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Script # | Title | Category | Cast | Date | Author | Publisher | Grade Level | Collection | Collection Plays | Who Performed | Abstract |
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1 | Clown Skits For Everyone | Skits | 1 - 2 AG | 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 | Algebreathe | Comedy One Act | 4 AG | 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 m | ||
3 | First Class Acts | Collections | Various | 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 instruc | |
4 | My First Scene Book, Volume 4 | Scenes | 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. Yo | |||
5 | My Second Scene Book, Volume 5 | Scenes | 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, pro | |||
6 | America Hurrah | Collections | Various | 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 | Somewhere, Nowhere | Collections | Various | 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 | |
8 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | May 2011 | 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 | American Blues | Collections | Various | 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 | American Dream, The | Collections | 2 M, 3 F | 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 fo |
11 | Anthem Sprinters And Other Antics, The | Collections | Various | 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 | Apple Pie: Three One Act Plays By Terrence McNally | Collections | Various | 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 ther | |
13 | Artists' Theatre | Collections | Various | 1960 | various | Grove Press | High School | Yes | Absalom; The Bait; The Heroes; Try! Try! | No abstract available. Four plays. | |
14 | Waterworks And When Esther Saw The Light: Two Award Winning Plays | Collections | Various | 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 | |
15 | Four Plays By Paul Foster | Collections | Various | 1967 | Foster, Paul | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Balls; The Recluse; Hurrah For The Bridge; The Hessian Corporal; | See entries for information on plays. | |
16 | 1996 Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Contest Winners | Collections | Various | 1996 | Various | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Beautiful Girls, Sergeant Peter Best's Lonely Hearts Club Band Syndrome, Barbie, Get Real! | See entries 4575-4577 for details. | |
17 | Best Of Thespian Playworks, The: Volume I | Collections | Various | 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 | Black: The Horse Latitudes & The Pokey | Collections | Various | 1967 | Black, Stephen | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Pokey; The Horse Latitudes | See entries 4610-11 for details on plays. | |
19 | Three Plays By Sharon Pollock | Collections | Various | 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 | Blue Heart | Collections | Various | 1998 | Churchill, Caryl | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Heart's Desire; Blue Kettle | See entries 4600-4601 for description of plays. | |
21 | Book Of Good Plays, A | Collections | Various | 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 ask | |
22 | Box And Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung | Collections | 2 M, 2 F | 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 ex | |
23 | Middle School Book, The | Scenes | 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 | Two Plays By Bertolt Brecht | Collections | Various | 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 | Farces By Anton Chekhov | Collections | Various | 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 | |
26 | Three Plays By Stuart B. Jackman | Collections | Various | 1955 | Jackman, Stuart B. | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | The Backyard Miracle; The Prototype; The Blind Man | The Backyard Miracle: A Nativity Play; The Prototype: Modern Religious Play; The Blind Man: A Morality Play. | |
27 | Two Plays By David Campton (2) | Drama One Act | Various | 1969 | Campton, David | Dramatists Play Servcie, Inc. | High School | Yes | A Smell of Burning; | See entry 769 for descrition of "Then..." and entry for 4771 description of A Smell of Burning. | |
28 | Modern Plays Of The Canadian Theatre 1934-1984 | Anthologies | Various | 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 | Two Plays By David Campton | Collections | Various | 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 | Great Ice Cream Scheme!, The Or Robin Baskins To The Rescue! | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 5 F, Extras | 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 co | |
31 | Two Plays By Joanna M. Glass | Collections | Various | 1977 | Glass, Joanna M. | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Canadian Gothic; American Modern | See entries 4596-97 for description of plays. | |
32 | No See Scenes | Scenes | 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 | |||
33 | Two Plays By Lewis John Carlino | Collections | Various | 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 | |
34 | Cascando And Other Short Dramatic Pieces | Collections | Various | 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 | Chain of Words, A: Folktales And Legends From Japan | Drama One Act | 3 M, 2 F, Extras | 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 | ||
36 | Chicks And Other Short Plays | Collections | Various | 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 | |
37 | Moby Dick | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 1 F, Extras | 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 | City Scene, The | Collections | Various | 1965 | Gagliano, Frank | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Paradise Gardens East; Conerico Was Here To Stay | Paradise Gardens East: Sis arrives in the big city and her brother sets out to protect her from prowlers, rapists and other horrors. Conerico Was Here To Stay: A young man with amnesia, who's hat has fallen on the subway tracks, is indecisive as to what t | |
39 | Damnation Of Vancouver | Drama One Act | 10 M, 2 F | 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 | Coarse Acting Show 2, The | Collections | Various | 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 | Comanche Caf? And Domino Courts | Collections | Various | 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 | |
42 | Cherry Sisters | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 6 F | 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 | Daniel Maclvor: 2 Plays | Collections | Various | 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 | High-Schoolers Guide To The Galaxy, The | Comedy One Act | 15-40 M or F | 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! | |
45 | Plays By Arthur Kopit | Collections | Various | 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 | Gawain And The Green Knight | Drama One Act | 4 M, 2 F, Extras | 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 | ||
3.081 | Playlist - A Choose Your Own Adventure Collective Creation | Drama One Act | 15+ AG | 2021 | Luther College High School Drama 20/30 Students | Unpublished | High School | No | Luther College High School, Regina - 2021 | 25 minute playing time. Devised and performed by Drama 20/30 Students at Luther College High School Regina in SDA's first Virtual Theatre Festival 2021. | |
3.082 | Holiday Plays For Puppets Or People | Anthologies | Various | 1974 | Boylan, Eleanor | New Plays Incorporated | High School | Yes | The Grasshopper And The Ant; The City Mouse And The Country Mouse; The Donkey In The Lion's Skin; The Fifth Witch; Birthday In The Land Of Oz; The Tale Of Purim; Three Parables; The Shoemaker and The Elves; Hansel And Gretel; The Fisherman And His Wife; P | Most of the plays in this book are designed for special occasions, but any may be done on a day when you "just feel like putting on a show". Special occasions include Halloween, Christmas and a birthday. Stage directions are given for doing the plays with | |
2.877 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Dec 2015 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Eleanor Roosevelt: Iron Will, A Gift for Hans Brinnker (Adapted), The Haunted House (Adapted), Christmas in Old New England, Three Clever Cats Fluff, Mrs. Rosen's Latke Mountain, Santa's Alphabet | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See entries 2675, 2686-87, 2697-98, 2736, 3306 and 3394 for details. | |
3.084 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Oct 2005 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Various | Yes | The Walls Have Ears; Genus de Milo; Some Words With A Mummy; Talk To Me!; A Halloween Sleeping Beauty; Why We Have Day and Night; A Loan For Columbus; A Journey To The Stars: Celia Cruz ; Be-Switched | Includes plays for Junior and Senior High, Middle and Lower Grades, Readers' Theatre, A Skit, and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 3513 - 3521 for details. | |
3.085 | Straight Skinny, The | Drama One Act | 9 M, 9 F | 2000 | Frank Cerabino | Eldridge Publishing Company, Florida | High School | No | 45 minute playing time. What happens when a sympathetic teacher slips an advance copy of the algebra midterm exam to a struggling student and warns him not to share it with the rest of the class? In two words: cheating scandal! Come sort out the vagar | ||
3.086 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Nov 2005 | Various | Sterling Partners Inc. | Various | Yes | The Tutor; The Torn Photograph: Pelleas And Melisande; Sarah At Sea; Perambulating Pie; Turkey Saves The Day; Do It With Dewey | Includes plays for Junior and Senior High, Middle and Lower Grades, Readers' Theatre, A Skit, and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 3522 - 3528 for details. | |
3.087 | Teen Talk | Skits | Flexible casting | 1953 | Joyce R. Ingalls | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | For Girls: A Prize Winner?, The Deb shop, Over The Dishpan, Love--What Is It?, The Right Answer At The Right Time, The "Young" Pro, Take A Rain Check?, Maid Of Honour. For Boys: Date For The Prom?, The White Jacket, Peter The Great, The Tip-Off, The Nig | 16 Character Sketches for Teen-aged Girls and Boys. A wonderful collection of material for that difficult time of life. A wide selection of material for boys and girls, covering a variety of topics. | |
3.088 | Not-So-Grimm Tales | Comedy One Act | 3-8 M, 5-11 F, Flexible casting | 2009 | Bean, Kevin | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Medstead Central School and Vibank Regional School - 2012 | 30 minute playing time. Here?s a hilarious tongue-in-cheek retelling of classic Grimm fairy tales that feels fresh and contemporary! A working mother notices her daughter has picked up some not-so-great lessons from the fairy tales she?s been reading, s | |
3.089 | Kids' Stuff | Monologues | 1 - 3 M or F | 1993 | Roddy, Ruth Mae | Dramaline Publications | Middle Years | Yes | 30 great audition pieces for children | ||
3.090 | More Monologues for Kids | Monologues | 1 - 3 M or F | 1993 | Roddy, Ruth Mae | Dramaline Publications | Middle Years | Yes | 28 monologues for boys and girls. These speeches are written as children speak and address subjects to which they can relate. | ||
3.091 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Dec 2005 | Various | Sterling Partners Inc. | Various | Yes | The Heart Of A Stranger; Newton's Dollhouse; Beyond Santa Claus; The Goblins And The Gravedigger; Sherlock Holmes's Christmas Goose; The Christmas Coat; The Elves And The Shoemaker; Weathering Christmas | Includes plays for Junior and Senior High, Middle and Lower Grades, and two Dramatized Classics for Middle Grades and High School. Production Notes Included. See 3529 - 3536 for details. | |
3.092 | Café Murder | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 5 F, 2 M or F, Extras | 2004 | Hartswick, Nathan | Pioneer Drama Services, Inc. | Middle and High School | No | W.P. Sandin Composite School, Shellbrook-'06 | This hilarious murder mystery comedy is easy to produce and perfect for dinner theatre. Rosemary Saint-John is a loud, annoying hypochondriac convinced she is allergic to water. Celebrating her birthday at a restaurant with her four kooky sisters--a hippi | |
3.093 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | January/February 2006 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Various | Yes | Critic's Choice (Craig Sodaro); The Booth Who Saved A Lincoln (Renee C. Rebman); The House Of The Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne, Adapted by Adele Thane); Tales Of The Tangled Tresses (Christina Hamlett); The Bully Of Barksdale Street (Eric Alter); A S | Includes plays for Junior and Senior High, Middle and Lower Grades, and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 3480 - 3487 for details. | |
3.094 | Bard On The Plains, The | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 5 F | 2000 | Malinowski, M. A. | Unpublished | High School | No | A Comical look at what happens when small town traditions meet Shakespearean drama. A city born wife and her country husband provide the basic plot. 45 minute playing time. | ||
3.095 | Cool Suit | Musical One Act | 6 - 18 M or F | 2002 | Mayer, Lauren | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | High School | No | Oxbow Prairie Heights-'06 | A new musical version of "The Emperor's New Clothes." The show is designed to be performed by a largely adult (or older teen) cast, with a flexible cast size of six to ten or more (including one or more kids). The music is theatrical pop, and the humour | |
3.096 | Middle School Dating Game, The | Comedy One Act | 9 F, 2 M, Flexible casting | 2004 | McVetty, Jennifer | Heuer Publishing LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | Norquay School 2006, Minahik Waskahigan School, Pinehouse Lake - 2014 | 30 minute playing time. Fred and Sally, two middle school students, are interested in dating each other but must play ?the game? to find out if they are ?dating material.? An overbearing game show host, Barb (or Bob if this part is played by a male), run | |
3.097 | Spectrum Six, The | Comedy One Act | 11 M or F, Flexible casting | 2002 | O'Ruairc, T. | Unpublished | High School | No | James Hamblin School-'06 | The Spectrum Six is a humorous play based on the way color touches our lies in visual terms, song, visual art, and speech. The trial of the Spectrum Six, is designed to draw the viewers attention to the prejudice, as they are given the task of deciding w | |
3.098 | Orson Welles And The War Of The Worlds | Drama One Act | 17 M or F, Flexible casting | 2006 | Burns, Cliff and Burns, Sherron (Adapted by) | Unpublished | High School | No | North Battleford Comprehensive High School - 2006 | Adapted with permission from the original story written by H. G. Welles; radio drama written by Howard Koch; performed by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air and broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System on Sunday, October 30, 1938 from 8: | |
3.099 | 65 Mustang | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 4 F, Doubling | 2003 | Bumgarner, Burton | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | Westcliffe Composite School, Magengo - 2006; Hudson Bay Composite High School - 2010 | Set in and around a 1965 Ford Mustang, the play is made up of five scenes, each a decade apart. Each scene depicts events in the lives of people who own, drive, or come in contact with the classic car. Actors portray parents, young children, punks, spoile | |
3.100 | Lively Plays for Young Actors | Collections | Various | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | The Prince's Dilemma; The Ghost of Hemstead House; Picture Perfect; Once Upon A Fairy Tale; The wedding Bell Blues; Author! Author!; The Magic Mermaid; Secret Agents in Disguise; Where There's a Will, There's a Play; Eat, Drink , and Be Scary; Mother Goos | 12 one-Act Comedies for Young Actors. Detailed production notes follow each play, offering suggestions for simple costumes, settings and props. Plays listed separately numbers - 3100-3112. | |
3.101 | Prince's Dilemma, The | Comedy One Act | 6 M or F | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Shipwrecks, exotic prophesies, and marriages all figure into this royal romance. In Lively Plays for Young Actors. | ||
3.102 | Ghost Of Hemstead House, The | Comedy One Act | 6 M or F, Flexible casting | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Yers and High School | Yes | When ghosts invade a small town, everyone turns to the local sheriff. In Lively Plays for Young actors. | ||
3.103 | Picture Perfect | Comedy One Act | 9 M or F, Flexible casting | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Yers and High School | Yes | A lighthearted parody of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. In Lively Plays for Young Actors. | ||
3.104 | Once Upon a Fairy Tale | Fantasy One Act | 15 M or F | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Witches suffer a mid-career crisis. In Lively Plays for Young Actors. | ||
3.105 | Wedding Bell Blues, The | Comedy One Act | 6 M or F, Flexible casting | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Yers and High School | Yes | Will a bossy bride spell catastrophe for a harried wedding planner? In Lively Plays for Young Actors. | ||
3.106 | Author! Author! | Comedy One Act | 4 M or F, Flexible casting | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Yers and High School | Yes | Talk-show host interviews some familiar characters. In Lively Play for Young Actors. | ||
3.107 | Magic Mermaid, The | Comedy One Act | 6 M or F, Flexible casting | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Yers and High School | Yes | An eerie English legend set in verse for round-the-table reading. In Lively Plays for Young Actors. | ||
3.108 | Secret Agents In Disguise | Comedy One Act | 8 M or F, Flexible casting | 1998 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Yers and High School | Yes | Spies and a handsome prince shake things up for a quiet career woman. In Lively Plays for Young Actors. | ||
4.646 | Ride To The Hill | Drama One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1984 | Taylor, Ron | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | Pauline, a young girl about to enter adulthood, suffers from fears about her height and awkwardness. Combined with the teasing to which she has been subjected is her father's insistence that she give up her beloved small pony and begin riding an animal m | ||
4.647 | Storm In Summer, A | Drama One Act | 7 M, 4 F | 1984 | Sterling, Rod | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | In this full-length play for television, an old, disgruntled man is forced into being a surrogate father to a bitter black ghetto boy. Together the two learn about caring, hurt, and compassion. In Front Row, An Anthology Of Plays - 605 & 606. | ||
4.648 | Saint Joan (Excerpt) | Drama One Act | 8 M, 1 F, Extras | 1984 | Shaw, George Bernard | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | In the trial scene form Shaw's "Saint Joan," the forces of church and state make a converted effort to condemn Joan both for reputed blasphemy and witchcraft and for the danger she offers to the politics of the time. l She is finally condemned because s | ||
4.649 | Riel (Excerpt) | Drama One Act | 12 M, 1 F | 1984 | Coulter, John | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | This excerpt shows the courtroom scene in which the title character stands trial for treason against the Crown. The two sides, Crown and Defence, call witnesses and examine them; call witnesses and examine them; Riel himself finally testifies. After se | ||
4.650 | Friends And Relations | Drama One Act | 6 M, 4 F | 1984 | Hood, Hugh | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | Ruth Bird's husband has died, leaving her little in terms of finances for her support. The play is the story of her struggle to become independent and a successful business person in the face of opposition displayed by friends and relations. In Front Ro | ||
4.651 | Feathertop | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 4 F, Extras | 1984 | Valency, Maurice | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | This play is adapted from a nineteenth century story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Feathertop is a scarecrow brought to life by the witch, Mother Rigby, and sent out into the world to make a fool of a rich, pompous man. Feathertop falls in love with the rich m | ||
4.652 | Still Stands The House | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F | 1939 | Ringwood, Gwen Pharis | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | A. E. Peacock Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 1980; Greenall School, Balgonie - 1983; Balfour Collegiate, Regina - 1984; Balcarres School - 1984; H. Hardcastle School, Edam - 1988 and 1999; Riffel Catholic High School, Regina - 1988; Canora Composite High Schoo | A young farmer on the prairies during the Depression has a chance to sell his farm and move closer to town. His wife, expecting their first child, longs for such a move, but the man's sister refuses to let him sell their father's house -- a house where s | |
4.653 | Visit To A Small Planet | Drama One Act | 5 M, 2 F, 5 M or F | 1984 | Vidal, Gore | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | Kreton, a charming stranger from another planet, arrives on earth with the goal of ruling the world and manipulating the nations into making global war. This plan is about to succeed when another visitor arrives to take Kreton back to his home planet, wh | ||
4.654 | Come Away, Come Away | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 M or F | 1984 | Moore, Mavor | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | An old man who has been abandoned by friends and relatives over the years meets a young girl in a park. He recounts his experiences while the child gathers dead leaves. We discover at the play's conclusion that the child symbolizes dearth, come to gathe | ||
4.655 | Beyond Batoche | Full Length | 4 M, 2 F | 1989 | Deverell, Rex | New West Publishers Limited | High School | Yes | In Deverell Of The Globe - 581. Matthew, the artist with good intentions, wants to write a film script about the Riel rebellion. Shane, the actor, wants the role of Riel, and Burns, the producer, wants to get rich. There's only one thing they've forgotten | ||
4.656 | Quartet For Three Actors | Full Length | 2 M, 1 F | 1989 | Deverell, Rex | New West Publishers Limited | High School | Yes | In Deverell Of The Globe - 581. Three actors find themselves on an empty stage unable to leave until they perform the play they've been given. An examination of themselves as artists and as human beings is the result. | ||
4.657 | Afternoon Of The Big Game | Full Length | 5 M, 2 F | 1989 | Deverell, Rex | New West Publishers Limited | High School | Yes | In Deverell Of The Globe - 581. Comedy. The two most popular weekend pastimes in Saskatchewan are watching the Roughriders play and arguing politics. East vs. west, old vs. young, male vs. female, ideals vs. apoliticism - all take turns being the footba | ||
4.658 | Sticks And Stones: The Donnellys, Part I | Drama One Act | 3 M, 5 F | 1983 | Reaney, James | Beach Holme Publishing Limited | High School | Yes | Part one of a play 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. In The Donnellys - | ||
4.659 | Handcuffs: The Donnellys, Part III | Drama One Act | 10 M, 4 F | 1983 | Reaney, James | Beach Holme Publishing Limited | High School | Yes | Swift Current Comprehensive High School - 2002 | Part three of a play 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. In The Donnellys - | |
4.660 | Toronto, Mississippi | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F | 1987 | MacLeod, Joan | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Toronto, Mississippi is an extraordinary place. Center stage is Jhana, a passionate and funny mentally-handicapped teenager. When her father, an Elvis impersonator shows up for a visit, her world and that of her family changes forever. In Plays by Joan M | ||
4.661 | Jewel | Drama One Act | 1 F, 1 M or F | 1987 | MacLeod, Joan | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Marjorie Clifford relives the sheer terror of the night the oil rig Ocean Range sank off Newfoundland killing her husband and 83 others. This is her painful journey since that Valentine's Day three years before. Playing time is approximately 60 minutes. | ||
4.662 | Apology, The | Drama One Act | 2 M | 1989 | Moore, Mavor | Talonbooks | High School | Yes | A play in two acts. It is based on the reports by Plato and Xenophon of Socrates' defence at his trial in Athens, 399, B.C.E. | ||
4.663 | Store, The | Comedy One Act | 1 F, 3 M or F | 1989 | Moore, Mavor | Talonbooks | High School | Yes | This version of "The Store" was first produced by the CBC in 1971, in an adaptation for the television series "Program X," produced by George Jonas. It was directed by Herb Roland, with Joseph Shaw as the Manager and Barbara Hamilton at the Woman. | ||
4.664 | Pile, The | Comedy One Act | 2 M | 1989 | Moore, Mavor | Talonbooks | High School | Yes | North Battleford Comprehensive High School - 1982 | "The Pile" was first produced in 1970, in a version for radio, by the CBC, in a series "CBC Tuesday Night." X was play by Mavor Moore and Y by Tommy Tweed. The program was produced and directed by Jean Bartels. It is include in the disc "Stories by Mav | |
4.665 | Getting In | Drama One Act | 2 M or F | 1989 | Moore, Mavor | Talonbooks | High School | Yes | An early version of "Getting In" was heard on both CBC Radio and BBC Radio in l969, and in the same year a stage version was published by Samuel French, New York. Its first appearances as a television play, in both Canada and Britain, were in 1971. The | ||
4.666 | Argument, The | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1989 | Moore, Mavor | Talonbooks | High School | Yes | Bedford Road High School, Saskatoon - 1987 | An early radio version of "The Argument" was presented by the CBC in 1970. An unperformed stage version, published in "Performing Arts Magazine, then led to a television production by the BBC in 1972. Produced by Tim Aspinall and directed by Brian Farnh | |
4.667 | To Bobolink For Her Spirit | Drama One Act | 3 M, 3 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Short play about the dedicated autograph hunters who lie in wait for celebrities outside of one of New York's famous restaurants. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.668 | Social Event, A | Drama One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | A brief but revealing study of two young Hollywood hopefuls. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.669 | Boy In The Basement, The | Drama One Act | 3 M, 1 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | A gripping play about a middle-aged man who still lives with his parents and suffers the misery of a terrible and secret shame. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.670 | Tiny Closet, The | Drama One Act | 1 M, 3 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | A fussy, middle-aged bachelor is upset to find that someone has been tampering with the lock on his closet?and has discovered a strange secret hidden there. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.671 | Memory Of Summer | Drama One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | A touching story of a woman who has lost her youth and replaced it with the questionable comfort of delusion. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.672 | Rainy Afternoon, The | Drama One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Two little girls and a boy "play house," emulating their parents with a completeness that both alarms and reveals. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.673 | Mall, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 6 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The mall of an out-of-season amusement park becomes the setting for a series of separate encounters, all interwoven into a totality of meaning. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.674 | Incident At The Standish Arms, An | Drama One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | A wealthy young woman and the man she has picked up reveal an inner squalor which their luxurious surroundings cannot hide. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.675 | People In The Wind | Drama One Act | 3 M, 5 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon - 1987; Thom Collegiate, Regina - 1993 | Midnight, a bus station in rural Kansas, and a mixed bag of passengers?all victims of their differing fates. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | |
4.676 | Bus Riley's Back In Town | Drama One Act | 4 M, 2 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Two young former lovers meet again, and reach out to each other over the pain and bitterness of the intervening years. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.677 | Strains Of Triumph, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 1 F | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Two young lovers on a hillside are overheard by his best friend?and rival for the girl's affections. In Eleven Short Plays - 683-684. | ||
4.679 | Warrior's Barrow, The | Drama One Act | 6 M, 1 F, Extras | 1969 | Orbeck, Anders (Translateed by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | A Dramatic Poem in one act by Henrik Ibsen. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. No abstract available | ||
4.680 | Trial By Jury | Drama One Act | 6 M or F, Extras | 1969 | Gilbert, Willilam Schwenck | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | A dramatic cantata in one act. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. No abstract available | ||
4.681 | Cavalleria Rusticana | Drama One Act | 4 M, 4 F | 1969 | Szogyi, Alex (Translated by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | Translated to English from the work of Giovanni Verga. Tragedy. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. No abstract available | ||
4.682 | Proposal, The | Drama One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1969 | Garnett, Constance (Translated by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | A Jest in One Act by Anton Chekhov. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. No abstract available | ||
4.683 | Man Of Destiny, The | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 2 F | 1969 | Shaw, George Bernard | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | An antiromatic satire built on the framework of a melodrama. It exposes the folly of traditional warfare, the hypocrisy of moral and respectable people, and infidelity. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. | ||
4.684 | Interior | Drama One Act | 4 M, 6 F, Extras | 1969 | Archer, William (Translated by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | From the work of Marice Maeterlinck. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599.No abstract available | ||
4.685 | Tenor, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 3 F | 1969 | Tridon, Andre (Translated by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | Translated from the work of Frank Wedekind. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. No abstract available | ||
4.686 | Love Of One's Neighbour | Comedy One Act | 10 M, 9 F, 16 M or F, Extras | 1969 | Seltzer, Thomas ( Translated by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | Translated from the work of Leonid Andreyev. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. No abstract available | ||
4.687 | Hope Slide, The | Drama One Act | 1 F | 1994 | MacLeod, Joan | Coach House Press | High School | Yes | An actress travels back in memory from the present day to the mid sixties, from Vancouver to the Doukhobor prison outside the town of Hope, the site of a mountain collapse in Natural disaster becomes a metaphor for the AIDS crisis, and anarchy is examined | ||
4.688 | Long Christmas Dinner, The | Drama One Act | 7 M, 5 F, Extras | 1969 | Wilder, Thornton | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | In this short play, we live through, in accelerated motion, ninety Christmas dinners with the Bayard household. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. | ||
4.689 | Love Of Don Perlimplin And Belisa In The Garden, The | Drama One Act | 1 M, 3 F, 2 M or F | 1969 | Graham-Lujan, James and O'Connell, Richard L. (Translated by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | A lace paper Valentine in four scenes. Chamber version. Translated from the work of Federico Garcia Lorca. Mature content. In Fifteen International One Act Plays - 599. | ||
47 | Griffin And The Minor Canon, The | Drama One Act | 3 M, Extras | 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 | Piers Plowman | Drama One Act | 6 M, 1 F, Extras | 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 | Deer slayer And Other Plays | Collections | Various | 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 W | |
50 | Donnellys, The | Collections | Various | 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 | |
51 | Miss Electricity | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 2 F, Expandable | 2010 | Walat, Kathryn | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 40 - 50 minute playing time.Ten-year-old Violet is determined to show the world, not to mention the cool kids at school, just how special she is. With the help of her assistant Freddy, she sets out to break a world record, but becomes accidentally extraor | ||
52 | Everyone Gets Abducted By Aliens | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 5 F | 2016 | Pailet, Marshall | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 30 - 35 minute playing time. The universe is full of questions: Is there life on other planets? Should you be petrified for your Earthly existence? Does everyone get abducted by aliens? This play is full of answers: yes, yes, and that's the title of the | ||
53 | Drama Reader, The | Full Length | Various | 1962 | Congdon II, Perry S. (Edited by) | The Odyssey Press | High School | Yes | Dulcy; Seven Keys To Baldpate; R.U.R.; Antigone; Richard III | Full-Length Plays for the Secondary School. | |
54 | DUI=DOA: Two Short One Act Plays By Dan Roberts | Collections | Various | 1997 | Roberts, Dan | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Only Seventeen; The Waiting Room | See entries 4589-4590 for description of plays. | |
55 | Down Came The Rain | Drama One Act | 2 M | 2007 | Clark, Burgess | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | The Dwarfs; Eight Revue Sketches -- Trouble In The Works; The Black And White; Request Stop; Last To Go; Applicant; Interview; That's All; That's Your Trouble | H. Hardcastle, Edam - 2000, Clavet Composite School - 2012 | 30 minute playing time. Eighteen-year old Michael and his fourteen-year old brother Brucie - who has been considered mentally "slow" since birth - venture out n a camping trip together. Brucie's never-ending curiosity becomes increasingly unbearable to |
56 | Dwarfs And Eight Revue Sketches, The | Collections | Various | 1965 | Pinter, Harold | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Dwarfs; Eight Revue Sketches -- Trouble In The Works; The Black And White; Request Stop; Last To Go; Applicant; Interview; That's All; That's Your Trouble | The Dwarfs: The play is concerned with three young men, Len, Pete and Mark, and the scene of action shifts back and forth between Len's house and Mark's. Sometimes all three come together, sometimes only two, and often Len is on Stage alone. There are con | |
57 | Betrayal | Drama One Act | 2 M | 1986 | Gareau, Laurier | New West Press | High School | Yes | About the aftermath of the Riel rebellion. The setting is the interior of the old rectory of St. Antoine de Padoue, Batoche. Dumont and Moulin speak to each other in French/M?tis but Dumont is more heavily influenced by Cree. In Five Plays From The Fring | ||
58 | One Beautiful Evening | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 2 F | 1986 | Small Change Theatre | New West Press | High School | Yes | Indian Head High School - 1991 | Created as a collective with full-face masks in the Basel na?f style. In Five Plays From The Fringe - 64. | |
59 | Endangered Species | Collections | Various | 1988 | Hollingsworth, Margaret | Act One Press | High School | Yes | The House That Jack Built; It's Only Hot For Two Months In Kapuskasing; Poppycock; Prim And Duck, Mama And Frank | The House That Jack Built: Jack built a new house on the outskirts of Toronto for Jenny, who is reluctant to leave the city. As she adjusts to her new home, their marriage undergoes a frightening change. It's Only Hot For Two Months In Kapuskasing: Exam | |
60 | Fanny Burney's Resignation And Other Plays | Collections | Various | 1953 | Robinson, Ruth | MacMillan And Co., Limited | High School | Yes | Fanny Burney's Resignation; Clarence Gate; Princess Victoria's Twelfth Birthday | Short plays for young actors. | |
61 | Festival Plays I For Primary Schools | Anthologies | Various | 1951 | Lock, Arthur B. (Edited by) | University London Press, Ltd. | Elementary | Yes | Mushroom Town; Make Believe Jade; Witchy Fair; A Present From The King; The Mollycoddle; Solomon; Robin Hood And The Widow's Songs | A collection of short one act plays by various authors for young actors. | |
62 | Five Canadian Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1978 | Various | Playwrights Union Canada | High School | Yes | Babel Rap; Cowboy Island; Heroes; Hurray For Johnny Canuck; The Twin Sinks Of Allan Sammy | See entries 2872, 2903, 3609, 4678, 4690 for details on plays. | |
64 | Five From The Fringe | Anthologies | Various | 1986 | Bell, Nancy (Edited by) | New West Press | High School | Yes | Life After Hockey; The Betrayal; One Beautiful Evening; Cut!; The Land Called Morning | A selection of five plays first performed at the Fringe Theatre Event. See entries 57, 58, 65, 2914, 4591 for details on plays. | |
65 | Cut! | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 2 F | 1986 | Albert, Lyle Victor | New West Press | High School | Yes | Bishop James Mahoney High School, Saskatoon - 1995; Rosetown Central High School - 1999 | Characters cut from well-known plays are in some celestial rest home. | |
66 | Five Plays From Write A Play | Anthologies | Various | 1967 | Various | Blond Educational | Middle Years and High School | Yes | So You're The Leader Now; Mr. Timbral's Reckoning; Time And Time Again; Here We Go Round; The Blue Flower | Five plays originally submitted for a play contest promoted in l965 by Rediffusion Television. Michael Segal was responsible for the general direction of the competition. All have been written by young people. | |
67 | Five Special Plays For Special Days | Collections | Various | 1967 | Watts, Frances B. | Eldridge Publishing Company | Elementary | Yes | Professor Owl's Woodland School; The Book Elf; The Magic Corn; The Courage Of Mr. Groundhog; Christmas At Old King Cole's | Five short plays for very young actors. | |
68 | Two Plays By Dennis Foon | Collections | Various | 1989 | Foon, Dennis | Playwrights Canada Press | Middle Years and High School | Yes | New Canadian Kid;Invisible Kids | 45 minute playing time. The audience hears the thoughts and fears of new Canadians and comes to understand what Canadian society feels like to him or her. Based on experience of immigrant children in a Vancouver elementary school, the play is a though p | |
69 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Oct 2009 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Various | Yes | Meg And Chloe's World Tour; Two Left Feet; The Conspiracy; The Dinner Guests; "Bach" To School; Pluto's Big Problem; The Dancing Farmer; Jack And The Sillies | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 73, 76, 83, 88, 89, 100 and 4026, for details. | |
70 | Fortune And The Beggar And Other Plays | Collections | Various | 1955 | Swinson. Cyril (Edited by) | A & C Black Ltd. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Fortune And The Beggar; The Hill men And The Housewife; The Problem Princess | Three plays for young actors. | |
71 | Four Canadian One-Act Plays | Collections | Various | 1990 | Hurley, Joan Mason | A Room Of One's Own Press | High School | Yes | Passacaglia; Fugue For Female Voices; Inukshuk; Death Seat | See entries 4691-4 for details on plays. Joan Mason Hurley's plays have been performed on CBC and on stages from Halifax to Victoria and from Rhode Island to Los Angeles, as well as in Australia and the United Kingdom. Under the name Joan Austen-Leigh s | |
4.678 | Twin Sinks Of Allan Sammy, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 3 F | 1978 | Hubert, Cam | Playwrights Co-Op | High School | Yes | In Five Canadian Plays 62 and 63. Allan Sammy is an Indian cut loose in the big city- out of work, out of money, and for a moment, almost out of pride when he finds himself tempted to trade his cultural heritage for survival on the white man's terms. | ||
4.690 | Hurray For Johnny Canuck | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 2 F | 1978 | Gass, Ken | Playwrights Co-Op | High School | Yes | Based on the popular wartime comic book series, this freewheeling romp through the nostalgia and nationalist fantasies feature clean-cut Johnny Canuck, superhero, as he deals telling blows to the fascist war machine. In In Five Canadian Plays 62 and 63 an | ||
4.691 | Death Seat | Drama One Act | 2 M, 3 F | 1990 | Hurley, Joan Mason | A Room Of One's Own Press | High School | Yes | Bedford Road Collegiate, Saskatoon - 1986; Winston Knoll Collegiate, Regina - 2001 | A symbolic play set in the Sunset Bar - a stranger forbidding place with an unusual atmosphere. In Four Canadian One Act Plays - 71. | |
4.692 | Passacaglia | Drama One Act | 6 F | 1990 | Hurley, Joan Mason | A Room Of One's Own Press | High School | Yes | Robert Usher Collegiate, Regina - 1986; Thom Collegiate, Regina - 1995 | A play for six women. In Four Canadian One Act Plays - 71. | |
4.693 | Fugue For Female Voices | Drama One Act | 7 F | 1990 | Hurley, Joan Mason | Room Of One's Own Press | High School | Yes | Seven distinctive roles for women. Can be played by a single virtuoso performer or as seven separate monologues. In Four Canadian One Act Plays - 71. | ||
4.694 | Inukshuk | Drama One Act | 3 M, 1 F | 1990 | Hurley, Joan Mason | Room Of One's Own Press | High School | Yes | A play about an Inuit family. Native Content, In Four Canadian One Act Plays - 71. | ||
4.695 | Bald Soprano, The | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 F | 1958 | Ionesco, Eugene | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | Spiritwood High School - 1996; Cornerstone Christian School, Moose Jaw - 2001; Sacred Hear High School, Yorkton - 2005 | This is hilarious and certainly unique satire of the drabness of the English middle class, in which people talk to each other at cross purposes, failing to understand, getting nowhere at all in the matter of communication. An anti-play. Translated by Don | |
4.696 | Days Ahead | Drama One Act | 1 M | 1994 | Wilson, Lanford | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Portrays the fraught psyche of a fastidious little man as he confronts the memory of an early love which he perceives as a dusty, crumbling wall through which he must dig. In Four Short Plays By Lanford Wilson - 81. | ||
4.697 | Madness Of Lady Bright, the | Drama One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1994 | Wilson, Lanford | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Traces the mental breakdown of Lesley Bright, an aging homosexual whose past returns to haunt him with the emptiness of the choice he made. In Four Short Plays By Lanford Wilson - 81. | ||
4.698 | This Is The Rill Speaking | Drama One Act | 6 M or F | 1994 | Wilson, Lanford | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Martensville High School - 1995 | A play for voices, poetic, mosaic-style evocation of small town life told through multiple voices with shift and blend from identity to identity. In Four Short Plays By Lanford Wilson - 81. | |
4.699 | Say De Kooning | Drama One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 1994 | Wilson, Lanford | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Pits an artist and two female lovers against the very strains of modern life they hoped to escape by summering at the beach. Not even there, though, can they avoid the pitfalls of their own demanding personalities. In Four Short Plays By Lanford Wilson - | ||
4.700 | Lesson, The | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 1958 | Ionesco, Eugene | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | Riverview Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 2015 | Concerns an elderly professor who undertakes to give a lesson to his young female pupil and ends up murdering her. A comic drama. Translated by Donald M. Allen. In Four Plays By Eugene Ionesco - 75 and 76. | |
