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NEW RELEASES
| Title: | August: Osage County |
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| Author: | Tracy Letts | |
| Characters: | 7F 6M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, August: Osage County a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest - and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. Single copy only available to hire from library. Also available to purchase through Theatrebooks. |
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| Title: | Australian Marriage Act |
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| Author: | Marcia Ferguson | |
| Characters: | 2F 1M | |
| Play Type: | One-act Play | |
| Synopsis: | Inspired by real-life events, Australian Marriage Act tells the story of sixteen-year-old Victoria seeking permission to marry her 22-year-old fiancé Rod. When she is refused permission from both her parents and the courts, she takes her case to the Supreme Court. In the course of the hearing, the couple discover they are pregnant and - to secure their future - they buy into several media contracts.
Australian Marriage Act is a frank, humorous and moving account of a young couple’s fight for love. Exploring sexual relationships and the age of consent, personal identity, discrimination, privacy and the law, Australian Marriage Act is bold, original and raw theatre. 3 characters play approx. 20 characters. Single copy only available to hire. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | Deckchairs 4 |
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| Author: | Jean McConnell | |
| Characters: | 2 | |
| Play Type: | One-act Collection | |
| Synopsis: | This is Jean McConnell’s fourth volume of Deckchairs plays, each with a cast of two women and requiring only a simple setting. Two are comedies, two dramas, and all display Jean McConnell’s keen-eyed view of human nature and of the foibles and fancies of women in particular.
Full set available for hire. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | Payback |
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| Author: | Barbara Rose | |
| Characters: | 2F 6M | |
| Play Type: | One Act Comedy | |
| Synopsis: | NEW AUSTRALIAN ONE-ACT PLAY.
When Fingers and his gang kidnapped Annabelle Bradley, they thought it would be easy getting her wealthy husband to pay the ransom.The were wrong! And when Annabelle turns the tables on both Fingers and her husband, the fun really starts! Full production set available for members to hire. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | Three Oaks |
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| Author: | Monica Raszewski | |
| Characters: | 4F 1M | |
| Play Type: | One Act Play | |
| Synopsis: | Inspired by writer Monica Raszewski's discovery of letters and notes from an artist's estate, Three Oaks explores the notion of piecing together a life when a person dies. Using a combination of text, music and physical theatre the play takes a journey through the life of Janek, a Polish artist who leaves his young family. Years later, his daughter Margaret seeks to write his biography and by speaking with the women in his life, attempts to piece together her own heritage. In doing so, she stirs old resentments and painful memories.
Published with Chrysalis by Dina Ross. Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 1-2 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | Aalst |
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| Author: | Duncan McLean from original texts by Pol Heyvaert & Dimitri Verhulst | |
| Characters: | 1F 1M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | The play is based on real events from the Belgian town of Aalst in 1999 where the ensuing high profile and dramatic trial led to much soul-searching in the Belgian media.
A young couple check into a hotel with their two small children. A week passes before the police make a chilling discovery. In 2005 Belgian theatre company, Victoria, dramatised the case, working from source material including statements and interviews, TV footage of the trial and a documentary on the murder investigation. Produced in theatres and festivals across Europe, Aalst has built a reputation as a powerful and complex piece of modern theatre which raises disturbing questions that have no easy answer. Single copy only available to hire. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | Chrysalis |
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| Author: | Dina Ross | |
| Characters: | 2F 1M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Drama | |
| Synopsis: | Annie is on trial for the murder of her three babies. Expert witness Professor Lawrence Taylor is convinced Annie is guilty. But is she?
The first Australian play to tackle Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Chrysalis is inspired by high-profile cases in Australia and the UK, where women were erroneously convicted of murdering their infants. Part psychological drama, part poignant investigation into guilt, obsession and the nature of parenting, Chrysalis approaches big issues in a compelling voice. Published with Three Oaks by Monica Raszewski Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 1-2 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | Dying City |
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| Author: | Christopher Shinn | |
| Characters: | 1F 1M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | In Christopher Shinn’s new play Dying City, a young therapist, Kelly, whose husband Craig was killed while on military duty in Iraq, is confronted a year later by his identical twin Peter, who suspects that Craig’s death was not accidental. Set in a spare downtown-Manhattan apartment after dark, scenes shift from the confrontation between Peter and Kelly, to Kelly’s complicated farewell with her husband Craig. Shinn’s creepy, sophisticated drama—infused with references to 9/11 and the war in Iraq—explores how contemporary politics and recent history have transformed the lives of these three characters.
