck chairs, and four people. One is Mao, who spends the rest of the evening wandering about the stage and the adjacent boxes and aisles, quoting, the lady finishes the last stanza of the ballad and the play is over. | |
| 23 | 23 | Middle School Book, The | Scenes | N/A | N/A | 2010 | Price, Lindsay (Edited by) | Theatrefolk | Middle Years | No | A collection of comedic, character-driven, and challenging scenes for the middle school student. Perfect for classwork or for IE Competitions. | ||
| 24 | 24 | Two Plays By Bertolt Brecht | Collections | Various | N/A | 1986 | Bentley, Eric (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Caucasian Chalk Circle; The Good Woman Of Setzuan | See entries 4602-4603 for description of plays. | |
| 25 | 25 | Farces By Anton Chekhov | Collections | Various | N/A | 1958 | Bentley, Eric and Hoffman, Theodore (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Brute; The Celebration; The Harmfulness Of Tobacco; A Marriage Proposal; Summer In The Country; Swan Song; A Wedding | The Brute: Mrs. Popoff, widow of a landowner, has vowed never to remarry and abjures the company of men forever. Then Smirnoff, one of her late husband's creditors, forces himself into her presence. He's had some little experience of women and also sworn off love. So-- they seemed groomed for quarrelling and they do to the point where the anti feminist Smirnoff challenges her to a duel. To his surprise and delight-- she accepts. The misogynist creditor suddenly becomes a suitor and by the end it's realized Mrs. Popoff's widowhood is also about to end. Itranslated from Anton Chekhov's Farces. Abstracts of other plays not available. | |
| 26 | 26 | Grim And Gruesome Grimm | Fantasy One Act | 8 M, 12 F, 21 AG, Doubling options | 17+ | 2021 | Merritt, Evelyn (Adapted by) | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | No | Warman High School - 2025 | 60 minute playing time. The original Grimm’s Fairy Tales are far from sweet, naive, innocent, syrupy, or charming. They are not typical at all: Death. Cannibalism. Death. Burial alive. Death. Burned alive. Death. Kidnapping. Death. Beheading and body parts. Death. These tales are not for the faint of heart! Join us for a grim and gruesome stroll through dark forests and nasty characters. Don’t keep a body count. A playful and theatrical adaptation with flexible genders, flexible cast size, and two one act lengths. | |
| 27 | 27 | Two Plays By David Campton (2) | Drama One Act | Various | 4-10 | 1969 | Campton, David | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | A Smell of Burning | See entry 769 for description of "Then..." and entry for 4771 description of A Smell of Burning. | |
| 28 | 28 | Modern Plays Of The Canadian Theatre 1934-1984 | Anthologies | Various | N/A | 1984 | Perkyns, Richard | Irwin Publishing | High School | Yes | Hill-Land, At My Heart's Core, Riel, Bousille and the Just, Fortune and Men's Eyes, Drum Song, Buffalo Jump, The Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance, Of the Fields, Lately, Dispossed, Generations, The Canadian Brothers | Twelve outstanding plays, all full length, by established Canadian dramatists. All plays on Canadian themes, reflecting Canadian regional life. Biographies of all the dramatists included. | |
| 29 | 29 | Two Plays By David Campton | Collections | Various | N/A | 1966 | Campton, David | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | Little Brother: Little Sister; Out Of The Flying Pan | See entries 4598-4599 for description of plays. | |
| 30 | 30 | Great Ice Cream Scheme!, The Or Robin Baskins To The Rescue! | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 5 F, Extras | 11-16 | 1996 | St John, Billy | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Wadena Composite School - 2011 | 60 minute playing time. Everyone knows Pop Sicle's Ice Cream Parlor serves the best ice cream in town. Thanks to a secret recipe known only to him, his sister, Nana Peel, and his adopted son, Robin Baskins, Pop has the competition covered. When that cold-hearted villain, I.C. Custard, decides to steal Pop's recipe, things get a little sticky. Custard hires an accomplice, Parfait Deluxe, ex-chorus girl and total klutz. Despite her shortcomings, Parfait is instructed to entice the recipe from Robin. But Robin has given his heart ? and lips ? to Marsha Mallow, the sweet young waitress Nana has just hired. (Their romance is enough to melt your heart!) Employees getting locked in the freezer, a stage-struck prop man, a scoop of madcap characters and a show-stopping fight all make The Great Ice Cream Scheme a delightfully flavorful show! | |
| 31 | 31 | Two Plays By Joanna M. Glass | Collections | Various | N/A | 1977 | Glass, Joanna M. | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Canadian Gothic; American Modern | See entries 4596-97 for description of plays. | |
