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PAR FOR THE COURSE

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

Cast 3 male 3 female

Script available

PARAGON, THE

by Pertwee, Roland

Full length drama by Roland and Michael Pertwee.

Cast 4 male 4 female

PENNY BLUE

by Brooks, Vanessa

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

Cast 3 male 3 female

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PERFECT MURDER, THE

by James, Peter

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

Cast 3 male 2 female

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PETER PANTO

by Webster, Peter

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

Cast 5 male 4 female

Script available

PICTURE OF AUTUMN, A

by Hunter, N C

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

Cast 6 male 4 female

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PIECE OF CAKE, A

by Bennett, Lucy

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

Cast 3 male 2 female

Script available

PIED PIPER, THE

by Webster, Peter

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

Cast 8 male 8 female

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PIGS EAR

by Cullen, Andrew

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

Cast 5 male 5 female

Script available

PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX

by Pertwee, Roland

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

Cast 4 male 5 female

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PINOCCHIO

by Edgar, Kate

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

Cast 4 male 2 female

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PLAY READING, THE

by Honey, Joan

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

Cast 6 female

PLAY'S THE THING, THE

by Molnar, Ferenc

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

Cast 9 male 1 female

PLAYING AWAY

by Sykes, Chris

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

Cast 2 male 1 female

Script available

PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY, THE

by Taylor, Samuel

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

Cast 5 male 2 female

PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY, THE

by Vooght, Cherry

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

Cast 1 male 1 female

POOL OF BETHESDA, THE

by Cubitt, Allan

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

Cast 5 male 4 female

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POOR MRS PEPYS

by Brooks, Vanessa

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

Cast 6 male 4 female

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PRELUDE

by Agnew, F.E.M.

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

Cast 6 female

PRESIDENT (ONE, TWO, THREE)

by Molnar, Ferenc

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

Cast 18 male 6 female

PRICE, THE

by Miller, Arthur

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

Cast 3 male 1 female

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

by Ligatt, James

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

Cast 5 male 6 female

PRINCESS AND THE SWINEHERD, THE

by Gray, Nicholas Stuart

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

Cast 4 male 6 female

PRINCIPIA SCRIPTORIAE

by Nelson, Richard

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

Cast 8 male

Script available

PROLOGUE TO KING LEAR

by Molnar, Ferenc

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

Cast 10 male 1 female

PUSS IN BOOTS (Wakefield/Edgar)

by Wakefield, Colin

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

Cast 4 male 2 female

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PVT WARS (Full length version)

by McLure, James

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

Cast 3 male

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PVT WARS (One Act version)

by McLure, James

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

Cast 3 male

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PAR FOR THE COURSE

PARAGON, THE

PENNY BLUE

PERFECT MURDER, THE

PETER PANTO

PICTURE OF AUTUMN, A

PIECE OF CAKE, A

PIED PIPER, THE

PIGS EAR

PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX

PINOCCHIO

PLAY READING, THE

PLAY'S THE THING, THE

PLAYING AWAY

PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY, THE

PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY, THE

POOL OF BETHESDA, THE

POOR MRS PEPYS

PRELUDE

PRESIDENT (ONE, TWO, THREE)

PRICE, THE

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

PRINCESS AND THE SWINEHERD, THE

PRINCIPIA SCRIPTORIAE

PROLOGUE TO KING LEAR

PUSS IN BOOTS (Wakefield/Edgar)

PVT WARS (Full length version)

PVT WARS (One Act version)