Single copy available to hire to members. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | The Female of the Species |
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| Author: | Joanna Murray-Smith | |
| Characters: | 3F 3M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Comedy | |
| Synopsis: | Margot Mason, celebrated feminist, academic, mother and author of best-seller 'The Cerebral Vagina', has never had any problems with inspiring adulation. As she sits in her country home,struggling with a deadline, in walks Molly Rivers, student, idealist and daughter of one of Margot's biggest fans. Initially flattered, Margot is less pleased when Molly handcuffs her to her desk and threatens to kill her.
This deliciously funny farce looks at the fallout for the fans when our celebrated heroes change their mind. Full set available for hire. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | The House in Town |
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| Author: | Richard Greenberg | |
| Characters: | 2F 3M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | The time is New Year’s Eve, 1929. In an elegant New York brownstone on "Millionaire’s Row" (West 23rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues), Sam Hammer, a Jewish department store tycoon and his non-Jewish wife, Amy, bid their last few guests farewell with a parting wish:"A better year ahead." But, as that pivotal year begins, the shadow of the enormous London Terrace apartment complex under construction looms over their home. The shadow also portends Wall Street’s impending collapse, and the growing strain upon the Hammer’s marriage. Though Amy and Sam seem devoted to each other, their marriage has been childless, leading to a "what’s-the-point" abandonment of sexual relations. The looming Great Depression is likely to put a crimp in the lavish lifestyle of the Hammers and their friends - just as the rapidly rising giant London Terrace apartments across the street is about to rob their house of much of its light.
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found |
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| Author: | Fin Kennedy | |
| Characters: | 2F 3M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | What makes you who you are? A name? An address? A random collection of experiences, a few memories?.....You are who you can prove you are. You are what people think. And that's the easiest thing in the world to change.
When a young executive reaches breaking point and decides to disappear, he pays a visit to a master of the craft in a seafront fortune teller's in Southend. Haunted by visitations from a pathologist who swears he is already lying flat out on her slab, he begins a nightmarish journey to the edge of existence that sees him stripped of everything that made him who he was. This extraordinary play follows one man's desperate attempts to buck the system. Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | Love Song |
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| Author: | John Kolvenbach | |
| Characters: | 2F 2M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Comedy | |
| Synopsis: | Beane is an exile from life - an oddball. His well-meaning sister Joan and brother-in-law Harry try to make time for him in their busy lives, but no one can get through. Following a burglary on his apartment, Joan is baffled to find her brother blissfully happy, and tries to unravel the story behind Beane's mysterious new love Molly...
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | Pete and Dud: Come Again |
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| Author: | Chris Bartlett and Nick Awde | |
| Characters: | 5M (2 of the actors play up to 20 roles) | |
| Play Type: | Full length Comedy | |
| Synopsis: | Presents the tale of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, one of Britain''s finest comedy double-acts. This is a bittersweet comedy bringing to life the comic genius and flawed relationship of Moore and Cook.
Following his Oscar nomination for 'Arthur', Moore returns home to appear on a primetime chat show. Through flashbacks and sketches the tale of the volatile comedy team is told, beginning at the beginning with 'Beyond the Fringe.' Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | The Seed |
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| Author: | Kate Mulvany | |
| Characters: | 1F 2M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | A compelling, tightly-woven and thrilling exploration of a very real family and the repercussions of war.
Meet Rose Maloney. Her dad Danny went to Vietnam. Her grandfather Brian is ex-IRA. Today is their collective birthday. From this intimate reunion, The Seed opens itself up over and over again until a silent family battle becomes a national story about finding new life amongst the rubble of old wars. This play has a very special kind of honesty and humour to it which sorts the great lies we buy into from the reality we live through. ‘Kate Mulvany’s story, her play about her story and her performance in her play are extraordinarily powerful and moving. This is an important work that deserves a long life.’ John McCallum, Australian 'The Seed is probably the best new Australian theatre work of 2007' Diana Simmonds, Stage Noise '[A] terrific play of family, war, lies and inter-generational cause and effect ...' Stephen Dunne, SMH '... a beautiful work from a burgeoning writer that shines a pure light on war' Nicholas Pickard, The Daily Telegraph Winner of the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Independent Production Single copy only available to hire for members. |
NEW RELEASES
| Title: | The Six-Days World |
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| Author: | Elizabeth Kuti | |
| Characters: | 3F 3M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | An emotionally involving family play that evokes the poignancy and the poison of the festive season - from the award-winning writer of The Sugar Wife.
