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HALFWAY UP THE TREE

After some years of army service in the Malayan jungle, General Sir Mallalieu Fitzbuttress returns home to face a series of domestic crises. His son Robert who has been sent down from Oxford, has become…

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HANSEL AND GRETEL

Adapted from the Brothers’ Grimm tale, Colin Wakefield and Kate Edgar magically bring the enchanted forest to life with an evocative score, colourful costumes and memorable characters – including…

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HARVEY

One of the longest running comedies in Broadway and West End history, Harvey has endeared generations of audiences with the relationship of the amiable Elwood P Dowd and his best friend, the 6'1" tall…

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HEALTHY GRAVE, A

Robert and Hilary Travers, a childless married couple in their seventies, have had careers around the world as academics, but in retirement their horizons have shrunk to a small cottage in the Cotswolds.…

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HEAVEN CAN WAIT

Take a trip back in time to 3rd February 1959, and the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. The Winter Dance Party featuring Buddy Holy, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens is just ending and the boys leave…

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HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY LOVE

An intensely dramatic study of the unredeemed loves of a mother and daughter for the same young man, for different reasons and with tragically different consequences, that takes its title from a painting…

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HERBAL BED, THE

The latest play from the author of The School of Night and The Bright and Bold Design is based on actual events which occurred in Stratford upon Avon in the summer of 1613, when William Shakespeare’s…

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HIMSELF

The last of a dying breed, Christie Cameron has spent a lifetime touring the counties of Ireland as an actor-manager in the time-honoured tradition. When Christie sets off on a short lecture of American…

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HOLY GHOSTLY

An early short play from Sam Shepard written in 1969 involving the confrontation of a father with his son.

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HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE

This exciting new adaptation was a special commission to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's thrilling masterpiece. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances,…

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HOUSE, THE

The Redmonds have an unusual relationship – with their dream home. With the kids now raised, it’s finally time to move on. They don’t, though, want to just sell the place. They want to entrust it…

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HOW LONG IS NEVER? - DARFUR A RESPONSE

After Rwanda the world said never again. These seven short plays, originally commissioned and produced by the Tricycle Theatre London, explore the nature of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Many…

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HOW TO BE HAPPY

We all want to be happy. We all know what it feels like. But what if it keeps slipping through our fingers? Paul is a former happiness guru. As a young man he wrote self-help books and appeared on the…

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HUNTERS AND THE HENWIFE, THE

When a young and headstrong nobleman takes his two blundering servants for an evenings' hunting on Unicorn Mountain, they get more game than they bargained for. The Henwife, with all her good magic, cannot…

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HYPOTHERMIA

Oskar lives in the state hospital in Andernach, Germany. Although a patient, he helps Dr Erich by keeping the other patients in order, joking with the staff, singing opera and tending to a fine collection…

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I WANT THAT HAIR

Jane Thornton's plays include Shakers (with John Godber), Amid the Standing Corn, Back to the Walls, Handle with Care, Catwalk, Cut 'n' Dried and the stage adaptations of Dracula (also with John Godber)…

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ICARUS' MOTHER

Over the course of an afternoon, a pleasant, lazy picnic trnasforms into a menacing apocalypse.

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IDP

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. In IDP, a mother refuses to acknowledge…

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IMPERIAL FIZZ

A seemingly carefree high-society couple swill cocktails and exchange witty banter and pointed barbs as they sing and dance to melodies transmitting from a classic RCA radio in their swanky art deco apartment.…

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IMPERIAL NIGHTINGALE, THE

Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Nightingale" has been magically woven onto the stage. The tyrannical Emperor is under threat from the treacherous warlord, Red Dragon. When the Nightingale appears with…

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INHERIT THE WIND

Based on the true events of the famous 'Scopes Monkey Trial' in 1930's America, a small town schoolteacher is arrested when it is discovered that he is teaching his pupils the theory of evolution. He…