| 32 | 32 | No See Scenes | Scenes | N/A | N/A | 2020 | Price, Lindsay and Loftus, Karen | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | No | This resource is specifically for teachers who do not feel comfortable turning on their cameras in a virtual classroom. There are many reasons for this from personal to environmental. The drama classroom is all about connection and engagement. How do you connect to students who do not feel comfortable turning on their cameras in a virtual classroom? It will require all your creative and critical thinking skills. This resource will help provide some help with suggestions, exercises, lessons and scenes written specifically for no camera students. | ||
| 33 | 33 | Two Plays By Lewis John Carlino | Collections | Various | N/A | 1961 | Carlino, Lewis John | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Mr. Flannery's Ocean; Objective Case | Mr. Flannery's Ocean: Jim Flannery, 79 year-old retired seaman, belligerent, cantankerous and very human, has laid claim to an ocean. Objective Case: The imperfections of two people become the symbol of each other's imperfections and tragically , also the focal point for each other's ambivalent feelings of hate. | |
| 34 | 34 | Cascando And Other Short Dramatic Pieces | Collections | Various | N/A | 1967 | Beckett, Samuel | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | Cascando; Words And Music; Eh Joe; Come And Go; Film | Contains two radio plays, a television play, a stage play, a dramticule and a film script. | |
| 35 | 35 | Chain of Words, A: Folktales And Legends From Japan | Drama One Act | 3 M, 2 F, Extras | 4-10 | 1978 | Watts, Irene N. | TalonBooks | Middle Years | No | Folktales have a universality that transcends age and race. These six stories contain cruelty and kindness, anger and forgiveness, humour and sadness; intrinsically familiar themes to everyone! This production has borrowed heavily from the Kabuki style of presentation, which is rooted in folk theatre as opposed to the more aristocratic Noh. The strong narrative element in Kabuki originated in on e of the oldest Japanese amusements - storytelling. The actors are involved in a variety of roles at all times, whether playing leading characters, or as musicians/chorus, villagers, animals, and spirits. The chorus introduces each new scene and, as "prop men," also makes the transition from one location/story to the next. In keeping with the Kabuki tradition, no attempt has been made to conceal quick changes of costume and character from the audience, and properties are kept to a minimum. | ||
| 36 | 36 | Chicks And Other Short Plays | Collections | Various | N/A | 1987 | McKeaney, Grace | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Chicks; The Coming Of Mr. Pine; Fits And Starts | Chicks: About a kindergarten teacher. Set in her classroom, the audience members are her students. She is obsessed with telling us the truth about the world and our lives will be like as we grow up, and of course our parents and the school administrators don't want us to know the truth. Coming of Mr. Pine: In a parlour somewhere at twilight three women await a visitor from the world of "deja vu". When Mr. Pine arrives, he brings with him mystery and innuendo. Fits and Stars: Barbs Bowll has decided life has no discernible pattern or meaning only to turn out from the confines of the stage to find she has an audience watching her life. For the next hour she "accounts" comically and feelingly for the ensuring amazing events in the life of and "ordinary American House wife". | |
| 37 | 37 | Moby Dick | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 1 F, Extras | 4-10 | 1980 | Green, Michael and Langridge, Michael | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | An ambitious attempt to reduce the epic novel to a series of quick fire scenes. In the Course Acting Show 2 - 40. | ||
| 38 | 38 | E-Scape | Drama One Act | 1 F, 3 - 10 AG | 4-10 | 2022 | Kazmierowicztrimm, Kerry | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | 35 minute playing time. Dee has recently come out to his entire school as transgender. After his former friend Riley harasses him about his trans identity on social media, Dee uses an undercover pseudonym to post embarrassing secrets about her. The revealing post quickly circulates among the student body. Soon, Dee and Riley realize they have said more than they can take back. In this interactive performance, students will be prompted to think about the unintended consequences of cyberbullying and the ways that social media can strain relationships. This show can be produced using a mix of projections, puppetry, and live actors. | ||
| 39 | 39 | Damnation Of Vancouver | Drama One Act | 10 M, 2 F | 11-16 | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 90 minute playing time. An original play for radio. In Words on Waves: Selected Radio Plays by Earle Birney - 5322. | ||
