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A PUBLIC MISCHIEF

Temporarily disenchanted with her husband Nicholas, Bridget is persuaded into running away with Mark. But Mark has expectations from a rich, fearsome aunt and cannot afford scandal, so arranges for Bridget's disappearance to look like a bathing accident. At first,…

Cast 4 male 4 female

AND THIS WAS ODD

by Horne, Kenneth

The plot of this unusual comedy centres around a mother's astonishing discovery that the effect of a prescribed sleeping draught is to make her mind and spirit slip away from her body. She uses this 'gift' to solve many of…

Cast 3 male 6 female

CHILDREN'S HOUR, THE

by Hellman, Lillian

Martha Dobie and Karen Wright are both highly respected women, and together they successfully run a boarding school for girls. Despite their efforts over the years, their reputations are instantly torn to shreds when a troublesome and malicious pupil starts…

Cast 2 male 14 female

Script available

DAY BY THE SEA, A

by Hunter, N C

Genteel drama by N C Hunter, revived in London at the Finborough Theatre during 2008.

Cast 6 male 4 female

DON'T ROCK THE BOAT

by Hawdon, Robin

The peaceful waters of the Thames get decidedly choppy in the latest play from the author of The Mating Game and Revenge, when brash self made property developer Arthur Bullhead decides to cement the deal of a lifetime. He invites…

Cast 2 male 4 female

Script available

GOD AND STEPHEN HAWKING

by Hawdon, Robin

Robin Hawdon's unique and innovative play examines the extraordinary life and career of the author of the international best-seller "A Brief History of Time". In a brilliant theatrical tour de force, God appears as not only himself but in the…

Cast 2 male 2 female

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GOLF UMBRELLA, THE

by Home, William Douglas

Robert, a failing playwright, is inspired to write his next play on the theme on adultery. Having read the first draft, his wife Susan claims his seduction scene lacks realism and Robert admits that he has had no experience whatsoever…

Cast 2 male 2 female

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LADY MISLAID, A

by Horne, Kenneth

Two unmarried sisters have rented an isolated country house in search of peace and quiet to aid the younger sister's recovery from a recent nervous breakdown. They have hardly arrived before the police come and start digging in the garden…

Cast 3 male 4 female

LITTLE FOXES, THE

by Hellman, Lillian

Picture a traditionally graceful and charming house in the American deep South at the turn of the century. Into this peaceful scene bring the prosperous but grasping Hubbard family - Ben, possessive and scheming; Oscar, cruel and arrogant; Ben's son…

Cast 6 male 4 female

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M. BUTTERFLY

by Hwang, David Henry

A brilliant theatrical tour de force which is drawn from real life events involving the strange tale of Rene Gallimard, a French diplomat posted to Beijing who carried on a twenty year relationship with Song Liling, a Chinese opera star,…

Cast 7 male 3 female

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MATING GAME, THE

by Hawdon, Robin

The hugely successful and attractive chat show host Draycott Harris has a problem...he has no luck with women. Draycott enlists the help of his long-lost, worldly-wise brother to assist him in the pursuit of his new, sexy PR girl, Honey…

Cast 2 male 3 female

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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, which is much…

Cast 6 male 4 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, who claims to be…

Cast 6 female

REVENGE

by Hawdon, Robin

Bill Crayshaw, MP, returns from an overseas business trip to his smart Westminster flat to learn of the death of his party agent in a car crash. Mary Stanwyck arrives, a journalist intent on learning his reaction to the news,…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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TWO DOZEN RED ROSES

by Horne, Kenneth

Alberto Verani is outraged when his wife announces she wants to go on holiday with a girlfriend in order to escape him and the domestic routine of their marriage. He is not convinced when she claims it will bring the…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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WATERS OF THE MOON

by Hunter, N C

The dull routine of a modest and shabby private hotel in the West Country is broken by the arrival of unexpected and exciting guests whose car breaks down nearby. Helen Lancaster, a vivacious and attractive woman, together with her husband…

Cast 4 male 6 female

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS

by Hyem, Jill

Three women of a ‘certain age’ gravitate to Paris. There’s Nancy, a retired headmistress determined to throw off the shackles; Anna, recently widowed – and free – after years of nursing a sick husband; and Raquel, a divorcee in search…

Cast 1 male 4 female

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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

by Hart, Moss

At first the Sycamore family seem quite mad, but it is not long before we realise that if they are mad, the rest of the world is even madder. In contrast to the Sycamores are the stuffy and snobbish Kirbys.…

Cast 9 male 7 female

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A PUBLIC MISCHIEF

AND THIS WAS ODD

CHILDREN'S HOUR, THE

DAY BY THE SEA, A

DON'T ROCK THE BOAT

GOD AND STEPHEN HAWKING

GOLF UMBRELLA, THE

LADY MISLAID, A

LITTLE FOXES, THE

M. BUTTERFLY

MATING GAME, THE

PICTURE OF AUTUMN, A

PLAY READING, THE

REVENGE

TWO DOZEN RED ROSES

WATERS OF THE MOON

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU