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SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

First Scene: “Innocence and Panic” The action opens with an at-home interview. The happy couple Johan and Marianne are interviewed as “the ideal couple” for a ladies magazine. At a dinner party…

Cast 3 male 6 female

SCHOOL OF NIGHT, THE

On May 30th, 1593, Christopher Marlowe was killed in a brawl . . . or was he? In the company of Thomas Kyd, Sir Walter Ralegh and the mysterious Tom Stone, Marlowe sets about writing his finest poem while…

Cast 8 male 2 female

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SEAT IN THE PARK, A

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 3 male 5 female

SECONDARY CAUSE OF DEATH

From the author of Murdered to Death comes the eagerly-anticipated sequel. It's now 1939, and storm clouds are gathering over Europe. Having inherited Bagshot House, Colonel Charles Craddock has converted…

Cast 3 male 6 female

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SECRET GARDEN, THE

When Mary Lennox is orphaned while living in India, she comes to live at her uncle’s manor house on the Yorkshire moors, finding it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one…

Cast 9 male 4 female

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SECRET TENT, THE

A young wife who has been missing and presumed murdered returns home - physically unharmed but obviously having suffered a traumatic experience - only to find that her husband's feelings for her have…

Cast 3 male 4 female

SEE IF I CARE

One act comedy by Cherry Vooght, part of a collection of short plays in the volume entitled A SEAT IN THE PARK.

Cast 5 female

SEEDS OF DOUBT

From the author of Out Of Focus and Murdered to Death, the play is set in the garden of Alan and Claire's suburban house. Alan attempts to tend his vegetable plot, but his peace of mind is lumbered not…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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SELF CATERING - A SHORT HISTORY OF THE…

A plane loaded with holiday-makers crash lands on a deserted island, somewhere en route to Majorca. The five survivors are forced not only to come to terms with the disaster, but also deal with the prospects…

Cast 2 male 3 female

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SENSE OF GUILT, A

A plane loaded with holiday-makers crash lands on a deserted island, somewhere en route to Majorca. The five survivors are forced not only to come to terms with the disaster, but also deal with the prospects…

Cast 3 male 5 female

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SEVEN YEAR TWITCH

Fran arranges a dinner party and cooks an aubergine parmigiana. Her husband Terry fails to turn up because he is searching for a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in Norfolk. This is the last straw in their seven…

Cast 3 male 4 female

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SEVENTH SWAN, THE

This play has grown around the theme of Hans Christian Andersen's The Wild Swans. The youngest swan, grown up and transformed once more into a man, is still left with a swan's wing. Could he ever feel…

SHADOW BETWEEN, THE

A small Yorkshire town in the late 1950s has resented the arrival of a young parson from London, full of new ideas of religious faith. His only successful 'convert' has been a young orphan, ostracised…

Cast 3 male 4 female

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SHAKERS

Every town has its local trendy cocktail bar where everyone wants to be seen, from the local check-out girls to the chinless wonders, from the yuppies to the local lads tittering at the thought of a `long…

Cast 4 female

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SHAKESPEARE COUNTRY

The play is set on Midsummer's Eve in present day Stratford upon Avon. American Country and Western singer Billy Shake has arrived in town looking for the connection which will authenticate his claim…

Cast 6 male 5 female

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SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN

Take a gambler with debts and a pregnant wife. Take a parson with a pregnant wife who has mislaid £200 of church money. Take a bookie, also with a pregnant wife who is about to collect the gambler's…

Cast 7 male 4 female

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SHOP AT SLY CORNER, THE

After a crime-riddled past, Descius Heiss settles in London and to all appearances is a respectable gentleman. His chief aim is to provide happiness and security for his gifted daughter Margaret, who…

Cast 6 male 4 female

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SILHOUETTE

Part of a collection of seven short plays originally commissioned by London’s Tricycle Theatre to stimulate discussion and debate on the on-going situation in Darfur. SILHOUETTE shows a female refugee…

Cast 2 female

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SIMPLE SPYMEN

Two street musicians are dragged into the War Office for causing a disturbance of the peace in Whitehall. Unwittingly they utter a phrase which is the secret password for the day, and are mistaken for…