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INTENT TO MURDER

Within minutes of the opening of this play, we are plunged into the middle of an explosive situation. Janet Preston, a well-known authoress who lives alone in a remote cottage on the Yorkshire Moors,…

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IT MUST HAVE BEEN MURDER

Another ingenious thriller from the author of Strictly for the Birds. This is a tale of murder, straightforward in that one's interest lies in wondering who will succeed and how. There are a number of…

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IT'S NEVER TOO LATE

What happens when your husband leaves for a younger woman? How do you kick-start your life when you've never had to work? How do you cope with the realisation that time is not on your side? Susan Shaw…

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IT'S NOW OR NEVER!

The hilarious sequel to the author's Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! is set in a Spanish villa where Tom Weals, an Elvis fanatic, and Alice, his fiancee, have arrived in preparation for their long-awaited…

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JACK & THE BEANSTALK (Denys & Harris)

"The two Chrises have become to Pantomime what the Two Ronnies were to Television Light Entertainment". "A Christmas cracker full of beans" [The Stage & Television Today] "The show creates an air of genuine…

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Wakefield &…

Jack and the Beanstalk combines all the classic elements of this popular panto: dotty Dame Trot, and her son Jack, who sells their precious cow Clarabelle for a bag of beans; the magical transformation…

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Webster)

Peter Webster's award-winning adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk is now available in a single volume including Cinderella and The Snow Queen.

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JOVIAL CREW, A

Written in 1641, A JOVIAL CREW was the last play to be performed before the outbreak of the English Civil War and the deep devisions within English society form a distinctive backdrop for Stephen Jeffreys'…

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JUMP TO COW HEAVEN

Set in December 1966, Jump to Cow Heaven is a gripping triumph of tension and suspense, the winner of the Fringe First Award for best new play at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival. In a small basement flat…

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KEEPING TOM NICE

Tom is approaching his twenty fifth birthday. He is severely handicapped and in spite of growing intervention from the social services he has lived in the care of his parents Doug and Winnie and sister…

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KICK IN THE BAUBLES

"Executed with panache, A Kick in the Baubles might just jingle your bells" ~ The Times It's another peaceful Christmas in the Bauble household, but chestnuts aren't roasting on an open fire. And although…

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KICKING A DEAD HORSE

The play begins with a man alone in a desert landscape digging a grave. Hobart Struther's horse has just dropped dead. He stands there in the vast open desert trying to figure out what to do about his…

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KING'S SPEECH, THE

Based on the Academy Award-winning film starring Colin Firth, this is the story of how King George VI overcame his fear of public speaking through the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue…

KISSING SID JAMES

An hilarious adult comedy of fumbling passion. Eddie's an aspiring stationery salesman with a flash car and a moustache he adores. Crystal's a croupier with a bit of a thing for Sean Connery. Together…

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LADIES IN RETIREMENT

Based on a famous murder which actually took place at the end of the last century and set in the 1880s, this play has become one of the most successful and most frequently performed in the modern repertoire.…

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LADY MISLAID, A

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…

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LAST OF THE DUTY FREE

Thirty years after the disastrous antics in the original Duty Free, Eric Chappell has reunited the couples at the Hotel San Remo in Marbella once again in another hugely entertaining adventure!…

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LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE

In this new stage adaptation of the timeless television series, Foggy, Clegg and Compo are reunited for one last adventure. Foggy has designs on winning the affections of Constance, Nora Batty’s niece…

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LAUNDRY AND BOURBON

Conceived as a companion piece to precede Lone Star with which it constitutes a full evening of theatre, this play can also be equally effective presented independently. The action centres on the discontent…

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LAWYER, THE

Molnár’s first theatrical success, The Lawyer is a fast-paced comedy from 1902 with a plot-line whose twists and turns are more like hairpin bends, while pricking bubbles of ambition and self-importance…

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LET'S BE FRIENDS

A play about a group of women who are going through their final minutes of preparation and rehearsal before going on the air on a radio programme. Hilarious fun and thoroughly recommended.

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LET'S PRETEND

The hotel Nova Paradise may have seen better days, but it’s still a home away from home for the long-stay British pensioners wintering in Majorca. For one couple, the victims of a plundered pension…

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LIFE AND TIMES OF YOUNG BOB SCALLION,…

Bob Scallion is a survivor. From a humble start and an early brush with the law, young Bob sets out on a course of betterment on his way to seeking his fame and fortune. But when faced with life's many…

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LIGHT OF DAY, THE

From the author of A State of Affairs comes a provocative and insightful exploration of marriage as it is shaped by independence and individualism in the modern world. After seventeen years of marriage,…

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LILIOM

First presented in 1909 and initially a failure in Budapest, Liliom was hailed in New York in 1920 as one of the rare events of theatredom: a play that gripped the mind and the heart. It is now perhaps…

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LITTLE FOXES, THE

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…

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LITTLE GREEN SHOOTS

The latest play from the author of A Seat in the Park is located among the garden-like environment of the Eden Grove Allotment. For nearly fifty it has provided a welcome respite from the stresses and…

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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (Wakefield/Edgar)

NARRATOR (M): Troubadour. Story-teller. Also plays the WOODCUTTER. GRANNY (F): Eccentric and independent, but easily flattered. (Not a panto Dame). MOTHER (F): Hardworking, loving, exasperated. Single…

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LIVE BED SHOW, THE

From the co-author of An Evening With Gary Lineker comes this hilarious boy meets girl tale for the over-30’s. Seen in the West End starring Paul Merton and Caroline Quentin, Live Bed Show finds one…

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LIVER BIRDS, THE

Following on from the huge success of the television series, The Liver Birds is the amusing story of Sandra and Beryl, adapted for the stage. Living together in a Merseyside apartment, the girls pursue…

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LONE STAR

The story takes place in the cluttered backyard of a small town Texas bar. Roy, a brawny, macho type who had once been a local high school hero, is back in town after a hitch in Vietnam, and trying to…

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LONELY HEARTS

A sparkling tale of romance and relationships from the author of OFF OUT. From school discos to Rita and Bernie's wedding day, LONELY HEARTS spans twenty years in the lives of Rita and Bernie, and their…

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LOOK BEHIND YOU

This tragicomic panto-within-a-play is set over the holiday period at a crumbling provincial theatre, chronicling both the on and off stage lives of the cast and crew of a repertory production of Dick…

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LOSING THE PLOT

When Jack Munroe’s life is turned upside down by changes at the school where he teaches art, he turns his back on the world – he walks out on his job, his wife Sally and two university-bound teenagers…

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LOST

It’s the first day of Scarborough’s summer season and Tom and Chelsea have holiday jobs at the Court Hotel. They love their work – they could watch it all day, especially guests Len and Betty whose…

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LOST & FOUND

New from the co-authors of SHAKERS, Jane Thornton's LOST and John Godber's FOUND are available in one volume - see separate entries under each title for full descriptions.

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LOVE AFFAIR

A deliciously light and very funny version of the highly successful Paris comedy Coup de Soleil set in Paris in the spring of 1925. During a recent UK tour, Sian Phillips starred as Valentine Matignon,…

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LOVE ME SLENDER

"Remember girls - not slim for today. Not slim for tomorrow. But slim for life!" With these words, Siobhan, the 'Achiever of the Year' inspires her hopeful new recruits in the Slim for Life dieting club.…

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LOVE OF FOUR COLONELS, THE

An adult fairy tale, where four colonels representing America, France, Russia and England are taken to a magical castle by two fairies, one wicked, the other good. At the castle they discover The Sleeping…

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LUCKY ONES, THE

It's the 1960s in Hampstead, London. Bruno and Anna Mosenthal, Anna's brother Leo and his wife Ottilie are awaiting the arrival of a potential buyer for their jointly-owned country cottage. Leo is keen…

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M. BUTTERFLY

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…

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MAGNIFICENT MR. BOOTH, THE

Switching between the 1950s and the present day, this play re-enacts the romantic adventures of a Tory MP, Gerald Gray, with a fatal weakness for the 'fairer' sex. While the house in which these adventures…

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MAN, THE

When kindly old Mrs. Gillis, who lives alone in a large house on the outskirts of town, takes in a friendless and semingly helpless young man who has come looking for work and who reminds her of the son…

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MANY MEN'S WIFE

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. In MANY MEN'S WIFE, three men vie…

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MARRAKECH

The mid-life crisis strikes Walter and Vivien when Walter announces his intentions to rebel against his house husband existence in London and leave for Marrakech to write a book - alone. Walter's plans…

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MATILDA LIAR!

From the author of the award-winning The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband and the BT Biennial play Nasty Neighbours comes this fable for adults about Matilda, a compulsive liar who tells so many lies that…

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MATING GAME, THE

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…

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MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, THE

Out of the poignant loneliness of adolescence and the strange bond between black and white in the American south of the 1940s, Carson McCullers fashioned one of the most beautiful plays of a generation…

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MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS, A

This is the shorter of two plays which were produced on Broadway under the generic title of A View from the Bridge. a one-act fragment about people who work in an automobile parts warehouse in the early…

Cast 12 male 2 female

MIMA (THE RED MILL)

A modern morality play, showing the devastating effect that ingenious manipulation and programming can have on any of us, but at the very last moment affirming the “speck of diamond” of basic integrity…

Cast 10 male 5 female

MISCONCEPTIONS

World premiere: April 2002 as a co-production between Derby Playhouse and Salisbury Playhouse. A new comedy about sex, infertility and DIY artificial insemination! After years of attempting to conceive…

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MISSING BELIEVED MARRIED

Diana Roberts, an attractive heiress, has lost her memory. All she recalls is falling in love with a sailor, marrying him at sea and losing him in the port of Cape Town. She can no longer remember his…

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MONKEY'S UNCLE

Monkey’s Uncle examines the mayhem caused when our animal instincts come into conflict with our civilised veneers. Monkey’s Uncle begins with the great farceur Georges Feydeau struggling to cope –…

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MORRIS, THE

It’s a sunny day in Prestatyn for the End of Season Championships . . . Our Lady All Angels’ Morris Dancing Troupe are fluffing up their shakers, whitening their pumps and sizing up the competition.…

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MOTHER CHRISTMAS

Christmas past, Christmas present and Christmas future are all very familiar. But in the hands of a dysfunctional family intent on throwing annual fancy dress parties on Christmas Eve under the watchful…

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MOTHER GOOSE (Denys/Harris)

"Traditional family entertainment at its best .. would put many an expensive movie blockbuster to shame" [Bath Evening Chronicle] "Denys and Harris conjure up all that's best in traditional Pantomime…

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MOTHER GOOSE (Wakefield/Edgar)

Follow the adventures of Mother Goose and Cilla the magic goose! The wicked squire and the demoness hatch a plan to kidnap poor Cilla for her golden eggs. Their plans are thwarted when Mother Goose, her…

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MOVE OVER MRS MARKHAM

Philip Markham, a publisher of children's books, is asked by his business partner, Henry Lodge, if he can borrow the flat for the evening to gallivant with his latest girlfriend. As Philip and his wife…

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MUDDY COWS

Scarfield Ladies Rugby Union FC have a tough time attracting enough members to turn out a full team most weeks, despite the best efforts of their captain Maggie. Forced to use tyres and oil drums for…

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MUMBO JUMBO

Joint-winner of the 1985 Mobil Playwriting Competition and premiered at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, this play recently enjoyed a highly successful run at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Set…

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MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE

Thriller.