| 40 | 40 | Coarse Acting Show 2, The | Collections | Various | N/A | 1980 | Green, Michael (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Moby Dick; The Cherry Sisters; Last Call For Breakfast; Henry The Tenth (Part Seven) | See entries 37, 42, 4618 & 4619 for details on plays. | |
| 41 | 41 | Comanche Caf? And Domino Courts | Collections | Various | N/A | 1977 | Hauptman, William | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Comanche Cafe; Domino Courts | Comanche Caf?: Two women are talking outside a seedy diner. Mattie once had a fling, but has settled for minimal creature comforts. Ronnie, a regretful virgin, wonders about the future. Domino Courts: Two couples have a reunion inn a drab tourist cabin in 1939. | |
| 42 | 42 | Cherry Sisters | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 6 F | 11-16 | 1980 | Green, Michael, Pearson, David, Langridge, Michael, Gaunt, Richard and Turner, John | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A previously undiscovered Chekhov fragment, is a desperately sincere piece with a teary ending (spoiled by a faulty prop that necessitates a standing death). In the Course Acting Show 2 - 40. | ||
| 43 | 43 | Daniel Maclvor: 2 Plays | Collections | Various | N/A | 1992 | Maclvor, Daniel | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Never Swim Alone; This Is A play | See entries 4594-4595 for details on plays. | |
| 44 | 44 | High-Schoolers Guide To The Galaxy, The | Comedy One Act | 15-40 M or F | 17+ | 2008 | Starchman, Bryan | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | Tisdale Middle & Secondary School - 2012, Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton - 2013 | Four students stare out at the audience. Tomorrow they start their freshman year of high school. There are so many things to worry about: class schedules, bullies, cafeteria food, dating, parents? expectations, what to wear, and worst of all ? gym class! These students need a survival guide and that?s exactly what this play attempts to do with hilariously embarrassing and awkward results. Watch as our guides take us through the gauntlet that is high school. Find out the appropriate way to boogie down at high school dances, discover creative ways to get out of gym class, and take a peek into the most top secret of all rooms on campus: the mysterious teachers? lounge. With minimal sets, incredibly flexible casting, and scenes we can all relate to, this galaxy is only ?laugh-years? away. | |
| 45 | 45 | Plays By Arthur Kopit | Collections | Various | N/A | 1987 | Kopit, Arthur | Hill And Wang | High School | Yes | Chamber Music; The Conquest Of Everest; The Day The Whores Came Out To Play Tennis; The Hero; The Questioning Of Nick; Sing To Me Through Open Windows | See entries 4630-4635 for details on plays. | |
| 46 | 46 | Gawain And The Green Knight | Drama One Act | 4 M, 2 F, Extras | 11-16 | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. A version for radio of the ancient Anglo-Saxon legend of Beowulf. In Words On Waves: Selected Radio Plays Of Earle Birney - 5322 | ||
| 47 | 47 | Griffin And The Minor Canon, The | Drama One Act | 3 M, Extras | 11-16 | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 60 minute playing time. a free adaptation for radio of Frank R. Stockton's short story from his collection of stories, The Lady or the Tiger? In Words On Waves: Selected Radio Plays Of Earle Birney - 5322 | ||
| 48 | 48 | Piers Plowman | Drama One Act | 6 M, 1 F, Extras | 11-16 | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 60 minute playing time. A dramatic adaptation for radio of the fourteenth-century dream allegory, The Visions of Piers the Plowman, atrributed to William Langland. In Words On Waves: Selected Radio Plays Of Earle Birney - 5322 | ||
| 49 | 49 | Deer slayer And Other Plays | Collections | Various | N/A | 1961 | Clay, N. L. | William Heinemann, Ltd. | High School | Yes | Deerslayer; Maid Marian; ...Pays All Debts; A Short Play Of The Royal Astrologers | Four one act plays -- Deerslayer based on the novel by Fenimore Cooper; Maid Marion based on the novel by T. L. Peacock; ?Pays All Debts from "The Arabian Nights;" and A Short Play Of The Royal Astrologers based on "The Play of the Royal Astrologers" by Willis Hall. | |
| 50 | 50 | Donnellys, The | Collections | Various | N/A | 1983 | Reaney, James | Beach Holme Publishing Limited | High School | Yes | Sticks And Stones; The St. Nicholas Hotel; Handcuffs | A play in three parts based on the true story of a family who came out from Ireland in 1844 to Biddulph Township 18 miles from London, Ontario, and were nearly annihilated by a secret society formed among their neighbours 36 years later. See entries, 4658-4659, & 4532 for details on plays. |
