Plays by Genre - Comedy Plays

Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen

Chris Head

Methuen Drama

This accessible and engaging text covering sketch, sitcom and comedy drama, alongside improvisation and stand-up, brings together a panoply of tools and techniques for creating short and long-form comedy nar...

$25.99

Echomirror

Thomas Cole

Cyberpress

2 Male 1 Female

Three ghosts (two male, one female) converse First, ONE (male) and TWO (female) talk TWO keeps mimicking ONE Which annoys him considerably Then THREE shows up and pontificates TWO continues to mimic and driv...

$7.99

Emperor May & A Play About Theresa May

Amie Marie

Cyberpress

1 Male 2 Female

A collection of two satirical plays attacking the UK's Conservative Party They both employ clowning, audience interaction, and impersonation to follow Theresa May's time as Prime Minister "Emperor May" (F2) ...

$7.99

The Bare Truth

H G Brown

Cyberpress

4 Male 4 Female

A retired couple, recently settled in South Florida, is tired of their daughter and married son constantly intruding in their life And that’s not counting the grandchildren The kids think they have to const...

$7.99

Murder at Sea

Chris Shelstone

Cyberpress

5 Male 4 Female

A Comedy Murder Mystery Event ... The Happy Wanderer and its hapless crew are about to set sail for a one-night taster cruise to promote its recent refurbishment But the Captain makes a few enemies when he r...

$7.99

3WOMEN

Katy Brand

Samuel French Ltd

1 Male 3 Female

3Women is the hilariously frank debut play from the award-winning comedian and writer Katy Brand It tellas a tale of female family bonding and buried resentment And raises the question – What does it mean t...

$12.99

The Other Side

David Hawley

Cyberpress

6 Male 2 Female

Boston 1929 Spiritualism is all the rage Irish Kevin, and British Stan are two postgrad students of Freud’s new psychology, studying the craze by setting up as a “medium” and his assistant, relaying message...

$7.99

Reunited Shorts

Len Cuthbert

Dramatic Publishing

Reunited Shorts is an evening of theatre comprised of six unique short plays about reunionsThey are about the awkward, humorous and emotional experience of humans coming together … again In Benched, someti...

$10.99

A Virtual Whodunnit

Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus

Dramatic Publishing

5 Male 4 Female

Preston Sterling is hosting a Zoom meeting with his children, third wife and closest staff to celebrate his birthday The bitter old billionaire is bullying everyone once again and threatening to change his ...

$9.99

The Golden Age of Pantomime

Jeffrey Richards

Methuen Drama

++ 10% DISCOUNT ++ Of all the theatrical genres most prized by the Victorians, pantomime is the only one to have survived continuously into the twenty-first century It remains as true today as it was in th...

$35.99

Treasure Island

Le Navet Bete & John Nicholson

Nick Hern Books

An hilarious, rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of the classic story ... Fourteen-year-old Jim Hawkins is serving ale in The Admiral Benbow Inn Suddenly the door slams open and in stride...

$16.99

The Poltergeist

Philip Ridley

Methuen

Sasha was destined to take the art world by storm At the age of fifteen pop stars wanted his paintings, and a new exhibition was going to make him a rich manBut now he serves in a stationers, and no one's ev...

$15.99

Sweeps

Donald Dewey

Cyberpress

3 Male 4 Female

It is sweeps time at the local TV station when advertrising rates get fixed for the next quarterThe ensuing panic within the news department engulfs the editor, two reporters, the weather man, and the sports...

$7.99

3 Guys in Drag Selling Their Stuff

Edward Crosby Wells

Stageplays

3 Male Female

BEST PLAY 2001For Excellence in Off-Off Broadway Theatre Diva, Lillian, and Tink - 3 men in drag - are having a yard sale Diva sees herself the boss of everybody Especially Lillian whose principal expertise ...

$12.99

Murder at Stodge City - A Comedy Murder Mystery

Chris Shelstone

Cyberpress

The Rusty Spur saloon is short of customers and Diamond Lil is looking for big spenders Dirty Dick arrives wanting to buy up the Saloon Bar, with Wyatt Twerp in hot pursuit Lil’s daughter is getting married...

$7.99

A Bolt From The Blue

David Tristram

Flying Ducks

2 Male 1 Female

David Tristram brings his trademark hilarity to every page, but with a poignant and unusual story that tingles every nerve ending before reaching its extraordinary conclusion ...Edward Jones was just an ordi...

$11.99

Come Die With Me

Chris Shelstone

Cyberpress

5 Male 3 Female

This Comedy Murder Mystery Event takes place at the arrival/departure lounge of chirpychirpycheepcheep.com, a budget airline company at a local airport Blossom and Petunia, experienced air hostesses and chec...

$7.99

Murder in the Library

Chris Shelstone

Cyberpress

5 Male 2 Female

A book signing has been arranged at a local Library for Ray Bentos, a well-known author Unfortunately, he won't be there in body because he's just been murderedBut his soul is alive and well and although he ...

$7.99

Tea at Five

Matthew Lombardo

Broadway Play Publishing

0 Male 1 Female

Tea at Five captures the fiery spirit and humour of Katherine Hepburn in a one-woman show that recounts her journey from a well-heeled Yankee childhood to being a winner of four Oscars Ensconced at her belov...

$15.99

Where I Come From

Richard Nelson

Broadway Publishing

Where I Come From is a play for young people to perform There is no over-arching “message” to the piece Rather, it is a play that explores the complexities and ambiguities of life Writing from the naturali...

$15.99