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MURDERED TO DEATH

From the author of Out of Focus comes this hilarious spoof of the best Agatha Christie traditions, with an assembled cast of characters guaranteed to delight: Bunting the butler, an English Colonel with…

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MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940, THE

The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious 'Stage Door Slasher') assemble for a backer's audition at an isolated country mansion.…

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MY DOG'S GOT NO NOSE

My Dog's Got No Nose takes us on a journey through the events surrounding a stand-up comedian’s first ever performance. Before picking up his microphone and venturing into the limelight, he…

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MY GIDDY AUNT

Set in Lady Eppingham's house in India, this play has all the superb comedy that one would expect from the masters of farce, plus a good measure of thrills. The eccentric but aristocratic Lady Eppingham…

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NAKED TRUTH, THE

When five very different women sign up for Gabby’s pole dancing class at the local village hall, none of them have any idea what lies ahead – each of them have their own reasons for taking up pole…

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NASTY NEIGHBOURS

A terrifically thrilling black comedy examining the stresses and strains of modern life in the 1990’s, Nasty Neighbours bursts into life following the emigration of Mr and Mrs Peach’s neighbours the…

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NATIVITY

This version of the Nativity story was a special commission by Birmingham Repertory Theatre for their Millennium celebrations, and as the curtain rises on the engagement party for Mary and Joseph it's…

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NEW ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE

We’re delighted to announce the publication of the latest title from one of the true masters of the pantomime, Norman Robbins! Norman’s pantomimes have been delighting the nation for over fifty years…

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NEW CLOTHES FOR THE EMPEROR

The kingdom of Christendom is under the influence of a terrible curse - everybody will remain incredibly stupid and vague until the stolen prince is returned. Two likeable rogues Perkin and Piers are…

Cast 9 male 4 female

NEW LAMPS FOR OLD

In Baghdad long ago lived a widowed laundress and her idle dreamy son, Ali-dhinn. The Caliph's Grand Vizier importunes the boy to enter a cave and rescue a lamp with a Genie inside. But forewarned, the…

Cast 6 male 4 female

NIGHT IN QUESTION, THE

When a woman is attacked in a city car park the staff of Faraday Finance, whose offices overlook the car park, fall under suspicion – in particular Brian Heath, who has been picked out at an identification…

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NIGHT OF THE DOLLS

Miss Wycherley has a passion for collecting life-size dolls. These dolls play an important part in this very unusual and gripping thriller in which her jealousy of Jane, who has become engaged to man…

Cast 7 female

NIGHT SONG

Short comedy for three women by Cherry Vooght.

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NO VILLAIN

Josef Weinberger are delighted to announce the publication of Arthur Miller's first play, written for a playwriting competition in 1936 and not performed until 2015, No Villain contains many…

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NOT NOW DARLING

The tremendously successful West End hit set in the elegant fur salon of Bodley, Bodley & Crouch. Gilbert Bodley, a flamboyant extrovert, is scheming to seduce a beautiful stripper, Janie, with the aid…

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OF MICE AND MEN

Steinbeck's own stage version of his classic novel tells the story of George and Lenny, the fast-talking farm hand and the simple giant who accompanies him on a life of casual labour in the California…

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OFF OUT

June, Danny, May and Mac — four people living life on the edge in the seedy and often dangerous world of prostitution. For June, it’s a way of life, the only way of getting the money to make ends…

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OFFICE PARTY, THE

Everyone has a different story to tell - or forget, in some cases - about the annual office party. John Godber's latest play pays a visit to the offices of Chapman & Howard, a small marketing firm, just…

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OH ROMEO

30 years after Romeo and Juliet fail to commit suicide, we find them squabbling together in this ingenious farce with music. Original score available on request. "The early romantic situation has now…

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OH, CLARENCE!