4.701 | Chairs, The | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1958 | Ionesco, Eugene | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | An old man and woman create a gathering and wait for the arrival of the Emperor. A tragic farce. Translated by Donald M. Allen. In Four Plays By Eugene Ionesco - 75 and 76. | ||
4.702 | Jack, Or The Submission | Comedy One Act | 5 F, 4 M | 1958 | Ionesco, Eugene | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | A Naturalistic Comedy. Translated by Donald M. Allen. In Four Plays By Eugene Ionesco - 75 and 76. | ||
4.703 | Games | Drama One Act | Flexible casting | 1973 | Saunders, James | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Delisle Composite High School - 1998 | A play about Vietnam. In Two Plays By James Saunders - 87, 88, and 89. | |
4.704 | After Liverpool | Drama One Act | Flexible casting | 1973 | Saunders, James | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Delisle Composite High School - 1995 | A series of brief sketches and vignettes about the game lovers play. In Two Plays By James Saunders - 87, 88, and 89. | |
4.705 | Great Grommboolian Plain, The | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 3 F | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | This long one act by the author of many popular plays is a love story that takes place on the grounds of a mental institution. A young girl who believes she can time travel meets a man who is not what he seems. Institutionalized by her sister to coerce he | ||
4.706 | Sin-Eater, The | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Central Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 2004 | First produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville, this intense, darkly comic play tells of an outcast whose life's work is to eat a symbolic meal off the chests of the dead to take their sins upon himself before they are buried. When his sister asks him to | |
4.707 | Ballerinas | Comedy One Act | 3 F | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Central Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 2004 | Three delicate ballerinas are in the dressing room during an intermission for Swan Lake. Scheherazade smokes cigars to relax. Petroushka, who has a drinking problem, is worried about how many buttocks she has and would kill for a meat loaf. Both are worri | |
4.708 | Lost Girl, The | Comedy One Act | 3 F | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Mala, a young tourist lost in a strange country with an erroneous map, sees Lara sitting on a bench reading a black book. Mala manages to communicate her situation and ask Lara for directions. Strangely, she understands Lara's foreign language more and mo | ||
4.709 | Babel Of Circular Labyrinths, The | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | An old blind writer sits in a circle of light in a dark library asking why he doesn't just sit in the dark, why a raven is like a desk and what is the nature of labyrinths. He hears footsteps and smells perfume. The intruder is a beautiful woman who may o | ||
4.710 | S?ance | Drama One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Sir William Crookes, a respected physicist in 1875, is investigating a beautiful young medium. He becomes convinced that her alter ego from the spirit world is real, and she, seeing the great man falling under her spell, confesses that the vision emerging | ||
4.711 | Dead Wife, The | Drama One Act | 2 F | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | On her wedding night Laura sits in her nightgown waiting for her husband. His dead first wife appears to warn her that her groom is a murderer and, preying upon Laura's doubts, fears and terror of mirrors, she plants a deadly seed of suspicion. The husban | ||
4.712 | Wonders Of The Invisible World Revealed | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A young housemaid is fascinated by a bad tempered and impatient yet compelling lodger whose room is full of strange bottles. Wrapped in bandages with no flesh showing, he tells her he is invisible. She thinks he must be a dangerous lunatic until he descri | ||
4.713 | Room, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 2 F | 1976 | Pinter, Harold | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | While her taciturn husband remains engrossed in his magazine, Rose bustles about getting breakfast. As she works she carries on a monologue touching on the weather, the coziness of their cramped quarters, and the mysterious tenant who occupies a damp, win | ||
4.714 | Dumb Waiter, The | Drama One Act | 2 M | 1976 | Pinter, Harold | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | A. E. Peacock Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 1981. | As the New York World-Telegram & Sun describes: "In the basement of a long-abandoned restaurant, two hired killers nervously await their next assignment. Barred from daylight and living public contact by the nature of their work, they expend their waiting | |
4.715 | Slight Ache, A | Drama One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1976 | Pinter, Harold | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | Flora and Edward sit at the breakfast table chatting of flowers and wasps and of the slight ache which Edward feels in his eyes. Their conversation, which seems so simple and is yet so strangely revealing, then shifts to the mysterious match seller who ha | ||
4.716 | Night Out, A | Drama One Act | 10 M, 5 F | 1976 | Pinter, Harold | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | Living at home with his widowed, domineering mother, Albert is a meek, hen-pecked fellow for whom the invitation to an office party is a rare and welcome chance for a bit of fun. With his mother's exhortations to behave himself ringing in his ears (and hi | ||
4.717 | Birthday Party, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 2 F | 1976 | Pinter, Harold | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | Goldberg and McCann arrive at a seaside boarding house where Meg and Petey live with their guest Stanley. They inquire about Stanley: we soon find out that McCann and Goldberg have a job to do. Learning it is his birthday they give Stanley a party at whic | ||
4.718 | Daughters Of Edward D. Boit, The | Comedy One Act | 4 F | 1991 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A dark comedy. Four young sisters are trapped for a century in a famous painting by John Sargent, arguing over the relative pleasures and dangers of physical experiences, fantasy, self-denial and art. In Plays By Don Nigro - 2 (91). | ||
4.719 | Green Man | Drama One Act | 2 M, 3 F | 1991 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Carlton Comprehensive High School, Prince Albert - 2000 and 2013 | In a frigid Christmas landscape in a Civil Ear year, a young Union soldier goes after a horse thief, is sot and wakes to an eerie delirium involving a young girl, her seductive and dangerous mother, a half-mad crone and a bloody hunter sharpening an axe. | |
4.720 | Hieronymus Bosch | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 2 F | 1991 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A dark comedy. The great painter Hieronymus Bosch and his wife confront their younger selves and a filthy bagpiper in this terminally weird play that brings to life the madness of Bosch's Bizarre paintings. In Plays By Don Nigro - 2 (91). | ||
4.721 | Specter | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1991 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | On a dark, rainy night a young professor drives on a twisted road through the woods. He swerves into ditch to avoid a girl in a white dress, and finds himself stuck in his car with an outrageous and possibly demented young lady who might want to murder h | ||
4.722 | Woodman And The Goblins, The | Drama One Act | 1 M, 3 F | 1991 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A lonely woodcutter finds three eggs in the middle of the forest, brings them home, and they hatch into three beautiful girls who enchant, then torment and finally destroy him. In Plays By Don Nigro - 2 (91). | ||
4.723 | Guernica | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1973 | Arrabal, Fernando | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | An earthy verbal recreation of Picasso's famous painting. An old Basque couple is caught in the air raids, and their behaviour reflects the madness that war produces in all people. In Plays By Fernando Arrabel - 92. | ||
4.724 | Labyrinth, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 1 F | 1973 | Arrabal, Fernando | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | A man and his daughter have created a vast maze of blankets in a park. Into this labyrinth comes a manacled prisoner whose efforts to escape are constantly frustrated by the logic of the people who have created it. In Plays By Fernando Arrabel - 92. | ||
4.725 | Tricycle, The | Drama One Act | 6 M, 1 F | 1973 | Arrabal, Fernando | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | Four outcasts, whose main preoccupations are sleeping and trying to get some money to pay for the rent of the tricycle, alternately quarrel and declare their love for each other until two of them are arrested for a murder that has occurred on stage. In P | ||
4.726 | Picnic On The Battlefield, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 1 F | 1973 | Arrabal, Fernando | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | Lloydminster Comprehensive High School - 1985; Athol Murray College Of Notre Dame - 1987 | A solitary soldier is scared stiff in the war zone. His parents come to share a picnic basket with him. A frightened enemy soldier is captured through no one knows what to do with him. There's an air raid- while the patens continue talking. They devise a | |
4.727 | And They Put Handcuffs On The Flowers | Drama One Act | 4 M, 4 F | 1973 | Arrabal, Fernando | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | Represents a violent protest against the Franco regime and dramatize the incarceration in a Spanish prison of four men, caged like animals and treated with brutality, for political crimes. In Plays By Fernando Arrabel - 92. | ||
4.728 | Architect And The Emperor Of Assyria, The | Drama One Act | 2 M | 1973 | Arrabal, Fernando | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | The emperor and the Architect act out fantasies that reveal the quality of the civilization that the Emperor has abandoned, and bring about his realization that he must stand trial for his guilty past. In Plays By Fernando Arrabel - 92. | ||
4.729 | Garden Of Delights | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F | 1973 | Arrabal, Fernando | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | A play dense with Freudian symbolism. Explores the lesbian tendencies of strong adolescent attachments and sadomasochistic experience of adult life. In Plays By Fernando Arrabel - 92. | ||
4.730 | Inside/Out | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F | 1984 | Scanlan, Michael | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | L. P. Miller Comprehensive School, Nipawin - 1993; Turtleford School - 1993; Gull Lake High School - 1995 | Jacqulen and her alter ego fight over identity. In Three Theatre Pieces For Young Adult Actors By Michael Scanlan - 104 & 105. | |
4.731 | Who? | Drama One Act | 2 M, 4 F | 1984 | Scanlan, Michael | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | A teen-age boy chooses to take a new name, a new identity. In Three Theatre Pieces For Young Adult Actors By Michael Scanlan - 104 & 105. | ||
4.732 | That Day | Drama One Act | 2 M, 6 F | 1984 | Scanlan, Michael | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | This haunting play tells of a young man - a juggler (of objects and lives) - and how he looses control. In Three Theatre Pieces For Young Adult Actors By Michael Scanlan - 104 & 105. | ||
4.733 | It's Tough To Be Somebody | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 4 F | 1999 | Howard, Lee and Gamble, Greg | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | In The Last Touchy-Feely Drama On The American Stage - 112. | ||
4.734 | Deliver Us Not! (Or, Birth, Where Is Thy Sting?) | Comedy One Act | 3 M | 1999 | Howard, Lee and Gamble, Greg | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | In The Last Touchy-Feely Drama On The American Stage - 112. | ||
4.735 | Last Touchy-Feely Drama On The American Stage, The | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 5 M or F | 1999 | Howard, Lee and Gamble, Greg | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton - 2001 | A slow moving father and son reconciliation theatre piece is broken down and over analyzed by a trio of cruelly detached sports casters. | |
72 | Practical Workouts For The School Theatre | Scenes | 1968 | Kirkland, D. H. and Scarborough, R. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Contains chapters on: Entrances and Exits; Grouping; Crosses and Turns; Transitions; Motivation; Stage Business; Miscellaneous Business; Speaking Conversationally; Tempo and Climax; and Radio Broadcasting. Each department contains practical production not | |||
73 | Meg And Chloe's World Tour | Drama One Act | 3 M, 6 F, 6 - 10 M or F Extras | Oct 2009 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. High School girls use the Internet to rocket to stardom. In Plays Magazine October 2009. | ||
74 | Four Great Tragedies By William Shakespeare | Full Length | Various | 1967 | Wright, William Aldis (Edited by) | Washington Square Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | Romeo And Juliet; Macbeth; Julius Caesar; Hamlet | Cambridge text of each play is clear and understandable. Glossaries included that explains all unusual words or terms. The story of each play is summed up briefly by J. Walker McSpadden. Complete and unabridged. | |
75 | Four Plays By Eugene Ionesco | Collections | Various | 1958 | Ionesco, Eugene | Grove Weidenfeld | High School | Yes | The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, Or The Submission; The Chairs | See entries 4695, 4700 - 4702 for details on plays. | |
76 | Two Left Feet | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F | Oct 2009 | Alter, Eric | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. An unexpected meeting at the cementary helps a young man deal with his tremendous loss. In Plays Magazine October 2009. | ||
77 | Four Plays By Frank Gilroy | Collections | Various | 1973 | Gilroy, Frank | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | 'Twas Brillig; Come Next Tuesday; Present Tense; So Please Be Kind | Twas Brillig: Bob is new in the office. His secretary , Edna, does her crossword puzzles, unless needed. Mr. Vagel - an eccentric old man, and the boss - drives Bob into a game of nonsense, demanding to know the name of the capital of the United States. | |
78 | Dinner Guests, The | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 5 F | Oct 2009 | Wise, Carol D. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Twin Lakes Community School, Buffalo Narrows - 2014 | 15 minute playing time. It's a howling good time when school officials make a home visit during the full moon. In Plays Magazine October 2009. | |
79 | Knock Knock | Comedy One Act | 4 - 23 AG | 2022 | Funkhouser, Kathryn and Pizzarello, Jason | Stage Partners | High School | No | Medstead Central School - 2022 | 30-45 minute playing time. When you deliver packages, anyone might be behind your next door, from your elementary school teacher to a burglar on the job. Jaded veteran Logan thinks she's seen it all, while newbie Sam is convinced attitude is everything. | |
80 | Four Short Plays By Jerome Kass | Collections | Various | 1967 | Kass, Jerome | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Make Like A Dog; Princess Rebecca Birnbaum; Suburban Tragedy; Young Marrieds At Play | Make Like A Dog: To relieve the tedium of their childless, suburban existence, Elvira suggests that Stanley should have a hobby- but what he wants in a dog, and this Elvira will not allow in their spotless, dust-free home. But, to humour him, she agrees t | |
81 | Four Short Plays By Lanford Wilson | Collections | Various | 1994 | Wilson, Lanford | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Days Ahead; The Madness Of Lady Bright; This Is The Rill Speaking; Say De Kooning | See entries 4696-4699 for details on plays. | |
82 | Four Short Plays By M. Medoff | Collections | Various | 1977 | Medoff, Mark | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Froegle Dictum; Doing A Good One For The Red Man; The Ultimate Grammar Of Life; The War On Tatem | The Froegle Dictum: An absurdist comedy which contrasts the divergent life styles (and personalities) of two couples to devastating effect. Doing A Good One For The Red Man: A red farce which projects an uncomplimentary aspect of the treatment of aborigi | |
83 | "Bach" To School | Drama One Act | 5 M, 3 F, Extras | Oct 2009 | Priore, Frank V. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. What's In A name? Ask the candidates who are running for class president. In Plays Magazine October 2009. | ||
84 | Ridiculous By Proxy | Comedy One Act | 6-15 M, 12 - 19 F, 4 - 12 AG | 2014 | Craft, B. Dwaye | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | 45 minute playing time. Ridiculosis by Proxy takes on society's innate fear of the unknown through vignettes that illustrate the lengths to which people will go in order to avoid the latest threat to their health, whether it is real or imagined. Led by th | ||
85 | One Stoplight Town (One Act Version) | Comedy One Act | 1, M, 2 F, 13 AG | 2020 | Wells, Tracy | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Middle Years and High School | No | Cornerstone Christian School, Moose Jaw - 2022 | 45 minute playing time. One Stoplight Town is a story about people from a town so small that you might drive through without taking a second look. But if you stopped for just a moment, you might see a young boy and girl fall in love, a cantankerous groce | |
86 | Two Plays By Joe Orton | Collections | Various | 1970 | Orton, Joe | Eyre Methuen Ltd. | High School | Yes | Funeral Games; The Good And Faithful Servant | Funeral Games: Deals with bogus religion, a severed hand and a corpse in the cellar. 4 M, 1 F - Comedy. The Good and Faithful Servant: An old Man retires after 50 years in a factory. George's belated search for happiness lurches form moments of hilarity | |
87 | Two Plays By James Saunders | Collections | Various | 1973 | Saunders, James | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Games; After Liverpool | See entries 4703-4 for details on plays. | |
88 | Pluto's Big Problem | Comedy One Act | 12 M or F | Oct 2009 | Averill, Jerry | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. This "planet" has been demoted! The audience will weigh the evidence and come back with a verdict on Pluto's classification in the solar system. In Plays Magazine October 2009. | ||
89 | Dancing Farmer, The | Fantasy One Act | 2 M or F, 17+ M or F for Extras | Oct 2009 | Tesh, James | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 5 mintue playing time. Animals wait patiently to get fed while the farmer dances away the day. A large cast will have fun with this play in rhyme. In Plays Magazine October 2009. | ||
90 | Call Me S(a)tan | Comedy One Act | 2 M , 2 M | 2019 | Demmer, Claire | Off The Wall Play Publishers | High School | No | Winston Knoll Collegiate, Regina - 2022 | 25 minute playing time. So we’re a pretty normal family. Mum and Dad are pretty okay as adults go, I suppose. Jenny is the eldest one – she’s sixteen and I’m a year younger. Samuel – well he should be twelve, but is now | |
91 | Plays By Don Nigro - 2 | Collections | Various | 1991 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Daughters Of Edward D. Boit; Green Man; Hieronymus Bosch; Specter; The Woodman And The Goblins | See entries 4718 - 4722 for details on plays. | |
92 | Plays By Fernando Arrabal | Collections | Various | 1973 | Arrabal, Fernando | Grove Press | High School | Yes | And They Put Handcuffs On The Flowers; The Architect And The Emperor Of Assyria; Garden Of Delights; Guernica; The Labyrinth; Picnic On The Battlefield; The Tricyde | See entries 4723-4729 for details on plays. | |
93 | High School Plays | Collections | Various | 1989 | Various | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Inside Al; Two For The Road; Mongolian Idiot | See entries 4581-4583 for description of plays. | |
94 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | May 2009 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Various | Yes | A Gift of Love; Breaking The Record; The Mikado (adapted); Kelly And The Internet Goblins; Bus Stop; When Bigfoot Hits The Floor; The Golden Goose (Adapted) | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 95 - 98, 606, 63 and 676 for details. | |
95 | Gift Of Love, A | Drama One Act | 1 M, 3 F | May 2009 | Kinnebrew, Deborah T. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 10 minute playing time. It takes the love and concern of Caitlin's friends to help her deal with an abusivie boyfriend. In Plays Magazine May 2009. | ||
96 | Breaking The Record | Drama One Act | 3 M, 6 F | May 2009 | Sodaro, Craig | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. A family is forced to move into Grandma's condo faces eviction. In Plays Magazine 2009. | ||
97 | Mikado, The | Drama One Act | 6 M, 7 F, 2 M or F, Extras | May 2009 | Sodaro, Craig (Adapted by) | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan's play. With an imaginative view of Japan as background, this comic opera - a spoof of the pride, self-importance, and hierarchy of Victoria English society - has delighted audiences for | ||
98 | Kelly And The Internet Goblins | Fantasy One Act | 1 M, 7 F | May 2009 | Blevins, Michael | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Inside Al; Two For The Road; Mongolian Idiot | 15 minute playing time. Be careful what you wish for! In Plays Magazine May 2009. | |
99 | Human Values In Drama | Full Length | Various | 1966 | Voaden, Herman (Edited by) | MacMillan Company | High School | Yes | The Matchmaker; Rebel Without A Cause; | "Mr. Arcularis by Conrad Aiken, Drama, Full Length, Cast: 10 men, 5 women. The action begins in an operating room, where Mr. Arcularis undergoes major heart surgery. To hasten his recuperation he embarks on a prolonged sea voyageâ€â€but many of his fe | |
100 | Jack And The Sillies | Fantasy One Act | 9 M, 6 F, 11 M or F, Extras | Oct 2009 | Plescia, Gillian L. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Foolish characters abound in this folk tale that will have the audience rolling in the aisles. In Plays Magazine October 2009. | ||
101 | Beowulf (Adapted) | Drama One Act | 5 M or F, Flexible casting | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | |||
102 | In Sight | Collections | Various | 1986 | Young Playwrights | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Short, Incisive pieces explore the perceptions of the needs, joys, concerns and sorrows of adolescents. | ||
103 | Two Short Plays By William Inge | Collections | Various | 1968 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Call; A Murder | The Call: Comfortably ensconced in his splendid East Side apartment, the urbane Terry awaits the arrival of his brother-in-law, Joe, who has come to New York for a brief visit. He is concerned at Joe's tardiness, until he realizes that Joe, distrustful of | |
104 | Yellow Boat, The (Competition Version) | Drama One Act | 3 M, 2 F, 4 AG | 1993 | Saar, David | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Indian Head High School - 2022 | 40 minute playing time. The story of The Yellow Boat is a glorious affirmation of a child's life and the strength and courage of all children. This dramatization is based on the true story of David and Sonja Saar's son, Benjamin, who was born with congen | |
105 | Three Theatre Pieces For Young Adult Actors By Michael Scanlan | Collections | Various | 1984 | Scanlan, Michael | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Inside/Out; Who?; That Day | See entries 4730-32 for details on plays. | |
106 | And | Drama One Act | 4 M, 10 F, Flexible casting | 2008 | Haehnel, Alan | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Vanier Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 2022 | 30 - 40 minute playing time. Aaron has something big on his mind, and he's having trouble getting it off his chest. He grapples with the fact that billions of different moments are happening simultaneously -- the comic next to the tragic, the life-changi | |
107 | One Lane Bridge | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F. 2 - 10+ AG | 2011 | Gregg, Stephen | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | 30 minute playing time. A snowy night. A drive through a mountain canyon. "Nothing bad happens if I'm late" thinks 16-year-old Eli as he creeps along this winding road. He doesn't know anything about his soon-to-be passenger, Samantha, except that she's | ||
108 | Two Short Plays By Laurence Klavan | Collections | Various | 1985 | Klavan, Laurence | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Smoke; Sleeping Beauty | Smoke: Al is a man who seems to have life going his way. But the day Al decides to quilt smoking everything starts to fall a part. 6 M, 1 F - Comedy. Sleeping Beauty: Louis wants to declare the apartment with "balloon men" and pencil drawings and is beg | |
109 | Afterwards | Drama One Act | 3 M, 1 F | 1964 | McGaughan, Geraldine | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | 30 minute playing time. Some mature content. The Boy and Girl discover themselves in a meadow late at night. She and the Boy are dead. But the faces have changed almost beyond recognition. That is because each has tried to make himself the sort of pers | ||
110 | Duchesse de Langeais, La & Other Plays | Collections | Various | 1976 | Tremblay, Michel | Talon Books | High School | Yes | Surprise, Surprise; La Duchesse De Langeais; Berthe; Jonny Mangano And His Astonishing Dogs; Gloria Star | A collection of five short plays by Quebec's best known playwright. Translated by John Van Burek. See 4374-4378 for details on plays. | |
111 | Two Plays By Eugene Labiche | Collections | Various | 1962 | Wax, Emanuel (Translated by) | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Ninety Degrees In The Shade; Dust In Your Eyes | Ninety Degrees In The Shad: It is Hector's custom to invite his friends to his home on Sunday for lunch and skittles. On this occasion, one of them has to run into another gentlemen on his way and has invited him to join the group. Hector is delighted, a | |
112 | Last Touchy-Feely Drama On The American Stage, The (And Other Plays) | Collections | Various | 1999 | Howard, Lee and Gamble, Greg | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | The Last Touchy-feely Drama On The American Stage: It's Tough To Be Somebody: Deliver Us Not! (Or, Birth, Where Is Thy Sting?) | A Collection of Three Comedies by Lee Howard and Greg Gamble. The Last Touchy-feely Drama on the American Stage: See entry 4735. It's Tough To Be Somebody: See entry 4733. Deliver Us Not! (Or, Birth, Where Is Thy Sting?): See entry 4734. | |
113 | Magic Carpets Of Antonio Angelini, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 1 F, 1 M or F | 1980 | Ringwood, Gwen Pharis | Playwrights Press | Middle Years and High School | Yes | In Kids Plays: Six Canadian Plays For Children - 620. | ||
114 | Chorus Of Disapproval, A | Full Length | 7 M, 6 F | 1985 | Ayckbourn, Alan | Concord Theatricals | High School | No | A diffident widower attempts to escape loneliness by joining the local amateur light operatic society. By accident rather than by design (in fact, by not saying "no" to anything be it a request to obtain confidential information from his company or an off | ||
115 | Man Who Painted His Wife's Nose, The And Other Plays | Collections | Various | 1957 | Denley, F. M. | University Of London Press | High School | Yes | The Man Who Painted His Wife's Nose; Smog; Travellers All; Happy Family; How Is Your Cyclamen To-Day? | A collection of plays for secondary school. Comedies. | |
116 | Stop Sending In The Clowns | Full Length | 8 M, 13 F, Flexible casting | 2001 | Cook Pat | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | High School | No | 90 minute playing time. "You never know what?s going to happen in a circus!" ballyhoos Ringmaster Burnum at the Burnum and Bailout Traveling Circus-and on this particular day, that statement rings truer than ever. Beulah Von Schmellie, the overbearing | ||
117 | One-Act Play Disaster, The | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 5 F, 5 AG | 2019 | Zolidis, Don | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 25 - 35 minute playing time. Self-proclaimed genius Harlan Bean is ready to make history with his science-fiction radio masterpiece Battle of the Planets. But when the broadcast is in the hands of an ambitious actress with her own vision for her characte | ||
118 | Two Short Plays By Willie Reale | Collections | Various | 1983 | Reale, Willie | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Many Happy Returns; Fast Women | Many Happy Returns: The scene is a hallway in a swank apartment building. Beth, a 13 year old striving to look much older than her tender years suggest, waylays Barney, a young man in his early twenties, who makes a living putting on a clown act at childr | |
119 | May We Recommend | Anthologies | Various | 1966 | Ball, Ian and Macwilliam, Marion (Adapted by) | Longmans Green and Company Limited | Elementary | Yes | Heidi; Pinocchio; Black Beauty; The Lamplighter; The Little Princess; The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer; What Katy Did; Borrobil; The Adventures Of Robin Hood; A Christmas Carol | Twelve Radio Plays. | |
120 | May We Recommend I | Anthologies | Various | 1962 | Ball, Ian and Macwilliam, Marion (Adapted by) | Longmans Green and Company Limited | Elementary | Yes | The Family From One End Street; National Velvet; Hans Brinker; King Arthur and the Knights Of The Round Table; Sampson's Circus; The House Prefect | Six Radio Plays. | |
121 | May We Recommend II | Anthologies | Various | 1966 | Ball, Ian and Macwilliam, Marion (Adapted by) | Longmans Green and Company Limited | Elementary | Yes | Rip Van Winkle; Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm; Anne Of Green Gables; Tumbledown Dick; Treasure Island; Moonfleet | Six Radio Plays. | |
122 | May We Recommend III | Anthologies | Various | 1964 | Ball, Ian and Macwilliam, Marion (Adapted by) | Longmans Green and Company Limited | Elementary | Yes | The Man In Black; Jo's Boys; King Solomon's Mines; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Jane Eyre; Kidnapped | Six Radio Plays. | |
123 | May We Recommend IV | Anthologies | Various | 1965 | Ball, Ian and Macwilliam, Marion (Adapted by) | Longmans Green and Company Limited | Elementary | Yes | Allan Quartermain; Silas Marner; The Moonstone; Pride And Prejudice; Midwinter; Columbus Sails | Six Radio Plays. | |
124 | May We Recommend V | Anthologies | Various | 1963 | Ball, Ian and Macwilliam, Marion (Adapted by) | Longmans Green and Company Limited | Elementary | Yes | The White Company; Lorna Doone; The Grey Adventurer; Fort Amity; The Talisman; Castle Gay | Six Radio Plays. | |
125 | May We Recommend VI | Anthologies | Various | 1962 | Ball, Ian and Macwilliam, Marion (Adapted by) | Longmans Green and Company Limited | Elementary | Yes | Sandi The King-Maker; Vanity Fair; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea; Under The Red Rose; The Little Minister; Ben Hur | Six radio plays. | |
126 | Two Children's Plays By Beth McMaster | Collections | Various | 1975 | McMaster, Beth | Simon And Pierre Publishing Company Limited | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Put On The Spot; When Everybody Cares | Put On The Spot: Jamie dreams her stuffed animals come to life in a wonderful zoo. Her dreams turn to nightmares when the animals are threatened by the evil mayor and his accomplice, Gonda Seed, who wants to turn the zoo into an apartment complex. When E | |
127 | Two Plays By Megan Terry | Collections | Various | 1968 | Terry, Megan | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Ex-Miss Copper Queen On A Set of Pills; The People vs. Ranchman | Ex-Miss Copper Queen On a Set of Pills: An ex-beauty queen had the misfortune of being kicked out by her family after the birth of her illegitimate child. The People vs. Ranchman: Ranchman is brought to trial for raping two people. | |
128 | Not So Dumb | Drama One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1993 | Lazarus, John | Coach House Press | High School | Yes | Spiritwood High School - 2001 | Two bright but learning disabled kids get into trouble with the over achieving school monitor. The three become friends when they learn what they have in common. 60 minute playing time. In Four Plays For Young People - 137. | |
129 | Night Light | Drama One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1993 | Lazarus, John | Coach House Press | High School | Yes | Childhood fears are explored as Victor faces a Schoolyard bully, and his sister is terrorized by the monster in the top drawer. In Four Plays For Young People - 137. | ||
130 | Two One Act Plays In Monologue By Lanford Wilson | Collections | Various | 1990 | Wilson, Lanford | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Moonshot Tape; A Poster Of The Cosmos | The Moonshot Tape: Having come home to visit her mother, Diane, now a well-known writer, is being interviewed for the local newspaper. Only she speaks. Her remarks are in answers to such questions as where she gets the idea for her stories; whether her yo | |
131 | Invisible Kids | Drama One Act | 3 M, 2 F | 1989 | Foon, Dennis | Playwrights Canada Press | Middle Years and High School | Yes | A multicultural group of students give up a school trip in order to prepare a petition against racism to send to Ottawa. In Two Plays By Dennis Foon - 68 and 69. Theme: Multicultural, Acceptance, Racisim. | ||
132 | 12:21 PM | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1985 | Hartland, F. J. | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Admiral School - 1989; Robert Usher Collegiate, Regina - 1999 | A hilarious situation is created when a young g groom goes looking for his beat man. The wedding was to begin at noon, and it is now 21 minutes after. The best man is drunk, but the groom just won't give up on him, in spite of the pleas from his annoyed s | |
133 | Three One Act Plays | Collections | Various | 1969 | Various | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Morning; Noon; Night | Morning: Written by Israel Horovitz. We meet a black family the morning after they decide to take the pill that will make them white. As everyone discovers from this, colour is only skin deep. Noon: Written by Terrence McNally. The play brings toget | |
134 | Delta Triangle | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 4 F | 1985 | Schwab, Steven | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | In the first "Solstice", a young teenage boy and girl sit on a back yard fence with a pair of binoculars watching the drive-in movie nearby. Next comes :"Clarinet In Te Rain", wherein a high school boy tries valiantly to interest his 35 year old female cl | ||
135 | Music Hall Miscellany | Collections | Various | 1977 | Kilgarriff, Michael (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Molecatcher; Who Will Man The Lifeboat?; The Tram-Track Tragedy; The Master And The Maid | Plays are written by Richard Dennis, Michael Kilgarriff and Malcolm Sircom. production notes, furniture and prop lists, lighting, effects, costumes and make-up and musical score included. | |
136 | Monologue Show (From Hell) , The (One-Act Version) | Comedy One Act | 8 M, 11 F | 2016 | Zolidis, Don | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Glaslyn Central School - 2022 | 35 - 40 minute playing time. It took Mr. Banks's drama class three long months to prepare for their monologue show . . . but barely a minute to throw all their plans out the window. From the couple staging their real-life break-up to the garden-gnome thi | |
137 | Four Plays For Young People | Collections | Various | 1993 | Lazarus, John | Playwrights Union Of Canada | Highs School | Yes | Schoolyard Games; Not So Dumb; Night Light; Secrets | See entries 128, 129, 622, 2942 for details on plays. | |
138 | Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Third Series | Anthologies | Various | 1978 | Samuel French, Inc. (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Deserter; Chiaroscuro | The Deserter: Written by Norman Beim. In a deserted French chateau during World War II, a young deserter awaits execution. Taunted by his guard, he speaks of his misguided youth and his love for his wife. He tries to explain to the priest who has come t | |
139 | Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Fifth Series | Anthologies | Various | 1981 | Samuel French, Inc. (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Batbrains; Hello, Ma!; Me Too, Then! | Batbrains: Jane Batts is an up- and -coming fashion designer who lives in a loft with her husband Rico, a successful artist. Rico has been paying most of the bills- but Jane has a chance to break out on her own with an idea for a series of dress designs | |
140 | Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Tenth Series | Collections | Various | 1985 | Samuel French, Inc. (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | 12:21 PM; Delta Triangle; Dispatches From Hell; Molly and James; Senior Prom | See entries 132, 134, 623, 626, and 627 for details on plays. | |
141 | New Connections 2008: Plays For Young People | Anthologies | Various | 2008 | Various | Faber and Faber Limited, London | High School | Yes | Arden City; Burying Your Brother In The Pavement; Fugee; He's Talking; It Snows: My Face; The Peach Child; Scenes From Family Life; A Vampire Story | New Connections is a new-writing programme which sets young imaginations on fire. Established in 1997 in response to widespread demand for challenging new plays for young people to perform, the National Theatre's New Connections commissions a portfolio o | |
142 | Laurie and Lou | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F, 1 AG | 2019 | Heinecke, Sopia Valera | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Swift Current Comprehensive High School - 2022 | 20 minute playing time. | |
143 | Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Thirteenth Series | Anthologies | Various | 1989 | Samuel French, Inc. (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | No Problem; What's A Girl To Do?; A Grave Encounter; Reservations For Two; Beached; Strawberry Preserves | See entries 4746-4751 for details on plays. | |
144 | Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Twenty Second Series | Anthologies | Various | 1998 | Samuel French, Inc. (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Most Perfect Day; For Tiger Lilies Out Of Season; The Last Dance; Tremulous; Because I Wanted To Say, Brothers, This Is How It Is | The Most Perfect Day: Tom is engaged in his favourite pastime; picnicking with his beloved Karen who he believes is the most beautiful woman in the world. He cannot however, convince her of this. 3 M, 1 F, Comedy. For Tiger Lilies Out of Season: The play | |
145 | Other Schools Of Thought | Collections | Various | 1994 | Panych, Morris | Talonbooks | High School | Yes | Cost Of Living; 2B WUT UR; Life Science | A collection of three unique plays that allow adult audiences to reflect on their past, and young audiences to reflect on their future. With stark sets and minimalist presentational styles, they leave no room for condescension - for neither the patronizat | |
146 | Two Plays For Children By P. L. Campbell | Collections | Various | 1984 | Campbell, Paddy L. | Playwrights Union Of Canada | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Buckskin And Chapperos; Madwitch | See entries 3477 and 4554 for details on plays. | |
147 | Pair Of Comedies By John McNamara, A | Collections | Various | 1986 | McNamara, John | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Personal Effects; Present Tense | See entries for details on plays. | |
148 | Five Plays By Don Nigro | Collections | Various | 2003 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Palestrina; Demonology; MacNaughton's Dowry; Netherlands; The Bohemian Sea Coast | See entries 4741-4745 for details on plays. | |
149 | Two Plays By Ted Pezzulo | Collections | Various | 1975 | Pezzulo, Ted | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | April Fish; The Wooing of Lady Sunday | See entries 3612-3613 for details on plays. | |
150 | Two Plays By Harold Pinter | Collections | Various | 1961 | Pinter, Harold | Grove Press | High School | Yes | The Birthday Party; The Room | See entries 4713 and 4717 for details on plays. | |
151 | Play Aesop | Collections | Various | 1971 | Delamar, Gloria T. | Eldridge Publishing Company | Elementary | Yes | Fantasy. These plays are made from the stories of Aesop, the great Greek storyteller. His stories and fables all ended with a moral, which is the point the story makes. You will notice that most of the plays can be adapted to accommodate the number of | ||
152 | Plays By Richard Harrity | Collections | Various | 1949 | Harrity, Richard | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Hope Is The Thing With Feathers; Home Life Of A Buffalo; Gone Tomorrow | See entries 4565-67 for details on plays. Three Short Plays. | |
153 | Valiant, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 1 F | 1962 | Hall, Holworthy and Middlemass, Robert | The Odyssey Press | High School | Yes | LeBoldus High School, Regina - 1981; Elrose Composite School - 1984; Centennial School, Regina - 1987; Assiniboia Composite High School - 1994; St Mary's High School, Prince Albert - 1997 | In Plays As Experience - 648 and Plays To Remember - 654. 40 minute playing time. | |
154 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Drama One Act | 3 M, 4 F, Extras | 1980 | Fletcher, Lucille | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | St. Walburg School - 2006; Kamsack Comprehensive Institute - 2008 | The chilling mystery of an invalid woman who over hears a plan of murder which she desperately tries to stop. It turns out to be her own. In Two Plays By Lucille Fletcher 172 and 173 and Short Plays For Reading And Acting - 673,. | |
155 | Hitch-Hiker, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 8 F | 1980 | Fletcher, Lucille | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Ronald Adams sets out to drive from Brooklyn to California, and early in his journey begins to encounter a strange and inexplicable hitch hiker. His efforts to explain, avoid and finally destroy the constantly appearing figure, carry him through several e | ||
156 | Witches, The | Drama One Act | 5 F | 1970 | Wood, Margaret | McClelland And Stewart Limited | High School | Yes | Central Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 1980 | 30 minute playing time. In Players II - 647. | |
157 | Three Comedies By Carol K. Mack | Collections | Various | 1987 | Mack, Carol K. | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Postcards; a.k.a. Marleen; Halftime At Halcyon Days | See entries 4752-4753 for information on plays. 3 Comedies. | |
158 | Princess Plays, The | Collections | Various | 1996 | Neuman, Colleen | Baker's Plays | Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Princess and the Princess; Twice Upon A Time; The Lost Half Hour | See entries 4584-4586 for details on plays. | |
159 | Three Plays By Edward Albee | Collections | Various | 1960 | Albee, Edward | Coward-McCann and Geoghegan, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Sandbox; The Death of Bessie Smith | See entries 4569, 4568-4569 and for information on plays. | |
160 | Two Plays By Murray Schisgal | Collections | Various | 1963 | Schisgal, Murray | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Typist; The Tiger | The Typist: When Paul Cunningham reports for work addressing postcards for a mail-order house, he makes it clear to his fellow worker, Sylvia Payton, that his employment is strictly temporary. Paul, a married man, is studying law at night, and with his u | |
161 | Puss In Boots | Fantasy One Act | 6 M, 2 F, 3 M or F | January/February 2012 | Thane, Adele (Adapted by) | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Wonderfully fun tale of a talking cat who uses his wits to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless master. Adapted from Charles Perrault Classic. In Plays Magazine January/February 2012. | ||
162 | Second Book Of One-Act Plays, The | Anthologies | Various | 1954 | Various | William Heinemann | High School | Yes | Bernard Shaw In Heaven; The Devil's Grandson; Port And A Pistol; Vigil | Bernard Shaw In Heaven: by H. F. Rubinstein. 8 M, 3 F. Fantasy. Port And A Pistol: by Hubert Nicholson. 5 M, 2 F, Comedy. The Devil's Grandson: by Kenneth Lillington. 4 M, 1 F, Fantasy. Vigil: by Emlyn Williams. 3 M, Drama. | |
163 | Box, The | Drama One Act | 10 AG | 2021 | Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate Drama Team | Unpublished | High School | No | 35 minute playing time. In March 2020, life in Melfort, Saskatchewan changed forever. As covid-19 spread across the globe, people locked themselves down, hoarded toilet paper, and started covering their faces -- all in the hope to survive the pandemic. | ||
164 | Short Plays By Bertolt Brecht | Collections | Various | 1965 | Brecht, Bertolt | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Jewish Wife; In Search Of Justice; The Informer; The Elephant Calf; The Measures Taken; The Exception And The Rule | See entries 165, 167, 4759-4762 for information on plays. | |
165 | Jewish Wife, The | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1965 | Bentley, Eric (Edited by) | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | "33" Central School, Fillmore - 1985 | The play opens with a woman saying good-bye to friend on the phone and culminates in her rehearsal of a speech she expects to have with her husband. It is at this point that we came face to face with the awful, inhuman conditions; she is the Jewish wife o | |
166 | Six One Act Farces | Collections | Various | 1982 | Bermer, Albert | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Workout; The Adjustment; The Recovery; The Mountain Chorus; The Imp Or Imps; The Seizure | The Workout: in a gymnasium, 1 M, 1 F. The Adjustment: in a basement, 1 M, 1 F. The Recovery: in a hospital - 1 M patient, 4 M, 4 F. The Mountain Chorus: on a mountain top, 5 M, 3 F. The Imp Or Imps: in a doctor's office, 3 M, 2 F, and recorded c | |
167 | Informer, The | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F | 1965 | Bentley, Eric (Edited by) | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | Beechy High School - 1988; Campbell Collegiate, Regina - 1990 | In Nazi Germany apprehension turns into paralyzing fear at every utterance. When their little boy does not come home on time, his parents begin to wonder if he has followed his indoctrination by informing against them. Everything the man has said now beco | |
168 | Skin & Liars | Collections | Various | 1988 | Foon, Dennis | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Skin; Liars | See entries 4777 and 4778 for details on plays. | |
169 | Ten Actors In Search Of A Cell Phone | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 6 F | 2006 | Rayfield, James | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | Davidson School - 2012 | Just as the stage manager is getting ready to call "Places" for the start of the school's play, everything comes to a screeching halt. Brandy has discovered that her cell phone is missing and refuses to go on until she finds it. The other actors try to he | ||
170 | With Regard To Cooper Clawson's Conscience | Comedy One Act | 11 M, 7 F, 5 M or F, Extras, Doubling possible | 2004 | Starchman, Bryan | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | McNaughton High School, Moosomin - 2012 | We've all heard the story of the geek who turns chic, but wouldn't it be interesting if the popular kid was forced to become a geek for the good of mankind? Well, that's exactly what happens in this hilarious farce. Cooper Clawson is destined to become a | |
171 | Sophocles: The Oedipus Cycle | Collections | Various | 1976 | Fitts, Dudley and Fitzgerald, Robert (Adapted by) | Harcourt Brace And Company | High School | Yes | Oedipus Rex; Oedipus At Colonus; Antigone | An English version. Oedipus Rex by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Oedipus At Colonus: by Robert Fitzgerald. Antigone: by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. | |
172 | All Ashore | Drama One Act | 5 M, 9 F | January/February 2012 | Hamlett, Christine | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 20 minute playing time. War widows are invited to attend a memorial ceremony in France, only to encounter racial discrimination as they begin their journey. In Plays Magazine January/February 2012. | ||
173 | Two Plays By Lucille Fletcher | Collections | Various | 1980 | Fletcher, Lucille | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Sorry, Wrong Number; The Hitch-Hiker | See entries 154 and 155 for information on plays. | |
174 | Southern Exposures | Collections | Various | 1990 | Milligan, Jason | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Spit In Yazoo City; Instincts; Can't Buy Me Love; Lullaby; Willy Wallace Chats With The Kids | See entries 4772-4776 for information on plays. | |
175 | Very Bad Day For Brandon Butterworth, A | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 F | 2008 | Haan, Scott | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | McNaughton High School, Moosomin - 2009 | Brandon Butterworth has apparently been playing the field. On one fateful night, his multiple girlfriends accidently discover each other. The three ladies realize their boyfriends, all named Brandon, are actually the same guy. Instad of fighting and bic | |
176 | Apron Strings | Drama One Act | 6 M, 11 F | 2009 | Armstrong, Janna and Armstrong, Dean | Unpublished | High School | No | Carrot River High School - 2009 | 60 minute playing time. Abstract not available. | |
177 | Two Plays By Wolfe Soyinka | Collections | Various | 1969 | Soyinka, Wole | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Strong Breed; The Trials of Brother Jero | The Trials Of Brother Jero: As Michael Smith describes: "Brother Jero is a self-styled 'prophet,' an evangelical con man who ministers to the gullible and struts with self-importance over their dependence on him. The play follows him through a typical da | |
178 | Two Plays By Israel Horovitz | Collections | Various | 1977 | Horovitz, Israel | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Stage Directions; Spared | See entries 4779-47780 for information on plays. | |
179 | Same Room, Different Story (One Act Version) | Drama One Act | 7 M, 7 F, 5 AG | 2019 | Broome, Claire | Theatrefolk | High School | No | 35 minute playing time. Vignette Play. A teenager’s bedroom is important. It’s a place to hide, to consider choices, to reveal. And sometimes, it’s a place to practice the periodic table. Stories can be found under the bed, in a sui | ||
180 | Castle, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 3 F | 2011 | Willett, Edward | Unpublished | Middle Years and High School | No | Western Christian High School, Regina - 2012 | Abstract not available. | |
181 | Story Theatre | Fantasy One Act | 5 M, 3 F | 1971 | Sills, Paul | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Mr. Sills started in New Haven, journeyed to the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and wound up on Broadway with this group of famous fables from the Grimm Brothers and Aesop. The fables require talented actors with expressive bodies. And make no mistakes | ||
182 | Fez, The | Drama One Act | 11 M, 8 F, 2 M or F | 2009 | Adamson, Leigh | Unpublished | High School | No | James Hamblin, Qu'Appelle - 2009 | Nigel Nickabator does not notice anything in life. He is about to learn a valuable lesson about addiction to video games and violence in our society. | |
5.328 | Cinderella | Fantasy One Act | 3 M, 9 F, Extras | 1981 | Netzel, Sally | I. E. Clark Publications | High School | No | 60 minute playing time. Sally Netzel designed her two act play so that each scene flows smoothly into the next without a break in the action. Designed for set changes choreographed to music, the prince's ball and other scenes will benefit from music. All | ||
183 | My Lines | Drama Mags | Various | 2009 | Various | Saskatchewan Drama Association | High School | Yes | Queen for a day; Table Talk; What the Hell is the Plural of Apocalypse?; 2 Dream of a Kiss; The History of Dating; I Never Got to Say Goodbye | Selected Plays From SDA's 200 Playwriting Competition, plus forwary by Bradley Hayward. See 3021, 3910, 4391, 1797, and 4330 for details. | |
184 | Two Plays By Joan MacLeod | Collections | Various | 1992 | MacLeod, Joan | Coach House Press | High School | Yes | The Hope Slide; Little Sister | See entries 4235 and 4687 for details on plays. | |
185 | Theatre Of Peretz, The | Full Length | 2 M, 1 F | 1964 | Peretz, Isaac Loeb | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A dramatic presentation from the works of Isaac Loeb Peretz. Adapted for the stage by Isaiah Sheffer. This anthology is derived from the best of the collected works of Peretz. | ||
186 | Theatre Happening, A | Collections | Various | 1968 | Maurer, Sheila and McLeod, Gordon (Edited by) | Thomas Nelson And Sons Limited | High School | Yes | Pyramus And Thisbe; Box And Cox; The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets; Thirty Minutes In A Street; All About Emily; Scenes From "Fifteen Miles Of Broken Glass" | Box and Cox: Mrs. Bouncer has rented the same room to two men; one to use it by day, the other by night. Her efforts to keep them apart and the resulting tangle are hysterical. 2 M, 1 F, 35 minute playing time. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets: Will goes | |
187 | Theatrefolk's Scene Collection | Monologues | Various | 1999 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | High School | No | These scenes in this book come from original Theatrefolk plays. The scenes were chosen because they involve interesting characters ad good story-lines, all in a short package. | ||
188 | Cobbler, Stick To Thy Last | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 3 F | 1975 | Hill, Kay | Dell Publishing Company Inc. | High School | Yes | Delisle Composite High School - 1993; Walter W. Brown School, Langham - 1998 | In Ten Canadian Short Plays - 686 and 687. | |
189 | Third Great Coarse Acting Show, The | Collections | Various | 1985 | Green, Michael | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Julius and Cleopatra; Stalag 69; The Vagabond Prince; Present Slaughter; A Fish In Her Kettle | In this third volume of Coarse Plays, Michael Green defines a Coarse Acting Show as a "closely observed imitation of stage disaster," and these five plays certainly cover a range of disasters appalling enough tot turn any show into a Coarse one. See 4370 | |
190 | Three Hand Reel | Collections | Various | 1967 | Mayer, Paul Avila | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Frying Pan; Eternal Triangle; The Bridal Night | The Frying Pan: Based on short stories by Frank O'Connor. Captures the sense and sprit of the Irish soul as it tells of a guilt ridden prude, the wife who represents his "downfall" and the affable young priest who is admired by one and loved by the other | |
191 | Three Hisses For Villainy!!! | Collections | Various | 1979 | Burton, Brian | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | One Month To Pay Or The Sailor's Return; The Drunkard's Wife Or The Tables Turned; The Gypsy Curse Or The Flower Of The Tribe | See entries 703, 4782 and 4783 for information on plays. | |
192 | Three Melodramas | Collections | Various | 1970 | Kilgarriff, Michael (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Maria Marten; The Drunkard's Dilemma; The Wages of Sin | Maria Martens: by Richard Dennis. The Drunkard's Dilemma: by Andrew Sachs. The Wages Of Sin: by Andrew Sachs. | |
193 | Three One Act Plays By Ralph Stone | Collections | Various | 1961 | Stone, Ralph | The Bethany Press | High School | Yes | Parable; Construction; Circus | Parable: A woman of the average American home is discovered early one morning to be royalty in the middle ages. The honour and respect paid her by all, including her husband and children, serve to complicate her handling of her new privileges position. C | |
194 | Three Plays By David Mamet | Collections | Various | 1982 | Mamet, David | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Reunion; Dark Pony; The Sanctity of Marriage | Reunion: A drifter and reformed alcoholic and his daughter meet after a twenty-five year separation. Dark Pony: While taking a drive at night, a father tells his young daughter her favourite bedtime story to pass the time. The Sanctity of Marriage: Desc | |
195 | Three Plays By Edward Albee 2 | Collections | Various | 1960 | Albee, Edward | Coward-McCann, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Zoo Story; The Death of Bessie Smith; The Sandbox | See entries 238-40, 4568-9 for information plays. | |
196 | Alone, Together | Collections | 2020 | King, William Davies (Edited by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | March 2020. As California entered a “stay at home†order due to the coronavirus pandemic, UC Santa Barbara’s LAUNCH PAD commissioned 24 distinguished playwrights to pen monologues and short plays inspired by the prompt “Alone, Tog | |||
197 | Three Plays By Edward Albee 3 | Collections | Various | 1989 | Albee, Edward | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The American Dream; The Death of Bessie Smith; Fam and Yam | See entries 10, 4757 and 4758 for information on plays. | |
198 | Three Plays By Ugo Betti | Full Length | Various | 1959 | Reed, Henry (Translated by) | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Burnt Flower-Bed; The Queen And The Rebels; Summertime | Translated, and with a Foreword by Henry Reed. | |
199 | Three Plays For An Undressed Stage | Collections | Various | 1980 | Apple, Gary | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | It; Do; Black and White | It: Begins with a solitary man standing in the center. He is tagged and proclaimed "it" by a younger man who darts onto the stage. The Man then sets out to either discover what "it" is or, if nothing else, to pass "it" off on someone else. 5 M, 3F, Comedy | |
200 | Three Short Plays By Archibald MacLeish | Collections | Various | 1961 | MacLeish, Archibald | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Air Raid; The Secret Of Freedom; The Fall Of The City | The Fall Of The City:12 M, 1 F. Air Raid: Originally written for radio, it is an effective and dramatic work. Almost any setting is appropriate. 11 M, 11 F. The Secret of Freedom: On his fortieth birthday, Walter Mitty reflects on his drab ordinary life | |
201 | Plays by William Saroyan | Collections | Various | 1967 | Saroyan, William | Bantam Books, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Beautiful People; My Heart's In The Highlands; The Time Of Your Life; Hello Out There | THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE: The characters include a 15 year old boy who writes novels consisting of one word; his sister who pretends to be taken in by the boy's pretence the mice in the house spell out her name in flowers on her birthday; and the freelance ph | |
202 | To Choose Or Not To Choose: Part I | Collections | Various | 1988 | Neiderman, Andrew | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | High School | Yes | To Choose Or Not To Choose; Getting In Step | A collection of discussion starter plays. | |
203 | To Choose Or Not To Choose: Part II | Collections | Various | 1988 | Neiderman, Andrew | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | High School | Yes | Synthetics; Billy B. Rich | A collection of discussion starter plays. | |
204 | Topnotch Entertainments For Kindergarten And Primary | Skits | Various | 1958 | Various | Eldridge Publishing Company | Elementary | Yes | Large collection of recitations, drills, playlets, skits, and exercises appropriate for the very young actor. | ||
205 | Plays By Joan MacLeod | Collections | Various | 1987 | MacLeod, Joan | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Toronto, Mississippi; Jewel | See entries 4660-4661 for details on plays. | |
206 | Three One Act Plays By Kitty Johnson | Collections | Various | 1991 | Johnson, Kitty | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Triplet; Strawberry Envy; Mirror, Mirror | Triplet: This insightful look at growing up female takes place on a wedding day. As the bride gets dressed for the big event, she converses with herself as a 13 year old princess and as a 21 year old virgin. The three women- all the same actually reveal | |
207 | Two Comedies By David Mamet | Collections | Various | 1977 | Mamet, David | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Sexual Perversity In Chicago; The Duck Variations | See entries 560 & 561 for details on plays. | |
208 | Lip Service | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 2 F, 10 M or F | 2011 | Hayward, Bradley | Unpublished | High School | No | Gordon F. Kells High School, Carlyle - 2012, Rosetown Central High School - 2014, Alameda School - 2018 | 30 minute playing time. They say love conquers all, but that was before the Monkey Bar opened its doors. When charlie mae his reservation at the trendy restaurant to ask for Laur's hand in marriage, he had no idea that his proposal would be repeatedly t | |
209 | Two Of Us, The: Four One Act Plays By Michael Frayn | Collections | Various | 1970 | Frayn, Michael | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Mr. Foot; Black And Silver; The New Quixote; Chinamen | See entries 4612-4615 for details on plays. | |
210 | Play On Words | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 2 F, Extras | 2006 | Crawshaw, Tom | Stagescripts Ltd. | High School | No | Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon - 2012 | 60 minute playing time.The story follows Fred and Eddie, two unwitting halves of a comic double-act, whose day at the office is interrupted by mysterious disembodied voices from behind the walls and the discovery of a familiarcarved sharpener. Their day | |
211 | Two One Act Plays By Jonathan C. Levine | Collections | Various | 1992 | Levine, Jonathan C. | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | End Of The Shifty; Unpublished Letters | END OF THE SHIFTY: A man is assaulted by a knife wielding thug in a 24 hour cash machine room. When the exit door malfunctions, victim and mugger are unexpectedly trapped in an interpersonal confrontation with social and racial dimension. UNPUBLISHED LET | |
212 | Readers Theatre By Aaron Shepard | Rearders Theatre | Various | 2012 | Shepard, Aaron | aaronshep.com | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | The Adventures of Mouse Deer, The Baker's Dozen, The Borrower and the Boy, The Boy who wanted the Willies, The Calabash Kids, Count Alaric's Lady, The Crystal Heart, The Enchanted Storks, Forty Fortunes, The Giant's Wife, Help! Hilary! Help!,The Hidden | ||
213 | Two One Act Plays By Jean Lenox Toddie | Collections | Various | 1983 | Lenox Toddie, Jean | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A Little Something For The Ducks; A Scent Of Honeysuckle | See entries 563-564 for details on plays. | |
214 | Basket Lady, The | Drama One Act | 2 M, 6 F | January/February 2012 | Montgomery, Tara Wise | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. A troubled girl moves from New York City to live with her grandmother in South Carolina, and learns about an important family tradition. In Plays Magazine January/February 2012. | ||
215 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | January/February 2012 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | All Ashore, Welcome Home, Detour on the Road to Freedom, The Poor Hat Weavers, Amor Omnia Vincit (Love Conquers All), The Basket Lady, Puss In Boots | Includes plays for Elemenary, Middle Years and High School and a Dramatized Classic for Elementary and Middle Years.Production Notes Included. See 161, 172, 218-220, 214 and 4182 entries for details. | |
216 | Two One Act Plays By Kate Aspengren | Collections | Various | 1982 | Aspengren, Kate | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Dear Mrs. Martin; Mother's Day | See entries 565-566 for details on plays. | |
217 | Two Plays By Christopher Durang | Collections | Various | 1982 | Durang, Christopher | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You; The Actor's Nightmare | See entries 4616 & 4617 for details on plays. | |
218 | Welcome Home | Drama One Act | 5 F | January/February 2012 | Sodaro, Craig | Sterlling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 20 minute playing time. House-hunting takes a spooky turn whena woman and her two daughters pull over at a "For Sale" sign. In Plays Magazine January/Februar 2012. | ||
219 | Detour On The Road To Freedom | Drama One Act | 3 M, 5 F | January/February 2012 | Rebman, Scarlett N. | Sterlling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. The true story of Harriet Jacobs, a slave who lived a harsh life until she could escape to freedom in the North. In Plays Magazine January/February 2012. | ||
220 | Amor Omnia Vincit (Love Conquers All) | Drama One Act | 4 M, 2 F, 2 M or F | January/February 2012 | Wise, Carol D. | Sterlling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Latin students will love this fun romance set in ancient Rome. In Plays Magazine January/February 2012. | ||
221 | Two One Act Plays By Peter Shaffer | Collections | Various | 1962 | Shaffer, Peter | Hamish Hamilton | High School | Yes | The Private Ear; The Public Eye | The Private Ear: A rueful romance in which a boy makes a date with a girl he met at a concert , and has his worldly friend coaching all wrong for the occasion, but the girl turns out to be a very rude disappointment. The Public Eye: A snappy private det | |
222 | Two Short Plays By Charlie Shulman | Collections | Various | 1986 | Schulman,Charlie | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Birthday Present; The Ground Zero Club | See entries 4787 - 4788 for information on plays. | |
223 | Two Short Plays By Don Nigro | Collections | Various | 1985 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | God's Spies,; Crossing The Bar | God's Spies: This is a hilarious send-up of religious television programs. A talk show features interviews with people about their religious conversations. Guests offer testimonials of their faith. The first person interviewed by Dale Clabby discourses o | |
224 | Two Short Plays By Mark Stein | Collections | Various | 1982 | Stein, Mark | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Groves Of Academe; The Plumber's Apprentice | See entries 4789-4790 for information on plays. | |
225 | Two Short Plays By Owen G. Arno | Collections | Various | 1964 | Arno, Owen G. | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Other Player; The Street Of Good Friends | See entries 4791-4792 for information on plays. | |
226 | Two To Go | Collections | Various | 1987 | Bass, Molly Gettys | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | The Teen Age; | McNaughton High School, Moosomin - 2008 | Two One Act Plays for Teenagers. See entries 4785 and 4786 for information on plays. |
227 | Violence | Collections | Various | 1972 | Jakes, John | Performance Publishing | High School | Yes | Dark Of The Sun; Moon Of Ourselves Alone | Dark Of The Sun; A tale of social violence set in South Africa. Moon Of Ourselves Alone: Focuses on religious intolerance and violence in Ireland and the relationship between a man and woman -one Protestant and the other Catholic. | |
228 | Wanna Play?: 3 Plays For High School | Collections | Various | 1994 | Hammil, Tony (Edited by) | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Carrying The Calf; Blind Dates; Thin Ice | Carrying the Calf: by Shirley Barie. Concerns issues of violence against women. 4 F, Drama. Blind Dates: by Anna Fuerstenber. See entry 704 for information on play. Thin Ice: by Banuta Rubess and Beverley Cooper. About sex, with date rape as the | |
229 | Four Plays By Jean-Claude van Itallie | Collections | Various | 1967 | van Itallie, Jean-Claude | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Almost Like Being; The Hunter And The Bird; I'm Really Here; War; Where Is De Queen? | War: Two actors, one young, one old, and a bizarre lady, engage in a series of fantasy-like improvisations, articulating the relentless war that humankind is doomed to wage against harsh reality and the inexorable passage of time. (2 men, 1 woman,) Where | |
231 | Two Plays By John White | Collections | Various | 1966 | White, John | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | Bugs; Veronica | Bugs: A boy returns home from a correctional institution where he has been put for accidentally shoving a woman off a bridge, although he dived in vain to save her. He is obsessed with bugs that always come at him just when he is trying to think big thin | |
232 | Two One Act Plays By Peter Shaffer - 2 | Collections | Various | 1998 | Shaffer, Peter | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The White Liars; Black Comedy | Collection of two plays - see 2154 and 2157 for details. | |
233 | Women & Love | Drama One Act | Various | 1983 | Hurley, Joan Mason | A Room Of One's Own Press | High School | Yes | Regrets Only; The Importance Of Not Shocking Mother | See entries 4523 and 4524 for details on plays. | |
234 | Women Write For Theatre | Anthologies | Various | 1976 | Thompson, Madeline (Edited by) | Playwrights Co-op | High School | Yes | Dinner Party; A Living Thing; Wheelchair | See entries 4793-95 for information on plays. | |
235 | Love In The Time Of Corona | Drama One Act | 11 AG | 2021 | Dueck, Kris | Unpublished | High School | No | Luther College High School, Regina - 2021 | 50 minute playing time. Hip Hop musical type show. It is about two teens who meet each other in a Zoom room during remote learning and eventually fall in love. Together they encounter the challenges faced by teens during the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
236 | Protest | Drama One Act | 1 M, 3 F | 1975 | Williams, Norman | Dell Publishing Company Inc. | High School | Yes | North Battleford Comprehensive High School - 1982; Martensville High School - 1993, 1998; Meath Park School - 1998 | In Ten Canadian Short Plays - 686 and 687. | |
237 | Do | Drama One Act | 2 M | 1980 | Apple, Gary | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Hudson Bay Composite High School - 1984 | Dealing with two men who engage in an unusual confrontation. One man is eager to prove he's the better of the two, while the other man chooses not to complete. This play cleverly works itself towards a startling reversal which make you question who indeed | |
238 | Frying Pan To Frying Pan | Drama One Act | 3 M, 4 F | 2011 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | High School | Yes | In Somewhere, Nowhere - 7 | ||
239 | Zoo Story | Collections | 2 M | 1960 | Albee, Edward | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Zoo Story; The Sandbox | A. E. Peacock Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 1983; North Battleford Comprehensive High School - 1989; Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon - 1993; Marion M. Graham Collegiate, Saskatoon - 1995; L. P. Miller Comprehensive, Nipawin - 1995 | A man sits peacefully reading in the sunlight in Central park. A second man enters, the antithesis of the first. The vagrant is a soul in torture and rebellion. He longs to communicate so fiercely that, when he does make the attempt, he alternately fright |
240 | Tower Of Tyler, The | Drama One Act | 3 M, 8 F, 7 M or F, Doubling possible | 2011 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | High School | Yes | In Somewhere, Nowhere - 7 | ||
241 | Folk Tale Drama Kit #1 Part A | Skits | 3 - 9 M or F | 1968 | Various | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Wit Of A Woman; The Princess Who Believed Everything | Cast of 5 to 9 players each. Playing time varies up to 15 minutes. | |
2.784 | Oz | Drama One Act | 4 M, 4 F, 4 M or F, Flexible casting, 8 - 16 actors possible | 2010 | Zolidis, Don | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Michael A. Riffel Catholic High School, Regina - 2018 | 40 - 50 minute playing time. Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. But with the yellow brick road sold to foreign investors after a financial meltdown, t | |
2.783 | NSA's Guide To Winning Friends And Influencing People, The Or, What We've Learned From Watching You | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 F, 23 M or F, Flexible casting, 6 - 29 actor possible | 2014 | Zolidis, Don | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | 40 - 45 minute playing time. Having trouble as the new kid in school? Unlucky in love? Feeling like everyone hates you? You're in luck! Now you can use the National Security Agency's techniques of wiretapping, code-breaking, and data mining to get ahead! | ||
247 | Folk Tale Drama Kit #1 Part B | Skits | 3 - 9 M or F | 1968 | Various | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Pied Piper; The Miraculous Pitcher; The Enchanted Shirt | Cast of 5 to 9 players each. Playing time varies up to 15 minutes. | |
2.824 | Wildcats Of Ridgemont High, The:The Perfect (TV) Pitch | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 3 F, 10 M or F, Flexible casting, 7 - 19 actors possible | 2015 | Barra, M. H. | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | 30 - 35 minute playing time. When Ridgemont High School wins a grant to expand its in-school TV program, it's up to student anchors Storm Thundercloud and Hillary Witherspoon to scout the perfect new show. But with everyone in the school -- including the | ||
2.852 | Just Add Zombies | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 8 F, 1 M or F, Flexible casting, 11 - 40 actors possible | 2012 | Dorf, Jonathan | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | 35 - 45 minute playing time. "Desperate" doesn't begin to describe this high school drama troupe: their parents avoid their shows, their faculty sponsor has fled, and the audience for their production of Romeo and Juliet consists of one sleeping homeless | ||
253 | Folk Tale Drama Kit #2 | Skits | 3 - 9 M or F | 1968 | Various | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Doctor Know-All; The Emperor's New Clothes; Hans In Luck; The Golden Touch; Petrouchka | Cast of 4 to 7 players each. Playing time varies up to 15 minutes. | |
254 | Folk Tale Drama Kit #3 | Skits | 3 - 9 M or F | 1968 | Various | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Rapunzel; Bad Sam And The Devil; Hansel And Gretel; Master of All Masters; Dick Whittington And His Cat; The Knighting Of Sir Galahad | Cast of 3 to 9 players each. Playing time varies up to 15 minutes. | |
2.775 | Treasure! | Comedy One Act | 16 M or F, Flexible casting | Nov 2015 | Harding, Cris | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. Pirates discover that sharing silve and gold - new friends and old - is better than feuding. In Plays Magazine November 2015. | ||
2.781 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Nov 2015 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Love On Mars, Beyond The Wall (Adapted), Viator Temporis (Time Traveler), Forgotten Hero, Strictly Puritan, Catch Me If You Can, Treasure! | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 2737, 2740-2741, 2767, 2775, 4065 and 5375 entries for details. | |
2.741 | Forgotten Hero | Drama One Act | 5 M, 5 F | Nov 2015 | Pendleton, Edrie | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 30 minute playing time. While studying for a test, Latin students meet a time-traveling roman who wants to go home and get back into battle. In Plays Magazine November 2015. | ||
2.737 | Love On Mars | Drama One Act | 3 F | Nov 2015 | Alter, Eric | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 20 minute playing time. Space project takes an emotional turn as a volunteer astronaut struggles with leaving Earth and never coming back. In Plays Magazine November 2015. | ||
2.740 | Beyond The Wall | Drama One Act | 3 M, 4 F | Nov 2015 | Sodaro, Craig (Adapted by) | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Could that incessant knocking be he beating of a broken heart? A dark and spooky love story. Adpated from Ambrose Bierce's short story. In Plays Magazine November 2015. | ||
260 | Alias (Ms) Santa Claus | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 10 F | 1980 | Priore, Frank Y | Heuer Publishing | High School | No | Set in the present, several weeks before Christmas in the office of Christine Krendle, assistant manager of the 22nd National Bank of New York. | ||
261 | Unsung | Drama One Act | 11 M or F | 2011 | Kiley, Christian | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | 20 minute playing time. Do you ever feel unappreciated? Well you're not the only one. Welcome to "Unsung" where you will get a chance to jump out of an airplane, be a competitor in a spelling bee, and brag about your world-changing invention. Each of the | ||
262 | News Flash: A Meteor Is On A Collision Course With Central High School | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 2 F, 9 M or F | 2011 | Kiley, Christian | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | 30 minute playing time. A meteor is about to hit your high school! What are you going to do? Run and hide? Ignore it? Pretend life is a musical and sing your way through it|? Become a superhero? Confess your love for you longtime crush? Whatever you do, m | ||
263 | Among Those Presents | Christmas Plays | 4 F | 1963 | Fernway, Peggy | Samuel French, Inc. | Middle Years | No | It is Christmas Eve and Mother Scott and her three daughters are planning Christmas. | ||
264 | Thousand Miles to Freedom, A | Drama One Act | 6 M, 6 F, Extras | Dec 2012 | Rebman, Renne C. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. The inspiring true story of a husband and wife who stopped at nothing to flee the bonds of slavery. In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
265 | Christmas For Cosette | Readers Theatre | 3 M, 4 F, 2 M or F | Dec 2012 | Olfson, Lewy (Adapted by) | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 15 minute playing time. Jean Valjean saves a little girl from a lfie of mistreatment in this heartwarming episode from Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables." Adpated for round-the-table-reading. In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
266 | Pandemic Pancake | Drama One Act | 34 AG, Doubling possible | 2021 | Price, Lindsey | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | No | 35 minute playing time. Pandemic Pancake asks the question: What now? Characters decide, for good and for ill, how they will respond to this evolving new world. Do they find hope? Do they shut down? Do they open doors? Do they strategize long-term? Or do | ||
267 | Team Of Two, A | Drama One Act | 5 M, 7 F | Dec 2012 | Yu, Caroline | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 25 minute playing time. An inspiring story of friendship and giving back. In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
268 | Prince Roger And The Great Griffyn Rescue | Fantasy One Act | 5 M, 2 F, 2 M or F | Dec 2012 | Herrick, Ambert | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. Loony birds of a feather flock together, sharing illnesses and cures. In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
269 | Angels With Paper Wings | Christmas Plays | 5 M or F | 1963 | Mauermann, W. Gordon | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc | Elementary and Middle Years | No | The play takes place during the dress rehearsal for a Christmas pageant. Things are not going well. | ||
270 | Vampire Holiday | Fantasy One Act | 3 M, 2 F, 12+ M or F | Dec 2012 | Tesh, Jane | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 10 minute playing time. Wanting a holiday to call his own, young Vlad cooks up a bash that will satisfy all his monster friends. In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
271 | Baddest Angel Band, The | Christmas Plays | 14 - 24 M or F, Flexible casting | 1985 | McDonough, Jerome | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Teen angels- cherry, Spir and Angelina are about to be expelled from Angel school for playing Frisbee with the teacher's halo and for insisting that thunder is caused by angel burps. | ||
272 | Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The | Christmas Plays | 12 M, 15 F | 1983 | Robinson, Barbara | Samuel French, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | A full-length play concerning the efforts of a woman and her husband to put on the annual church Christmas pageant despite having to cast the Herdman kids- probably the meanest, nastiest, most inventively awful kids in the history of the world. | ||
273 | Dramalympics Kit | Kit | 2015 | Saskatchewan Drama Association | Saskatchewan Drama Association | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Dramalympics Kit. | |||
274 | 20 Books In Search Of A Reader | Comedy One Act | 2-21 M or F | 2012 | Hayward, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton - 2015 | 35 minute playing time. The school library has had enough! After years of watching the same students ask for the same books over and over and over again, she's sick of it. She wouldmuch rather know what the students have to say. So she takes matters i | |
275 | Vamp Ire | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 3 F | 2011 | Hayward, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | Carrot River Junior Senior High School - 2013, Evan Hardy Collegiate, Saskatoon - 2016, Stoughton Central School - 2017 | 30 minute playing time. It's finally time for Kaitlyn's parents to meet her "super hot" new boyfriend. There's jut one tiny detail that might put a snag in their introduction: he's a vampire! Kaitlyn does everything in her power to conceal the fact tha | |
276 | Spoiler Alert | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 3 F | 2012 | Hayward, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | Yorkton Regional High School - 2016, St, Pascal Community School, Green Lake - 2017 | 30 minute playing time. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water?When a loud mouth in the front row gives away the shocking conclusion to this story, the rest of the audience begins to question their motives. Is it better to know how a sto | |
277 | Mummu | Comedy One Act | 4 AG | 2020 | Shimano, Kirk | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | No | 25 minute playing time. A one act play inspired by an ancient Sumerian myth depicting one of the first Mesopotamian gods. Mummu is here to bring you a story. A good story with a great emotional landscape. Even deities who exist on an eternal plane donâ₠| ||
278 | Horror Movie 102: Failing Just Got Deadlier | Collections | 7 M, 14 F, 1 AG | 2020 | Stack, Steven | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Ascot Ribbon, Slash, Slash!!!, The Cow's Head, The Date, Tofuman | 50 - 60 minute playing time. It’s Halloween and a new collection of teens are about to discover the perils of growing up in St. Claire while violating the rules of horror movies in Horror Movie 102: Failing Just Got Deadlier. These fast-paced scene | |
279 | Boy Who Wouldn't Play Jesus, The | Christmas Plays | 5 M. 4 F | 1968 | Kops, Bernard | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Elementary and Middle Years | No | A cast is getting ready to rehearse the school Christmas play. The boy who is to play Jesus is apprehensive. A photograph of a hungry child deeply disturbs him. How can he play Jesus when people are starving? These questions build to a powerful climax. | ||
280 | King's Christmas Present, The | Christmas Collection | 2 M, 4 M or F, Extras | Dec 2012 | Farley, Donna | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. All the hairy monster needed to soften his heart was some holiday cheer. In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
281 | St. Nick Revisited | Christmas Collection | 2 M, 2 F, 10+ M or F | Dec 2012 | Johnson, Martha P. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. "Twas the Night before Christmas" gets a remake in this fun presentation. In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
282 | Bumbling Brownie, The | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 7 F | 1974 | Watts, Frances | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Mrs. Claus' misfit cousin Bumble the Brownie comes to the North Pole to help get ready for Christmas and ends up helping Santa and the elves discover the joy of Christmas. | ||
283 | Bungee Jump Bear Trap | Drama One Act | 16 AG | 2020 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | No | 25 minute playing time. Risk comes in many forms (skateboarding without a helmet) and fears (raising your hand in class). There are dumb risks (don’t bungee jump into a bear trap) and smart risks. Sometimes you need to leap without knowing what th | ||
284 | Christmas Games, The | Christmas Collection | 2 M, 2 F, 17+ M or F | Dec 2012 | Tesh, Jane | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 10 minute playing time. Elves compete in holiday competition - tree trimming, sled-packing, and gift-wrapping. Which team will end up standing on the podium? In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
285 | Child's Christmas In Wales, A | Christmas Plays | 13 M, 7 F, Extras | 1982 | Thomas, Dylan | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | If the play has a plot it is the story of Christmas day itself, from its quiet, magical beginning full of thrills expectations to the end when the boy Dylan creeps up to the bed, replete with the joy of a perfect Christmas. | ||
286 | Christmas At Checkpoint Charley | Christmas Plays | 3 M , 2 F | 1964 | Felton, John W. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Checkpoint Charlie was a U.S. command Post at the Berlin Wall. Two American G. I. s, risk their lives to reunite a German family at Christmas. | ||
287 | Christmas Belle | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 3 F | 1958 | Keir, Leota Harris | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Set in the present, just before the Christmas holidays. | ||
288 | Modern Canadian Plays | Antholgoies | Various | 1985 | Wasserman, Jerry (Edited by) | Talonbooks | High School | Yes | The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, Fortune and Men's Eyes, Creeps, 1987:The Farmer's Revolt, Walsh, The St. Nicholas Hotel, WM Donnelly, Prop. - The Donnellys, Part Two, Jacob's Wake, Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline, Balconville, Jitters, Automatic Pilot, Billy | This anthology presents the classics of the new Canadian Theatre in English. See 4525, 4526, 4528, 4531, 4532, 4533, 4534, 4560, 4803 for abstracts on most of the plays. | |
289 | Christmas Bells | Christmas Plays | 17+ M or F | 1973 | Moser, Marion | Heuer Publishing Co. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Christmas stories interwoven with musical selections, choral or instrumental. | ||
290 | Ship Around The Corner, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 5 F, Extras | Nov 2012 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Love is in the air in this fun tale of romance and mystery on a cruise ship. In Plays Magazine November 2012. | ||
291 | Pygmalion Revisited | Drama One Act | 4 M, 4 F | Nov 2012 | Coulter Martens, Anne | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Dana works to turn shy, awkward family friend into a social success. In Plays Magazine November 2012. | ||
292 | Christmas Carol, A (Adapted) | Christmas Plays | 39 M or F | 1968 | Bedloe, Christopher (Adapted by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | From the novel by Charles Dickenson. We tremble with Scrooge at the sight of Marley's ghost, and rejoice with him when he sees the errors of his ways. We are sorry for Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim and take comfort from the good Spirits of Christmas, who make | ||
293 | Christmas Carol, A (Adapted) | Christmas Plays | 21 M, 8 F | 1973 | Williams, (Adapted by) | MacMillan & Co. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
294 | Christmas Check, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 3 F | 1960 | McNair, Helen Havens | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A Christmas comedy in One Act for four men and three women. | ||
295 | Reluctant Dragon, The | Fantasy One Act | 3 M, 1 F, 10+ M or F | Nov 2012 | Thane, Adele (Adapted by) | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 30 minute playing time. A friendly dragon refuses to be bullied by St. George, and ends up with a whole village of new friends. Adapted from Kenneth Grahame's children's story. In Plays Magazine November 2012. | ||
296 | Christmas Comes But Once A Year | Readers Theatre | 10 M or F | 1979 | White, Melvin R. (Adapted and Compiled by) | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Elementary | Yes | Bible Quotations: Christmas Defined, The Rainbow And The Star, The Night Before Christmas | ||
297 | Gone The Burning Sun | Drama One Act | 1 M | 1984 | Mitchell, Ken | Playwights Union of Canada | High School | No | 90 minute playing time. A compelling portrait of Dr. Norman Bethune, the brilliant medical man who devoted himself to saving the world in China, Spain and Montreal. Winner, 1985 Canadian Authors' Association Drama Award | ||
298 | Christmas Couriers, The | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 2 F | 1966 | Visney, Steven M. | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Timothy Larson is conned by his English teacher to consider portraying the part of St. Joseph in a high school Christmas play. ON his way home, he meditates on his miseries on a park bench. And here, to help him make the decision, come tow super-salesmen | ||