A small town in the south east of England. Eddie returns home for a peaceful family Christmas for the first time in many years. But neither he nor his parents can forget or forgive themselves for the death of their other son, Richard, and the unanswered questions that surround it. But not for much longer - it seems that Richard had secrets that are about to erupt into their lives. Dormant conflicts begin to surface as Eddie's family are confronted with the ghosts of Christmases past - along with some unwelcome revelations about the present. Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Chatroom |
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| Author: | Enda Walsh | |
| Characters: | 3F 3M | |
| Play Type: | One-act Play | |
| Synopsis: | The six teenage characters in CHATROOM never meet each other, they just communicate via the internet; conversations range in subject from Britney Spears to Willy Wonka to suicide. Jim is depressed and talks of ending his life and Eva and William decide to do their utmost to persuade him to carry out his threat. From this chilling premise Enda Walsh has forged a funny, compelling and uplifting play which tackles some of the issues of teenage life head-on and with great understanding. NB There is some strong language.
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Mere Mortals: Six One-Act Comedies |
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| Author: | David Ives | |
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| Play Type: | One-Act Play Collection Comedy | |
| Synopsis: | This critically acclaimed evening of comedies combines satire, wit, hilarity and intellect - a winning combination. The entire evening of plays can be performed with 3 men and 3 women.
THE STORIES: Act One: In FOREPLAY OR: THE ART OF THE FUGUE, we find Chuck, a self-styled Don Juan, and his girlfriend on a date at the miniature golf course. When they move to the second hole, a slightly older Chuck II appears with another date. Finally, Chuck III, now in his late thirties, arrives with a young date. His latest date doesn't get his jokes, and worse, she's beating him at golf. (3 men, 3 women.) MERE MORTALS eavesdrops on a lunch hour on a girder 50 stories over the street, as three construction workers share increasingly amazing secrets of their past. (3 men.) In TIME FLIES, two lonely but sweet young mayflies meet at a pond and really hit it off. Unfortunately, Horace and May watch a nature program on this first night out and discover they have a lifespan of only one day - and their lives are half over. (2 men, 1 woman.) Act Two: SPEED-THE-PLAY is a crash-course send-up of David Mamet, presenting the complete works of the master of scatological dialogue in just under eight, male-bonding minutes. (3 men, 3 women.) In DR. FRITZ, Vaudeville reigns as an American tourist in pain seeks medical help from a wacky souvenir seller named Maria who channels an even wackier German surgeon named Dr. Ringsvwandl. The comedy steps up when the doctor recommends an operation. (1 man, 1 woman.) DEGAS C'EST MOI. A man wakes up one morning and decides to be the French artist Degas. The best place to do that is in New York City where he encounters all that makes great art. (3 men, 3 women, flexible casting). Full set available for hire. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Animal Farm |
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| Author: | George Orwell, adapted by Peter Hall | |
| Characters: | Large mixed cast | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | This is a powerful, fast-moving dramatisation of George Orwell's classic satire, Animal Farm. The script is fresh, funny and immensely enjoyable without in any way jeopardising the savagery of the original novel. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Brassed Off |
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| Author: | Paul Allen from the screenplay by Mark Herman | |
| Characters: | 5F 7M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | Adapted for the stage by Paul Allen from Mark Herman's film.
Grimley Colliery is set to close as the accountants say there's more money in it shut than open, even after redundancy payments. It means 1200 job losses, a dying town and the loss of its brass band. But under the leadership of Danny, coughing with coal-dusted lungs, the band is somehow transformed into British champions with local lass Gloria whipping up the money needed to get them to the Albert Hall. Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | The Return |
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| Author: | Reg Cribb | |
| Characters: | 2F 3M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | A thug and his junior partner in crime take a late night train from Perth to Fremantle, menacing passengers along the way. For an hour they own the train. Riding the uneasy line between comedy and terror, The Return is a tautly-written study in peer pressure, anxiety and suppressed violence in a social class which is often silenced. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Festen |
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| Author: | David Eldridge, from the film by Vinterberg, Rokov & Hansen | |
| Characters: | 4F 9M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Drama | |
| Synopsis: | Helge is sixty. It is a time for celebration. A time for family to gather and smooth over the cracks left by the suicide of Linda, twin sister to Christian. As Helge's eldest son, Christian will raise the first toast. Confined within the family house, the guests are rocked by the revelations that pierce and destroy the veneer of middle-class respectability.
Single copy available to hire to members. |
PLAYS
| Title: | The Guys |
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| Author: | Anne Nelson | |
| Characters: | 1F 1M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | Paralyzed by grief and unable to put his thoughts into words, Nick, a fire captain, seeks out the help of a writer to compose eulogies for the colleagues and friends he lost in the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001. As Joan, an editor by trade, draws Nick out about "the guys," powerful profiles emerge, revealing vivid personalities and the substance and meaning that lie beneath the surface of seemingly unremarkable people. As the individual talents and enthusiasms of the people within the small firehouse community are realized, we come to understand the uniqueness and value of what each person has to contribute. And Nick and Joan, two people who under normal circumstances never would have met, jump the well-defined tracks of their own lives, and so learn about themselves, about life, and about the healing power of human connection, through talking about the guys. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Stuff Happens |
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| Author: | David Hare | |
| Characters: | 5F 40M (doubling possible) | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | A totally compelling play that ruthlessly exposes the dubious premises on which the Iraq war was fought . . . One comes out enriched, informed and moved by Hare's ability to turn recent politics into historical drama.' Guardian
'A masterly piece of political theatre, offering a fascinating insight into the processes of high power in our ominous post-9/11 world . . . the must-see drama of the year.' Daily Telegraph 'Theatrical history is made with David Hare's riveting political documentary, a lucid scrutiny of flimsy moves and dodgy politicians.' Evening Standard Single copy only available for hire to members. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Heroes |
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| Author: | Gerald Sibleyras translated by Tom Stoppard | |
| Characters: | 3M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | One must strive a little for the epic, old boy.
It's 1959 and Philippe, Gustave and Henri, three veterans from the first world war, dream of making their escape from the soldiers' home, if not to Indochina then at least as far as the poplar trees on the hill. Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Hitchcock Blonde |
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| Author: | Terry Johnson | |
| Characters: | 2F 3M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | A media lecturer and his female protégé find some deteriorated Hitchcock footage. It would appear they had discovered some early rushes but what film were they for and who is the mysterious blonde?
Hitchcock Blonde is not a play about Alfred Hitchcock, though he may make a cameo appearance. Of the less familiar characters, one is likely to amuse, the other will behave appallingly in a theatrical film noir of genius, lust, death and voyeuristic obsession. Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Inspector Drake's Last Case |
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| Author: | David Tristram | |
| Characters: | 5F 7M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Comedy Thriller | |
| Synopsis: | Standby for the ultimate Agatha Christie spoof, as Inspector Drake, ably hampered by Sergeant Plod, interviews a colourful confusion of characters. There's Guest the butler, Cook the gardener, Gardner the cook, Butler the guest, and another butler called Shofer.
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Moonlight and Magnolias |
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| Author: | Ron Hutchinson | |
| Characters: | 1F 3M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Comedy | |
| Synopsis: | 1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down produc-tion of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Full production set available mid-September. |
PLAYS
| Title: | The Paris Letter |
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| Author: | Jon Robin Baitz | |
| Characters: | 1F with doubling 5M with doubling | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | Wall Street powerhouse Sandy Sonnenberg finds his personal and professional life threatened by the unraveling secrets of his past. A tragic game of financial and moral betrayal is played out over four decades and between two friends at the cost of family, friendship, love and marriage.