A hilarious comedy based on one of P.G. Wodehouse's most famous characters, Lord Emsworth, the dreamy peer of Blandings Castle. The delightful Earl, as vague as ever, wants nothing more than to be allowed…

Cast 8 male 5 female

OLD HERBACEOUS

It's not often that you find a play which gives you gardening tips and cookery suggestions! This one-man show about Bert, the head gardener at a country house, has entranced audiences all around the country.…

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OLEANNA

Mamet’s scathing investigation of ‘political correctness’ at a time of moral uncertainty has provoked audiences worldwide in one of the most exciting and important new plays for many years. When…

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OLYMPIA

Can there be happiness for a high-ranking Princess and a dashing Captain in the Hussars? Scandal, mystery and a masterly tale of revenge in this three-act play dealing with the manners, morals and behaviour…

Cast 4 male 3 female

ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS

The latest comedy from the author of Bouncers, Teechers, Salt of the Earth and many more. It’s a night to remember with Northern Soul and the decorators from Hell! Richard Jackson is middle-aged, middle…

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ON GOLDEN POND

A touching, funny and warmly perceptive study of a spirited and lovable elderly couple facing their twilight years. Ethel and Norman Thayer return to their summer home on Golden Pond for the 44th year.…

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ON THE PISTE

John Godber takes to the slopes in this hilarious and insightful view of skiing holidays, complete with all the pretensions and frustrations. Chris and Alison, Bev and Dave are all beginners - they've…

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ON THE TIN

The committee members of the Granary Theatre are trying to revive their organisation’s flagging fortunes by pinning their hopes on an enthusiastic newcomer, Steve, who seems to know a lot about theatre.…

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ON YOUR HONOUR

Hugo Barnes QC desperately wants to be a High Court Judge and has organised a weekend conference called 'Clean up the Bar' to impress the new Lord Chancellor, Sir Harry Lumsden-Clark, a populist, homophobic…

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN WIGAN

Wigan Casino . . . from 1973 to 1981 the heart of Northern Soul, unlike anywhere else in the world. All-night dancing to 60s and 70s American soul music classics, you had to be there. Once Upon a Time…

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ONE FOR THE POT

Running for over 1200 performances at the London's Whitehall Theatre, One For The Pot has become one of the most popular and revived of the Whitehall farces. When a wealthy Northern mill owner offers…

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ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER

Coventry, November 1940 Katie Stanley is a headstrong 18 year old training to be a teacher. While awaiting the All Clear signal from an air raid warning, she encounters the stranded Michael, an Oxford…

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ONE OF US

What really happened during that summer weekend in 1951 when Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean suddenly disappeared only to surface later in Moscow? One of Us sets out to unravel the story behind Burgess's…

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OTHER CINDERELLA, THE

A refreshingly alternative version of the classic tale - Cinderella may be pretty, but she is incredibly precocious and bad tempered, and her step-sisters are neither ugly or cruel but loving and gentle.…

Cast 5 male 5 female

OUR WIFE

Early comedy by Leslie Sands.

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OUT OF FOCUS

Helen has arrived at the Church Hall with her troupe of terrorising Brownies in tow. Kath and Bob arrive ready for their planned badminton game amidst their own marital quarrels about Bob's secretary…

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OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE

The story of two sisters-in-law, one of whom continually takes advantage of the other's good nature and kindness by hinting that she will leave her a fortune when she dies. When, however, she is found…

Cast 8 female

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…

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PARAGON, THE

Full length drama by Roland and Michael Pertwee.