299 | Some Assembly Required | Full Length | 3 M, 2 F | 1996 | Stickland, Eugene | Coteau Books | High School | No | Some Assembly Required, Eugene Stickland's lighthearted but deeply moving portrayal of a dysfunctional family at Christmas, was first produced in 1994 at Alberta Theatre Projects; it has enjoyed dozens of productions across North America since then. In 19 | ||
300 | Contemporary Monologue, The: Women | Monologues | 1 F | 1995 | Earley, Michael and Keil, Philippa (Edited by) | Methuen Drama | High School | No | This is an exciting collection of the best stage monologues of the decade for women. | ||
301 | Christmas Dreams | Christmas Plays | 5 M 3 F, Extras | 1989 | Robertson, Jon | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | In depression era Chicago, young Jackie McArthur struggles to support his grandmother while trying to deal with anger at his alcoholic father who recently abandoned them. Jackie plans to run away on Christmas Eve when he learns his father is returning. He | ||
302 | Christmas In Review | Christmas Plays | Various | 1958 | Styza, Clarence J. | Heuer Publishing Co. | Elementary | No | Christmas program with songs and play. | ||
303 | Alien Fish | Comedy One Act | 10 M or F | 2010 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | 25 minute playing time. Cyan is an alien fish who swims through outer space. Irving is a friendly space tourist in a personal flying saucer that looks a lot like an inner tube. When they both get sucked through a wormhole into a fishing supply store, Irvi | ||
304 | Wake Up And Smell The Coffee In Your Pants | Comedy One Act | 3 - 5 M or F, Extras possible | 2010 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | No | 30 minute playing time. Sometimes, people do bizarre thing-especially when those people are teenagers under the influence of other teenagers. Today, Logan's best friend talked him into puttinga diaper on under his pants and then dumping coffee into it | |||
305 | Christmas In Suburbia | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 7 F | 1966 | Whittaker, Helene | Baker's Plays | High School | No | When the holidays come around Jane Jones is in the middle of chaos- her children demand so much of her time and she is involved in so many activities. There seems little time for Christmas sprit. | ||
306 | Christmas Is Now | Christmas Plays | 9 M, 5 F | 1956 | Soans, Jacqueline | Baker's Plays | Elementary | No | A little beggar girl is taken by the Angel on a journey to learn the meaning of Christmas. | ||
307 | Christmas Is Too Old-Fashioned | Christmas Plays | 8 F | 1953 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
308 | Fun With Drama|: A Collection Of Plays From Metis Stories, Volume 5 | Collections | Various | 2009 | Tourond-Townson, Margaret | Margaret Tourond-Townson | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Dear Diary, Metis On The Move, After The Battle Of Batoche | A Collection of plays from Metis Stories. | |
309 | Drama: A Pocket Anthology (Second Edition) | Anthologies | Various | 2002 | Gwynn, R. S. (Edited by) | "Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc." | High School | Yes | Oedipus the King, the Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, A Doll House, Trifles, Ghe Glass Menagerie, Death Of A Salesman, Fences, Sure Thing, The Heidi Chronicles | This anthology offers students a rich selection of both classic and contemporary plays, as well as a comprehensive introduction to the elements of the genre. | |
310 | Christmas Miser, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 8 F | 1965 | Sergel, Sherman L. | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Arthur Felton is a tight-fisted, grasping old miser. He's also a famous actor playing in Dickens " A Christmas Carol". On stage his friendly warmth has made his audience love him. Backstage, its different. | ||
311 | Christmas Tree Forest, The | Christmas Plays | 11 M or F, 23 Extras | 1959 | Clark, Isabel S. | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
312 | Leak In The Dike, A | Fantasy One Act | 4 M, 4 F | Nov 2016 | Nolan, Paul T. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
313 | Clowns' Christmas Party, The | Christmas Plays | 12 M or F | 1982 | Brock, James H | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | High School | No | Each clown does his stunt for which he has been given his name; Lean & Look, Mr. Quite, Mr. Honker, Miss Wiggle Waggle, Mr. Big, Mr. Little, The Doctor, The Patient, Run, Stumble and Fall. There's a lost of laughter with every skit until strange clown wit | ||
314 | Mother Goose For President | Fantasy One Act | 6 M, 6 F, 8+ M or F | Nov 2012 | McGowan, Jane | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. The beloved nursery rhyme character and the Big Bad Wolf square off in a Mother Goose Land election. In Plays Magazine November 2012. | ||
315 | Politics In The Land Of Oz | Fantasy One Act | 15+ M or F | Nov 2012 | Mitchell, Mary K. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. A comic contemporary sequel to L. Frank Baum's beloved classic, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." May the best candidate win! In Plays Magazine November 2012. | ||
316 | Brute And Other Farces, The | Collections | Various | 1953 | Bentley, Eric (Edited by) | Applause, Theatre Book Publishers | High School | Yes | Harmfulness of Tobacco, Swan Song, The Brute, A Marriage Proposal, Summer in the Country, A Wedding, The Celebration | All the farces of Russia's greates dramatist are rendered in this collection of lively translations which audiences and scholars alike applaud on the stage and in the classroom. | |
317 | Coins Of His Kingdom | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 5 F | 1954 | McGreevey, John | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Based on a scene from "the robe" by I.C. Douglas. | ||
318 | Computerized Christmas | Christmas Plays | 10 M, 8 F | 1979 | Valdes, Carolyn J. | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Middle Years | No | Father time and assistants are preparing for Christmas. they purchase a computer to try to increase efficiency only to be plagued by a series of errors. Instead of reaching Santa Claus, the computer calls up the Easter bunny, Wanda witch and George Washin | ||
319 | Crazy Christmas | Christmas Plays | 7 M, 5 F | 1966 | Rowland, Jr., Stanley J. | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The birth of Christ is celebrated with familiar hymns and laughter in this play. This play spoofs our attitudes of stuck-in-the-mud piety, in order to say that Christ is born for us today, in the midst of our modern lives, and is relevant to our modern wa | ||
320 | Whoote Owl's Reading Series, Level1 | Readers Theatre | Various | 2005 | Lindy Elaine L. (Edited by) | Whootie Owl International, LLC | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | The Long Winter, A Caterpillar's Voice, The Ram and the Pig who set up House | Three Readers Theatre scripts that can be Read Aloud in class or performed. Includes casting suggestions, rehearsal suggestions, set and costume design and other activities related to each script. | |
321 | How To Kill A Mockingbird | Comedy One Act | 8 M or F, Extras | 2011 | Walton, Bradley | Eldridge Publishing Company | Middle Years and High School | No | 30 minute playing time. Five less-than-stellar students meet to work on their group English project. Their assigned reading: Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird." Unfortunately, not one of the five has actually read the book. In fact, nobody even broug | ||
322 | Showing West: Three Prairie Docu-Dramas | Anthologies | Various | 1982 | Bessai, Diane and Kerr, Don (Edited by) | NeWest Press | High School | Yes | The West Show, Far as the eye can see, Medicare! | This anthology is the best introduction to how the prairies imagined themselves in theatre during the 1970's. The history play, whether mythological or documentary, became theatre's most vital contribution to prairie culture in the decade, and both the p | |
323 | Crossroads Of Christmas, The | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 2 F | 1953 | McGreevey, John | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The first Christmas from the Inn Keepers point of view | ||
324 | David And The Donkey | Christmas Plays | 10 M, 2 F | 1966 | Brown, Anthony | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | No | The snobbish innkeeper who is more interested in his profits than the star; the shepherds who sit up at night watching for sheep- stealers; David who is far more concerned about his straying donkey than about the people who come to his father's inn. | ||
325 | Devil And Santa Claus, The | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 8 F | 1972 | Wood, Smithe | Art Craft Publishing Co. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
326 | Eeyore's Christmas Present | Christmas Plays | 9 M or F | 1977 | Rodgers, James W. | The Dramatic Publishing Co. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | A very special friend and relation tells Christopher Robin a story of a Christmas Eve very long ago (about last year) when Eeyore was absolutely miserable. It seems that he lost his tail and Winnie the Pooh and Piglet organized a search party. The theme c | ||
327 | Even Unto Bethlehem | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 2 F, Extras | 1958 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
328 | Even Unto Bethlehem | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 2 F, Extras | 1958 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
329 | Even Unto Bethlehem | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 2 F, Extras | 1958 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
330 | Fantastic Mr. C, The | Christmas Plays | 7 M, 7 F | 1954 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
331 | Prairie Report | Full Length | 5 M, 3 F | 1990 | Moher, Frank | Blizzard Publishing | High School | No | Political play. Abstract not available. | ||
332 | Follow The Star | Christmas Plays | 1 M, 8 F | 1950 | Allan, Dorothy C. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | The story of Amata, a Vestal virgin, daughter of a roman father and unknown to her, a Jewish mother. | ||
333 | Follow The Star | Christmas Plays | 1 M, 8 F | 1950 | Allan, Dorothy C. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | The story of Amata, a Vestal virgin, daughter of a roman father and unknown to her, a Jewish mother. | ||
334 | Follow The Star | Christmas Plays | 1 M, 8 F | 1950 | Allan, Dorothy C. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | The story of Amata, a Vestal virgin, daughter of a roman father and unknown to her, a Jewish mother. | ||
335 | Gift For Father Christmas, A | Christmas Plays | 9 M, 7 F, Extras | 1951 | Steel, Catherine | MacMillan And Co., Limited | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
336 | Gift Of A Star | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 5 F | 1969 | Wibberley, Leonard | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
337 | Gift Of A Star | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 5 F | 1969 | Wibberley, Leonard | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
338 | Gift Of A Star | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 5 F | 1969 | Wibberley, Leonard | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
339 | Gift of Tenyin, The | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 6 F | 1956 | Tumpane, John D. | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | It is the emperors birthday and each of his six daughters has made a special gift for him. Tenyin, the youngest, has written a play from a dream she had the night before- a dream of the birth of Christ. The emperor is enraged during the performance, but i | ||
340 | Gravel Run | Full Length | 3 M, 2 F | 1988 | Massing, Conni | Blizzard Publishing | High School | No | A gothic comedy taking us deep int the closets of a wildly dysfunctional family, Gravel Run mines the rich vein of bizarre comedy lurking beneath the dull, conventional skin of prairie life. | ||
341 | Gift Of The Magi, The (Adapted) | Christmas Plays | 1 M, 1 F | 1983 | Hischak , Thoomas (Adpated by) | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | High School | No | Jim and Della are newlyweds with their whole lives before them. Both have vivid imaginations and tell fantastic stories, creating a storybook world for themselves. But then hard times come. Christmas approaches with little money at hand. Jim and Della eac | ||
342 | Gift Of The Magi, The (Adapted) | Christmas Plays | 1 M, 5 F, 1 M or F | 1963 | Martens, Anne Coulter (Adapted by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The story of a young couple unable to afford presents for each other. Each sacrifice a treasures to provide a gift for the other, but in doing so, they work at almost tragically funny cross-purposes. | ||
343 | Grace | Full Length | 4 M, 2 F | 1988 | MacLennan, Michael Lewis | Scirocco Drama | High School | No | Grace charts the lives of six remarkable people in one day - a day when each one's life is inexorably changed. As their paths intersect, these strangers affect and transform one another in astonishing, often hilarious ways. The play is a heart-wrenching | ||
344 | If We Are Women | Full Length | 4 F | 1994 | Glass, Joanna McClelland | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | No | Two grandmothers, a daughter, and a granddaughter gather on the deck of a beach house. The three older women discuss their pasts, their present, and they are confounded with the granddaughter's decision to disregard all that she's heard. | ||
345 | Here On The Flight Path | Full Length | 1 M, 3 F, Doublig Possible | 1997 | Foster, Norm | Playwrights Union of Canada | High School | No | John Cummings is a lonely and divorced back-porch philosopher. Over three and a half years, three very different women occupy the apartment next door. As John reflects on his relationships with neighbours Fay, Angel and Gwen, he shares his unique views | ||
346 | Gift Of The Magi, The (Adapted) | Christmas Plays | 1 M, 1 F, 2 M or F | 1984 | Zapel, Arthur L. (Adapted by) | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | High School | No | A young married couple, very much in love, unwisely sacrifice their most treasured possessions for each other. Della is determined to buy her husband a watch fab and she sell her hair to do so. Jim has sold his watch to buy Della the combs for her hair. | ||
347 | Glory Foretold, The | Christmas Plays | 10 M, 4 F | 1951 | Burnley, Phyllis C. | Banner Play Bureau | High School | No | As the blind soothsayer and his child slave sit in the courtyard of an inn in Bethlehem, the ancient one detects a strangeness in the air which surely foretells a momentous event. Drama. | ||
348 | Great Day In Starflake County Court | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 6 F | 1977 | Bufton, Mary | Eldridge Publishing Co | High School | No | The day Santa went to court. | ||
349 | Speak | Full Length | 2 M, 1 F | 1998 | Nelson, Greg | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | No | James and Sarah are barely married, but already they're in trouble. Arriving in Regina from Toronto, Sarah seeks the truth about her husband's shady past. She encounters Lloyd, a Saskatchewan MLA who has all the answers. Before long, they're all gettin | ||
350 | Heart As It lived, The | Full Length | 3 M, 2 F | 1997 | Robinson, Mansel | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | No | Annie is a cranky, puritanical spinster who has never questioned the status quo - until the night her solitude is invaded by a charming young hustler named Zak who breaks int her house. When Annie discovers that Zak is the grandson of her estranged siste | ||
351 | Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) | Full Length | 7 M, 6 F, 2 M or F, Chorus | 1990 | MacDonald, Ann-Marie | Coach House Press | High School | No | The play is a 1988 comedic play by Ann-Marie MacDonald in which Constance Ledbelly, a young English literature professor from Queen's University, goes on a subconscious journey of self-discovery. Constance theorizes that Shakespeare's tragedies, Othello a | ||
352 | Guardian, The | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 4 F | 1958 | O'Brien, Francis Balzer | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | When Joseph learns that Mary is pregnant he refuses to resort to a court of law and expose her. | ||
353 | Riel: A Poem For Voices | Full Length | Flexible casting | 1968 | Gutteridge, Don | Fiddlehead Books | High School | No | This is a modern poem. It finds its origins in the French-English problem. In an attempt to come to grips with this problem in poetic terms, the author turned to the story of Louis Riel. The author offers this publication to those seeking a deeper, mor | ||
354 | Hark, Harold The Angel Sings | Christmas Plays | 4 M or F, Extras | 1985 | McDonough, Jerome | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc | Middle Years | No | Bosheep, Woolworth and Lambster are three lambs with a mission; find Christmas, then report back to Miss Ewe and the flock. The three lost sheep are aided in their quest by Harold, an angel who is trying to make a new name for herself. Their search is fra | ||
355 | Riel | Full Length | 34 M, 2 F, Extras | 1962 | Coulter, John | The Ryerson Press | High School | No | Riel is a Canadian classic - an epic play in two parts and thirty scenes. It is a dramatization of the two political upheavals caused by the enigmatic Louis Rielm, the leader of the Metis, the settlers of the Red River Valley. | ||
356 | Country Gothic | Drama One Act | 5 M, 9 F | 1977 | Kelly, Tim | Baker's Plays | High School | No | The people of a small, remote country village are gathered for a simple country wedding. The young bride is radiant, and the older people are pleased because she has brought a young man from town to join their community. As time for the ceremony approache | ||
357 | Hillbilly Christmas Carol, A | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 4 F | 1959 | LeRoma Eshbach Greth | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Joshua is a lazy, bad tempered mountaineer, His relatives all agree he is just like Scrooge so they prepare a mountaineer version of the Christmas Carol and Joshua sees the Ozark Christmas past, present and future. | ||
358 | Storied | Full Length | 6 M, 9 F, 5 M or F | 2012 | Walton, Bradley | Theatrefolk | High School | No | 30 minute playing time. Bailey and Campbell work at an office supply store, and they both love the customers. Specifically, they love to torment them. But when word comes of an impending visit from the district manager, Campbell and Bailey are forced t | ||
359 | Bloody Attack Of The Evil, Demonic Giraffe Puppet, The | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 - 4 F, 2 - 6 M or F | 2011 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | High School | No | Paradise Hill School - 2014, John Paul II Collegiate, North Battleford - 2015, Warman High School - 2016 | 40 minute playing time. Rupert, a socially-conscious teenager, sets out to make a documentary entitled "Materialism and the Decay of Morality in Postmodern Society." He makes the mistake of recruiting assistance from other students at his high school an | |
360 | Pranking The Teacher | Comedy One Act | 10 - 16 M or F, Flexible casting, Doubling possible | 2011 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | High School | No | 35 minute playing time. Mrs. Roadcap gives her students a lot of homework, and her first period class has decided it's time to get even by playing a prank on her. Unfortunately, they can't decide what the prank should be. But when the bell rings for cl | ||
361 | We Loathe Our Customers | Comedy One Act | 4 - 15 M or F, Flexible casting, Doubling possible | 2010 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | High School | No | Esterhazy High School - 2014, MacNeill School, Regina - 2016 | 30 minute playing time. Bailey and Campbell work at an office supply store, and they both love the customers. Specifically, they love to torment them. But when word comes of an impending visit from the district manager, Campbell and Bailey are forced t | |
362 | Home For Christmas | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 7 F | 1954 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The Clayton family has scattered to every part of the country. One of the daughters, determined that the family recaptures something they seem to have lost, forces them all to come home for Christmas. | ||
363 | Rowing To America: The Immigrant Project | Full Length | 5 M, 5 F, Expandable | 2009 | Rufus, J. Caleb, Chen, Kitty, Clyman, Robert, Glover, Keith, Griffith, Meg, Oyama, Sachi, Reyes, Guillermo, Sharma, Akhil and Sunde, Karen | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Dead Bolivians, The Apron, Rowing To America, Slave Coffee w/ Observer, Homeland, Famous Ali, a Mule in J.F.K., Let Us Go Then, and Oh Wild West | Rowing to America is a collection of nine one-act plays on the immigration, emigration and migration experience. Written by a culturally diverse group of writers dealing with culturally diverse characters, these sometimes comic, sometimes tragic and poeti | |
364 | Bully Plays, The | Collections | Various | 2011 | Habjan, Linda (Edited by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Alex (A Conversation About Nothing), Beasts, Blu, Bully-Bully, The Bully Pulpit, A Bully There Be, A Bunch Of Clowns, Bystander Blues, The Conundrum, Downhill, The Final Testimonhy Of Henry Samson, Flash Mob, Gasp, Farrah & Monster, Glorious Gail, Happy | This collection was commissioned in response to the growing epidemic of bullying and the all-too-often tragic results. The collection includes 24 10-minute plays that may be performed in any combination or length and in a variety of venues. The plays are | |
365 | Comic Collection Of 10-Minute Plays, A | Collections | 7 M, 11 F, 8 Mor F | 2009 | Trieschmann, Werner | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Cell Phone Rings For Thee, Close Shave, the Talking Shopping Cart, Gary's Endurance Roast, Un Restaurant, Coulrophobia, The Morris A. Crockmorton High School Cafeteria Text Messaging Tragedy | Cell phones, Facebook, cutting-edge shopping cartsâ€â€all the latest gadgets that bewitch and bedevil usâ€â€are addressed in this comic collection of 10-minute plays. The Cell Phone Rings for Thee. Is death really a good enough reason to stop talk | |
366 | How Santa Got His Christmas Tree | Christmas Plays | 9+ M or F | 1985 | Kelly, Tim | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Santa's helpers are building new tots and the mail is pilling up. Mrs. Clause has sent for a Christmas tree- it will be a wonderful surprise. Unfortunately those two nasty (and comical) toy makers, Sneaky and Stingy, are banished from Santa's village for | ||
367 | How To Mess Up Pretty Much Anything | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 5 - 30 M or F | 2010 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | 25 minute playing time. Any worthwhile school play needs to teach some kind of lesson, right? When the curtain rises, the cast proudly announces that the lesson of this show is right there in the title. How to Mess Up Pretty Much Anything. But when the p | ||
368 | Caution: Librarian Ahead | Comedy One Act | 4 - 16 M or F | 2010 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | 30 minute playing time. Due to budget restrictions, the school is hiring just one position for the coming year: a replacement for their retiring librarian. The assistant principals hate conducting job interviews, but it's just one position, so things can | ||
369 | Terrible Skunk Breath | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 1 F, 8 - 17 M or F, Extras | 2011 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | High School | No | 60 minute playing time. Jay is a Star Wars-obsessed teenager who wants his classmate Ashley to notice him, and he’s not having much luck. But when Ashley unmistakably notices the smell of a stink bomb in the school hallway, Jay figures out what it | ||
370 | Proving I'm Not A Loser And Other Assorted Fairly Difficult Challenges | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 12 M or F, Flexible casting | 2010 | Walton, Bradley | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | High School | No | 25 minute playing time. Morgan is not a loser. He's pretty sure of it. But when his buddy Sage tells him to prove it, Morgan finds himself facting a pointless social challenge from which he cannot back down. Now he must rise to new heights and assert | ||
371 | It Might Be St. Nick | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 5 F | 1951 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
372 | It's Sad, So Sad When An Elf Goes Bad | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 2 F | 1979 | McDonough, Jerome | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | This is the tale of Emmy the tiniest, clumsiest and most mischievous elf. Santa can find no job for her except as a nurse for an elderly reindeer forced into retirement. The bitter pair seek revenge on Santa, but their plans backfire. | ||
373 | Porridge Eaters From Planet Puggelgorf | Fantasy One Act | 16 M or F, Flexible casting, Doubling possible | 2010 | Walton, Bradley | Big Dog Publishing | Elementary and Middle Years | No | 25 minute playing time. Four aliens from Plant Puggelgorf have devoted their lives to traveling through the universe in search of "porridge," a mysterious substance they've heard of only in stories. The only clue the aliens have is from an ancient Puggel | ||
374 | It's Sad, So Sad When An Elf Goes Bad | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 2 F | 1979 | McDonough, Jerome | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | This is the tale of Emmy the tiniest, clumsiest and most mischievous elf. Santa can find no job for her except as a nurse for an elderly reindeer forced into retirement. The bitter pair seek revenge on Santa, but their plans backfire. | ||
375 | It's Sad, So Sad When An Elf Goes Bad | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 2 F | 1979 | McDonough, Jerome | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | This is the tale of Emmy the tiniest, clumsiest and most mischievous elf. Santa can find no job for her except as a nurse for an elderly reindeer forced into retirement. The bitter pair seek revenge on Santa, but their plans backfire. | ||
376 | Journey Of The Three Kings, The | Christmas Plays | 10 M, 2 F | 1954 | Gheon, Henri | J. Garnet Miller Ltd. | Elementary | No | An epiphany play with twelve characters and non-speaking parts of slaves and animals. | ||
377 | Light Of Men, The | Christmas Plays | 12 M. 3 F | 1958 | Penfold, Kenneth | Evans Brothers | High School | No | Nativity play. | ||
378 | Lights - Camera - Christmas! | Christmas Plays | 12 M or F, Flexible casting | 1987 | Carpenter, Sally | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc | High School | No | The setting is the sound stage of a movie studio. JD the director is making a Christmas film, but his performers don't understand it. They want to know why he is making " a boring old film about Christmas". "If you want to make money" they tell him, "do s | ||
379 | Little Angel Who Was Always Late, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 7 F | 1967 | Baker, Leola | Eldridge Publishing Co. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
380 | Little Angel Who Was Always Late, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 7 F | 1967 | Baker, Leola | Eldridge Publishing Co. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
381 | Little Angel Who Was Always Late, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 7 F | 1967 | Baker, Leola | Eldridge Publishing Co. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
382 | Little Friend | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 5 F | 1953 | Cowen, William Joyce | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | When Paulette's father had to go away he left his expectant wife in the little girl's care. Paulette promised that the baby would be a boy, but how does one keep such a promise. | ||
383 | Little Friend | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 5 F | 1953 | Cowen, William Joyce | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | When Paulette's father had to go away he left his expectant wife in the little girl's care. Paulette promised that the baby would be a boy, but how does one keep such a promise. | ||
384 | Little Red Tree, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 1 F | 1954 | Griffiths, Glyn | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
385 | Little Red Tree, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 1 F | 1954 | Griffiths, Glyn | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
386 | Littlest Angel, The | Christmas Plays | 9 M or F, Flexible casting | 1964 | Gray, Patricia | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | There was most unruly small boy known throughout Heaven as "the littlest angel". He sang off key at choir practice. and his halo was tarnished. Finally he was ordered to present himself before the "angel of the peace" but on the way, he met the "understa | ||
387 | Littlest Angel, The | Christmas Plays | 9 M or F, Flexible casting | 1964 | Gray, Patricia | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | There was most unruly small boy known throughout Heaven as "the littlest angel". He sang off key at choir practice. and his halo was tarnished. Finally he was ordered to present himself before the "angel of the peace" but on the way, he met the "understa | ||
388 | Lost Christmas, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 3 F | 1953 | Kimes, Bruce | Samuel French, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Tells of the final and ultimate defeat of Miss Harriet Russell in her personal campaign against Christmas. In a warm and tender scene filled with mingled laughter and tears, Miss Harriet, at long last, comes to know the true meaning of the Lost Christmas. | ||
389 | YOLO | Drama One Act | 4 M, 3 F | 2013 | Davidson School Drama Club | Unpublished | High School | No | Davidson School - 2013 | An eclectic group of high school students, who are nearing the end of the senior year, are faced with pressures and decisions about life after high school. | |
390 | Best American Plays: Sixth Series 1963 - 1967 | Anthologies | Various | 1971 | Gassner, John and Barnes, Clive (Edited by) | Crown Publishers, Inc. | High School | Yes | Benito Cereno, Hogan's Goat, The Fantasticks, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, You Know I Can't Hear You, When th Water's Running, The Lion in Winter, Tiny Alice, The Toilet, Hughie, Fiddler on the Roof, In White America, Slow Dance On The Killing G | Abstract not available. | |
391 | Stagecraft: The Video Game | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 6 F, 8 M or F, Extras | 2013 | Bradford, Wade | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | High School | No | 25 minute playing time. Finally, there’s a video game about life in the theatre! And here’s the best part, the game plays out live, onstage! Katie is in an all-too-familiar predicament. She’s running auditions for the school play | ||
392 | Merrie Christmas Show, The | Christmas Collection | Flexible casting | 1997 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | Elementary and Middle Years | No | A group of lively traveling layers are at your service as they take you on a spirited adventure through Christmas past and present. They have searched the globe for Christmas stories and songs that will amaze, thrill and delight children of all ages. Whol | ||
393 | Midnight Clear, A | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 9 F | 1964 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
394 | Midnight Clear, A | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 9 F | 1964 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
395 | Virtual Support Group From Hell, The | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 5 F | 2020 | Harr, Jeffrey | Theatrefolk | Middle Years and High School | No | 15 minute playing time. Wendy joins an online teen support group. However, she quickly discovers that the others are anything but typical. Who is Vladimir and why does he speak with a Transylvanian accent? Why does Lucy only speak one word (braiiinnnnsss | ||
396 | Miracle At Derrick Texas, The | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 5 F, Extras | 1954 | Putcamp, Jr., Luise | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
397 | Miracle At Midnight | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 2 F | 1954 | Fleming, Tom | The Epworth Press | High School | No | The characters represent the world in diverse ways and they express the search for an authentic relation of God. | ||
398 | Miracle For Miriamme, A | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 8 F | 1959 | Matero, Elvi Catharine | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
399 | Miracle For Miriamme, A | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 8 F | 1959 | Matero, Elvi Catharine | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
400 | Middle School Science Project Time Machine, A | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 3 F, 6 AG | 2020 | Hughes, Terence Patrick | Drama Notebook | Middle Years | No | 15 minute playing time. Fred and Dolly want to win a ribbon at the middle school science fair, so they built a time machine. When the students take a trip with their teacher into the future, they find humanity in danger and must now figure out how to sav | ||
401 | Rosemary For Remembrance | Drama One Act | 10 F, Extras | 1979 | Martins, Joyce F. | Samuel French | High School | Yes | An old woman sits on a park bench - two garrulous charwomen befriend her - a girl takes her washing to the launderette - a smart young woman impatiently waits for someone - an artist sets up an easel and paints - a dowdy woman sits on the bench: an ordina | ||
402 | Most Beautiful Star, The | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 2 F | 1989 | Boardman, True | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A young blind girl is helping her family decorate the Christmas tree and can't resist the wish to see again. | ||
403 | Mouse Who Didn't Believe In Santa, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 4 F | 1963 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Elementary | No | It's Christmas eve band the mice are dancing on a moonbeam because they believe the wicked cat is fast asleep. When Mama Mouse sends them off to bed only naughty Squeaknibble disobeys. | ||
404 | Mouse Who Was Stirring, The | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 3 F | 1961 | Morgan, Lenore | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Play in verse, pianist optional. | ||
405 | Mr. Scrooge | Christmas Plays | Flexible Casting | 1963 | various | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A musical comedy in two acts. Book by Richard Morris and Ted Wood. Music by Dolores Claman. Lyrics by Richard Morris, Dolores Claman and Ted Wood. Based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. | ||
406 | Mr. Scrooge | Christmas Plays | Flexible casting | 1963 | various | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A musical comedy in two acts. Book by Richard Morris and Ted Wood. Music by Dolores Claman. Lyrics by Richard Morris, Dolores Claman and Ted Wood. Based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. | ||
407 | Muggsy's Merry Christmas | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 2 F | 1973 | Payton, Donald | Heuer Publishing Co. | High School | No | Christmas is finally here and the children are anxious to open their gifts. But Dad says they have to wait until Cousin Arthur, just released from hospital, gets there. Mr. Maxwell is intent on giving him the merriest Christmas ever. | ||
408 | Nearest Star, The | Christmas Plays | 3 F, Extras | 1981 | McDonough, Jerome | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | Middle Years | No | Three girls (or young women) go in search of the "Christmas sprit". Like the three wise men, they follow a star. But this star leads to a Christmas tree lot. Any every other path they take leads to more commercialism. Is the Christmas sprit nothing but a | ||
409 | New Born King, The | Christmas Plays | 26 M, 15 F | 1958 | Strugnell, Beryl | Religious Drama Society | Elementary | No | Religious nativity play. | ||
410 | No Room | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 8 F | 1955 | Campbell, Alison and Collins, Freda | J. Garnet Miller Ltd. | High School | No | Drama | ||
411 | No Star To Guide Them | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 5 F | 1956 | Sergel, Ruth | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Elementary | No | no abstract available | ||
412 | No Star To Guide Them | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 5 F | 1956 | Sergel, Ruth | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Elementary | No | no abstract available | ||
413 | Noel Candle, The | Christmas Plays | 9 M, 5 F | 1956 | Moore, Clement C | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Drama | ||
414 | Noel Candle, The | Christmas Plays | 9 M, 5 F | 1956 | Moore, Clement C | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Drama | ||
415 | I Don't Want To Talk About It | Comedy One Act | 5 M or F | 2012 | Hayward, Bradley | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Gordon F. Kells High School, Carlyle, Clavet Composite School, Minahik Waskahigan School, Pinehouse Lake, Glaslyn Central School - 2013, Kerrobert Composite School and Robert Southey School, Southey - 2015, Rocanville School and Westcliffe Composite Schoo | 30 - 45 minute playing time. Being a teenager is hard, and nobody wants to talk about it. Confronting the daily challenges of growing up, this series of monologues and scenes offers a look at a multitude of issues - including dealing with parents who ju | |
416 | North Pole Dilemma | Christmas Plays | 9 M, 9 F | 1978 | Bufton, Mary | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Abstract not available. | ||
417 | Not Even A Mouse | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 5 F | 1950 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Co. | Middle Years | No | When Connie opens Rick's Christmas present and finds a catnip mouse she's furious. Hinting she's a cat, is he! Later on Rick opens his gift from Connie and finds a rubber bone. | ||
418 | Nutcracker, The | Christmas Plays | 10 M, 2 F, Extras | 1975 | Rogers, June Walker | The Dramatic Publishing Co. | High School | No | At a gala Christmas Eve party, Clara's godfather presents her with an amazing Nutcracker in the form of a wooden soldier. Too excited to sleep, she suddenly finds the Nutcracker brought to life. He tells her he is a prince, under the wicked enchantment of | ||
419 | One Red Rose | Christmas Plays | 1 M, 6 F | 1954 | Sister M. O'Connell | Longmans Green and Company Limited | High School | No | Dramatization of the novel "One Red Rose for Christmas" by P. Horgan. | ||
420 | Other Wise Man, The | Christmas Plays | 11 M, 14 F, Extras | 1965 | Sergel, Ruth | The Dramatic Publishing Co. | High School | No | The story of the forth Wiseman- Artaban, who also saw the star in the east and sold all his possessions for jewels to take to the king. However, during his journey he is detained by people who need his help and money. When he finally finds the saviour, 33 | ||
421 | St. Joan | Full Length | 16 M, 1 F, Extras | 1966 | Shaw, Bernard | Penguin Books | High School | No | A chronical play in six scenes and an epilogue. | ||
422 | Our Miss Brooks And The Christmas Carol | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 7 F | 1954 | Mann, R.J. | The Dramatic Publishing Co. | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
423 | Arms And The Man | Full Length | 4 M, 3 F | 1961 | Shaw, Bernard | Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. | High School | No | An anti-romantic comedy in three acts with an introduction and notes by A. C. Ward. | ||
424 | Outside The Stable | Christmas Plays | 18 M, 1 F | 1958 | Collins, Freda | The Faith Press | Elementary | No | Abstract not available. | ||
425 | Partridge In A Pear Tree, A | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 3 F | 1966 | Swortzell, Larry | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Constructed around the twelve days of Christmas describe in the well-known medieval carol. | ||
426 | Iskooniguni Iskweewuk: The Rez Sisters In Its Original Version: Cree | Full Length | 7 F, 1 M | 2010 | Highway, Tomson | Fifth House | High School | No | The "Rez Sisters" in its original version: Cree. The play features an ensemble cast of seven women dreaming of winning, and working toward raising enough money to attend, "The Biggest Bingo in the World," and one male actor/dancer in the role of Nanabush | ||
427 | Rez Sisters, The | Full Length | 7 F, 1 M | 1988 | Highway, Tomson | Fifth House | High School | No | The Rez Sisters features an ensemble cast of seven women dreaming of winning, and working toward raising enough money to attend, "The Biggest Bingo in the World," and one male actor/dancer in the role of Nanabush (originally played by the playwright's bro | ||
428 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | January/February 2013 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years, and High School | Yes | Above the Fold: The Story of Nellie Bly, The Perfect Tribute, Frankenstein, Living Statues, Rescuing Cupid, The Frog Prince, The Valentine, Three Tails | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 3157, 4097, 500-502 details. | |
429 | People Who Came to An Inn, The | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 2 F | 1955 | Arlett, Vera | The Epworth Press | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
430 | Real Canadian Christmas, A | Christmas Plays | 2 M, 2 F, 20+ M or F, Choir | 1985 | Aikenhead, Linda L. | InnovEd Resources | Elementary and Middle Years | No | A musical play for Canadian elementary schools. Includes musical score. Theme: Multiculturalism | ||
431 | Rented Christmas, The | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 7 F | 1979 | Aheam, Norman & Yvonne | Performance Publishing | High School | No | John Dale a prosperous businessperson, hasn't enjoyed a real Christmas for many years. So, on the spur of the moment, he decides to "rent" a Christmas from Anne Weston who own the local rent shop. | ||
432 | Road To Bethlehem, The | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 6 F | 1963 | Cooley, Fae Donna | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Set in Bethlehem on the first Christmas night. A girl is leaving to serve in a rich house, even though it means abandoning her blind sister. When a man and his wife, who is in Labour, pass by- she gives up her coat to them. The shepherds return to exclaim | ||
433 | Pirattitude | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 1 F, 8 M or F | 2012 | Muller, Marek | Heuer Publishing, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | McLurg High School, Wilkie - 2013 | 10 minute playing time. Captain Crunch isn't singing "A Pirate's Life for Me" these days. Ever since that no-good cereal mascot stole his name and pride, Crunch's reputation as a captain has gone down the tubes. So how will his second-rate crew of pirate | |
434 | Robbed Reindeer, The | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 3 F | 1994 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | Elementary and Middle Years | No | 40 minute playing time. Melodrama. The evil Dr. HQ Crankspea has really done it this time. The dastardly villain has stolen the antlers from Santa's reindeer. Everybody knows that reindeer need their antlers to fly straight. Christmas is doomed. Joe Muff | ||
435 | Santa Claus Is Missing! | Christmas Plays | 1 M. 1 F, 9 Extras | 1989 | Ashby, Sylvia | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | 30 minute playing time. The story revolves around the efforts of a band of symbolic demons, (such as hateful, jealous and selfish) to kidnap Santa Clause an thus keep little children from enjoying Christmas. On Santa's side are his elves, his wife and hi | ||
436 | Santa Sees A Shrink | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 8 F | 1978 | Majeski, Bill | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc | High School | No | 45 minute playing time. Comedy. Santa has given up and thrown in the towel. The demands of the job have driven him to the point of a nervous collapse. | ||