Cast 10 male 1 female

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION

Winner of the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Play and inspired by a true story, the play follows the trail of a young con man who infiltrates the lives of wealthy New Yorkers. Arriving at the home of Ouisa…

Cast 13 male 4 female

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SLEEP NO MORE

This new supernatural thriller is set in a theatre that has been closed for sixty years following the accidental death of a child during rehearsals for Murder by Poison, a Victorian thriller. Now Micky,…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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SLEEPING BEAUTY (Wakefield/Edgar)

The Sleeping Beauty, widely regarded as one of the most delightful fairy tales ever written, is a truly magical story of adventure, music, romance and fun. Share the adventures of the beautiful Princess…

Cast 5 male 5 female

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SLEIGHED TO DEATH

1930s England, it's Christmas Eve in the manor house of the bumbling aristocrat, Sir Walton Gates and his wife Grace. His daughter Emma from a previous marriage arrives from town with her new companion…

Cast 4 male 4 female

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SLIM CHANCE

Jean, the branch organiser of a slimming club is frustrated, as usual, by the late arrival of her charges. Even when the motley collection of members have assembled, it is clear that the slimming aspect…

Cast 8 female

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SNOW QUEEN, THE (Wakefield/Edgar)

Originally commissioned by the Merlin Theatre, Frome, with book by Colin Wakefield, music and lyrics by Kate Edgar, The Snow Queen is a large-cast show following Gerda's advantures as she attempts…

Cast 12 male 6 female

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SNOW QUEEN, THE (Webster)

Peter Webster's new adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's winter tale is now available and published in a volume alongside his sparkling adaptations of Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk.

Cast 6 male 9 female

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SOMETHING BLUE

It's going to be the Wedding of the Year - money is no object and the Minster in Beverley has been booked for over a year. Vera, the groom's mum, has everything under control, but what no one could have…

Cast 1 male 4 female

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SOMETHING TO HIDE

This most ingenious thriller concerns an author who finds that his wife (who is also his publisher) has run over his mistress in a car and killed her. They agree to dispose of the body and the rest of…

Cast 3 male 4 female

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SPIRIT LEVEL

When famous crime writer Jack Cameron and his wife Susie drown in a boating accident, they are refused entry into heaven – Jack is a card-carrying atheist – so they return to haunt the country cottage…

Cast 3 male 4 female

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STILL LIFE (Molnar)

A very short one-act play for three characters first produced in Budapest in 1925. An actor and actress, though in love, are jealous of each other, which leads to arguments, comedy, recriminations - and…

Cast 3 male 2 female

STILL LIFE (Vooght)

Short comedy for three women, part of the collection of plays entitled A SEAT IN THE PARK.

Cast 3 female

STONE CAGE, THE

Those of us familiar with the plight of Rapunzel will recognise the basic plot of this play for youngsters with imagination. We meet a procession of wildly improbable characters such as Tomlyn the cat,…

STONE COLD MURDER

Newlyweds Robert and Olivia Chappell have bought a small hotel in the English Lake District, and at the end of their first season they settle down with a drink in front of a warm fire. But their evening…

Cast 3 male 1 female

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STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS

Twists and counter-twists maintain suspense at high level in this complex new thriller. When Bernard discovers to his great surprise that his wife Linda has a penchant for collecting diamonds, a mysterious…

Cast 3 male 3 female

STUDS

The Eston Bank Hotel are only one of hundreds of teams playing Sunday League football, but the passion and desire is as strong as any Premiership team and winning the County Cup is everything. Managed…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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SUNSPOTS

Still single and living at home in his mid-thirties, Tom inherits his father’s telescope along with his passion for stargazing. But between studying constellations, a beautiful woman sunbathing on a…

Cast 2 male 3 female

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SWALLOWING DARK, THE

Canaan thought he’d left a violent and dangerous past behind when he and his son arrived from Zimbabwe, until new case worker Martha decides to re-examine his refugee status and he’s forced to fight…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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SWAN, THE

The first play Molnár wrote after the First World War is an elegant satire on the 'affaires de coeur' of the minor nobility of Central Europe, where the proud and lovely swan Alexandra, not knowing which…

Cast 7 male 4 female