Cast 4 male 4 female

PENNY BLUE

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…

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PERFECT MURDER, THE

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…

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PETER PANTO

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…

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PICTURE OF AUTUMN, A

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,…

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PIECE OF CAKE, A

‘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 –…

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PIED PIPER, THE

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…

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PIGS EAR

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…

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PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX

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

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

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

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

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

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PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY, THE

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Cast 5 male 6 female

PRINCESS AND THE SWINEHERD, THE

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

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…

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PROLOGUE TO KING LEAR

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)

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)

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…

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PVT WARS (One Act version)

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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QUEEN ELIZABETH SLEPT HERE

Where Elizabeth slept is a tumbledown country cottage that Norah Fuller has just bought. Her husband is less enthusiastic about it than she is, particularly when he discovers that there are no modern…

Cast 7 male 6 female

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QUEEN'S ENGLISH

Heard the one about the Englishman, the Scotsman and the Irishman? This biting topical comedy pokes a finger at ideas of national identity, class and Britain's role in the modern world. Set in a once-grand…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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RAPING THE GOLD

In a small Derbyshire town facing the closure of the local factory works, members of the local archery club meet regularly for what has become their only source of comfort in a community beset with social…

Cast 4 male 1 female

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RELUCTANT HEROES

A deferred public schoolboy, a deferred married man from Lancashire and a cockney lad all report to the army for National Service. This lively comedy deals with this ill-assorted bunch of conscripts who…

Cast 8 male 3 female

RELUCTANT ROGUE, THE

A very funny and fast-moving play centring on an amorous young college professor who specialises in seducing the prettier of his female students until he finds himself trapped in a tangled web of false…

Cast 2 male 5 female

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REPENT AT LEISURE

Edith is marrying into a very well-connected family and although her people are descended from a Billingsgate fish porter, she herself is a highly educated and charming young woman and quite able to fill…

Cast 7 female

REUNION, THE

It’s good to meet up with old friends . . . or perhaps not! When Nigel arranges a reunion in the back room of a pub, he is optimistic of a good turnout. Whilst the numbers disappoint him, he soon has…

Cast 4 male 4 female

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REVENGE

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…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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REVIVAL, THE

The new play from the author of STONE COLD MURDER and DEATH KNELL is a chilling ghost story full of shocks, twists and gothic atmosphere. The cast of Lucian O’Keefe’s 1946 classic ghost play Scared…

Cast 5 male 3 female

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RIDE DOWN MOUNT MORGAN, THE

Two women meet in a hospital intensive care ward, after each learns of an automobile accident which has seriously injured their husband. The two visitors, unknown to each other, soon realise that it is…

Cast 4 male 4 female

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RIVIERA

Will the impoverished, glamour-hungry sales girl Louise stand by her lover, a poor window-dresser, or will she be seduced by the young, rich store-owner, her lover’s former friend? One man at least…

Cast 7 male 4 female

ROBIN HOOD & THE BABES IN THE WOOD (Wakefield/Edgar)

With their usual class and style, Colin Wakefield and Kate Edgar have beautifully entwined two great stories to create one fantastic pantomime! Robin's in a sunny glade with his merry men, the babes are…

Cast 6 male 5 female

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ROMANOFF AND JULIET

Peter Ustinov's sensational West End hit is set in a mythical country lying smack on the border between East and West. Full of the most delightful comic satire on modern times and international affairs,…

Cast 9 male 4 female

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SAVAGE/LOVE

A monologue about romantic love, and both the closeness and distance between lovers.

Cast 1 male

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS

Fresh off the back of their latest amateur dramatics production, the Parish Players learn that circumstances beyond their control are forcing them to abandon the Parish Hall. Without anywhere to stage…

Cast 2 male 3 female

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SCALES OF JUSTICE

Based on a true story, Scales of Justice is a fascinating exploration of the nature of British justice and sense of fair play. At the height of the 1914-18 war between Great Britain and Germany, Hans…

Cast 9 male 3 female

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SCARED TO DEATH

The year is 1857. Will Nicholls, the owner of Nicholls Flour Mill, is an inveterate gambler. Desperately in debt, he raises the stakes at the weekly poker game. With the fate of his livelihood, his Mill…

Cast 4 male 1 female

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SCARY BIKERS

When retired miner Don and former private school teacher Carol meet in a graveyard, they could never have imagined how their lives would merge. An innocent coffee leads to a bike ride through the…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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