437 | Pitch, The | Comedy One Act | 4 - 10 M or F | 2012 | Starchman, Bryan | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | McNaughton High School, Moosomin - 2013 | A young, hungry writer in Hollywood finally has his chance to pitch his original ideas for movies, television shows, and commercials to a major producer. The writer’s ideas come to life on stage as he tries to sell one -- just one -- of his many wa | |
438 | Santa's Christmas Satellite | Christmas Plays | Flexible casting | 1970 | Crout, George | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Middle Years | No | International Christmas. Covering such countries as America, England, France, Germany, Italy and Latin America. | ||
439 | Santa's Spectacles | Christmas Plays | Flexible casting | 1955 | Davis, Jeanne A; Foote, Jim | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | No | The children have labelled Prunella Crookshank "cranky" Crookshank. She never smiles, she is always shooing them away and worst of all, doesn't believe in Christmas. When Santa's spectacles are lost and they are confused with Prunellas, she wears them- be | ||
440 | Santa's Spectacles | Christmas Plays | Flexible | 1955 | Davis, Jeanne A; Foote, Jim | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | No | The children have labelled Prunella Crookshank "cranky" Crookshank. She never smiles, she is always shooing them away and worst of all, doesn't believe in Christmas. When Santa's spectacles are lost and they are confused with Prunellas, she wears them- be | ||
441 | Scarf From Smyrna, The | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 5 F | 1953 | Lorenzen, Ronald | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Christmas Drama. | ||
442 | Scarf From Smyrna, The | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 5 F | 1953 | Lorenzen, Ronald | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Christmas Drama. | ||
443 | Scrooge (Adapted) | Christmas Plays | 10 M, 2 F | 1959 | Paskaman, (Adapted by) | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | No | This excellent adaptation of Dickens' beloved story has all the humour and spirit of the Christmas season. The Narrator, who appears as Charles Dickens, takes us along each scene as the characters speak, linking all of the scenes as the story unfolds. The | ||
444 | Shoemaker's Dream, The | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 4 F | 1963 | Gans, Ellen | Eldridge Publishing Co. | High School | No | The shoe maker and his wife wanted to have Christ visit their home during Christmas and were certain they would know him when he came. They were disappointed when their only visitors were poor woman and her baby y; a rich old spinster; a beggar and a youn | ||
445 | Sing Christmas | Christmas Plays | 16 M, 9 F | 1952 | Chamberlin, Margaret Douglas | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Suitable for both religious and non-religious groups. Nine short and simple staged scenes. High school students meet to rehearse the Christmas program. | ||
446 | Sing Christmas | Christmas Plays | 16 M, 9 F | 1952 | Chamberlin, Margaret Douglas | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Suitable for both religious and non-religious groups. Nine short and simple staged scenes. High school students meet to rehearse the Christmas program. | ||
447 | Song Of Glory | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 6 F | 1952 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The little church group is about to broadcast when they find the angel fro their pageant is missing. The director rushes off to find a substitute and the broadcast begins. It is time for the angel to say her line and an angle doesn't step forward. She say | ||
448 | Song Of Glory | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 6 F | 1952 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The little church group is about to broadcast when they find the angel fro their pageant is missing. The director rushes off to find a substitute and the broadcast begins. It is time for the angel to say her line and an angle doesn't step forward. She say | ||
449 | Song Of Glory | Christmas Plays | 6 M, 6 F | 1952 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The little church group is about to broadcast when they find the angel fro their pageant is missing. The director rushes off to find a substitute and the broadcast begins. It is time for the angel to say her line and an angle doesn't step forward. She say | ||
450 | Sons Of Adam | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 4 F | 1959 | Lamb, Philip J. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Nativity drama in four movements. | ||
451 | Sons Of Adam | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 4 F | 1959 | Lamb, Philip J. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Nativity drama in four movements. | ||
452 | Star And The Shadow, The | Christmas Plays | 9 M. 3 F | 1952 | Fone, Stefanie | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Nativity Play. | ||
453 | Star Light, Star Bright | Christmas Plays | 4 M or F, Extras | 1965 | Hunter, Maureen | Art Craft Publishing Co. | Middle Years | No | Depicts the meaning of the star to each of us through the years; as a child, in our youth and as an adult. Speaker, choir, choral readers, and three speaking parts of the child, the youth and the adult. | ||
454 | Tamara's Jewel | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 4 F | 1964 | Cornnell Lord, Dorine | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Caught in the cruel web of pre-Christian slavery, Tamara is determined to regain her liberty and strike a bargain with a Roman officer. Drama | ||
455 | Tamara's Jewel | Christmas Plays | 8 M, 4 F | 1964 | Cornnell Lord, Dorine | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Caught in the cruel web of pre-Christian slavery, Tamara is determined to regain her liberty and strike a bargain with a Roman officer. Drama. | ||
456 | That Stupid Christmas Play | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 3 F | 1969 | Mays, Carol | Baker's Plays | High School | No | "There are a lot of people who are going to completely ignore Christ during this Christmas season? right? and there will be a lot of people who will think about Christ? but only after they think about presents, food and everything else? right?" These are | ||
457 | Bank Robbery | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 2 F | 2012 | Loewenstein, Eitan | Free One Act Plays | High School | No | Lumsden High School - 2013 | When a bank robber traps the bank employees in a vault they must figure out how to survive and cope with the stress of captivity. | |
458 | There Arose Such A Clatter | Christmas Plays | 4 M, 4 F | 1961 | Martens, Anne Coulter | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Elementary and Middle Years | No | It's Christmas eve and dad is putting up decorations hoping to win the annual lighting contest. Teenage Ginny appears with her boyfriend Tom who, although the son of a rival contestant, begins to help. Then everything begins to go wrong. | ||
459 | 1949 | Full Length | 8 M, 6 F | 1989 | French, David | Talonbooks | High School | No | The Mercer family and their extended clan must come to some emotional and political decisions when Newfoundland joins Confederation on April Fool’s Day of 1949. As the members of the family stand on the precipice of both a new beginning in Canada a | ||
460 | This Way To Christmas | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 2 F | 1980 | Summerhays, Leota | Samuel French, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Whimsical story of how the first Christmas tree might have been brought to the children. | ||
461 | Three Faces Of Christmas, The | Christmas Plays | 7 M, 9 F, + Carollers | 1969 | Martens, Anne Coulter | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | No | The young people are busy with last minute preparations for the Christmas program. Matt is waiting for Ardis and hoping she will spend Christmas with his family. But when Ardis arrives and expresses her ideas about Christmas, he is hurt and surprised. The | ||
462 | Lion In Winter, The | Full Length | 6 M, 2 F | 1968 | Goldman, James | Dell Publishing Co., Inc. | High School | No | It is Christmas time and King Henry II of England and his family is gathering to decide which son gets to inherit the throne. Henry promises the kingship to his favorite son, Johnny. Eleanor, Henry’s captive wife and Queen of England, wants Richard | ||
463 | Epic Fail | Comedy One Act | 5 - 30 M or F, Chorus, Ensemble | 2011 | Hayward, Bradley | Eldridge Publishing Company | Middle Years and High School | No | Preeceville School and Turtleford Community School - 2013, Wolseley High School - 2014, Spiritwood High School, Minahik Waskahigan School, Pinehouse Lake and Alameda School - 2017, Rocanville School - 2022 | 35 minute playing time. Teenagers are faced with a failure every day. Some mornings it feels like they have the letter F stamped on their foreheads in bright red ink. In a series of hilarious vignettes, five students take on a multitude of challenges, eac | |
464 | Twas The Night Before Christmas | Christmas Plays | 1 M, 1 F | 1951 | Hendry, Lee | Samuel French, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | No | On the hectic night before Christmas, Margie and Edgar struggle with a tree that looks too skimpy, a card table that collapses, children who keep waking up, etc. The play ends with Margie and Edgar discovering that each has overshot the budget to buy the | ||
465 | Unto Thy Doors | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 3 F | 1952 | Coylem Rollin W. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Choric drama of the nativity. Verse speaking choir. Extras for tableaux and optional singing choir. | ||
466 | Vision, The | Christmas Plays | 7 M, 7 F | 1959 | Grandgeorge, W. | Art Craft Publishing Co. | High School | No | A humble cobbler reports that he has experiences a vision and that Christ has promised to visit his shop on the day before Christmas. | ||
467 | Wenceslas | Christmas Plays | 3 M, 5 F | 2001 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Everyone knows good king Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen. But what is the rest of the story? A moving adaptation of the classic carol with great roles for actors of all levels, filled with music, song and a wonderful message about the true me | ||
468 | What Is This Thing Called Christmas? | Christmas Plays | 9 M, 8 F | 1959 | Trick, Ormal B. | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Pageant for the Chancel of the church. | ||
469 | Women Of Christmas, The | Christmas Plays | 7 F | 1962 | Moholy-Nagy, Claudia | Baker's Plays | High School | No | The familiar Christmas story ids told against an appropriate background of carols and hymns. | ||
470 | Xmas In Las Vegas | Christmas Plays | 5 M, 3 F | 1966 | Richardson, Jack | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | No | Offers telling commentary on the cherished belief that the wheels of fortune can bring riches and instant happiness. | ||
471 | Big Book Of Christmas, The | Christmas Collection | Various | 1951 | Fisher, Aileen | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | A collection of plays, songs, readings, recitations, pantomimes, skits, and suggestions for things to make and do for Christmas. | ||
472 | Colours In The Dark | Full Length | 3 M, 3 F, Children, Chorus | 1969 | Reaney, James | Talonplays with Macmillan of Canada | High School | No | No abstract available. | ||
473 | Mail Order Bride, The | Full Length | 4 M, 3 F | 1988 | Clinton, Robert | Blizzard Publishing | High School | No | No abstract available. | ||
474 | Hosanna | Full Length | 2 M | 1973 | Tremblay, Michel | Talonbooks | High School | No | A transvestite’s illusion of herself is shattered when she goes to a costume party dressed up as Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra. | ||
475 | Trial Of Louis Riel, The | Full Length | 34 M, 2 M, Extras, Doubling possible | 1968 | Coulter, John | Oberon Press | High School | No | No abstract available. | ||
476 | Death And The Maiden | Full Length | 2 M, 1 F | 1991 | Dorfman, Ariel | Penguin Plays | High School | No | Gerardo Escobar has just been chosen to head the commission that will investigate the crimes of the old regime when his car breaks down and he is picked up by the humane doctor Roberto Miranda. But in the voice of this good Samaritan, Gerardo's wife, Paul | ||
477 | Big Book Of Christmas Plays, The | Christmas Collection | Various | 1991 | Kamerman, Sylvia (Edited by) | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 21 dramas, comedies, legends, fantasies, and adaptations of classics for the celebration of Christmas | ||
478 | Member Of The Wedding, The | Full Length | 4 M, 9 F | 1949 | McCullers, Carson | A New Directions Paper Book | High School | No | The novel takes place over a few days in late August. It tells the story of 12-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams, who feels disconnected from the world; in her words, an "unjoined person." Frankie's mother died when she was born, and her father is a distant, | ||
479 | C Is For Christmas | Christmas Collection | Various | 1962 | Fagan, Mary King | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
480 | Pygmalion | Full Length | 4 M, 5 F | 1957 | Shaw, Bernard | Longmans, Green And Co Ltd | High School | No | Two old gentlemen meet in the rain one night at Covent Garden. Professor Higgins is a scientist of phonetics, and Colonel Pickering is a linguist of Indian dialects. The first bets the other that he can, with his knowledge of phonetics, convince high Lond | ||
481 | Death Of A Salesman | Full Length | 8 M, 5 F | 1949 | Miller, Arthur | The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited | High School | No | The story of Willy Loman's life is the poignant, sometimes humorous, ultimately tragic story of a man steeped in the go-getter gospel whoe never got beyond his won day-dream world. The drama of his downhill struggle is the heart-wrenching drama of wishful | ||
482 | Equus | Full Length | 6 M, 3 F | 1973 | Shaffer, Peter | Andre Deutsch Limited | High School | No | A story about of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man has a pathological religious fascination with horses. | ||
483 | Tartuffe | Full Length | 6 M, 6 F | 1965 | Molière | The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc. | High School | No | The comedy takes place in Paris in the 1660s and pokes fun at gullible people who are easily fooled by Tartuffe, a hypocrite who pretends to be deeply moral and religious. | ||
484 | Sexton Blake And The Missing Million | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 2 F | 1979 | Thomson, Jane | Rigby Limited | High School | No | A play made from a detective story. Sexton Blake makes a deduction about where his assistant, Tinker, is being held prisoner, when he hear a band playing, and the roar of a big crowd of people, and a kind of cracking like a gun. | ||
485 | Celebrating Christmas | Christmas Collection | Various | 1954 | Cahill, Edna M. | Baker's Plays | Elementary | Yes | Plays, Readings, Monologues, Acrostics, and Excercises | ||
486 | Christmas Attitudes | Skits | Flexible casting | 1988 | Galvin, Randy | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | High School | Yes | Skits and scenes about people and their attitudes about Christmas. "Man On The Ledge"- he's despondent because nobody will let him be Santa Clause. "One Day In the Life Of An Xmas Present" - an unwanted Christmas gift makes the rounds. "Santa Claus And Th | ||
487 | Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Fifth Period, A | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 5 F, 10 M or F, Expandable casting | 2010 | Pizzarello, Jason | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Pilot Butte School - 2012 | 30 minute playing time. To win his freedom from school bully Bugs, smart aleck Tommy offers to help him get a date to the prom withpopular actress Stephanie Mezaluna. But the only way to get her attention is to convince her that Bugs is a famous actor i | |
488 | Rehearsal, The | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 8 F, 3 M or F, Expandable casting | 2011 | Zolidis, Don | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | 45 minute playing time. A young teacher tries to pull off a production of "Guys and Dolls," but putting a musical together isnever eady, especially with a megalomaniacal stage manager, a lead who's convinced that "Wicked" is a much better show, and a gir | ||
489 | Seussified Christmas Carol, A | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 4 F, 13 M or F, Expandable casting | 2011 | Bloedel, Peter | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 40 minute playing time. A whimsical, one-act reinvention of dickens'mostbeloved Christmas story in Seuss spoken rhyming couplets. With zoot fruited juices and banka bird geese, from Bed-Headed Fred to Timmy Loo Hoo, this tale of glorious holiday cheer i | ||
490 | Action News: 10% More Action! | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 9 F, 7 M or F, Expandable casting | 2010 | Rand, Jonathan | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 20 minute playing time. Welcome to WOMG Action News, the most trusted news program since the invention of trust, news, and programs. Join lead anchors Babs Buttlebee and Jim Pickles as they usher us through tonight's top stories-from adorable killer pup | ||
491 | Christmas Is Coming! | Christmas Collection | Various | 1960 | Sumerau, Dorothy Leman | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
492 | Choice Christmas Programs | Christmas Collection | Various | 1950 | Palin, Marion C. | School Publications & Specialties Limited | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
493 | Christmas On Stage | Christmas Collection | Various | 1990 | Zapel, Theodore (Edited by) | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
494 | Outside The Box | Comedy One Act | 12 M or F | 2012 | Hayward, Bradley | Youth Plays | Middle Years and High School | No | Gordon F. Kells, Carlyle - 2013 | 35 minute playing time. Thinking outside the box is not always easy, especially when the world requires you to live on the inside. Exhausted from cramming into corners where they do not fit, six teenagers turn things inside out by inviting others to see | |
495 | French Butler, The | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 4 F | 2010 | Snyder, Emily C. A. | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Swift Current Comprehensive High School - 2013 | 55 minute playing time. Phillip's in love - there's just one little problem: the girl Phillip loves is the boss' ward. And sure enough, when his employer finds out, Phillip finds himself without a job - and without the girl. What's a young man to do? | |
496 | Born To Be Wild | Comedy One Act | 32 M or F | 2012 | Starchman, Bradley | Eldridge Publishing Co. Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Broadview High School - 2013, A. E. Peacock Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 2014, Yorkton Regional High School - 2015 | 60 minute playing time. Ever wonder why your cat acts like he's king of the world? Or why flamingos stand on one leg? Have you ever imagined what a spider would have to say to a fly just before devouring him, or what "small talk" sounds like when a canni | |
497 | Boardinghouse, The | Full Length | 3 M, 7 F | 2000 | Harden, Vern | Pioneer Drama Services, Inc. | High School | No | Kamsack Comprehensive Institute - 2013 | 80 minute playing time. Welcome to the Home Sweet Home Boardinghouse, where life is anything but normal. Miss Harriet runs a clean, cozy home with the help of the none-too-bright and perpetually terrified Tweenie, and accompanied by as zany a cast of bo | |
498 | Christmas Plays And Programs | Christmas Collection | Various | 1960 | Fisher, Aileen | Kalmback Publishing | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | A collection of royalty-free plays, playlets, choral readings, poems, songs, and games for young people | ||
499 | Christmas Play Favourites For Young People | Christmas Collection | Various | 1987 | Kamerman, Sylvia (Edited by) | Kalmback Publishing | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
500 | Above The Fold: The Story Of Nellie Bly | Drama One Act | 9 M, 10 F | January/February 2013 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. America's first woman investigative reporter set the standard for the best in newspaper journalism. In Plays Magazine January/February 2013. | ||
501 | Living Statues | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F, 9 M or F | January/February 2013 | Raiken, Larry | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | This play about a school trip to an unusual museum challenges students to develop presentations of ations and emotions that deal with bullies, trust, fear, democracy, and more. In Plays Magazine January/February 2013. | ||
502 | Rescuing Cupid | Fantasy One Act | 5 M, 4 F, 1 M or F | January/February 2013 | Green, Amy | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Valentine's Day could be canceled if an evil twin gets his way. In Plays Magazine January/February 2013. | ||
503 | Christmas Plays For Young Actors | Christmas Collection | Various | 1964 | Burack, A. S. (Edited by) | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
504 | Christmas Tree Time | Christmas Collection | Various | 1951 | Murray, M. Gertrude | School Aids & Text Book Publishing | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
505 | Complete Christmas Programs, V.5 | Christmas Collection | Various | 1980 | Ramquist, Grace | Zonder Van Publishing | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Specialized groups and entire church schools alike with find Complete Christmas Programs Volume 5 to be a welcome source of stimulating programs for the Nativity season. The programs, most of which have been successfully presented by church schools, are r | ||
506 | Deck The Stage | Skits | Flexible casting | 2001 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | The plays can be performed individually, or all together as a complete evening of entertainment. All the plays are inspired by Christmas carols such as; Deck the Halls, The Twelve Days of Christmas and We Three Kings. | ||
507 | Do It Yourself Christmas Programs For The Elementary School | Christmas Collection | Various | 1959 | Crout, George | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
508 | Death Aboard The Duchess | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 4 F | 2012 | Petty, Chelsea | Pioneer Drama Services, Inc. | High School | No | Goodsoil Central School, 2013, Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton - 2014 | 45 minute playing time. Here’s a short, simple mystery that doesn’t take itself too seriously and offers engaging characters and fun twists. The Duchess is the finest little ship to sail the silver seas. As the travelers and crew prepare | |
509 | Puzzle Pieces | Drama One Act | 2 M, 3 F | 2003 | Boehnert, Krista | Theatrefolk | High School | No | 45 minute playing time. This play explores teen issues through a series of monologues. The characters speak frankly about their fears, their futures, and their day-to-day lives. | ||
510 | Easy Christmas Grab Bag | Christmas Collection | Various | 1950 | Cahill, Edna (Edited by) | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Plays, Readings, Monologues, Acrostics, and Excercises | ||
511 | Kill Phil | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 5 F | 2006 | Ludwig, Justin | Unpublished | High School | No | Michael A. Riffel High School - 2013 | Abstract not available. | |
512 | Ists, The | Comedy One Act | 6 M or F | 2013 | Dodge, Amanda K. | Unpublished | High School | No | Lumsden High School - 2013 | 20 minute playing time. Whe a psychiatrist, a zoologist, a podiatrist and an artist are trapped in an elevator personalities clash and accusations are made. The question becomes: will they make it out alive? | |
513 | Hope | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F, 3 M or F | 2013 | Dodge, Adam | Unpublished | High School | No | Lumsden High School - 2013 | 20 minute playing time. A true to life story of a couple's struggle with disease. We follow through the highs and lows and a hopeful future. | |
514 | In The Garden Of The Selfish Giant | Comedy One Act | 4 F | 2004 | Fenichel Asher, Sandra | Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Sacred Heart High School, 2013 | 45 minute playing time. Eleven-year-old Maggie Campbell and Susan, her mother, have come to Susan's childhood home to be with Maggie's dying grandmother in her final days. Maggie has never known this cantankerous grandmother, who is never seen in the pla | |
515 | Easy Programs For Christmas | Christmas Collection | Various | 1950 | Johnson, Theodore (Edited by) | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
516 | House Of Atreus, The | Full Length | 5 M, 1F, Chorus Extras | 1966 | Lewin, John (Adapted by) | University of Minnesota Press | High School | No | This adaptation of the classic Greek trilogy, "Oresteia" by Aeschylus is designed for contemporary stage presentation. | ||
517 | EAT (It's Not About Food) | Drama One Act | 4 M, 10 F | 2008 | Daugherty, Linda | Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | James Hamblin School, Qu'Appelle - 2013 | 60 minute playing time. It dramatizes the dangerous and baffling world of eating disorders in girls and boys. Candidly exploring causes and warning signs, the play takes a hard look at the influences of society and the media and tells individual stories | |
518 | It's Not You, It's Me | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 6 F, 1 M or F, expandable | 2010 | Zolidis, Don | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Arcola School - 2013, Broadview School - 2014, Esterhazy High School - 2022 | 40 minute playing time. Whether your boyfriend is a Canadian secret agent or monk in training, or your girlfriend is a psychic or pathological liar, one thing is for sure: they are about to dump you. Exploring the painful art of breaking-up through comedi | |
519 | Everybody's Christmas Programs | Christmas Collection | Various | 1989 | Shipman, Dorothy M. | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Recitations, plays, skits, monologues | ||
520 | Courting | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 2 F | 2012 | Hersfield, Dan | Unpublished | High School | Yes | Winston Knoll Collegiate, Regina - 2013 | Abstract not available. | |
521 | Say Goodbye, Toto | Fantasy One Act | 5 M, 5 F | 2010 | Heidish, Amy | Meriwether Publlishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | No | Vibank Regional School - 2013 | 60 minute playing time. Two act parody. Toto is the main character in this hilarious version of The Wizard of Oz. He's a needy pet who speaks his lines, but Dorothy can only hear him bark. Her house has crushed the Wicked Witch of the East and Toto brings | |
522 | Gloria Mundi | Drama One Act | 2 M, 4 F | 1953 | Brown, Patricia | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Evan Hardy Collegiate, Saskatoon - 2013 | Winner of a Samuel French Prize, Little Theatre Tournament. A masterpiece of grim irony. A sort of parable of life, laid in an insane asylum, showing the courage necessary to face the bitter realities of life. | |
523 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Apr 2013 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Freedom on Trial, Silent Meadows, Sherlock Holmesand the Stockbroker's Clerk, The Twelve Huntsmen, Humpty Dumpty and the Mysterious Fall, Mother Earth Strikes Back, Sun Up! | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included.See 1995, 2196-8, 2726, 4315 and 5409 for details. | |
524 | Five Christmas Programs For Children | Christmas Collection | Various | 1976 | Various | Lillenas Publishing | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Around The Manger; Christmas For Us All; Christmas Is For Giving; The Greatest Story Ever Told; The Wonderful Saviour Of Men | No abstract available. Contains some of the music required for the programs | |
525 | Handy Christmas Program Book | Christmas Collection | Various | 1953 | Various | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
526 | Hark, The Little Angels Speak | Christmas Collection | Various | 1959 | Asbrand, Kristen | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Playlets, Acrostics, Short Readings | ||
527 | Hansel And Gretel | Fantasy One Act | 3 M, 4 F, 6 M or F, Doubling possible, Extras | 2011 | O'Sullivan, James | Lazy Bee Scripts | Middle Years and High School | No | St. Pascal Community School, Green Lake - 2013 | The play is based on the Hansel and Gretel fairy-tale of desperate parents driven to abandoning their children in the woods because of crippling economic conditions. It follows the traditional plot fairly closely. | |
528 | Jumbo Christmas Book, The | Christmas Collection | Various | 1951 | Cahill, Edna M. | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
529 | Frog Prince, The | Readers Theatre | 2 M, 3 F, 1 M or F, Extras | January/February 2013 | Berger, Bruce | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Radio Play. Pure of heart, wishing-well frog helps yhoung princess prevail over her mean sisters. In Plays Magazine January/Febraury 2013. | ||
530 | Valentine, The | Drama One Act | 2 M, 3 F | January/February 2013 | Wise, Carol W. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | ElMiddle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. School project teaches girls to "walk in someone else's shoes" before judging them. In Plays Magazine January/February 2013. | ||
531 | Three Tails | Fantasy One Act | 7+ M or F | January/February 2013 | Lang, Nancy J. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 15 minute playing time. Separated from their mothers, baby bird, kitten, and puppy work together to find their way back home. In Plays Magazine January/February 2013. | ||
532 | Write Me A Miurder | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 5 F, 1 M or F | 2009 | Druce, Michael | Heuer Publishing LLC | High School | No | Norquay School - 2013 | 50 minute playing time. Mystery. Edward Fortune’s name is synonymous with money. The eccentric business tycoon subscribes to the notion that living well is the best revenge. Flamboyant and outspoken, ten guests are invited to Mr. Fortune’s | |
533 | Antagonize Me | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 1 F, 1 M or F | 2013 | Filewich, Carlin | Unpublished | High School | No | Winston Knoll Collegiate - 2013 | 35 minute playing time. In a world where super heroes and super villains are now part of the norm, a twenty year old named Brian asks his cynical friend Nick to meet him in an old run down café. While dealing with terrible service by a lack luster wa | |
534 | 7 Stories | Drama One Act | 3 M, 2 F | 1990 | Panych, Morris | Talonbooks | High School | No | St. Walburg School - 2013 | In this fast-paced, sophisticated and hilarious play, a man contemplating suicide on a seventh-storey building ledge confronts the stories of the people who live inside the building. These “seven stories†lead to a charming and surprising endi | |
535 | Greek Mythology Olympiaganza, The | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 F, 6 M or F, Flexible casting | 2009 | Zolidis, Don | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Yorkton Regional High School - 2013, Unity Composite High School - 2016, John Paul II Collegiate, North Battleford - 2022 | 55 minute playing time. Two battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation, cross-dressing, and general theatrical insanity. Creation myths such as Pandora's Box and Cronos and the Titans jostle for space | |
536 | Lot - O' - Pep Christmas Book | Christmas Collection | Various | 1951 | Bugbee, Willis N | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Recitations, plays, skits, monologues | ||
537 | My Good Christmas Book | Christmas Collection | Various | 1960 | Various | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
538 | Nouch Christmas Programme Complete, The | Christmas Collection | Various | 1956 | Nouch, Kathleen | School Publications & Specialties Ltd. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Recitations, Playlet, play, monologues | ||
539 | Saying Goodbye | Drama One Act | 1 M, 2 F | 2013 | Reimer, Kenneth | Unpublished | High School | Yes | Charlebois Community High School, Cumberland House - 2013 | In Plays By Kenneth Reimer - 3026. | |
540 | On Stage For Christmas | Christmas Collection | Various | 1978 | Kamerman, Sylvia (Edited by) | Plays, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | A collection of royalty free one act Christmas plays for all ages. Includes dramatized classics. Productions notes included. | ||
541 | One Night In Bethlehem And Other Nativity Plays | Christmas Collection | Various | 1951 | Nesbitt, Kathleen | George Harrap | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | One Night In Bethlehem; The Promised King; The Christmas Star; Prophet And King | Collection of Christmas plays. Includes production notes. | |
542 | Plays For Holly Days | Christmas Collection | Various | 1969 | Variuos | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Christmas Eve Blues; The Ladies Discover Christmas; 'Tis The Season To Be Jolly; Christmas For Carla; The Merry-Go-Round Gift; Christmas Trees For Sale; Meet Mr. C. | Collection of Christmas Plays. | |
543 | Fishtailing | Monologues | 2 M, 4 F | 2010 | Phillips, Wendy | Coteau Books | High School | No | Spiritwood High School - 2013 | High School. Four Lives - Natalie, Tricia, Kyle and Miguel - caught up in an intense game. The problem with games is that there are always losers. (Narrative Poems). | |
544 | Set The Stage For Christmas | Christmas Collection | Various | 1966 | Various | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Mary At The Manger; Christmas Child; Pictures Of Christmas; Christmas Surprise; Back Road To Christmas; Come Ye To Bethlehem; New Dress For Christmas; Do You Believe In Santa Claus?; The Shepherd And The King; Christmas Card Crisis; We Three Kings Of Orie | Contains pageants, plays, reading for Christmas. | |
545 | 39 Steps, The: A Live Radio Play | Drama One Act | 3 M, 2 F, Expandable to 20 | 2010 | Landry, Joe | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Yorkton Regional High School - 2013, Warman High School | 50 minute playing time. Inspired by Hitchcock's classic tale and performed as a live period radio play, this romantic thriller is a fast-paced ride through the signature world of the Master of Suspense. Richard Hannay is visiting 1930s London when he mee | |
546 | Be Careful What You Wish For ... | Fantasy One Act | 4 M, 7 F, 6 M or F | 2008 | Rainville Dorn, Patrick | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | High School | No | Robert Southey School - 2013 | 45 minute playing time. Receiving your heart’s desire can sometimes have unexpected, comical results! In this delightful collection of folk tales, four magical wish givers teach apprentices about instances of wishes gone amiss, where the recipien | |
547 | Speaking And Moving At Christmas Time | Christmas Collection | Various | 1958 | Wilkins, Frances | Oxford University Press | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
548 | Spirit Of Christmas | Christmas Collection | Various | 1962 | Fagan, Mary Ring | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
549 | Boy Meets Girl: A Young Love Story | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 2009 | Wolfson, Sam | Playscripts | High School | No | Lampman School - 2013 | 30 minute playing time. Follow Sam and Katie as they go through the trials and tribulations of love at the tender age of five in this hilarious and sweet take on young romance. From the decision to check the "yes" box on their boyfriend/girlfriend contra | |
550 | Three Christmas Plays For Juniors | Christmas Collection | Various | 1953 | Wilson, Kathleen T. | J. Garnet Miller Ltd. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | The Literature Party; Christmas Eve; Three Christmas Wishes And A Surprise | Abstract not available. | |
551 | Three Curtain Raisers For Christmas | Christmas Collection | Various | 1956 | Yur, Mary | School Publications & Specialties Ltd. | Elementary | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
552 | Long Tall Lester Or The Fastest Encyclopedia Salesman In The West | Comedy One Act | 3 - 6 M, 3 - 5 F, Flexible casting | 2012 | Wallinger, Todd | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Broadview School - 2013 | 30 minute playing time. When word gets out that the notorious outlaw Billy Black is returning to Dodgeball City, the fleet-footed Sheriff Fizzle heads for the hills. How will the townspeople find a new sheriff before Billy shows up, guns blazing? Simpl | |
553 | Treasury Of Christmas Plays, A | Christmas Collection | Various | 1958 | Kamerman, S. (Edited by) | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
554 | Acting Natural | Monologues | Various | 1991 | Kehret, Peg | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | No | Monologues, Dialogues and Playlets for Teens. Subjects include the environment, diets, baby-sitting, getting along with family, self image, drunk driving, teenage sex and more. Most roles may be played by either male or female performers. May be staged w | ||
555 | Adventures for (Big) Girls: Seven Radio Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1994 | Jansen, Ann (Edited by) | Blizzard Publishing | High School | Yes | Oblivion: A Story Of Esabelle Eberhardt; Living Curiosities: A Story Of Anna Swan; Companeras; Calamity Jane and The Fat Buffalo Moon; Nellie Bly: Ten Days In A Madhouse; The Duchess: Pieces Of Wallis Simpson; No, Here Comes Ulrike Meinhof | When playwright Banuta Rubess thinks back to the adventure stories she read in her childhood, she remembers that "?even then I noticed one terrible absence: my gender!" The Adventures for (Big) Girls, Canada's finest women playwrights take on their heroe | |
556 | All New Scenes For The Young Actor | Skits | Flexible casting | 1988 | Donellan, Jill | Samuel French, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Fourteen scenes dealing with contemporary issues; baby-sitting and violin lessons to drugs and stolen money. | ||
557 | Least Offensive Play In The Whole Darn World, The (Second Edition) | Comedy One Act | 12 M, 5 F, 7 M or F, Flexible casting | 2010 | Rand, Jonathan | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon - 2012 | 25 minute playing time. Want to perform a classic play too offensive for your high school? Then the ScriptCleaner5000 is the product for you! Sit back and relax as Cynocorp representatives Shelly and Tom present sample scenes from plays that have been tr | |
558 | Note To Self | Comedy One Act | 15 M or F, Flexible casting | 2011 | Hayward, Bradley | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Arcola School - 2012, Maple Creek Composite School, and Robert Southey School, Southey - 2017 | 35 minute playing time. Note to self: It's not easy being a teenager. With the help of a rhyming chorus, ten teenagers bring their inner monologues to life in a series of hilarious and candid vignettes. From a cyberstalking mom and a texting-related fe | |
559 | Bernard Shaw, Selected Short Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1988 | Laurance, Dan H. (Edited by) | The Penguin Group | High School | Yes | The Admirable Bashville; How He Lied To Her Husband; Passion, Poison And Petrifaction; The Glimpse Of Reality; The Dark Lady Of Sonnets; Overruled; The Music-Cure; Great Catherine; The Inca Of Perusalem; O'Flaherty V. C.; Augustus Does His Bit; Annajanska | The Admirable Bashville: 8 M, 3 F, Comedy. How He Lied To Her Husband: See entry 4764 for information on play. Great Catherine: See entry 4763 for information on play. Village Wooing: See entry 4765 for information on play. Passion, Poison And Pet | |
560 | Drama Rehab: Revenge Of The Type-Cast Actors | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 7 F, 3 M or F | 2009 | McKnight, D. Tupper | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Clavet Composite School - 2012 | 40 minute playing time. In this mysterious comedy with a distinctly unique twist, Teen Ingenue checks into Drama Rehabe since she's sick of being typecast as th eoe=eyed ingenue. Drame Rehab is the place where actors go to shed their stock charater imag | |
561 | Sexual Perversity In Chicago | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 2 F | 1977 | Mamet, David | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Takes funny and painful digs at the fantasies and distances of the contemporary sexual game. In Two Comedies By David Mamet - 207. | ||
562 | Duck Variations, The | Comedy One Act | 2 M | 1977 | Mamet, David | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Campbell Collegiate, Regina - 1992 and 2004 | Two old men discuss the ways of ducks and life- making profoundly hilarious observations. In Two Comedies By David Mamet - 207. | |
563 | Little Something For The Ducks, A | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1983 | Lenox Toddie, Jean | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Vanier Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 2012 | The story of a zestful, youthful courtship despite the fact that she is 68 and he is 79. It's the story of a "pickup" and they put their moves on each other. A warm and humorous salute to life and love, a challenge to actors of all ages to discover the et | |
564 | Scent Of Honeysuckle | Comedy One Act | 3 F | 1983 | Lenox Toddie, Jean | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | This is a tale of three women and the tie that binds them: the irritating tie that rubs; the fragile tie that's knotted, broken and knotted again; the lasting tie that triumphs over age and death ... the tie between mothers and daughters. Old Jess, her ex | ||
565 | Dear Mrs. Martin | Comedy One Act | 2 F | 1982 | Aspengren, Kate | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Barbra Martin is surprised when her new cleaning woman, Gloria, begins writing her personal stories about her son who plays football for an inept team or about her trips to her psychic and her belief in a life beyond this one. Barbra soon gets caught up i | ||
566 | Mother's Day | Drama One Act | 4 F | 1986 | Aspengren, Kate | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Shellbrook Composite School - 1997; Kamsack Comprehensive Institute - 2005 | Victoria Drake accidentally learns at age 13 that she was adopted. Now an adult she is still angry with her adoptive mother, Mary, for concealing the facts of her birth and she is curious about her birth mother, Esther. Victoria learn Esther's identity an | |
567 | Best Television Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1956 | Britton, Florence (Edited by) | Ballantine Books | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Man On The Mountain Top; The Mother; My Lost Saints; Rabbit Trap; The Strike; Thunder On Sycamore Street; Visit To A Small Planet; A Young Lady Of Property | Abstracts unavailable. | |
568 | Best Television Plays Of 1957 | Anthologies | Various | 1957 | Britton, Florence (Edited by) | Ballantine Books | Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Explorer; The Genie Of Sutton Place; A Matter Of Pride; The Pilot; The Sentry; Snapfinger Creek; A Tongue Of Silver | Abstracts unavailable. | |
569 | Big Book Of Holiday Plays, The | Anthologies | Various | 1990 | Kamerman, Sylvia (Edited by) | Kalmback Publishing | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day, St. Patricks Day, Easter, Mothers Day plays. | ||
1.076 | Months Of Columbus, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 6 F | Oct 2010 | Hanlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Strapped for cash to buy ships, a certani explorer and his crew turn to a unique method of fundraising. In Plays Magazine October 2010. | ||
1.077 | Walk In Her Shoes, A | Drama One Act | 5 M, 7 F | Oct 2010 | Wells, Tracy | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Troubled transfer student learns a valuable lesson in understandingand respecting the physical challenges of others. In Plays Magazine October 2010. | ||
1.078 | I Saved A Winter Just For You | Full Length | 3M 5F | 1984 | Erhard, Tom | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Includes young people's excitements ands frustrations in trying to express themselves; both the bitter and the farcical sides of human relationships; the difficulty in communicating with parents and the terror hen this problem grows into child abuse; the | ||
3.483 | Shooter, The | Drama One Act | 2 M | 2013 | Hayward, Bradley | Unpublished | High School | No | Carrot River Junior Senior High School - 2016 | 30 minute playing time. Deep within the forest in Afghanistan, an American Soldier is held captive…by a twelve year old boy. Theme: War | |
1.080 | Importance Of Being Earnest, The | Full Length | 5M 4F | 1980 | Wilde, Oscar | Baker's Plays | High School | No | The play revolves around an ingenious case of "manufactures" mistaken identity. Comedy. | ||