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Plays Volume 1 |
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| Author: | Sue Townsend | |
| Characters: | ||
| Play Type: | Full length Collection | |
| Synopsis: | A collection of plays by Sue Townsend, including 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole' adapted from the novel, 'Womberang', set in the waiting-room of a gynaecology clinic, 'Bazaar & Rummage' about a community jumble sale, 'Groping for Words', and 'The Great Celestial Cow', about Indian immigrants.
Full set available for hire. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Rabbit Hole |
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| Author: | David Lindsay-Abaire | |
| Characters: | 3F 2M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. RABBIT HOLE charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day.
Full production set available to hire. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Rock 'n' Roll |
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| Author: | Tom Stoppard | |
| Characters: | 5F 6M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | Tom Stoppard's provocative new play spans the recent history of Czechoslovakia between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution - but from the double perspective of Prague, where a rock 'n' roll band came to symbolise resistance to the regime, and the British left, represented by a Communist philosopher at Cambridge.
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | Suspicions |
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| Author: | N J Crisp | |
| Characters: | 2F 2M + 1 unseen | |
| Play Type: | Full length Mystery/Suspense | |
| Synopsis: | Suspense and drama ensure that this fast-paced thriller will keep the audience captivated to the final curtain. One evening in October Bill, an airline pilot, announces to his friend and lover, Lucy, that he and his wife, Kate, have decided to separate. The future looks rosy until Lucy's husband, Tom, arrives and begins to plant seeds of suspicion in Lucy's mind concerning Kate's sudden disappearance. Suddenly the large chest freezer and Kate's abandoned car gain significance until Kate's flamboyant entrance throws Tom's theory of Bill being a murderer to the wind. However as the accusations fly and recriminations grow Tom's speculation turns rapidly into actuality.
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
PLAYS
| Title: | The Underpants |
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| Author: | Carl Stenheim, adapted by Steve Martin | |
| Characters: | 1F 5M | |
| Play Type: | Full length Comedy | |
| Synopsis: | Theobald Maske has an unusual problem: his wife's underpants won't stay on. One Sunday morning they fall to her ankles right in the middle of town -- a public scandal! Mortified, Theo swears to keep her at home until she can find some less unruly undies. Amid this chaos he's trying to rent a room in their flat. The prospective lodgers have some underlying surprises of their own.
In Underpants, Steve Martin brings his comic genius and sophisticated literary style to Carl Sternheim's classic 1910 farce. His hilarious new version was staged by Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, and opened in March '02 on Off-Broadway to critical acclaim. Single copy only available at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks to order for a production set. |
CHILDREN'S PLAYS
| Title: | Six Ensemble Plays for Young Actors |
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| Author: | ed. Paul Roseby | |
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| Play Type: | One-Act Play Collection | |
| Synopsis: | Six Ensemble Plays for Young Actors, published to coincide with YPPT International Conference in Liverpool (Capital of Culture) July 2008, will appeal to a wide and varied audience for young people’s work within the age range 11—25 years old.
Hattie Naylor’s The Odyssey, is an ambitious adaptation that will challenge and appeal to young actors. Fin Kennedy’s East End Tales, offers a series of innovative and adaptable monologues portraying life in the east end of London. The Playground, by Kay Adshead, explores the innocent and imaginative world of a school playground. John Retallack’s Sweetpeter, deals with the issue of slavery in a lyrical, mythical way combining verse and music. Kevin Fegan’s Wan2tlk, is a fast-paced, lively and streetwise play that deals with many issues including split families, peer pressure, crime, love and communication. Mike Bartlett’s Stuff I Buried in a Small Town, is a traditional, naturalistic play that deals with a wide variety of issues in a convincing and authentic way. |
CHILDREN'S PLAYS
| Title: | Bad Girls |
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| Author: | Jacqueline Wilson adapted for the stage by Vicky Ireland | |
| Characters: | 7F + extras 3M + extras | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | An energetic, fast-moving adaptation for the stage of this modern children's classic, by the best-selling author and 2005 Children's Laureate. Mandy's been picked on at school for as long as she can remember. That's why she is delighted when cheeky, daring, full-of-fun Tanya picks her as a friend. Mum isn't happy - she thinks Tanya's a 'bad girl' and a bad influence. Mandy's sure Tanya can only get her out of trouble, not into it. But can she?This edition comes with production notes indicating how the play can be staged even with minimal resources - plus a lot of ingenuity! |
CHILDREN'S PLAYS
| Title: | The BFG: Plays for Children |
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| Author: | Roald Dahl adapted by David Wood | |
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| Play Type: | Short plays or full length Collection | |
| Synopsis: | 7 short plays to read and perform seperately or together as one play. With notes on simple staging, props and costumes, these plays can be produced with the minimum of experience and resources.
Contains: The Snatching of Sophie Sophie in Giant Country Snozzcumber and Frobscottle Dream-Catching and Dream-Watching Sophie and the Queen Breakfast at Buckingham Palace The Gunzleswiping of the Giants Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
CHILDREN'S PLAYS
| Title: | Fantastic Mr Fox |
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| Author: | Roald Dahl adapted by Sally Reid | |
| Characters: | Large mixed cast | |
| Play Type: | Mid-length Play in 8 scenes | |
| Synopsis: | The adventures of clever, handsome Mr Fox and the three nasty farmers, Boggis, Bunce and Bean! This excellent adaptation of Roald Dahl's best-selling story tells you everything you need to know to stage the play. Whether you want to be as mean as farmer Bean or as heroic as Mr Fox, here is your chance to bring these wonderful characters to life, in any way you choose.
Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
CHILDREN'S PLAYS
| Title: | The Tram to Bondi Beach |
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| Author: | Libby Hathorn and J. Andrew Johnstone | |
| Characters: | Large mixed cast | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | Set in 1932 against the magical backdrop of Bondi Beach, in the year the Sydney Harbour Bridge opens, the days of Phar Lap and Charles Kingsford Smith, Keiran a boy from Bondi hopes to help his family survive the depression.
Hurtling towards the beach one morning in the famous Bondi 'Rattler', Keiran is inspired to become a paper boy on the Bondi trams. No sooner does his dream begin to take shape than it is threatened by Saxon, the chief paper boy. Tensions build as their rivalry grows and culminates in a dramatic climax with unexpected results. Can dreams really come true? Keiran’s quest is to find out. |
CHILDREN'S PLAYS
| Title: | His Dark Materials |
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| Author: | Nicholas Wright based on the novels of Philip Pullman | |
| Characters: | Large mixed cast | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play (fantasy) | |
| Synopsis: | A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre.
'Nicholas Wright... has risen to the challenge with brilliance' Mail on Sunday His Dark Materials takes us on a thrilling journey through worlds familiar and unknown. For Lyra and Will, its two central characters, it's a coming of age and a transforming spiritual experience. Their great quest demands a savage struggle against the most dangerous of enemies. They encounter fantastical creatures in parallel worlds - rebellious angels, soul-eating spectres, child-catching Gobblers and the armoured bears and witch-clans of the Arctic. Finally, before reaching, perhaps, the republic of heaven, they must visit the land of the dead. '"Unstageable" was the first reaction of the National Theatre's artistic director, Nicholas Hytner, to the idea of dramatising His Dark Materials. But last night's opening has triumphantly proved him wrong' Sunday Times 'Children's theatre of an uncommon maturity and ambition... dazzling in just the right way... moments of heart-stopping simplicity' Independent 'The hottest ticket in town long before press day... Book to see it next Christmas' Financial Times Note to performers: although conceived for a theatre with rich resources, this adaptation can also be staged in imaginative ways without the aid of sophisticated technology. Single copy only available to hire at this stage. Please allow 4-6 weeks if a full set is required for production. |
CHILDREN'S PLAYS
| Title: | The Jungle Play |
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| Author: | Rudyard Kipling | |
| Characters: | Large mixed cast | |
| Play Type: | Full length Play | |
| Synopsis: | Based on the classic, celebrated Jungle Books, and including songs, poems and sketches, Rudyard Kipling's newly discovered play follows the fortunes of Mowgli the man-cub. After being rescued from the hungry clutches of Shere Khan, the lame tiger, Mowgli is adopted by the wolf-pack. But as Shere Khan's power over the Jungle increases, Mowgli is exiled to the human village, although he vows to return and kill the tiger. Through Dulia, a young girl, he learns the strength of love, which he believes can unite the different and conflicting worlds of animals and people. |