1.081 | Inside Story, The | Musical One Act | Flexible casting | 1992 | Bass, Philip, Dawson, John and Pickering, Ken | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | Middle Years | No | Utilized humour and dramatic impact in an extraordinary way, this ecological musical takes a serious look at the plight of animals in our careless, inconsiderate world. | ||
1.082 | It's Murder In The Wings! | Full Length | 4M 9F | 1991 | Cook, Pat | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Kindersley Composite School - Festival '95 | Madie discovers her boss has met with an untimely death just before a contract signing party that will save the business. All the staff has to do is keep the murder under wraps until notorious author Lionel Upshaw signs a contact. Of course, there's the f | |
1.083 | Jack And The Beanstalk | Full Length | 14 M or F | 1963 | Chorpenning, Charlotte | Anchorage Press | Elementary amdMiddle Years | No | The folk tale is followed closely in outline , but with considerable embellishments and fresh touches. | ||
1.084 | Jack And The Beanstalk | Full Length | 7 M, 4 F, 3 M or F, Extras, Dancers, Wingers | 1981 | Morley, John | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | The folk tale is followed closely in outline , but with considerable embellishments and fresh touches. | ||
1.085 | Journey To Ergo | Fantasy One Act | 18 M or F, Flexible casting | 1979 | Mamana, June | Eldridge Publishing Co. | Elementary | No | Two children go on an odyssey through outer space. Two Acts. | ||
1.086 | Jungle Book, The | Fantasy One Act | Large flexible casting | 1996 | Morris, Vera | Pioneer Drama Service Inc | High School | No | Yorkton Regional High School - 2001 | Based on the book by Rudyard Kipling. Three Acts. | |
1.087 | Kidnapped (Adapted) | Full Length | 18 M, 2 F, Extras | 1958 | Holroyd, (Adapted by) | George Philip & Son | High School | No | Dramatized classic adapted by G. Holroyd. Three Acts. | ||
1.088 | Exit Right, Running | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 3 F | 2000 | Layton, Tony | Stagescripts Ltd. | High School | No | Carlton Comprehensive High School, Prince Albert - 2012 | 40 minute playing time. Mature Content. | |
1.089 | King Arthur's Calamity | Drama One Act | 7 M, 5 F, Extras | 1972 | Brohaugh, William/ Chaptman, Dennis | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The old queen would like to retire and doesn't want her successor to be the very ambitious Earl of Nasty. Merlin the Magician brings forth the rock with a sword thrust into it. The Earl of Nasty tries and fails, but young Arthur, a page, easily extracts i | ||
1.090 | King Midas And The Golden Touch | Full Length | 8 M or F, Flexible casting | 1950 | Chorpenning, Charlotte | Anchorage Press | Elementary amdMiddle Years | No | Abstract not available. Three Acts. Drama. | ||
1.091 | King Patch And Mr. Simpkins | Full Length | 9M 2F | 1964 | Cullen, Alan | Anchorage Press | Elementary amdMiddle Years | No | An unemployed Jester, down on his luck, recklessly releases a Dijinn from captivity who grants him a wish. Comedy. | ||
1.092 | Last Of The Leprechauns, The | Musical Full Length | 5 M, 4 F | 1958 | Holloway, Marie/ Sister de La Salle McKeon | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | The Leprechauns prophesized Princess Cathy and Prince Michael of Ireland would marry. But Lady Barbitall schemes to have her daughter marry Michael. She drives Cathy and her Nurse Nora, into hiding after Cathy's mother's death. Witzy, Leprechaun leader, p | ||
3.046 | Jump' N' Jive Juliet | Musical One Act | 5 M, 4 F, 6 M or F | 2014 | Dissette, Mark | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | High School | No | 60 minute playing time. Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur. Join the high-flyin’ fun of the post-war 1940s with exuberant jitterbug, boogie-woogie, and jump ‘n’ jive songs of the big band spirit! This one-hour musical gives dancers | ||
1.094 | Late Great Me, The | Full Length | 10M 12F | 1977 | Rogers, David | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Touching, hard-hitting play that probes beneath the surface of teenage alcoholism. Two Acts. Drama. | ||
1.095 | Too Quiet | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F | Apr 2011 | Brey, Judy | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. After a fatal car crash, a high school senior connets with his lost sister and best friend. "Too Quiet" is a sequel to Judy Brey's play "Puzzling It Out," which appeared in the January/February 2011 issue. Both plays performed b | ||
1.096 | Shakespeare Boys, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 4 F | Apr 2011 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Did the Bard really write all those plays himself? The debate continues. In Plays Magazine April 2011. | ||
1.097 | Good Days | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F | Apr 2011 | Capshaw, Cheryl | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. A self-centered girl meets an Alzheimer's patient and learns the meaning of caring and compassion. In Plays Magazine April 2011. | ||
1.098 | Les Belles Soeurs | Full Length | 15 F | 1991 | Tremblay, Michel | Talonbooks | High School | No | Germaine wins a million trading stamps and invites her friends and relatives over for a pasting party during which the frustration, bitterness and poverty of their lives is revealed. | ||
1.099 | Lie, Cheat, And Genuflect | Full Length | 4M 4F | 1982 | Milmore, Jane and Van Zandt, William | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | The Buckle Brothers, Billy and Tom, are in big trouble. Tom's infallible eye for slow horses has drained away all of Bill's savings, so he has been forced to borrow from loan shark Pizza Face Petrillo, who now wants his money back or else. There's plenty | ||
1.100 | Story Of Y, The | Fantasy One Act | 1 M, 1 F, 24 M or F | Apr 2011 | Matteo, Michael A. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 15 minute playing time. A large-cast play in which letters of the alphabet learn that working together is better than standing alone. In Plays Magazine April 2011. | ||
1.101 | Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The | Full Length | 16 M or F, Extras | 1989 | Robinette, (Adapted by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Middle Years, High School | No | Jonas Samson Jr. High School (Meadow Lake) - Festival '04 | This new dramatization of C.S. Lewis' classic, set in the land of Narnia, faithfully recreates the magic and mystery of Aslan, the great lion, his struggle with the White Witch, and the adventures of four children who inadvertently wander from an old ward | |
1.102 | Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The | Fantasy One Act | 15 M or F, Flexible casting | 1968 | Quinn, (Adapted by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | That master of imaginative enchantment, C.S. Lewis, has created a unique world and he invites children to walk into it and enjoy both surprise and adventure. An old house in rural England becomes the home base for four children who wander into an incredib | ||
1.103 | Twelve Dancing Princesses, The | Readers Theatre | 5 M, 4 F, 1 M or F, F Extras | Oct 2014 | Berger, Bruce | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. Girls gotta dance! A whimsical adaptation of Grimms' fairy tale, set in the kingdom of Dancealot. In Plays Magazine October 2014. | ||
1.104 | Little Shop Of Horrors | Musical Full Length | 5 M, 4 F | 1985 | Ashman, Howard and Menken, Alan | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Thrill to the excitement as Seymour desperately tries to satisfy the voracious cravings Audrey ll has for human flesh. Sigh as Seymour tries to win the love of Audrey I who also works in the shop. Her sadomasochistic dentist boyfriend becomes quite a tast | ||
1.105 | Little Red Riding Wolf | Fantasy One Act | 3 M, 5 F | 1973 | Jackson, R. Eugene | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | Elementary andMiddle Years | No | A little girl wolf dances merrily through the forest to visit her sick. Grandmother wolf. Two mean old human hunters cunningly lay a trap for her for sport. A human forest ranger who loves animals, a talking tree and Mother Goose come to the rescue. Thre | ||
1.106 | Little Women | Full Length | 4M 7F | 1958 | Alcott, Louisa May | George Philip & Son | High School | No | Little Women is the story of The Marches, a family used to hard toil and suffering. Although Father March is away with the Union armies, the sisters Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth keep in high spirits with their mother, affectionately named Marmee. Their friendly | ||
1.107 | Love, Sex, And The IRS | Full Length | 5M 3F | 1980 | Milmore, Jane and Van Zandt, William | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Jon and Leslie are out of work musicians and roommates. To save money, Jon has been capitalizing on Leslie's first name by filling their tax returns listing the pair as a married couple. When they are faced with an IRS audit, Leslie is forced into masquer | ||
1.108 | Lovers | Full Length | 3M 5F | 1968 | Friel, Brian | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | F.W. Johnson Collegiate (Regina) - Festival '93 | Two commentators speak without emotion about a 17 year old girl and boy who are on their way to study and perhaps discuss marriage. Part two discusses old lovers. | |
1.109 | What's The Matter? | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 2 F, 5 M or F | Apr 2011 | Applebee, Kathy | Sterlilng Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 30 minute playing time. "Compound" it all! Atoms get together to form water and salt. In Plays Magazine 2011. | ||
1.110 | Lucky Dollar Private Eye | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 12 F | 1989 | Kelly, Tim | Pioneer Drama Service Inc | High School | No | Hudson Bay Composite School - 2001 | Detective Lucky dollar hasn't had a client in over two years. Pandora Sugarland shows up offering him a case he can't resist. Lucky's slugged, shot and pursued, meeting with crazy characters throughout. Two Acts. | |
1.111 | Mad Show, The | Musical Full Length | 2M 2F | 1973 | Hart, Stan/ Siegel, Larry | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | The pages of "Mad Magazine" are brought to life in this funny and tuneful revue, which spoofs everything from commercials to the generation gap. Such traditions as Mad's Academy Awards and Primers are interspersed with original sketches. Musical. | ||
1.112 | Makin' it | Full Length | 10M 3F | 1988 | Mercati, Cynthia | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Makin' it is tough; peer pressure; the fear of being considered a geek, a nerd, a grind, a burnout; of being unpopular. The play takes an open and up front look at surviving high school. | ||
1.113 | From Atalanta To Zeus | Readers Theatre | Various | 2001 | Barchers, Suzanne I. | Teachers Ideas Press | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Each of these 26 scripts introduces one or more characters from Greek mythology and chronicles some of the important surrounding mythical events. For grades 4 - 9 and adaptable for use at the high school level. | ||
1.114 | Reader's Theatre From Greek Mythology | Readers Theatre | Various | 2010 | Karr, Joanne F. | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Daedalus and Icarus, Arachne and Athena, Persphone and Hades, Prometheus and Pandora, The Saga of Perseus, Echo and Narcissus | Cast: 3-5 each. Running Time: 5-7 minutes each. The stories demonstrate how our culture has been influenced by early Greece and how Western man first tried to understand himself in the context of an unknown world. | |
1.115 | Mamie's Getting Married | Full Length | 8 M ,7 F | 1965 | Skelton, Zen | Heuer Publishing Co | High School | No | Arran School, 1984 | Mamie has a crush on her boss which her family feels is inappropriate. So they are each given the task of contributing one young man foe Mamie to meet. Mamie becomes the victim of an unprecedented flood of males. Farce. | |
1.116 | Man For All Seasons, A | Full Length | 11M 3F | 1960 | Various | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | When king Henry the VIII fails to obtain a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, in order to marry Ann Boleyn, he rebels against the Pope by requiring his subjects to sign Act of Supremacy making him both spiritual and temporal leader of England. | ||
1.117 | Man In The Moon, The | Full Length | 8M 1F | 1964 | Cullen, Alan | Anchorage Press | Elementary amdMiddle Years | No | Absent-minded Professor Plum, with his daughter Fiona, embarks for the Moon in an old-fashioned balloon. They were making great progress, when they are boarded by two Gremlins, who puncture their balloon. Crashing on the Moon, they are obliged to seek the | ||
1.118 | Man Who Killed Time, The | Full Length | 4M 5F | 1964 | Fauquez, Arthur | Anchorage Press | Elementary amdMiddle Years | No | Ambrosio wants to sing and play where he feels the urge and begs his friend to join him. Comedy. | ||
1.119 | Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis, The | Full Length | 6 M, 12 F | 1961 | Shulman, Max | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A play about young people and college complications. Helen, whom Dobie adores and reveres is going steady with Petey Bellows. Throughout the play Dobie pursues Helen and does catch up. Dramatized by William F. Davidson. | ||
1.120 | Marmalade Gumdrops | Comedy One Act | 3M 1F | 1973 | Lauck, Carol | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Two acts. Explores the imaginative world of 10 year old Walter Hampton. | ||
1.121 | New Beginnings | Drama One Act | 1 M, 4 F | Mar 2014 | Brey, Judine | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. When kids find out their family is planning a long distance move, a warm bond with the boy next door helps bring the stress level down. In Plays Magazine March 2014. | ||
1.122 | Martian Chronicles, The | Full Length | Large flexible cast | 1986 | Bradbury, Ray | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A young Martian asks another if there could be any life on Earth. An expedition from Earth has landed on Mars and is destroyed. The crew of a later rescue mission is committed to a Martian insane asylum for thinking themselves "Earth Men". | ||
1.123 | Marvellous Land Of Oz, The | Full Length | 8 M or F, Flexible casting | 1963 | Thane, (Adpated by) | Anchorage Press | Middle Years and High School | No | Fairy tale in three acts adapted by A. Thane. | ||
1.124 | Marvellous Story Of Puss In Boots, The | Full Length | 8 M, 3 F | 1963 | Gray, Nicholas Stuart | Oxford University Press | High School | No | Abstract not available. Two Acts. Comedy. | ||
1.125 | M.A.S.H. | Full Length | 15M 15F | 1973 | Kelly, Tim | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | MASH stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and joining it are two unpredictable madcaps, Hawkeye and Duke. They can't be dealt with casually because they are also two of the best chest surgeons in south Korea. They decide to wage a campaign to get a yo | ||
1.126 | Multi-Grade Readers Theatre | Readers Theatre | Various | 2009 | Barchers, Suzanne I. and Pfeffinger, Charla R. | Teachrs Ideas Press | Elementary | Yes | This book contains 36 readers theatre scripts that concentrates on scripts written at multiple reading levels with a large number of parts - including choral reading parts that enable the entire class to participate. They are also ideal for use with reme | ||
1.127 | May The Farce Be With You | Full Length | 9 M, 15 F, Extras | 1978 | Rodgers, David | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Members of the Elite Idealistic Earth Individuals Organization (E.I.E.I.O.) are attending their annual conference at Old Mac Donald's Farm when it is attacked by invaders from the evil planet Inferna. Can the Earth be saved from enslavement? Farce. Two Ac | ||
1.128 | Meet The Creeps | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 16 F, 3 M or F, Extras, Doubling | 1992 | Kelly, Tim | Pioneer Drama Service Inc | High School | No | First you take the Addams Family, mix them with the Munsters and flavour this with Arsenic and Old lace. The action takes place in Creeps Mansion, an old house in the charming town of Edible Falls. Two Acts. 90 minute playing time. Farce | ||
1.129 | Merry Pranks Of Tyll, The | Full Length | 11M 6F | 1961 | Fleischhacker, Daniel J. | Anchorage Press | Elementary amdMiddle Years | No | The playful, light-hearted Tyll eludes his parents and gains admittance to the King's palace, by way of the kitchen. Here he wins the friendship of the Cook, confounds the Wise Men, and charms the King and Queen. Skilful exposing all their pretensions thr | ||
1.130 | Miracle Worker, The | Full Length | 7M 7F | 1985 | Gibson, William | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Beechy School - Festival '79; Holy Cross High School (Saskatoon) - Festival '85; Tisdale Middle & Secondary School - Festival '05 | A dramatization of the real life story of Helen Keller. Three Acts. Drama. | |
1.131 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Apr 2011 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Too Quiet, The Shakespeare Boys, Good Days, The Adventures of the Norwood Builder, What's The Matter?, The Leopard's Nosy Drum, The Story of Y, Baskets or Bonnets? | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 1095-7, 921, 4007, 1100, and 4201 for details. | |
1.132 | Our Place | Drama One Act | 7 M, 7 F | 2015 | Gebbard, Terry | Dramatist Publishing Company, Inc. | High School | No | Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate - 2018, A. E. Peacock Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 2022 | 45 minute playing time. The unassuming location of a dock extending out onto a small lake serves as the backdrop for five different stories. On a cool autumn night, Jake arrives with Holly at a secluded spot. The couple feels an immediate connection to t | |
1.133 | Mixed Nuts | Full Length | 3M 5F | 1983 | Donoghue, Simon/ Manera, Nancy | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | What happens when a shy, aspiring writer from the Midwest comes to the Big Apple in search of fame and fortune? For Michael, life becomes a series of hilarious encounters with the unpredictable resident of his dilapidated apartment house. To retain his ow | ||
1.134 | Drama An Introductory Anthology (Alternate Edition) | Anthologies | Various | 1964 | Reinert, Otto (Edited by) | Little, Brown and Company | High School | Yes | Antigone, Othello, The Alchemist, The Misanthrope, The Rivals, Hedda Gabler, Miss Julie, Caesare and Cleopatra, The Cherry Orchard, The Playboy of the Western World, Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The American Dream | This edition includes a completely different repertory of thirteen plays but follows the companion collection. The plays are of proved literary worth and representative of major types and periods of western drama.Also includes biographies and bibliograph | |
1.135 | Mouse That Roared, The | Full Length | 14M 16F Extras | 1970 | Sergel, Christopher | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A pretty woman of 22 happens to be the present Duchess Gloriana sovereign of a microscopic country in the Alps founded centuries ago by a roving band of English bowmen. Her solution to the near bankruptcy of her domain is to declare war with the United St | ||
3.218 | Other Room, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 1 F | 2010 | Blayde, Ariadne | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Cupar School and Swift Current Comprehensive High School - 2016 | 25 - 35 minute playing time. Austin is a brilliant teenage astronomer who happens to have autism. Lily is his popular classmate who happens to have an interest in astronomy. When a chance encounter after school leads to a growing connection between them, | |
1.137 | Ms. Frankenstein's Monster | Full Length | 6M 11F | 1980 | Green, Albert | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Kindersley Composite High School - Festival '92 | Baron Frankenstein is down of his luck. The sparsely of viewers staying up to see his old monster on the late, late TV shows depresses his ego and his credit at the bank. Can he renew his fame and fortune as a monster maker? Yes! he'll create a football | |
1.138 | Narnia | Full Length | 10 M, 6 F, Extras | 1983 | Lewis, C. S. | The Dramatic Publishing Company | Middle Years and High School | No | The principle inhabitants are the intelligent talking animals ruled by the majestic King Aslan, the great Lion of Narnia. Though Aslan is often absent from the land, he returns when the need for him is great. Musical. Two Acts. | ||
1.139 | Niccolo And Nicollette | Full Length | 7M 3F | 1957 | Cullen, Alan | Anchorage Press | Elementary amdMiddle Years | No | A lovable old patent-medicine peddler named Seamus O'Shaughnessy, while visiting Nicolette in her toy-shop, opens a forbidden box and releases a dancing puppet, which is promptly purchased by an imperious Duchess. But the puppet comes to life, revealing h | ||
1.140 | Nice People Dancing To Good Country Music | Full Length | 3 M, 2 F | 1990 | Blessing, Lee | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | No | Sharply drawn and funny play about the personal heartache and public eccentricities of two women living over a good-ole-bar in Houston, Texas. Two Acts. | ||
1.141 | Hopeless Hamlet | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 7 F, Flexible casting | 2007 | Bradford, Wade | Heuer Publishing LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | A young actor playing the "Ghost" in a high school production of "Hamlet" catches a bad case of stage fright. When he refuses to go on stage, hilarity ensures. A spoof of the Bard's classic tragedy. | ||
1.142 | Nicholas Nickleby (Adapted) | Full Length | 5 M, 7 F, Extras | 1991 | Kelly, Tim (Adapted by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A full length adaptation of the Charles Dickens' novel. Nicholas Nickleby comes to London where he meets coldness and travail. He is sent, as a teacher, to a wretched school for unwanted boys where the lads are mistreated and given a miserable education. | ||
1.143 | Nine Girls | Full Length | 9 F | 1971 | Pettitt, Wilfred | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The holiday charter in their mountain clubhouse is silent as a radio announces the news of Paula's death. Alice has just received a letter from Paula that contains as important clue. She confides in one of the girls who snatches the letter and burns it. A | ||
1.144 | Noises Off | Full Length | 5M 4F, 2M or F | 1985 | Frayn, Michael | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | A farce about a play with in a play. | ||
1.145 | Nunsense | Musical Full Length | 5 F | 1986 | Goggin, Dan | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Of the Little Sisters Hoboken (a nunnery, of course) try to raise money to bury the remaining four of the fifty two nuns who have died of botulism contracted by eating vichyssoise prepared by the convent chef. The five nuns have somehow been spared the fa | ||
1.146 | Nunsense | Full Length | 5 F | 1986 | Goggin, Dan | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Of the Little Sisters Hoboken (a nunnery, of course) try to raise money to bury the remaining four of the fifty two nuns who have died of botulism contracted by eating vichyssoise prepared by the convent chef. The five nuns have somehow been spared the fa | ||
1.147 | Nuremberg Stove, The | Full Length | 7 M, 5 F | 1956 | Siks, Geraldine Brain | Anchorage Press | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Six art objects come to life. Three Acts. Drama. | ||
1.148 | One Way Pendulum | Full Length | 10 M, 4 F | 1960 | Simpson, N. F. | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Arthur Groomkirby's obsession is the Law. He is erecting a "do it you self" old bailey kit in the living room. As it nears completion, to Mr. Groomkirby's surprise, a judge and some lawyers move in and begin to try a case against some unspecified accused | ||
1.149 | Ordinary People | Full Length | 6 M, 3 F | 1983 | Gilsenan, Nancy | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Conrad Jarrett had an older brother named Buck and now Buck is gone. What's left of young Conrad's family, with his successful well intentioned father and his beautiful, organized and remote mother, is in jeopardy, as is Conrad himself. They are all "ordi | ||
1.150 | Other Cinderella, The | Full Length | 5M 5F | 1958 | Gray, Nicholas Start | Oxford University Press | High School | No | A sprightly demon and a good fairy keep getting confused by the new turns of the pot. Cinderella isn't altogether the paragon she's been made out to be, nor are her step-sisters mean and selfish. Comedy. | ||
1.151 | Our Town | Full Length | 17M 7F | 1965 | Wilder, Thornton | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Clavet School - 2006 | The play begins in 1901 in Grover's Corner where the Gibbses and the Webbs are neighbours. During their childhood George Gibbs and Emily Webb are playmates then friendship develops into romantic interest in one another. George proposes to Emily but their | |
1.152 | Outrageous Fortune | Full Length | 4M 16F | 1973 | Delmar, Anton | Performance Publishing Co. | High School | No | As Lefty points out, being in a stage orphanage for seventeen years is a longer sentence than some murders get. She and her friends want out and soon. Instead, Miss Nelson is trying to persuade them to go on to college. The girls launch a series of hilari | ||
1.153 | Outsiders, The | Full Length | 10 -12 M, 5 -7 F, Extras | 1969 | Hinton, S. E. | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Ponyboy, a greaser on the wrong side of life, is caught up in territorial battles between have-it-made-it-rich kids and his tough underprivileged family and friends. Two Acts. Drama. | ||
1.154 | Culture With A Side O' Ketchup | Drama One Act | 14+ M or F | 2011 | Petite, Ashley L. | Unpublished | Middle Years and High School | No | Twin Lakes Community School, Buffalo Narrows - 2011 | Abstract Not Available. | |
996 | Little Box Of Oblivion A | Comedy One Act | 1 F, 4 M or F | 2007 | Bean, Stephan | Plays And Musicals, Lantern House | High School | No | Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon - 2011 | Abstract Not Available. | |
1.155 | Patrick Pearse Motel, The | Full Length | 4M 3F | 1971 | Leonard, Hugh | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | When her husband plans to be away with his partner Fintan, Grainne decided to seize the opportunity of spending the night with an ex-flame, a TV personality. She also involves the partner's wife, Niamh, in the plot. Things begin to go wrong when Niamh fur | ||
1.156 | Readers Theatre In The Elementary Classroom | Readers Theatre | Various | 1990 | Walker, Lois | Take Part Productions Ltd. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | The Crazy Critters, The Fish Tank | This resource includes discussion on What is Readers Theatre, Using Readers Theatre at the Elementary Level, Specialized Applicatoins For Readers Theatre Scripts, Readers Theatre as Springboard for Storytelling, Writing, Creative Drama and Improvisation a | |
960 | Three Aunts, The | Fantasy One Act | 3 M, 7 F, 8 M or F | May 2011 | Miller, Jerry | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 25 minute playing time. A Norwegian folk tale gets retold with some fun modern touches. In Plays Magazine May 2011. | ||
1.157 | Wēsahkecak | Fantasy One Act | 1 M, 9 M or F | 2011 | Rossignol High School Drama | Unpublished | High School | No | Rossignol High School, Ile a la Crosse - 2011 | Abstract Not Available. | |
997 | Summer Camp | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 6 F | 2011 | Griffin, Leanner and Cast | Unpublished | High School | No | Hanley Composite School - 2011 | 45 minute playing time. Due to budget constraints, funding is cut for Band Camp, Science Camp and Sports Camp. The three camps must combine and compete against each other to determine which camp will receive funding next year. | |
1.158 | Pegora The Witch | Full Length | 10 M, 6 F, Extras | 1966 | Wright, Carol Lynn | Anchorage Press | Elementary amdMiddle Years | No | Pegora, an apprentice witch, has a flaw in her nature - she cannot help doing good. When the Head Witch, Mother Martacloy, learns that Pegora has made a contribution to the Orphaned Children's Home, she orders the unfortunate misfit stripped of her broom. | ||
1.159 | People Next Door, The | Full Length | 5M 3F | 1969 | Miller, J.P. | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | No | A provocative drama about teenage drug addiction and the generation gap. The play involves two middle-class families that outwardly symbolize the tranquility of stable suburbia. Two Acts. | ||
1.160 | Pied Piper Of Hamelin, The | Full Length | 5M 4F | 1951 | Browning, Robert | Anchorage Press | Elementary and Middle Years | No | A plague of rats has infested the town of Hamelin, when a strange Piper appears with an offer to dispose of the rats for a thousand guilders. The Councillors agree, and the Piper does actually charm the rats with his pipe, until they are drowned in the ri | ||
1.161 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Full Length | 8M 18F | 1987 | Shamas, Laura Annawyn | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | This play explores a baffling disappearance. Who is responsible for the crime. A delicate look at crisis, greed and honesty at the turn of the century in Australia. | ||
1.162 | Pink Panther Strikes Again, The | Full Length | 8M 8F | 1981 | Gleason, William | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | The world's most unusual criminologist, Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau fights for his life and for the future of all humankind in the most bizarre and dangerous caper. Paul Dreyfus, once his long suffering boss, now turned into a raving lunatic, holds t | ||
3.045 | Oh, Mr. Samsa…! | Drama One Act | 5 M, 6 F, 2 M or F, 8 - 10 Chorus | 2015 | Soyka, Javier and Rozendaal, Christina | Unpublished | High School | No | St. Walburg School - 2016 | 55 minute playing time. Inspired by the "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka. It is a man who turnsinto a bug. | |
1.164 | Pinocchio | Full Length | Flexible casting | 1958 | Collodi, C. (Adapted by) | George Phillip & Son | High School | No | Adapted version of the classic story of a puppet who dreams of being a "real boy." Edited by George H. Holroyd, M.A., Illustrated by Ethelwyn Shiel. Thee Acts. Drama. | ||
1.166 | Pinocchio (Adapted) | Full Length | 8 M or F, Flexible casting | 1954 | Miller, Madge (Adapted by) | Anchorage Press | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Adapted from the original work. Gepetto the wood-carver creates a wooden puppet who unexpectedly assumes a life of his own. He is still a woodenhead, however, and longs to be a real boy; but the Blue Fairy tells him he must earn this right. Falling into | ||
1.167 | Places, Please | Musical Full Length | 6M 6F | 1978 | Martin, Herb and Lang, Phil | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | A high school is in the midst of auditions for a new musical that has been written by a talented student. Young Colin has created a brilliant show based on "David Copperfield" which is about to be presented by the senior class. What neither he nor the sym | ||
1.168 | Plain Princess, The | Full Length | 4M 7F | 1955 | Harris, Aurand | Anchorage Press | Elementary andMiddle Years | No | From the book "The Plain Princess" by Phyllis McGinley. The King and Queen plan a birthday party for their daughter Esmeralda, showering her with gifts and toys, ordering a feast with entertainment, and inviting a neighbouring Prince to play with her. Bu | ||
1.169 | Play On! | Full Length | 3 M, 7 F | 1980 | Abbot, Rick | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | The story of a helpless community theatre group attempts to rehearse and finally perform a disastrous play with in the play despite vanishing props, dropped lines, muffled entrances, erroneous sound effected and an authoress who keeps rewriting scenes fas | ||
1.170 | Plaza Suite | Full Length | 7 M, 5 F | 1969 | Simon, Neil | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Big River H.S.- Festival '81; Birch Hills School - Festival '84; Greenall School - Festival '85; Hudson Bay Composite - Festival '89; Watson School - Festival '89; Central Collegiate (M.J.) - Festival '89 | A Suite of three plays which can be played together or separately. Comedy. | |
1.171 | Pocahontas | Full Length | 5 M, 2 F | 1961 | Harris, Aurand | Anchorage Press | Elementary and Middle Years | No | Chief Powhatan's favourite daughter, Pocahontas, and her sister, Woussicket, are giving thanks to the gods for abundant harvest, when they are surprised by two white men from the starving Jamestown colony, who beg for food. Powhatan refuses them, and send | ||
570 | Boo! Thirteen Scenes From Halloween | Comedy One Act | 5 - 38 M or F | 1994 | Cook, Pat | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Act One - Knock Knock; Act Two - Her Last Possession (based on a story by Rose Ann Cook) | Westcliffe Composite High School, Marengo - 2002 (Act Two) | Boo! is a group of sketches with a decidedly sinister tone. They deal with both the misunderstood of the daylight and the fearsome of the night. Each calls for skeletal (what else) sets and a minimum of costume changes, sometimes no more than a change o |
571 | Canada On Stage | Anthologies | Various | 1960 | Richards, Stanley (Edited by) | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | High School | Yes | Voices Of Desire; Overlaid; The Ship Of Dreams; The Courting Of Marie Jenvrin; Lavender Gloves; The Bleeding Heart Of Wee Jon; Breakdown; Zanorin; The Grand Duchess; A Moment Of Existence | A collection of one-act plays. See entries 4804-4813 for details on plays. | |
572 | Canada's Lost Plays, Volume One: The Nineteenth Century | Anthologies | Various | 1978 | Wagner, Anton and Plant, Richard (Edited by) | Canadian Theatre Review Publications | High School | Yes | The Female Consistory Of Brockville; Dolorsolatio; Santiago; The Fair Grit or The Advantages Of Coalition; HMS Parliament or The Lady Who Loved a Government Clerk; Ptarmigan or A Canadian Carnival | An outstanding addition to Canadian theatre history and literature, this unique play anthology will be a welcome addition t oanyone interestedin Canada and its theatrical and literary history. Volume one contains six fascinating and unique scripts from t | |
573 | Canada's Lost Plays Volume Two - Women Pioneers | Anthologies | Various | 1979 | Wagner, Anton (Edited by) | CTR Publications | High School | Yes | The Fatal Ring; Laura Secord, The Heroine of 1812, The Sweet Girl Graduate, When George the Third Was King, Pasque Flower, Teach Me How To Cry | An outstanding addition to Canadian theatre history and literature, this unique play anthology includes plays by women writers between 1840 and 1955. An essential resource for Canadian Studies programs, Theatre history courses, English Drama courses, and | |
574 | Canada's Lost Plays Volume Three - The Developing Mosaic: English-Canadian Drama to Mid-Century | Anthologies | Various | 1980 | Wagner, Anton (Edited by) | CTR Publications | High School | Yes | The House In The Quiet Glen; Murder Pattern; Wilderness; The Rainmaker; Hope Deferred; Open Doors; The Weather Breeder | This anthology of significant Canadian plays from the formative period 1900-1950 is an essential resource for anyone interested in the development of theatre in Canada, Canadian Studies programs, Theatre History courses, and classes in Dramatic Literature | |
575 | Third "Shepherds' Play", The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 2 M or F | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 60 minute playing time. A modern version for Christmas radio presentation of the second play for shpherds in the fifteenth-century Towneley Manuscript of the Wakefield (Yorkshire) cycle of mystery plays. In Words on Waves: Selected Radio Plays by Earle | ||
576 | Duel, The | Drama One Act | 22 M, 10 F | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | v | Yes | 90 minute playing time. A free adaptation for radio of Joseph Conrad's novella, The Duel. In Words on Waves: Selected Radio Plays by Earle Birney - 5322. | ||
577 | Contemporary Scenes For Contemporary Kids | Skits | Flexible casting | 1986 | Sawyer-Young, Kat | Samuel French, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Elementary: Slumber Party; Campout; Divorce; Movei Middle Years: Fishing; Crush; Brotherly Love; Shopping High School: Registration; Best Friends; Break-up; Reunion | A collection of short, original scenes for young actors ages 10 through 17. In her introduction, the author states that in her experience as a professional children's acting teacher, she found that scenes lifted from full length plays had to be interprete | |
578 | Creative Plays And Programs For Holidays | Anthologies | Various | 1989 | Bennett, Rowena | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | A collection of royalty free plays playlets, group readings and poems for holidays and seasonal programs for boys and girls. | ||
579 | Cues And Entrances | Anthologies | Various | 1977 | Beissel, Henry (Edited by) | Gage Educational Publishing | High School | Yes | Ignoramus; The Voice Of The People; Showdown At Sand Valley; Say Hi To Owsley; Quiller; Maurice, A Rock Musical; Johnny Mangano And His Astonishing Dogs; Indian; For Crying Out Loud; Customs | See entries 4620-4629 for details on plays. | |
580 | Court-Martial | Drama One Act | 12 M, 2 F | 1985 | Birney, Earle | The Quarry Press and CBC Enterprises | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. An original play for radio written in collaboration with Mavor Moore. In Words on Waves: Selected Radio Play By Earle Birney - 5322. | ||
581 | Deverell Of The Globe | Collection | Various | 1989 | Perkins, Don (Edited by) | New West Publishers Limited | High School | Yes | Boiler Room Suite; Beyond Batoche; Quartet For Three Actors; The Afternoon Of The Big Game | See entries 958 and 4655-4657 for detail on plays. A collection of Rex Deverell plays. | |
582 | Tikta'liktak | Drama One Act | 3 M or F | 1984 | Paisley, Brian | New West Press | Middle Years and High School | Yes | In Eight Plays For Young People - 591-2. Based on an Inuit legend and draws upon Inuit arts traditions of storytelling and mask making. | ||
583 | Drama I | Anthologies | Various | 1962 | Wescott Barrows, Marjorie (Edited by) | The MacMillan Company | High School | Yes | The Boor; Trifles; The Devil And Daniel Webster; The Ugly Duckling; A Trip To Czardis; The Still Alarm; The Ship Of Dreams; Shall We Join The Ladies?; The Secret; The Man With The Heart In The Highlands; Finders Keepers | See entries 2711-2713 and 4636-4645 for details on plays. Biographical information provided about each playwright. A guide for understanding the One Act Play included. | |
584 | Drama In Court | Anthologies | Various | 1968 | Roberts, G.K. (Edited by) | Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. | High School | Yes | The Man Born To Be King; Saint Joan; A Man For All Seasons; One Way Pendulum; The Merchant Of Venice; The Devil's Disciple; Bardell v. Pickwick; The Caine Mutiny Court Martial; The Investigator | A dramatic anthology of court-scenes. | |
585 | Dramatized Classics For Radio-Style Reading, V. I | Anthologies | Various | 1964 | Olfson, Lewy | Plays, Inc. | High School | Yes | Oliver Twist; Sherlock Holmes and The Red-Headed League; The Rivals; Little Women; The Invisible Man; The Prisoner Of Zenda; The Odyssey; Canterbury Tales; Alice In Wonderland; Christmas For Cosette; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea | A collection of plays adapted from great literature for royalty-free performing or classroom reading. | |
586 | Easy Juvenile Grab Bag | Anthologies | Various | 1955 | Various | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Very short plays for young actors. | ||
587 | Easy Kindergarten Programs | Monologues | Various | 1964 | Asbrand, Kristen | Baker's Plays | Elementary | Yes | Easy recitations, exercises, drills, and graduation programs for young children. | ||
588 | Easy Plays For Early School Years | Collection | Various | 1950 | Spamer, Claribel | Baker's Plays | Elementary | Yes | A collection of 24 short plays for young children. | ||
589 | Easy Science Plays For Grade School | Collection | Various | 1960 | Spamer, Claribel | Baker's Plays | Elementary | Yes | Effectively teach the basic principles of science weather, the planets, plant life, electricity, gravity etc. | ||
590 | Eight Great Tragedies | Full Length | Various | 1964 | Barnet, Sylvan, Berman, Morton, and Burto, William (Edited by) | The New American Library | High School | Yes | Prometheus Bound; Oedipus The King; Hippolytus; King Lear; Ghosts; Miss Julie; On Baile's Strand; Desire Under The Elms | This book includes the complete texts of eight of the world's greatest plays. It illuminates the changing concept of tragedy from Sophocles to O'Neill. It also includes important essays by noteworthy critics and philosophers. | |
591 | Eight Plays For Young People | Anthologies | Various | 1984 | Doolittle, Joyce | New West Press | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Cornelius Dragon; Dr. Barnardo's Pioneers; More Of A Family; The Other Side Of The Pole; Melody Meets The Bag Lady; The Day Jake Made Her Rain; Vandal; Tikta'liktak; | See entries 582, 3599, 3602-5, 3606 and 2921 for plays. | |
592 | Gargantua | ComedyOne Act | 8 M, 9 F, 21 M or F | 2010 | Grose, Carl | Unpublished | High School | No | Oxbow Prairie Horizons School - 2012 | Mr and Mrs Mungus have just had a baby. Unfortunately, it isn't the bouncing blue-eyed boy they were hoping for. . . After a two-and-a-half year pregnancy, Mini Mungus has birthed a monster - one with an accelerated growth rate and an insatiable appetite | |
593 | Ends And Odds | Collection | Various | 1976 | Beckett, Samuel | Grove Press | High School | Yes | Footfalls; Ghost Trio; Not I; Radio 1; Radio2; That Time; Theatre 1; Theatre 2 | A collection of 8 dramatic pieces. | |
594 | English One Act Plays Of Today | Anthologies | Various | 1962 | Fitzjohn, Donald (Edited by) | Oxford University Press | High School | Yes | The Browning Version; A Phoenix Too Frequent; The Bespoke Overcoat; The Pen Of My Aunt; Mother's Day; Trifles; The Dock Brief; Lord Byron's Love Letter | See entries 4548, 4549, 4550, 4551, 2170-1, 1307, 2711-2713, 2261-2 for details on plays. | |
595 | Staging Turtleton | Comedy One Act | 4 - 5 M, 3 - 5 F, Extras | 2011 | Falk, Daniel | Unpublished | High School | No | Cornerstone Christian School, Moose Jaw - 2012 | 60 minute playing time. After repeated interruptions of her schol plays, a hotheaded student vows to get her school a designated theatre space. But will her temper be the undoing of her plans? | |
596 | Eureka! | Anthologies | Various | 1994 | Lewis, Jacquie and Warren, Dianne (Edited by) | Coteau Books | High School | Yes | No Means No!; Men And Angels; Switching Places; Wheel Of Justice; Me 'n' Alfred; The Park; Dreamkeeper | A unique anthology of one-act plays suitable for study and performance in schools. Themes include human rights, alcoholism, teen pregnancy, date rape and First Nations issues. Individual play sets and performance rights are available. Refer to entries 36 | |
597 | Famous People Once Were Kids! And Other Mini Plays | Collections | Various | 1978 | Baxter, Vera; Brown, Kenneth | The Early Years Associates | Elementary | Yes | Dramatized Canadian History. Includes John Cabot, Grand Banks, Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson, Samuel di Champlain, etc. Appropriate for young actors. Illustrated by Donald Morrison. | ||
598 | Festival Plays II For Secondary Schools | Anthologies | Various | 1960 | Lock, Arthur (Edited by) | University of London Press Ltd. | High School | Yes | King's English; The Chinese Puzzle; Santa Maria; Tommy Jone's Dream; All Fool's Day; Watch The Wall; Joan Goes Dramatic | A collection of short one act plays by various authors for secondary school actors. | |
599 | 15 International One-Act Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1969 | Gassner, John and Molly (Edited by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | Offers a broad cross-section of the techniques and themes of the great playwrights of the world. Drawing upon the specific qualities of the one act form - unity, economy, swift characterization, sharp focus, and strong impact - these plays portray the di | ||
600 | Fifteen Great Scenes For Student Actors` | Skits | Flexible casting | 1970 | Olfson, Lewy (Edited by) | Bantam Books, Inc. | High School | Yes | A large collection of scenes appropriate for high school students and adult actors. | ||
601 | Forward To Drama II | Anthologies | Various | 1963 | Holroyd, G.H. | MacMillan & Co. | Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
602 | Forward To Drama III | Anthologies | Various | 1958 | Holroyd, G.H. | MacMillan & Co. | Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
603 | Forward To Drama IV | Anthologies | Various | 1959 | Holroyd, G. H. | MacMillan & Co. | Middle Years | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
604 | Four-Star Radio Plays For Teen-Agers | Anthologies | Various | 1959 | Olfson, Lewy (Edited by) | Plays, Inc. | High School | Yes | Around The World In Eighty Days; The Coming Of The Prince; The Count Of Monte Cristo; Great Expectations; Gulliver's Travels In Lilliput Land; Huckleberry Finn; The King Of The Golden River; The Lady Of The Lake; Lorna Doone; Pride And Prejudice | A collection of royalty-free radio dramas adapted from great literature. | |
605 | Front Row, An Anthology Of Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1984 | MacNeill, James A, Colborne, R. Garnet, and Kaplan, Jonathan (Edited by) | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | Come Away, Come Away; Cyclone Jack; Feathertop; Friends And Relations; Ride To The Hill; Riel (excerpt); Saint Joan (except); A Storm In Summer; Still Stands The House; The Ugly Duckling; Showdown At Sand Valley | See entries 4637, 4621, 2996 and 4646 - 4654 for details on plays. | |
606 | Front Row, An Anthology Of Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1984 | MacNeill, James A, Colborne, R. Garnet, and Kaplan, Jonathan (Edited by) | Nelson Canada | High School | Yes | Come Away, Come Away; Cyclone Jack; Feathertop; Friends And Relations; Ride To The Hill; Riel (excerpt); Saint Joan (except); A Storm In Summer; Still Stands The House; The Ugly Duckling; Showdown At Sand Valley | See entries 4637, 4621, 2996 and 4646 - 4654 for details on plays. | |
607 | Gay Nineties Melodramas | Anthologies | Various | 1963 | Brings, Lawrence M. (Edited by) | T. S. Denison and Company, Inc. | High School | Yes | The City Slicker And Our Nell; For His Brother's Crime; Fanny, The Famer's Daughter; Desperate, Demond's Dastardly Deed; Bessie, The Bandit's Beautiful Baby; Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?; Dark Doings At The Crossroads; Out Of The Storm; The Stolen S | A collection of old fashioned melodramas of the gay nineties period. | |
608 | Gay Nineties Melodramas | Anthologies | Various | 1963 | Brings, Lawrence M. (Edited by) | T. S. Denison and Company, Inc. | High School | Yes | The City Slicker And Our Nell; For His Brother's Crime; Fanny, The Famer's Daughter; Desperate, Demond's Dastardly Deed; Bessie, The Bandit's Beautiful Baby; Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?; Dark Doings At The Crossroads; Out Of The Storm; The Stolen S | A collection of old fashioned melodramas of the gay nineties period. | |
609 | Genius Of The Irish Theatre, The | Full Length | Flexible casting | 1960 | Barnet, Sylvan, Berman, Morton and Burto, William (Edited by) | The New American Library | High School | Yes | Deirdre Of The Sorrows; In The Train; John Bull's Other Island; La La Noo; Purple Dust; The Words Upon The Window Pane; The Canavans | Plays by George Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, William Butler Yeates, Jack B. Yeates, Frank O'Connor and Sean O'Casey. Essays regarding the authors and Irish theatre are included. | |
610 | Plays By Eluned Affleck-Marcham | Collections | Various | 1960 | Affleck-Marcham, Eluned | MacMillan and Company Limited | Elementary | Yes | The Gipsy Queen; Not So Feeble Jack; The Black Tulip; Loo-Loo | Four short plays for young actors. | |
611 | Plays By Don Nigro | Collections | Various | 1966 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Fair Rosamund And Her Murderer; The Weird Sisters; Give Us A Kiss And Show Us Your Knickers; Within The Ghostly Mansion's Labyrinth; Glamorgan; Necropolis; Squirrels; Major Weir | Collection of Plays by Don Nigro. See entries 3465 - 3472 for details. | |
612 | Glimpses | Anthologies | Various | 1991 | Various | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Concerning viewpoints of adolescents. The volume contains the work of young American playwrights. There are thirty-two "glimpses" and you may use all of them for your production or make choices among them. | ||
613 | Hidden One, The: A Native American Legend | Readers Theatre | 13 M or F | 2012 | Shepard, Aaron | aaronshep.com | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Chief Moses Ratt School - 2012 | This tale comes from the Mi'kmaq (or Micmac) tribe of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. In Readers Theatre by Aaron Shepherd (212). | |
614 | Great Scenes From The World Theatre | Skits | Flexible casting | 1965 | Steffenson, James (Edited by) | Avon Books | High School | Yes | A selection of acting projects for students and teachers taken from great plays of the theatre. | ||
615 | Complete Works: One | Collections | Various | 1976 | Pinter, Harold | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Birthday Party; The Room; The Dumb Waiter; A Slight Ache; A Night Out | See entries for details on plays. This volume also includes two short stories, "The Black and White" and "The Examination." See entries 4705-4712 for details on plays. | |
616 | Helping Hand Book For Holidays | Collections | Various | 1971 | Asbrand, Karin | Baker's Plays | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | A collection of practically rehearsal-less playlets, readings, and recitations (secular and religious) for young people. | ||
617 | Holiday Programs For Boys And Girls | Collections | Various | 1986 | Fisher, Aileen | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | A treasury of classroom and assembly material - plays, poems, skits, group readings, and recitations - for presenting balanced and effective holiday programs. | ||
618 | Holiday Plays Round The Year | Anthologies | Various | 1987 | Kamerman, Sylvia (Edited by) | Plays, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | A collection of 27 plays to provide a rich blend of modern and traditional drams, comedies, and folk tales for young people to perform in celebrating important holidays and special occasions throughout the year. | ||
619 | Instant Applause | Anthologies | Various | 1994 | Various | Blizzard Publishing | High School | Yes | Air-Talk; Wake; Hindsight; Nobody Waltzes Carring A Thirty-pound Underwood; Escape From Golf Camp; The Two Of Us (Melnyk); Out Of Body; Louis And Dave; Confinement; Beverly Hills Waiting For Godot; Whale Watch; Freedom Fighters; "It's All Make Believe, Is | 26 very short complete plays lasting no longer than ten to fifteen minutes each. An anthology of first class writing, easily adaptable for a number of your theatrical needs and experiences. From humorous to the tragic, from the realistic to the fantasti | |
620 | Kids Plays: Six Canadian Plays For Children | Anthologies | Various | 1980 | Various | Playwrights Press | Middle Years and High School | Yes | My Best Friend Is Twelve Feet High; The Magic Carpets of Antonio Angelini; The Copetown City Kite Crisis; Chinook; The Bling Said Hello; Beware The Quickly Who | See entries 113, 3729, 3730, 3730, 4497, and 4510 for details on plays. Native Content. | |
621 | Knife To Thy Throat And Nine Other One Act Plays | Collections | Various | 1975 | Procunier, Edwin | Agincourt Limited | High School | Yes | A Knife To Thy Throat; Granite And Oak; Two Sides Of Darkness; The Strength Of Love; Second Duchess; The Beginning Of Summer; The Moonless Nights; Incident At The Poseidon; Appassionata; Voices of Desire | Voices of Desire presented by Robert Usher Collegiate - 1986 | A varied and lively collection of one act plays. All ten of these plays are mature in their approach to situations, and are well constructed. |
622 | Secrets | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F | 1993 | Lazarus, John | Coach House Press | High School | Yes | Campbell Collegiate, Regina - 2000; St. Mary's High School, Prince Albert - 2000 | The children of "Schoolyard Games", "Not So Dumb" and "Night Light" have grown into adolescence. One couple comes together and on falls apart as they deal with the world of dating, gossip and true-and -false reputations during a teen party at Victor's hou | |
623 | Dispatches From Hell | Drama One Act | 2 M, 1 F | 1985 | Cooperman, Melvin I. | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Set in the central dispatching office for the German train system during WW2 this riveting drama is about the bureaucratic mentally which makes Holocausts possible. the train dispatcher is frightened to death when an SS officer comes to see him. It turns | ||
624 | Mentor Book Of Short Plays, The | Anthologies | Various | 1969 | Goldstone, Richard H. and Lass, Abraham H. (Edited by) | New American Library | High School | Yes | The Happy Journey; Riders To The Sea; A Trip To Czardis; To Bobolink, For Her Spirit; The Romancers; A Marriage Proposal; Lord Byron's Love Letter; The Browning Version; The Rising of the Moon; The Mother; Thunder On Sycamore Street | A collection of short plays by such authors as Chekhov, Rostand, Synge, Wilder, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Gore Vidal, Paddy Chayefsky and Reginald Rose. | |
625 | Modern Canadian Plays, Volume I | Anthologies | Various | 1993 | Wasserman, Jerry (Edited by) | Talonbooks | High School | Yes | The Ecstasy of Rita Joe; Fortune And Men's Eyes; Les Belles-Soeurs; Crepps; Leaving Home;1837: The Farmers' Revolt; Walsh; The St. Nicholas Hotel, Wm Donnelly, Prop. (The Donnellys, Part Two); Jacob's Wake; Automatic Pilot | This volume brings together classics of the early contemporary Canadian stage. See entries 4525 - 4534 for details on plays. | |
626 | Molly And James | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1985 | Walsh, Sheila | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The title roles are no ordinary Molly of James. These are James Joice and one of his most famous characters- Molly Bloom form Ulysses. In Off Off Broadway Festival Plays Tenth Series - 140-142. | ||
627 | Senior Prom | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1985 | Mearns, Robert | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | On Prom Night a high school girl and her date are sitting outside on the terrace. The guy is a young actor from New York whom the girl met and became friends with when his theatre company played the two. He once had one line on "all My Children" - which | ||
628 | Mystery Plays For Young Actors | Collections | Various | 1984 | Murray, John | Plays, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Flight International; The Looking Glass Murder; Dead Of Night; The Sixth Juror; The Door; I Want To Report A Murder; Airport Adventure; The Final Curtain; A Case For Two Detectives; An International Affair | Baffling mysteries, chilling thrillers and suspenseful whodunits highlight this collection of one-act plays for young people: ten spine-tingling selections sure to please actors and audience alike. | |
629 | New Theatre Of Europe, The | Anthologies | Various | 1964 | Corrigan, Robert W. (Edited by) | Dell Publishing Company, Inc. | High School | Yes | Mother Courage; The Wicked Cooks; Vasco; The Cage; The Suicide | Collection of plays. | |
630 | Nine Selected Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1953 | Hampden, John (Edited by) | Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd. | High School | Yes | The Old Bull; Allison's Lad; Summer Comes To The Diamond O; Catherine Parr; The Valiant; The Bishop's Candlesticks; The Princess And The Woodcutter; Campbell Of Kilmohr; Michael | Collection of plays. See entry 4579 for information on "Michael" and entry 4580 for information on "Summer Comes To The Diamond O." | |
631 | Nine Selected Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1953 | Hampden, John (Edited by) | Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd. | High School | Yes | The Old Bull; Allison's Lad; Summer Comes To The Diamond O; Catherine Parr; The Valiant; The Bishop's Candlesticks; The Princess And The Woodcutter; Campbell Of Kilmohr; Michael | Collection of plays. See entry 4579 for information on Michael and entry 4580 for information on Summer Comes To The Diamond O. | |
632 | Nine Selected Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1953 | Hampden, John (Edited by) | Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd. | High School | Yes | The Old Bull; Allison's Lad; Summer Comes To The Diamond O; Catherine Parr; The Valiant; The Bishop's Candlesticks; The Princess And The Woodcutter; Campbell Of Kilmohr; Michael | Collection of plays. See entry 4579 for information on Michael and entry 4580 for information on Summer Comes To The Diamond O. | |
633 | Nine Plays By Eugene O'Neill | Full Length | Flexible casting | 1959 | O'Neill, Eugene | The Modern Library | High School | Yes | The Hairy Ape; All God's Chillun Got Wings; Desire Under The Elms; Marco Millions; The Great God Brown; Lazarus Laughed; Strange Interlude; Mourning Becomes Electra, The Emperor Jones | Eugene O'Neill chose the nine full length plays for this volume as representative of his work. The settings range from a native-ruled island in the West Indies to a university town in New England, but the theme is universal - the eternal tragedy of man c | |
634 | One Act Comedies Of Moliere | Collections | Various | 1986 | Bermel, Albert (Translated by) | The Ungar Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed; Sganarelle, Or The Imaginary Cuckold; The Seductive Countess; The Rehearsal At Versailles; The Jealous Husband; The Forced Marriage; The Flying Doctor | Seven plays with a mix of broad farce and pointed wit, filled with a delight in human foibles. These one act plays have been translated by Albert Bermel and includes a very readable chronology of the background of Moliere's life and time. See entries 63 | |
635 | Modern Canadian Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1984 | Plant, Richard (Edited by) | Penguin Books | High School | Yes | The Art of War, Blood Relations, Cfreeps, Ever Loving, Fortune and |Men's Eyes, Garage Sale, Handcuffs: The Donnellys, Part Three, Indian, Rexy!, Riel, Of the Fields, Lately, Wedding in White | The twelve plays in this colleciton represent some of the finest work by playwigjhts in English Canada in the last quarter-century. Chosen for their diversity as well as for their excellence, they vary from tragedy to comedy, history to fantasy. | |
636 | One Act Plays For Acting Students | Collections | Various | 1987 | Bert, Norman A. | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | High School | Yes | Anniversary; Interview; Watermelon Boats; Dalmatian; Money; Jumping; Checkers; The Affidavit; The Split Decision; Coming For A Visit; Auld Lang Syne, Or I'll Bet You Think This Play Is About You; Windows; Bug Swatter; Fireworks; Property Of The Dallas Cow | Collection of one act plays for two and three actors. Playing time 8 - 15 minutes; about 5 minutes per character. No walk-ons. All balanced roles. Contest-calibre scripts by professional playwrights. Monologues included. Chapters on securing the righ | |
637 | Jealous Husband, The | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 2 F | 1986 | Bermel, Albert (Translated by) | The Ungar Publishing Company | High School | Yes | In One Act Comedies Of Moliere - 634. | ||
638 | Flying Doctor, The | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 2 F | 1986 | Bermel, Albert (Translated by) | The Ungar Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Central Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 1982; St. Mary's High School, Prince Albert - 1989 | In One Act Comedies Of Moliere - 634. | |
639 | Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed | Comedy One Act | 8 M, 4 F | 1986 | Bermel, Albert (Translated by) | The Ungar Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Beechy School - 1986; Campbell Collegiate, Regina - 1989; St. Mary's High School, Prince Albert - 1994 | In One Act Comedies Of Moliere - 634. | |
640 | Sganarelle, Or The Imaginary Cuckold | Comedy One Act | 7 M, 4 F | 1986 | Bermel, Albert (Translated by) | The Ungar Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Evan Hardy Collegiate, Saskatoon - 2013 | In One Act Comedies Of Moliere - 634. | |
641 | Rehearsal At Versailles, The | Comedy One Act | 6 M, 6 F | 1986 | Bermel, Albert (Translated by) | The Ungar Publishing Company | High School | Yes | In One Act Comedies Of Moliere - 634. | ||
642 | One Act Plays Of To-Day - Sixth Series | Anthologies | Various | 1962 | Marriott, J.W. | George Harrap | High School | Yes | Women At War; The Dye Hard; Augustus In Search Of A Father; The Poison Party; The Londonderry Air; The Dumb Wife of Cheapside; The Centurion's Billet At Swacking Bulphen; The Workhouse Ward; Mr. Sampson; The Great Globe Itself | Abstract not available. | |
643 | One Hundred Plays For Children | Anthologies | Various | 1970 | Burack, A. S. (Edited by) | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | A treasury of production-tested royalty-free plays for young people. | ||
644 | Pirandello's One-Act Plays | Collections | Various | 1970 | Murray, William (Translated by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Vise; Sicilian Limes; The Doctor's Duty; The Jar; The License; Chee-Chee; At the Exit; The Imbecile; The Man with the Flower in His Mouth; The Other Son; The Festival of Our Lord of the Ship; Bellavita; I'm Dreaming, But Am I? | The Other Son - See entry 3614 for information on play. The Vise: Translated by William Murray. Giulia, wife of Andrea Fabri, is having an affair with Antonio, the lawyer, and the discovery of this by Andrea leads to her stunning and naturalistic suici | |
645 | Pirandello's One-Act Plays | Collections | Various | 1970 | Murray, William (Translated by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Vise; Sicilian Limes; The Doctor's Duty; The Jar; The License; Chee-Chee; At the Exit; The Imbecile; The Man with the Flower in His Mouth; The Other Son; The Festival of Our Lord of the Ship; Bellavita; I'm Dreaming, But Am I? | The Other Son - See entry 3614 for information on play. The Vise: Translated by William Murray. Giulia, wife of Andrea Fabri, is having an affair with Antonio, the lawyer, and the discovery of this by Andrea leads to her stunning and naturalistic suici | |
646 | Players I, The | Anthologies | Various | 1970 | Cavanagh; Trip | McClelland and Stewart Limited | High School | Yes | Sorry, Wrong Number; Make Your Play; Here We Are; What Men Live By; Inside A Kid's Head; Fool's Errand; Little Glass Houses; Petronella; The Still Alarm; Brothers In Arms; | Sorry, Wrong Number: by Lucille Fletcher. See entry 154 for information on lay. Make Your Play: by Kenneth Lillington. 7 M, 1 F, Extras. Western Comedy. Here We Are: by Dorothy Parker. 1 M, 1 F. Comedy. What Men Live By: by Virginia Church, Ad | |
647 | Players II, The | Anthologies | Various | 1970 | Cavanagh, G. and van V. Trip, G. | McClelland and Stewart Limited | High School | Yes | The Game Of Chess; My Proud Beauty; The Devil And Daniel Webster; Protest; The Apollo Of Bellac; Lord Byron's Love Letter; The Dear Departed; The Pen of My Aunt; The Witches; Overtones | The Game Of Chess: by K. S. Goodman. 4 M, Drama. My Proud Beauty: by Kenneth Lillington. 5 M, 2 F, Comedy. The Devil And Daniel Webster: By Stephen Vincent Benet. 12 M, 2 F, Extras. See entry 4638 for information on play. Protest: by Norman Wi | |
648 | Plays As Experience | Anthologies | Various | 1962 | Various | Odyssey Press | High School | Yes | Back Of The Yards; Goodbye To The Lazy K; Jacob Comes Home; Pawns; She Walk In Beauty; Three's A Crowd; The Ring Of General Macias; The Boor; The Fifteenth Candle; The Devil And Daniel Webster; The Sounds Of Triumph; The Valiant; Sparkin'; Tr | Three's A Crowd: 3 M, 2 F, Comedy - Sara Sloane McCarty and E. Clayton McCarty. The Ring Of General Macias: 3 M, 2 F, Melodrama - Josefina Niggli. The Boor: 4 M, 1 F, Farce - Anton Chekhov. See entry 4643. The Fifteenth Candle: 2 M, 3 F, Tragedy | |
649 | Dear Departed, The | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 F | 1970 | Houghton, Stanley | McClelland And Stewart Limited | High School | Yes | Arran School - 1987 | 30 minute playing time. In Players II - 647. | |
650 | Plays For Living And Learning | Collections | Various | 1955 | Miller, Helen Louise | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | The plays and programs in this book are designed to dramatize many of the important projects and topics in the elementary school curriculum. Includes 25 dramatic programs for classroom and assembly. | ||
651 | Plays From Famous Stories And Fairy Tales | Collections | Various | 1967 | Thane, Adele | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Royalty-free dramatizations of favourite children's stories. | ||
652 | Plays From Modern Media | Anthologies | Various | 1964 | Saxton, John and MacDonald, John (Edited by) | Longmans Canada Limited | High School | Yes | The Pen Of My Aunt; A Tongue Of Silver; Fool's Errand; Trifles; Gladly Otherwise; Wetback Run; Inside A Kid's Head; Granite And Oak | Inside A Kid's Head: 17 M, 4 F - Comedy by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Also in Plays To Enjoy - 653. The Pen Of My Aunt: 2 M, 2 F. By Gordon Daviot - See 4550 for information on play. A Tongue Of Silver: 3 M, 5 F by Michael Dyne. Fool's Err | |
653 | Plays To Enjoy | Anthologies | Various | 1970 | Picozz, Raymond (Edited by) | The MacMillan Company | High School | Yes | Inside A Kid's Head; Dr. Heidegger's Experiment; Grandpa And The Statue; Attucks, The Martyr; I Remember Mama; In The Fog; The Big Wave | A collection of plays for High School students to read and perform. | |
654 | Plays To Remember | Anthologies | Various | 1967 | Various | MacMillan Company | High School | Yes | Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Sorry, Wrong Number; The Meadow; The Leader; The Jest of Hahalaba; Feathertop | Sorry, Wrong Number: 4 M, 8 F, 20 minute drama by Lucille Fletcher. See entries 172 and 173 for information on play. Feathertop: Comedy, 8 M, 3 F dramatized by Maurice Valency from a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. See entry 4651 for information on p | |
655 | Prairie Experience, The | Anthologies | Various | 1975 | Angus, Terry (Edited by) | MacMillan of Canada | High School | Yes | Still Stands The House | Contains a selection of plays by Western Canadian writers. The selections represent the multifaceted response to the prairies, and together, they aim at re-creating the prairie experience. Still Stands The House by Gwen Pharis Ringwood is included in th | |
656 | Prairie Experience, The | Anthologies | Various | 1975 | Angus, Terry (Edited by) | MacMillan of Canada | High School | Yes | Still Stands The House | Contains a selection of plays by Western Canadian writers. The selections represent the multifaceted response to the prairies, and together, they aim at re-creating the prairie experience. Still Stands The House by Gwen Pharis Ringwood is included in th | |
657 | Prairie Performance | Anthologies | Various | 1980 | Bessai, Diane (Edited by) | New West Press | High School | Yes | Breeches From Bond Street; The Broken Globe; Canadian Gothic; A Fine Coloured Easter Egg; Seeds; The White Christmas Of Archie Nicotine; The Woman Taken In Adultery; Wheat City | Breeches From Bond Street: by Elsie Park Gowan. See entry 1462 for information on this play. A Fine Coloured Easter Egg: by Gwen Pharis Ringwood. See entry 3615 for information on this play. The Broken Globe: by Frank Moher. 4 M, 1 F, Drama. Cana | |
658 | Quick Tricks - Sixteen Playlets For The Club Or School Stage | Skits | Flexible casting | 1947 | Reach, James | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | It's A Small World; The Spirit Is Willing; What Are You Selling; Slightly Exaggerated; Help The Blind; No More Murders; The Villain Still Pursued Her; P.S.-He Got The Job; At The Zoo; A Perfect Gentleman; Congratulations, My Dear; The Whole Truth; A Very | Contains sixteen short, amusing sketches. | |
659 | Harry's Hotter At Twilight | Comedy One Act | 5 M, 7 F, 4 M or F, Expandable casting | 2011 | Dorf, Jonathan | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 45 minute playing time. This crazed mash-up parody of the "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" series (with nods to "Lord of the Rings," "Star Wars," "Alice In Wonderland" and other stars of pop culture pantheon) features invisible rabbits, armies of babies, mu | ||
660 | Middle Schoolin' It: Fifteen Short Plays For Middle School Actors | Collections | Various | 2013 | Various | YouthPLAYS | Middle Years | Yes | Snakes In A Lunchroom, Piglet, My Big Adele Moment, My Little Brother, Three First Kisses, Erasing The Brain, Le Goalie, Matho-o-Freak, Brace Yourself, Ranger, Confessions of a Peanut Butter Addict, Hi, We Thought You Were Dead, The UnderGroundHog Railroa | Middle school is a time of change, filled with new people, new places and new experiences. The characters of Middle Schoolin’ It navigate friendships, battle bullies, search for that first kiss, brave braces, figure out how to survive ten minutes i | |
661 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Mar 2012 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Where There's Smoke, Suu's Quest For Peace, Lucy Stone, Champion Of Women's Rights, Lily Of The Label Department, Perfect, Trapped, The Peasant and the Lion, The Little Princess | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 718, 727-728, 739-740, 3643, 3885, 3941and 4193 details. | |
662 | Cemetery Club, The | Full Length | 1 M, 4 F | 1985 | Menchell, Ivan | Concord Theatricals | High School | No | 120 minute playing time. Physical Comedy. Ensemble cast; doubling possible. Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life; Lucille is a feisty embod | ||
663 | Fame | Full Length | 9 M, 15 F, Extras | 1985 | Sergel, Christopher (adapted by) | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | Based on the screenplay by Christopher Gore. Conceived by David De Silva. "You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying." "Right here" is the School of Performing Arts in New York City, and the first problem for the hundreds o | ||
664 | Robert Patrick's Cheep Theatricks | Anthologies | Various | 1972 | Patrick, Robert | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | I Came To New York To Write; Help, I Am: A Monologue; Cornered; Lights/Camera/Action; Still-Love; One Person: A Monologue; Joyce Dynel: An American Zarzuela; Preggin And Liss; The Richest Girl In The World Finds Happiness; The Arnold Bliss Show; The Haunt | I Came To New York To Write: 8 sketches of "vignettes." The sketches which trace the history of a single New York City apartment over a period of fifteen years 1955 - 1969. 3 M, 2 F. The Haunted Host: This underground classic is the first play by Off O | |
665 | Just Deal With It! | Readers Theatre | Various | 2004 | Jenkins, Diana R. | Teacher Ideas Press | Middle Years and High School | No | A collection of humorous plays with real-life settings and contemporary characters. It includes readers theatre scripts that work to improve language arts skills such as listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Theatre in the classroom also encourages | ||
666 | Robert Patrick's Cheep Theatricks | Anthologies | Various | 1972 | Patrick, Robert | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | I Came To New York To Write; Help, I Am: A Monologue; Cornered; Lights/Camera/Action; Still-Love; One Person: A Monologue; Joyce Dynel: An American Zarzuela; Preggin And Liss; The Richest Girl In The World Finds Happiness; The Arnold Bliss Show; The Haunt | I Came To New York To Write: 8 sketches of "vignettes." The sketches which trace the history of a single New York City apartment over a period of fifteen years 1955 - 1969. 3 M, 2 F. The Haunted Host: This underground classic is the first play by Off O | |
667 | Round The World Plays For Young People | Collections | Various | 1961 | Nolan, Paul T. | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | A collection of royalty-free one-act plays about lands far and near. | ||
668 | Scenes For Teenagers | Skits | Flexible casting | 1986 | Karshner, Roger | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | Modern scenes for young men and women of ideal duration, presented in readable type. Slices of real life which are perfect for auditions cold-readings, and class work. | ||
669 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Dec 2012 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Letter, A Thousand Miles To Freedom, Christmas For Cosette, A Team of Two, Prince Roger and the Great Griffyn Rescue, Vampire Holiday, The King's Christmas Present, St. Nick Revisited, Whatever Happened to Ebenezer Scrooge?, The Christmas Game | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for Middle Years and High School. Production Notes Included.See 3943, 670, 264-265, 267-268, 270, 280-281, and 284 for details. | |
670 | Letter, The | Drama One Act | 2 M, 6 F | Dec 2012 | Sodaro, Craig | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 20 minute playing time. A wounded soldier with little hope of recovering receives an inspiring visit from a nurse, followed by an eerie and unsettling tale from the beyond. In Plays Magazine December 2012. | ||
671 | Scenes From the Classics | Skits | Flexible casting | 1987 | Maag, E. (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | A collection of short scenes (male and female roles) for young actors derived from the classics. | ||
672 | Seven Plays By Michel de Ghelderode | Anthologies | Various | 1964 | Hauger, George (Translated by) | Hill & Wang | High School | Yes | Red Magic; Piet Bouteille; A Night Of Pity; Miss Jairus; Hop; Signor!; The Death Of Doctor Faust; Christopher Columbus | Seven plays translated with an introduction by George Hauger from the work of Michel de Ghelderode. | |
673 | Short Plays For Reading And Acting | Anthologies | Various | 1970 | Vance, Bruce (Edited by) | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | High School | Yes | Coming Through The Rye; The Pen Of My Aunt; Protest; Pullman Car Hiawatha; The Rising Of The Moon; The Ship Of Dreams; Sorry Wrong Number; Trifles; Visit to A Small Planet; Epilogue: The Weans | Coming Through The Rye: by William Saroyan. Pullman Car Hiawatha: by Thornton Wilder. The Ship Of Dreams: by John Hughes. See entry 4636 for information on play. Protest: by Norman Williams. The Rising Of The Moon: by Lady Gregory. The Pen OF | |
674 | Short Plays From The Great Classics | Collections | Various | 1966 | Howard, Vernon | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. | High School | Yes | Short plays for young actors. | ||
675 | Six Canadian Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1992 | Various | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Babel Rap; Hedges; Heroes; Hurray For Johnny Canuck; The Komagata Maru Incident; Moon People | Babel Rap: See entry 2872 for information on play. Hedges: See entry 2902 for information on play. Heroes: See entry 2903 for information on play. Hurray For Johnny Canuck: See entry 4690 for information on play. The Komagata Maru Incident: by | |
676 | Golden Goose, The | Fantasy One Act | 5 M, 5 F, 6 M or F, Extras | May 2009 | Wells, Tracy (Adatped by) | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 25 minute playing time. A delightful Grimms' fairy tale in chich a naïve young man is rewarded for his kindness and generosity to a stranger. Adpated. | ||
677 | Six Plays By Mavor Moore | Collections | Various | 1989 | Moore, Mavor | Talon Books | High School | Yes | The Apology; The Argument; Come Away Come Away; Getting In; The Pile; The Store | See entries 4654, 4662-6 for details on plays. | |
678 | Six Plays By Slawomir Mrozek | Collections | Various | 1967 | Bethell, Nicholas (Translated by) | Grove Press, Inc. | High School | Yes | Out At Sea; Charlie; Party; Martyrdom Of Peter Ohey; Police; Enchanted Night | Translated from the work of Slawomir Mrozek. | |
679 | Space And Science Fiction Plays For Young People | Anthologies | Various | 1981 | Kamerman, Sylvia E. (Edited by) | Plays, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | A collection of one-act royalty-free dramas, comedies, melodramas, skits and creative dramatics for elementary students to high school students. | ||
680 | Stage One: A Canadian Scene Book | Skits | Flexible casting | 1973 | Parkin, Andrew (Edited by) | Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited | High School | No | A Canadian scenebook. | ||
681 | Strindberg | Collections | Various | 1960 | Gassner, John (Edited by) | Bantam Books, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Father; Miss Julie; Comrades; The Stronger; The Bond; Crimes And Crimes; Easter | See entries 4536, 4568, 4546, and 3597-3601 for details on plays. | |
682 | Strindberg's One-Act Plays | Collections | Various | 1969 | Paulson, David (Edited by) | Washington Square Press | High School | Yes | Miss Julie; The Stronger; The Bond; Creditors; Pariah; Simon; The First Warning; Debit And Credit; In The Face Of Death; Motherlove; The Pelican; The Outlaw; Playing With Fire | See entries 4535-4547 for details on plays. | |
683 | Eleven Short Plays | Collections | Various | 1962 | Inge, William | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | To Bobolink For Her Spirit; The Tiny Closet; The Strains Of Triumph; A Social Event; The Rainy Afternoon; People In The Wind; Memory Of Summer; The Mall; An Incident At The Standish Arms; Bus Riley's Back in Town; The Boy In The Basement | See entries 4667-4677 for details on plays. | |
684 | Paint Me A Picture | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F, 1 M offstage Voice | May 2011 | Alter, Eric | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Two people struggling with grief find comfort ins a chance phone call. In Plays Magazine May 2011. | ||
685 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mag | Various | Oct 2014 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Lighthouse, The Price of Gold, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Adapted), Ghost Runner on Base, The Real Undead of Creepy County, Halloween Scare, The Twelve Dancing Princesses | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School and a Dramatized Classic for Middle Years and High School. Production Notes Included. See 694, 840, 858, 860, 1074, 1103 and 3154 entries for details. | |
686 | Mummy Unravels, The: A Virtual Adventure | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 5 AG | 2021 | Peterson, Gary | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 15 minute playing time. Unwrap a gigantic load of silly fun as your actors come together virtually to explore an ancient Egyptian tomb in this playful, compact comedy. A motley band of explorers pry their way into the tomb of the Great Pharaoh Snafu â₠| ||
687 | Ten Canadian Short Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1975 | Stevens, John (Edited by) | Dell Publishing Company Inc. | High School | Yes | The Raft: An Interlude; Flight Into Danger; Indian; Overlaid; Protest; Lament For Harmonica; The Home for Heroes; Brothers in Arms; Cobbler, Stick To Thy Last; Breakdown | The Raft: An Interlude: by Stephen Leacock. Flight Into Danger: by Arthur Hailey. Indian: by George Ryga. Overlaid: by Robertson Davies. Lament For Hamonica (Maya): by Gwen Pharis Ringwood. The Home For Heroes: by George Bowering. Brothers In | |
688 | Something Unspoken | Drama One Act | 2 F | 1972 | Williams, Tennessee | Bantam Books, Inc. | High School | Yes | Bruno School - 1982 | In Ten Great One Act Plays - 689. | |
689 | Ten Great One Act Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1968 | Sweetkind, Morris (Edited by) | Bantam Books, Inc. | High School | Yes | Sganarelle, Or The Self-deceived Husband; How He Lied to Her Husband; Spreading The News; Riders To The Sea; Ile; Something Unspoken; To Bobolink For Her Spirit; Waiting For The Bus; The Feast | Sganarelle, Or The Self-deceived Husband: by Moliere. How He Lied to Her Husband" by George Bernard Shaw. Spreading The News: by Lady Gregory. Riders To The Sea: by John M. Synge. Ile: by Eugene O'Neill. Something Unspoken: by Tennessee Williams | |
690 | Ten Short Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1971 | Weiss, M. Jerry | Dell Publishing Company Inc. | High School | Yes | Coming Through The Rye; The Case Of The Crushed Petunias; The Happy Journey To Trenton And Camden; Suppressed Desires; The Triumph Of The Egg; The Feast Of Ortolans; Quare Medicine; Parents Are People; My Client Curley; Visit To A Small Planet | Collection of ten short one act plays edited and introduced by M. Jerry Weiss. Happy Journey To Trenton And Camden: by Thornton Wilder - see entry 4784 for information on play. | |
691 | Plays By Don Nigro - 3 | Collections | Various | 1998 | Nigro, Don | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | The Great Gromboolian Plain; The Sin Eater; Ballerinas; The Lost Girl; The Babel Of Circular Labyrinths; S?ance; The Dead Wife; Wonders Of The Invisible World Revealed | See entries 4705 - 4712 for details on plays. | |
692 | Theatre Today | Anthologies | Various | 1965 | Thompson, David (Edited by) | Longmans Green And Company Limited | High School | Yes | The Interview; The New Tenant; The Oyster And The Pearl; Passion, Poison And Petrification; The Sandbox | Passion, Poison, And Petrifaction: by Bernard Shaw. 5 M, 2 F, Comedy.Hall Of Healing: by Sean O'Casey.It Should Happen To A Dog: by Wolf Mankowitz.The New Tenant: by Eugene Ionesco, translated by Donald Watson.The Oyster And The Perl: by William Saroy | |
693 | Your're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised) | Musical Full Length | 3 M, 2 F, 1 M or F | 2000 | Gesner, Clark M. | Tam-Witmark Music Library, Inc. | High School | No | Based on the Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schultz. Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark M. Gesner. Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer. Additional Music and Lyrics by Andres Lippa. Two Acts. Prompt Book and Piano-Conductor's Score in the library. | ||
694 | Lighthouse, The | Drama One Act | 2 M, 3 F | Oct 2014 | Sodaro, Craig | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Dead or alive? A spooky tale set on a lonely island just off a rocky coastline. In Plays Magazine October 2014. | ||
695 | 25 Ten Minute Plays | Anthologies | Various | 1989 | Various | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Spades; Bread; Attack Of The Moral Fuzzies; Eating Out; Apres Opera; The Road To Ruin; The Drummer; Perfect; Loyalties; Downtown; Electric Roses; 4 A.M. (Open All Night); American saint; Watermelon Boats; Intermission; Love And Peace; Marred Bliss; subte | Ten minute plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville. | |
696 | Twenty Plays For Young People | Anthologies | Various | 1967 | The Birner, William B. (Edited by) | Anchorage Press | Elementary | Yes | A collection of plays for children. | ||
697 | Two-Character Plays For Student Actors | Collections | 1 - 3 M or F | 1988 | Mauro, Robert | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | High School | Yes | Uptown/Downtown; Joan; Going Down!; The Park Bench; The No-Fault Driving School; The Proposal; My Friend Never Said Goodbye; The Cabbie From Calcutte; The Audition; Sherlock Holmes: 10 Minutes To Doom; A Death In The Family; The Golden Door; My Baby; The | A collection of fifteen one-act plays by Robert Mauro. Each of the plays in this book is a complete dramatic work balanced for a two-actor performance. Lengths vary from ten to thirty minutes. Many different types of roles from liberated women to bumbling | |
698 | Jill-In-The-Box | Christmas Collection | 3 M, 5 F, 5 M or F | Dec 2009 | Watts, Frances B. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. Kind-hearted rag doll spreads her smile and Christmas cheer far beyond the walls of the toyshop. In Plays Magazine December 2009. | ||
699 | Trading Places | Christmas Collection | 4 M, 4 F | Dec 2009 | Gibbs, Rozalie S. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. Self-centered teenager has to make adjustments when her grandfather moves in with the family. In Plays Magazine December 2009. | ||
5.421 | Hospital Hijinx | Full Length | 5 M, 11 F, Extras | 1994 | Jackson, Eugene | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | Wolseley High School - 2014 | If ever there was an emergency, it's the emergency room at Calamity University Hospital! The two on-duty doctors have been mysteriously shipped out of the country; essential medical supplies keep disappearing; and four student nurses, whose grades are so | |
700 | United Nations Plays And Programs | Collections | Various | 1965 | Fisher, Aileen and Rabe, Olive | Plays, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | A collection of royal-free plays, playlets, group readings, recitations, songs, prayers and toasts for young actors. | ||
701 | Upstage/Downstage | Anthologies | Various | 1976 | Various | Scott, Foresman And Company | High School | Yes | The Man With The Heart In The Highlands; The Ring of General Macias; The Ox-Bow Incident; The Giants' Stair; The Million-Pound Bank Note; Sudden Storm; Still Stands The House; Ride To The Hill; The Drinking Gourd; The Winslow Boy; The Rising Of The Moon; | A collection of plays with discussion questions and Arthur biographies. | |
702 | Black And White | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 1F | 1980 | Apple, Gary | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Hudson Bay Composite High School - 1984 | A man dressed in white sits in an all white room reading a white newspaper. Without warning, four men dressed in black enter caring cans of black paint, and brushes. Though their intent is obvious the man in white refuses to acknowledge them. In Three Pl | |
703 | One Month To Pay Or The Sailor's Return | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 F | 1979 | Burton, Brian J. | Cambridge Jackson Limited | High School | Yes | Sheldon Williams Collegiate, Regina - 1985 | A traditional story of a wicked landlord and a rent to pay. In Three Hisses For Villainy!!! - 191. | |
704 | Blind Dates | Drama One Act | 2 M, 4 F | 1994 | Fuerstenberg, Anna | Playwrights Canada Press | High School | Yes | Athol Murray College Of Notre Dame - 1994; Evan Hardy Collegiate, Saskatoon - 1999; Invermay School - 2000 | Young adults attempt to deal with fears of the future, including unemployment, lack of communication, birth control, sexual tension and nuclear war. May be unsuitable for some audiences. 55 minute playing time. In Wanna Play?: 3 Plays For High School - | |
705 | Batteries Not Included | Skits | Flexible casting | 1984 | McCusker, Paul | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Aliens; On The Street Interview: Brotherly Love; Love One Another; Sketches Of Thanksgiving; The Thanksgiving Pre-Game Football Show; An Encounter At The Library; Heart Hart's Heart-To-Heart Show; An Encounter In The Park; The Blind Date; The Condensed Bi | A large collection of skits for this author's ever-increasing audience. The short scenes range from very silly to very serious, but all serve a purpose, and there is always a message behind the madness. T | |
706 | Be Yourself | Skits | 6 M or F | 1992 | Ison, Colleen | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Pressured Pig (drugs), Five Finger Discount (theft), Cruising on Drugs (drugs/drinking), The Party (drugs), The Secret of Being Cool (smoking, drinking, drugs) | A program of skits about peer pressure. Many who want to be liked by others will do anything to be "cool." These skits teach students of all ages about the dangers of peer pressure and how to respect themselves as individuals. 20 to 25 minutes without dis | |
707 | Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, The (One-Act Version) | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 2 F, 3 M or F, Expandable casting | 2007 | Zolidis, Don | Playscripts, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Glaslyn Central School - 2012, Kamsack Comprehensive Institute - 2015, Gordon F. Kells High School, Carlyle - 2018 | 50 minute playing time. Two narrators attempt to recreate all 209 of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza. To make it more difficult, they attempt to combine them into one gigantic falbe using Rapunzel, Rumpelstilski | |
708 | War At Home: Students Response To September 11th | Drama One Act | 4 M, 4 F, 13 M or F, Expandable casting | 2003 | Quinn, Nicole, Shengold, Nina, and Students | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | L P Miller Comprehensive School, Nipawin - 2012 | 50 minute playing time. A group of students in a New York State High School 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11, 2001. The text of this ensemble piece was created from journal writings of over 40 students, teachers, and | |
709 | White Pages, The | Comedy One Act | 2 M, 2 - 4 F, Flexible casting | 2005 | Dorf, Jonathan | Brooklyn Publishers, LLC | Middle Years and High School | No | H. Hardcastle School, Edam - 2012 | 25 minute playing time. All Robert wants is to trade his copies of three library classics that he's already read for three other books to devour. Nancy at Book Traders, the local used book shop, is happy to oblige, but why do the books she trades him ha | |
710 | CDS Skit Kit II | Skits | 3 - 30 M or F | 1973 | Kehret, Peg | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | The First Appendectomy With Anaesthesia; Heap Big Peace Pow-Wow; Now A Word From Our Sponsor; High School Awards Night; Grand Finale At The Flea Circus; A Visit To Santa Claus; Parents' Night Open House; The Starving Poet; Monkey Shines At The Drama Club; | Fifteen delightfully wacky skits. Require little or no rehearsal--no stage--only simple props. Acting experience not required. Includes 7 scripts | |
2.698 | Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! | Fantasy One Act | 2 M, 3 F, 5 M or F | Oct 2015 | Hatton, Thomas | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 12 minute playing time. A fun spoof of the Aesop fable: What happens when boy shouts "Wolf!" one too many times? Leave it to the sheep to know what to do. In Plays Magazine October 2015. | ||
2.736 | Letter Detective, The | Fantasy One Act | 11 M or F | Oct 2015 | Lambert, Bernadette | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 10 minute playing time. Detective agency searches for missing letters with the help of a creative alphabet. In Plays Magazine October 2015. | ||
2.687 | Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The (Adapted) | Drama One Act | 9 M, 4 F, 2 M or F | Oct 2015 | Wise, Carol D. (Adapted) | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. This adaptation of Wahington Irving's story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman will have audiences on the edge of their seats! In Plays Magazine October 2015. | ||
2.697 | Little Farmer, The | Readers Theatre | 3 M, 4 F, 4 M or F | Oct 2015 | Berger, Bruce | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. Radio Play. Kindhearted but down-on-his-luck pea planter gets an unexpected surprise at the harvest celebration. In Plays Magazine October 2015. | ||
2.675 | Remains | Drama One Act | 2 M | Oct 2015 | Alter, Eric | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 15 minute playing time. Soon-to-become New York police officer gets a surprise visit from his dad's old boss. In Plays Magazine October 2015. | ||
2.686 | Shades Of Death | Drama One Act | 3 M, 5 F | Oct 2015 | Murray, John | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 40 minute playing time. Creepy tale of a spirt searching for his long-lost daughter, visitors to a lonely old inn, and mysterious disappearances ina town with a disturbing name. In Plays Magazine October 2015. | ||
2.674 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Oct 2015 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Remains, Shades of Death, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Adapted), The Little Farmer, Giving up the g/hosts, Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!, The Letter Detective, Job Interview | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See entries 2675, 2686-87, 2697-98, 2736, 3306 and 3394 for details. | |
2.761 | Princess Who? | Fantasy One Act | 16 - 31 M or F | Jul 1905 | Taylor, Brian D. | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 55 minute playing time. It’s a fun-filled, fairy-tale mystery adventure and everyone’s favorite fairy-tale characters are involved! When a girl wakes up in the forest, she has no memory of her past. She can’t remember where’ | ||
717 | Easy Blackouts | Skits | 3 - 30 M or F | 1962 | Various | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Gratitude; The Stars And The Stripes; The Lover's Errand; A La Eugene O'Neill; Polite But Firm; Death; No Connection; Just A Love Nest; Razzberry; Lost And Found; Thursdays; There's One Born Every Minute; Birds Of A Feather; Meat; Her Souvenirs; A Bit Of | A bonanza collection of 18 sketches. Sure-fire laughs in each one, good old fashioned humour, all absurdly easy to produce. Ideal for club gatherings, variety shows, banquets, or parties. | |
718 | Where's There's Smoke | Drama One Act | 6 M, 12 F, 3 M or F | Mar 2012 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. A dramatic retelling of New York's Triangle Shirtwait Factory fire of 1911, which led to sweeping labor reforms and the first female U.S. Secretary of Labor. In Plays Magazine March 2012. | ||
719 | Easy Impromptus | Skits | 3 - 30 M or F | 1964 | Various | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | "And They Get Paid"; Atavism Or Women Are So Brave!; "Big Business"; "Borrowing Bessie"; Chip Off The Old Block; Colossal; "Eye Trouble"; Fire!; Fish Business; A Grave Problem; Next!; Number, Please!; The Old Fight; Partners; The Pay Off; A Perfect Strang | Selection of twenty easy skits. Descriptions included. | |
720 | Easy Sketches Of Famous Men | Skits | 3 - 30 M or F | 1959 | Spamer, Claribel | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Mark Twain; Ben Franklin; Davy Crockett; John Paul Jones; Bill Cody; Henry David Thoreau; Ethan Allen; Abraham Lincoln; Amerigo Vespucci; John Smith; Francis Drake; George Washington; Thomas Edison; Orville and Wilbur Wright; Christopher Columbus; William | 21 sketches for male and female actors. | |
721 | Easy Sketches Of Famous Women | Skits | 3 - 30 M or F | 1960 | Spamer, Claribel | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Martha Washington; Abigail Adams; Clara Barton; Ah-Yo-Ka; Mary Mapes Dodge; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Susan B. Anthony; Julia Ward Howe; Priscilla Alden; Joan Of Arc; Charlotte Bronte; Amelia Earhart; Jane Welsh; Florence Nightingale; Rosa Bonheur; George El | 21 sketches for male and female actors. | |
722 | Head Games | Comedy One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 2011 | Feehan, Brian | Heuer Publishing | High School | No | 15 minute playing time. A dark comedy. A man and woman have a brief encounter on a commuter train when the man becomes obsessed with the back of the woman's head. | ||
723 | Easy Skits, Blackouts And Pantomimes | Skits | Flexible casting | 1981 | Majeski, Bill | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Two Short, One Long; I Object!; Putt! Putt!; Person-In-The-Street Interview; Father And Child Doing Well; Weather-Or Not; Those Good Old Radio Days; Anxious Moments; America's New Quiz Whizzes; Silence, Please; Santa Gets An Off-Season Job; The Great Beyo | Short entertainments for all occasions by various authors with new material by Bill Majeski. | |
724 | Plays By Keyanna Burgher | Collections | Various | 2014 | Burgher, Keyanna | Unpublished | High School | Yes | Him & Her, Snow Globe, Match | Vanier Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 2014, Vanier Collegiate, Moose Jaw (Match) - 2017 | Snow Globe: 2 F. Safe inside the snowy World of their Snow Globe, Charles and Aunt Jane lead an ordinary, charming life. That is, until something in the world outside catches their attention. They must work together, to find a way out, or their lives m |
725 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Mar 2014 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | High-Flying Harriet, Smoke and Mirrors, New Beginnings, A Rich Woman, Brave Princess and gthe Mountain Dweller, A New Look at American History, The Foxy Ladies and the Crows, An Alphabet Story | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School and a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 726, 1035, 1121, 1379, 1622, 1624-5 and 1639 entries for details. | |
726 | High-Flying Harriet | Drama One Act | 7 M, 11 F, 10+ M or F | Mar 2014 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Dramatic scenes form the life of Harriet Quimby - screenwriter, newspaper reporter, and America's first licensed pilot. In Plays Magazine March 2014. | ||
727 | Suu's Quest For Peace | Drama One Act | 5 M, 4 F, 10 M or F, Extras, Flexible casting | Mar 2012 | Rebman, Scarlett N. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Aung San Suu Kyi, Berma's Nobel Prize winner, leads non-violent fight for democracy. In Plays Magazine March 2012. | ||
728 | Perfect | Drama One Act | 2 M, 3 F, 9 M or F | Mar 2012 | Pricone, Steve | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 15 minute playing time. With the help of a story about flowers and a bee, a wise mother teaches her daughter that what's most important is to try your best. In Plays Magazine March 2012. | ||
729 | Instant Fun - Short Comedy Skits | Skits | Flexible casting | 1966 | Various | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | The Box; Picnic Capers; Tonight I Met Harold Klunkenhammer; Beauty Treatment; Man Of The House; The Millionaire, Almost; Danger Ahead; History Or Circumstances?; What's In A Name?; It Could Be You!; Sam La Vere's Ride; The Soggy Saga Of Little Nell | A dozen short comedy skits. | |
730 | Kaleidoscope | Drama One Act | 6 M, 8 F | 1989 | Flynn, Brian | Contemporary Drama Service | High School | No | Scenes - Dropping Out; Drugs; Betrayal; Divorce; Rejection; Bio Project; Hygiene, Kaleidoscope. | Eight slice-of-life scenes about being a teenager presented with humour and pathos. Created improvisationally by an award-winning drama teacher. Cast: 8W, 6M (2 to 5 per skit). About 40 minutes, 2 to 6 minutes per skit. | |
731 | Kindergarten To College | Skits | Flexible casting | 1968 | Clark, I. E. (Edited by) | I. E. Clark Publications, Inc. | High School | Yes | Kindergarten Kapers; Alice And The Queen Of Hearts; Huckleberry Finn's French Lesson; a Trip On A Ship; Mak, The Strife; A Tedius Brief Scene Of Young Pyramus And Thisbe; Petruchio's Proposal-Or, She's Too Rough For Me; Of Clothes And Beaux; A Time To Lau | A selection of scenes and skits (9 in total) for all ages. | |
732 | Mime Time | Skits | Flexible casting | 1987 | Howell, Debbie | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Make-up Artist; Basketball Lesson; Dancing Doll; See How They Run; Runaway Arm; Recycled Gum; Who's Minding The Class?; Movie Matinee | Each skit requires only a chair and two to four mimes, male or female. A Collection of mime skits. | |
733 | Kingsayer | Drama One Act | 4 M, 3 F | 1983 | Wylie, Betty Jane | Playwrights Union Of Canada | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Kingsayer; The Old Woman And The Pedlar | Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton - 2003 | Social Issues drama. Games, songs and sayings summon up the demanding world of childhood and the maturity that threatens it. In Two Plays For Children By Betty Jane Whylie - 2973. |
734 | Old Woman And The Pedlar, The | Drama One Act | 4 M or F, Doubling | 1983 | Wylie, Betty Jane | Playwrights Union Of Canada | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | Kinsayer; The Old Woman And The Pedlar | Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton - 2000 | A group of concerned citizens helps an old woman find her lost identity. The conflict of this drama is based on the nursery rhyme, "Lawk-a-mercy-on-me". 45 minute playing time. In Two Plays For Children By Betty Jane Whylie - 2973. |
735 | Morning Mime Time | Skits | Flexible casting | 1987 | Howell, Debbie | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Morning Paper; Bathroom Disaster; Morning Jogger; Morning Jean Scene; Morning Diet Disquiet; Morning Paint Job; Morning In The Park | A collection of eight slice-of-life mime skits. These humorous sketches are short and easy to perform. Each skit only requires a chair and two to four mimes. Each may be performed in the classroom or onstage. Playing times range from 5 to 10 minutes. | |
736 | On And Off | Skits | Flexible casting | 1974 | Baker, Mary Jeanette | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | Yes | A collection of 57 very short (no more than one page long) sketches for men and women. | ||
737 | Peeps At People | Skits | Flexible casting | 1985 | Franklin, Clay | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | A Pink Surprise; A Dash Of French; Expectant Grandmothers; The Pleasure Of His Company; The Party Is Over; Dinner For Three; When Sisters Meet; The Poetic Touch; If It Tastes Good It's Fattening; Mystery On A Sunday Afternoon; Every Little Movement; Those | A collection of 28 sketches of various characters for men and women. | |
738 | Rap Rhythm Comedy Skits | Skits | Flexible casting | 1988 | Sheeley, Stuart L. | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Cinderella With A Beat; A Rap Rhythm Old Time Melodrama | A pair pf rhyme and mime skits for "on beat" actors; Cinderella with a beat and a rap rhyme old tyme melodrama. | |
739 | Trapped | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 4 F, 4 M or F | Mar 2012 | Wise, Carol D. | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. What happens when seven people including an overlycheerful retired teacher, an obnoxious (and nauseous) kid, a chatty cellphone user, and an odiferous fisherman get stuck in an elevator. In Plays Magazine March 2012. | ||
740 | Mind Over Matt | Full Length | 6 M, 5 F, 5 Extras, Gender Flexible | 2008 | Haan, Scott | Heuer Publishing LLC | High School | No | 90 minute playing time. Two Acts. Ever argue with yourself? Ever said, ?I don?t know what got into me?? This is the story of Matthew Lane. Matt is a successful illustrator with a couple of deadlines and several squabbling inner personalities who do weir | ||
742 | Revue Unique | Skits | Flexible casting | 1964 | Crowder, David Lloyd | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Angela; A Few Last Words; The Phone Callers; Birth Of Some Commercials; Easy Credit; T V Special; Strife Faces Jan; Absolutely Free; Real Life; How To Write For T V | A collection of skits and short plays. "The Phone Callers" features four hilarious mixed up conversations in phone booths. "How to Wright for TV" demonstrates the way in which a script is turned into mayhem and madness. "Birth of Some Commercials" is a f | |
743 | Skits And Spoofs For Young Actors | Skits | Flexible casting | 1977 | Cheatham, Val R. | Eldridge Publishing Company | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Big, Bad Wolf At The Door; Jack, The Beanstalk And Chicken; The Tortoise And The Hare Hit The Road; Meet Dr. Frankenstein; Curses! Foiled Again!; Cinderella Finds Time; the Way-Out Wizard Of Oz; PTA Triumphs Again; Pinocchio In Equal Opportunity Land; Goo | Short, humorous plays, skits, and spoofs - for royalty-free performance - for the amateur stage. | |
2.718 | Ghost Hunt | Drama One Act | 4 M, 6 F, 2 M or F | 2012 | Taylor, Brian D. | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 60 minute playing time. It’s a spooky tale with a surprise ending guaranteed to give your audience goosebumps! A group of seven high school friends decide to spend the night at an abandoned house that is supposedly haunted. Phinn and Joey, who f | ||
745 | Mikiwahp Stories (Tipi Tales) | Drama One Act | Flexible casting | 2001 | Sinclair, Bruce E. | Unpublished | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Mikiwahp Stories (Tipi Tails); Mudo's Story | Waweyekisik Education central, Waterhen - 2001 | 45 minute playing time. Set in the future. |
746 | Snapshots | Comedy One Act | Flexible casting | 1992 | Tudor, Tamara | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | No | Yorkton Regional High School - 1993; Kennedy School - 1993; Eaton School, Eatonia - 1995 and 2003 | A variety show of teen life. A comedy/drama revue from teenage slices of life in seven short sketches. Includes: Dear Diary, The Rumour Mill, What Worries Me Most, Waiting for Glory, Her First Dance, The Cheat, The Tall Girl. These sketches may be used in | |
747 | Superhero Sanitarium | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 F | 2008 | Haan, Scott | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | Davidson High School - 2010 | Lois Lancaster is a big-city journalist writing about the current state of mental health facilities. Her research takes her to a hospital populated with a unique group of quirky inmates who imagine they are crime-fighting superheroes. Speed Freak thinks h | |
748 | Saskatchewan Night Live! | Comedy One Act | Flexible Casting | 2010 | Griffin, Leanne and the Cast | Unpublished | High School | No | Hanley Composite School - 2010, St. Walburg School - 2011 | 50 minute comedy. A parody on "Saturday Night Live." No abstract available. | |
749 | Frumpled Fairy Tales | Comedy One Act | 5 - 18 M or F, Flexible Casting | 1989 | Springer, William J. | Eldridge Publishing Company | High School | No | Dene High School, La Loche - 2010 | Puns and pratfalls abound in this fun, frumpled 35-minute version of three Grimm fairy tales. And with the help of a narrator, the audience can cheer the heroes and boo the villains. In "Rumpelstiltskin," a greedy king, a miller's daughter and a comical c | |
750 | In Reality | Drama One Act | 3 M, 4 F | 2011 | Obrigewitsch, Alyssa | Unpublished | High School | No | Lumsden High School - 2011 | ||
751 | Death Of A Dead Guy | Comedy One Act | 3 M, 3 F | 2002 | Bowman Jr., William L. | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | No | Montmartre School - 2010 | 30 minute playing time. A silly mystery farce. Collette, the ditzy but sneaky maid, finds Reginald Bascombe III at his desk with a knife in his back, dead. Or is he? Mrs. Bascombe is totally upper class nonchalant. Collette tidies up for the authorities | |
752 | Teen Talk | Skits | Flexible casting | 1953 | Ingalls, Joyce R | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | For Girls: A Prize Winner?, The Deb shop, Over The Dishpan, Love--What Is It?, The Right Answer At The Right Time, The "Young" Pro, Take A Rain Check?, Maid Of Honour. For Boys: Date For The Prom?, The White Jacket, Peter The Great, The Tip-Off, The Nig | 16 Character Sketches for Teen-aged Girls and Boys. A wonderful collection of material for that difficult time of life. A wide selection of material for boys and girls, covering a variety of topics. | |
753 | Children Of September | Drama One Act | 1 M, 2 F | Oct 2012 | Alter, Eric | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 20 minute playing time. An emotional conversation beween a girl who lost her father on September 11, 2001, and her psychologiest, Never forget. In Plays Magazine October 2012. | ||
754 | Three Environmental Skits | Skits | Flexible casting | 1992 | Jehn, Judy | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Alice In The Woodland; Help; Be Treementous | An environmental skit collection with non gender skits showing young people what they can do to help preserve nature. Includes: "Alice In The Woodland"- Alice Careless is a litterbug who doesn't know or care where her garbage goes. "Help"- sick and depres | |
755 | Girl Scout's Honor | Drama One Act | 3 M, 11 F | Oct 2012 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 20 minute playing time. History of the Girl Scouts take center stage through the story of its founder, Juliette Gordon Low. In Plays Magazine October 2012. | ||
756 | Thirteen Ghosts Of The Grimme Mine, The | Comedy One Act | 9 M, 8 F | Oct 2012 | Green, Amy | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Playing tricks on the tourists in an old mining town is amusing for a brother and sister until the tables are turned and the joke's on them. In Plays Magazine October 2012. | ||
757 | Queen Of The Mist, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 7 F, 5 M or F | Oct 2012 | Wells, Tracy | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. The amazing story of Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - and live to tell about it! In Plays Magazine October 2012. | ||
758 | Sound Of Cannon, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 2 F, 2 M or F | Oct 2012 | Palmer, Virginai | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. First Lady Dolley Madison displays courage and patriotism in the hours leading up to the burning of Washington during the War of 1812. In Plays Magazine October 2012. | ||
759 | TV Commercials Hall Of Fame #1 | Skits | Flexible casting | 1978 | Majeski, Bill | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Award Winning Public Service Announcement; Roaring Twenties Record Pitch; Award Winning Toy Promotion; Award Winning Public Health Announcement; Award Winning New Product Introduction; Award Winning Booklet Promotion; Award Winning Public Relations Annou | A parody collection of TV commercial take-offs. | |
2.721 | Blabbermouth, The Puff Monster, And The Wolf, The | Fantasy One Act | 6 - 24 M or F, Extras | 2008 | Dorn, Patrick Rainville | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | 60 minute playing time. Three playfully entertaining folk tales are brought to life by a troupe of travelling storytellers in this fast-paced comedy. In “The Blabbermouth,†a clever woodsman devises an ingenious ruse to keep a buried treasur | ||
3.048 | Jump' N' Jive Juliet Piano Score | Musical One Act | 5 M, 4 F, 6 M or F | 2014 | Dissette, Mark | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | High School | No | 60 minute playing time. Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur. This is the piano score for Jump' N' Jive Juliet. | ||
764 | TV-Film Parody Comedy Skit | Skits | Flexible casting | 1990 | Roberts, Donna | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Star Trick; Frankenstein; Gunpowder; Super-Guy | Four hilarious take-offs on movies and TV shows. | |
765 | Who's Afraid Of The Big, Bad Pumpkin? | Fantasy One Act | 3 M, 3 F, 17 M or F | Oct 2012 | Boiko, Claire | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary and Middle Years | Yes | 20 minute playing time. Should the pumpkin be a part of Halloween? Let's hear the witnesses and let the judge and jury decide! A fun play for a large cast. In Plays Magazine October 2012. | ||
766 | TV Show Parody Comedy Kit #3 | Skits | Flexible casting | 1988 | Hamlett, Christina | Meriwether Publishing Ltd. (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
767 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Oct 2012 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Children of September, Girl Scout's Honor, The Thirteen Ghosts of the Gimme Mine, The Queen of the Mist, The Sound of Cannon, Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Pumpkin?, The Emperor's New Clothes (adapted) | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School and a Dramatized Classic for Middle Years. Production Notes Included. See 753, 755-758, 765 and 3346 entries for details. | |
768 | Twenty TV Commercial Comedy Sketches | Skits | Flexible casting | 1988 | Hamlett, Christina | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | High School | Yes | Miami Mice; Cheers, She Wrote; The Silver Girls | Playing time up to 15 minutes. Description of skits included. | |
769 | Then? | Drama One Act | 1 M, 1 F | 1969 | Campton, David | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. | High School | Yes | A Smell Of Burning; Then | A. E. Peacock Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 1989 | Still sitting alone amid a wasteland of nuclear destruction, his head covered by a brown paper bag, Phythick laments the loss of all that was, and could have been. The a girl walks by, her head also covered by a paper bag. They talk; he revealing that h |
770 | You're Someone Special | Skits | 6 M or F | 1990 | Ison, Colleen | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | Middle Years and High School | Yes | Alien Dialog; Feeling Like A Blob; The Voice Inside Your Head; The Self-Esteem Rap | Skit collection about self-esteem. | |
771 | Dancing With Myself | Drama One Act | 7 F | 2013 | Griffin, Leanne | YouthPLAYS | High School | No | 35 - 45 minute playing time. Goth Girl. Moody Chick. Gamer. Cheerleader. New Kid. Jock. Nerd. Seven high school girls and the labels they’ve been forced to wear. But in this innovative, award-winning dramedy, whether it’s sports or a sleepo | ||
772 | Scareville | Comedy One Act | 2+ M, 3+ F, Gender flexible | 2016 | Edwards, Julia | YouthPLAYS | Middle Years and High School | No | 40 - 50 minute playing time. Milo and Clare are afraid…of lots of things. And there's good reason when they find themselves trapped in Scareville one dark, haunted night, surrounded by six-foot spiders, zombies and Dr. Fear himself. Will they end u | ||
773 | Inuk | Fantasy One Act | 5 M, 4 F, 9+ M or F | 2001 | Beissel, Henry | Playwrights Guild of Canada | Middle Years and High School | No | An Inuit boy whose father is killed during a mid-winter hunt goes in search of the sun, finds it imprisoned in an iceberg and finally succeeds in setting it free. | ||
774 | Adult Evening Of Shel Silverstein, An | Collections | Various | 2003 | Silvertein, Shel | Dramatist Play Service Inc. | High School | Yes | One Tennis Shoe, Bus Stop, Going Once, The Best Daddy, The Lifeboat is Sinking, Wash and Dry, Thinking up a New Name for the Act, Buy One, Get One Free, Blind Willie and the Talking Dog | Welcome to the darkly comic world of Shel Silverstein, a world where nothing is as it seems and where the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant. The ten imaginative plays in this collection range widely in content, but the style is un | |
775 | Hopscotch And The 75th | Collections | Various | 1977 | Horovitz, Israel | Dramatist Play Service Inc. | High School | Yes | Hopscotch, The 75th | HOPSCOTCH. A young man and a young woman meet, apparently by chance, in a park playground overlooking Lake Quannapowitt. Their conversation, at first, is casual and impersonalâ€â€like strangers meeting for the first time. But gradually subtle hints e | |
776 | And Do You Have Anything Else? | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1991 | Bard, Margart, Newhouse, Miriam and Messaline, Peter | Simon & Pierre Publishing Co, Ltd. | High School | No | Audition pieces for Canadian plays. | ||
777 | And What Are You Going To Do For Us? | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1984 | Bard, Margaret, Messaline, Peter and Newhouse, Miriam | Simon & Pierre Publishing Co, Ltd. | High School | No | Audition Pieces for Canadian Plays, Second Edition. | ||
778 | Caught In The Act | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1985 | Reay, Corey | Simon & Pierre Publishing Co, Ltd. | High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
779 | Cosmic Sojourn, A | Drama One Act | 4 M, 2 F, 17+ M or F | 2011 | Greuel, Adam and Edwards, Bronwyn | Unpublished | High School | No | Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon - 2011 | Abstract not available. | |
780 | Stealing Christmas | Christmas Collection | 3 M, 3 F | Dec 2011 | Sodaro, Craig | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Petty thieves in the year 1920 rediscover the spriit of the holiday when they encounter a war widow and her young daughter. In Plays Magazine December 2011. | ||
781 | Choices | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1991 | Young Playwrights | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Friendship, love, parents, alcoholism and the trials of growing up are discussed frankly- from the light-hearted to the serious. | ||
782 | Comedies Of Error | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1994 | Hillhouse, Larry | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | High School | Yes | Yorkton Regional High School, Festival '95 | Abstract not available. | |
783 | Daughters | Drama One Act | 6 F | 1986 | Levy, Maya | Baker's Plays | High School | No | Nine honest and upfront monologues for teen actresses. "Daughters" monologues should flow one into the other, without interruption, without announcement, forming a complete play. They include a teenage girl who considers herself nothing but trash, and be | ||
784 | Last Princess, The | Drama One Act | 8 M, 7 F | Dec 2011 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Young Princess Kaiulani fights to protect Hawaii from sugar baron Dole and American takeover in the 1890's. In Plays Magazine December 2011. | ||
785 | Synchronicity | Christmas Collection | 2 M, Flexible casting | Dec 2011 | Weems, Michael | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. A sweet play about two brothers unexpectedly meeting at the tree early Christmas morning and learning they have more in common than they think. In Plays Magazine December 2011. | ||
786 | Drinking In America | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1989 | Bogosian, Eric | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | These 12 monologues were originally performed in New York by the author, but can be played by as many as 12 actors. "Bogosian's gallery of crazy drunks straddles the social gamut, from a wino lying in the gutter ... to a coked up Hollywood talent agent. W | ||
787 | Echoes | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1988 | McBride, Vaughn | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | Yes | Vaughn McBride is a superior playwright who has worked for years with the Actors Theatre of Louisville and as a teacher and mentor to young playwrights with the Walden Theatre in Louisville. This talent and these experiences have combined in this unique w | ||
788 | Everybody's Laughing | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1966 | McMahon, Bernice | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Material used for TV stand up comics. | ||
789 | For Women: Monologues They Haven't Heard | Monologues | 1 F | 1987 | Pomerance, Susan | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | How many times have you needed a fresh, contemporary, relevant speech to deliver and have had to resort to a tired warhorse? And how about those all important auditions? Face it, casting directors are bored stiff sitting through those "proven" monologues | ||
790 | He Who Laughs - Lasts | Monologues | 1 M | 1972 | Brown, Mary | Heuer Publishing | High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
791 | High School Monologues They Haven't Heard | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1989 | Karshner, Mary | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
792 | Ladies - One, Two, Three | Monologues | 1 F | 1957 | Morris, T.B. | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
793 | Modern Monologues For Young People | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1963 | Murray, John | Plays, Inc. | High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
794 | Ultimate Monologue Book For Middle School Actors Volume 1, The | Monologues | 1 M or F | 2003 | Dabrowski, Kristen | Smith and Kraus Book | Middle Years | No | This book contains 111 one minute monolgues for boys and girls perfect for middle years students. | ||
795 | Most Massive Woman Wins, The | Comedy One Act | 4 F | 2009 | George, Madeleine | Playscripts, Inc. | High School | No | Swift Current Comprehensive High School - 2012 | 40 minutes playing time. Challenging, brutal and hilarious, four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. The women reveal their experiences dealing with their weight | |
796 | Monologues For Kids | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1987 | Roddy, Ruth Mae | Dramaline Publications | Middle Years | Yes | A collection of fresh speeches for the younger set addressing subjects closest to their hearts as well as contemporary issues. Each monologue is an ideal shorter duration, written as children speak, and presented in readable type and spacing. | ||
797 | Monologues For Teenagers | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1991 | Karshner, Roger | Dramaline Publications | High School | Yes | Collection of monologues for young women and young men. Dramaline monologues are ideal durations, embrace contemporary subjects, have definite points of view, are written in today's speech, and have beginnings, middles and ends. They are presented in la | ||
798 | Dickens Of A Twist, A | Comedy One Act | 4 M, 5 F, Extras | Nov 2011 | Hamlett, Christina | Sterlling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. All you need is love, in this romantic comedy set in the Big Apple. In Plays Magazine November 2011. | ||
799 | Lady Wore Pants!, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 11 F | Nov 2011 | Sodaro, Criag | Sterlling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Highlights from the llife of Mary Walker, America's second female physician - and the only female recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor - who fought discrimination throughout her life. In Plays Magazine November 2011. | ||
800 | Kindness | Drama One Act | 8 M or F | Nov 2011 | Stone, Kevin | Sterlling Partners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 10 minute playing time. A harried group of students bump into an act of kindness. In Plays Magazine November 2011. | ||
801 | More Monologues They Haven't Heard | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1995 | Karshner, Roger | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | This selection of monoluges are of ideal duration, embace contemporary subjects, have defintie points of view, are written in today's speech, and have beginnings, middles and ends. | ||
802 | Most Beautiful Rock, The | Drama One Act | 5 M, 1 F | Nov 2011 | Alter, Eric | Sterlling Partners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 25 minute playing time. A soldier's gripping, emotional story of love and loss in Afghanistan. In Plays Magazine November 2011. | ||
803 | More Monologues From The Classics | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1988 | Karshner, R. (Edited by) | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
804 | Perfect Piece: Monologues From Canadian Plays, The | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1990 | Various | Playwrights Union of Canada | High School | No | Abstract not available. | ||
806 | Shakespeare's Monologues They Haven't Heard | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1987 | Maag, Edith B. (Edited by) | Dramaline Publications | High School | Yes | Lesser known comedic and dramatic speeches from the works of William Shakespeare for both men and women. | ||
807 | Shakespeare's Monologues They Haven't Heard | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1990 | Dotterer, Dick | Dramaline Publications | High School | Yes | More lesser known comedic and dramatic speeches from the works of William Shakespeare for both men and women. | ||
808 | Short And Sweet | Collections | 6 M or F | 1984 | Taggart, Tom | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Macbeth a la Mode, The hero, When Mother's Meet, Morning of a Private Eye, The Midnight ride of Tex O'Coco, The Gross Story Conference, Two in the Balcony, Follow Simple Directions, Oily to Rise, The Poet Speaks, Boy Meets Girl in Washington | Monologues, Sketches, Blackouts and Burlesques. Here is a wealth of comedy material now made abailable for local stage shows and television. They may be produced separately or together in the form of a variety show. | |
809 | Creative Writing And Other Love Songs | Drama One Act | 4 M, 3 F, 1 M or F, Extras | Nov 2011 | Andrukonis, Jim | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Ryan jumps to conclusion about his abilities before considering all the facts. In Plays Magazine November 2011. | ||
810 | Solo! Best Monologues Of The 80's, The (Men) | Monologues | 1 M | 1987 | Earley, Michael and Keil, Philippa | Applause Theatre Book Publishers | High School | Yes | This collection of 75 solo speeches and performance pieces for actors has been selected from the finest material being written today for theatre in America and England. All selections include acting notes along with the quick and easy guide to the art of | ||
811 | Solo! The Best Monologues Of The 80's (Women) | Monologues | 1 F | 1987 | Earley, Michael and Keil, Philippa | Applause Theatre Book Publishers | High School | Yes | This collection of 75 solo speeches and performance pieces for actors has been selected from the finest material being written today for theatre in America and England. All selections include acting notes along with the quick and easy guide to the art of | ||
812 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Nov 2011 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | The Most Beautiful Rock, A Dickens of a Twist, Treasure Island, The Lady Wore Pants!, Hassle in the Castle, Kindness, Creative Writing and Other Love Songs, Every Day is Thanksgiving | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for Middle Years and High School. Production Notes included. See entries 802, 798, 3429, 799, 3821, 800, 809, 3802 for details. | |
813 | Sometimes I Wake Up In The Middle Of The Night | Full Length | 10 - 20 M or F | 1986 | Walden Theatre Conservatory | The Dramatic Publishing Company | High School | No | North Battleford Comprehensive High School - 1999 | In the middle of the night, our unexpressed hopes, needs and fears can possess us, and there are times when all of us lie awake in the dark, feeling vulnerable and alone. The young playwrights from the Walden Theatre Conservatory have explored these profo | |
3.948 | Stopping At Ellis Island | Drama One Act | 4 M, 4 F | 2013 | Hischak, Thomas | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | No | Vibank Regional School - 2016 | 30 minute playing time. In a room on Ellis Island in 1906, seven newly-arrived immigrants have been singled out by the authorities and told to wait. These detainees from Italy, Ireland, Norway and Russia are fearful of being rejected and sent back to Eu | |
3.649 | Mary Bowser: Union Spy | Drama One Act | 3 M, 4 F | January/February 2016 | Wise Montgomery, Tara | Sterling Patners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Wrapped up in their own prejudices, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family never consider their house servant is a master spy for the Union Army. In Plays Magazine January/February 2016. | ||
3.718 | Orphan Girl | Drama One Act | 2 M, 7 F | January/February 2016 | Sodaro, Craig | Sterling Patners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 25 minute playing time. Young girl shpped to a new home in the midwest proves she's avaluable additoin to her new family. In Plays Magazine January/February 2016. | ||
3.749 | You're Such A Heel, Achilles | Drama One Act | 2 M, 2 F, 9 M or F | January/February 2016 | Fisher, Brock L. | Sterling Patners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 15 minute playing time. Modern-day retelling of the Greek myth. The team would have won if it weren't for the star player's weak heel! In Plays Magazine January/February 2016. | ||
3.840 | King's Valentine Tarts, The | Fantasy One Act | 4 M, 5 F | January/February 2016 | Watts, Frances B. | Sterling Patners, Inc. | Elementary | Yes | 15 minute playing time. There's a crisis in the royal kitchen when the King jumps to conclusions about the new baker--formerlyh a chimney sweep! In Plays Magazine January/February 2016. | ||
3.587 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | January/February 2016 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementry, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Quilters, Bind Up The Nation's Wounds, The Daughter Of The Regiment, Mary Bowser:Union Spy, Orphan Girl, You're Such A Hell, Achilles, The King's Valentine Tarts, Barnyard Valentine | Includes plays for Elementary, Middle Years and High School, plus a Dramatized Classic for High School. Production Notes Included. See 3173, 3593, 3640, 3649, 3718, 3749, 3826 and 3840, for details. | |
3.593 | Quilters | Drama One Act | 3 M, 9 F | January/February 2016 | Palmer, Kathleen | Sterling Patners, Inc. | Middle Years and High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Early American women find a unique way to provide maps to guide runaway slaves to freedome. In Plays Magazine January/February 2016. | ||
3.640 | Daughter Of The Regiment, The | Drama One Act | 4 M, 3 F, 2 Mor F, 15+ Extras | January/February 2016 | Martin, Jesse (Adapted by) | Sterling Patners, Inc. | High School | Yes | 30 minute playing time. Will Marie, raised by a regiment of soldiers, followher heart or marry the nobleman her newly discovered relative demands? Base on the opera "La Fille du Regiment" by Gaetano Donizetti. In Plays Magazine January/February 2016. | ||
817 | Talking With... | Full Length | 11 F | 1983 | Martin, Jane | Concord Theatricals | High School | No | 60-70 minute playing time. The play is composed of eleven ten-minute monologues, each featuring a different woman who talks about her life. The play includes the pieces, "Fifteen Minutes," "Scraps," "Clear Glass Marbles," "Audition," "Rodeo," "Twirler," | ||
818 | Limbo | Drama One Act | 6 M, 7 F | 1984 | McDonough, Jerome | I. E. Clark Publications | High School | No | Warman High School - 2012 | 35 minute playing time. Jerome McDonough offers a new idea: Suzanne and Hal are driving to work in heavy traffic. Suddenly they find themselves in a dingy room. Mrs. Braunig is fumbling for her key. Denise is telephoning. In a flash they are in the same | |
819 | Ten Practice Monologues For Stand-Up Comedians | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1981 | Majeski, Bill | Meriwether Publishing Ltd (CDS) | High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
820 | Theatrefolk's Monologue Collection | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1999 | Price, Lindsay | Theatrefolk | High School | Yes | Abstract not available. | ||
821 | Thursday Is My Day For Cleaning | Monologues | 1F | 1984 | Crittenden, Jordan | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | No | A housewife on the verge of a nervous breakdown shoots her vacuum cleaner and phones the police to turn herself in, but she is interrupted by a deaf mute vacuum cleaner repairman at the door. Notes are exchanged through the mail slot. The encounter is ful | ||
822 | Two Minutes To Shine | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1989 | Sackett, Pamela | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | For contemporary material that requires honesty, timing, and detail, check out TWO MINUTES TO SHINE. - Bonnie Cohen, acting instructor, Cornish College of the Arts. These monologues, which are solidly crafted, varied and engaging to work on, are definitel | ||
3.047 | Jump' N' Jive Juliet Director's Book | Musical One Act | 5 M, 4 F, 6 M or F | 2014 | Dissette, Mark | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. | High School | No | 60 minute playing time. Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur. This is the Director's Book that includes forms and tools usefule for the production of this musical. Join the high-flyin’ fun of the post-war 1940s with exuberant jitterbug, boogie-woogi | ||
824 | Two Minutes To Shine: Book II | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1990 | Sackett, Pamela | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | Ms. Sackett's monologues speak with a voice alternatively hilarious and quite touching. The audience was rapt and entertained. - Michael Weaver, host, Elliott Bay Book Company's International Reading Series. | ||
825 | Two Minutes To Shine: Book III | Monologues | 1 M or F | 1993 | Sackett, Pamela | Samuel French, Inc. | High School | Yes | I used your monologue in my very first audition and won the role! - Carole Frickle. One of the most active monologues I've ever worked on. Not having a pre-conceived idea of a character with a known play was very freeing. I have had more positive feedback | ||
826 | Voices From The High School | Drama One Act | 10+ M or F, Flexible casting | 1982 | Dee, Peter | Baker's Plays | High School | Yes | Canora Composite High School -1990, Vanier Collegiate, Moose Jaw - 1992 | Too many high school actors perform works unrelated to their age or their needs or experience. Their work is often forced to be "clever" rather than honest and meaningful. Finding this artistically unproductive, Baker's commissioned New York's Circle Rep | |
827 | Couple Of Right Smart Fellers, A | Comedy One Act | 4 M | Dec 2011 | Olfson, Lewy | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Middle Years | Yes | 12 minute playing time. Subtle humor rules the day as country boys outsmart city clickers in the clever, fun-filled play. In Plays Magazine December 2011. | ||
828 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | Dec 2011 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc. | Elementary, Middle Years and High School | Yes | Stealing Christmas, The Last Princess, Synchronicity, All I Want For Christmas is a Friend, Squeaknibble's Christmas, Pedro de Urdemalas, A Couple of Right Smart Fellers, Christmas Chriss Cross, Jo's Sacrifice | Includes plays for High School, Middle Years and Elementary, and a Dramatized Classic for Elementary and Middle Years. Production Notes Included. See 780, 784-785, 827, 3326, 3986, 3797, 4056-4057 for more information. | |
829 | Wet Paint | Comedy One Act | 1 M | 1980 | Hogan, Frank X. | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc | High School | No | 30 minute playing time. An aspiring actor weighs the benefits of his paying job - painting houses - against his life in the theatre. | ||
830 | Plays, The Drama Magazine | Drama Mags | Various | May 2012 | Various | Sterling Partners, Inc.< |