Plays by Publisher - R

Way Upstream

Alan Ayckbourn

Samuel French Ltd

3 Male 4 Female

An intriguing black comedy of domestic revolt set on a barge holiday Things do not quite go as smoothly as Ken, self-appointed skipper, had anticipated when Vince - hitching a ride upstream - is elected ski...

$12.99

Three One-Acts - Crazy Eights & Baby Food & That Other Person

David Lindsay-Abaire

Dramatists Play Service

2 Male 3 Female

The three short comedies in this collection were all originally written as part of 24 Hour Plays On Broadway Described by The New York Post as "the equivalent of a high-wire act without a net," the 24 Hour...

$13

Tommy J & Sally

Mark Medoff

Dramatists Play Service

1 Male 1 Female

Is TJ who he says he is? Is Sally who she says she is? Or is each who the other says the other is? A black man invades a white woman's life, claiming she's someone she says she isn't The results are a...

$13

Play Yourself

Harry Kondoleon

Dramatists Play Service

1 Male 3 Female

Jean, an ex-movie star who left Hollywood some time ago, lives with Yvonne, her daughter. Their main activities together involve reenacting moments from Jean's old movies, in which she always seemed to pl...

$13

Robinson and Friday

Hansjorg Schneider trans Kenneth & Barbi Rugg

Samuel French Inc

3 Male 1 Female

This delightful play is a gentle spoof on authority that will appeal to children of all ages It is the story of the shipwrecked Robinson and Friday, who live alone on a desert island REVIEWS "Tailor-ma...

$10.99 , $9.89 (10% off)

Writing a Play

Steve Gooch

A & C Black

A guide to all stages of playwriting, from original inspiration through plotting, structuring, characterisation, dialogue and rewriting It also covers how to market your play, the pros and cons of working w...

$19.99

Kiss and Tell

F. Hugh Herbert

Dramatists Play Service

9 Male 6 Female

Corliss Archer, going on sixteen, is a trial to her family and at the same time a pure delight She can't stand not being grown up, and when Private Earhart is entertained by the Archers, Corliss plays t...

$13

Candy and Shelley Go to the Desert

Paula Cizmar

Dramatists Play Service

1 Male 2 Female

Heading west in search of romance and adventure, Candy and Shelley suddenly find themselves stranded in the vast emptiness of a western desert when their car boils over Alone under the blazing sun, with...

$13

Resurrections

Biyi Bandele

AmberLane Press

8 Male 2 Female

Resurrections is set in Bandele's homeland, Nigeria. Subversive and satirical drama takes us into a world where shady drug dealers and corrupt lawyers operating within a Byzantine legal system are visited by...

$16.99

Two Wits to Woo

John Kelly

Samuel French Ltd

2 Male 1 Female

It is 1934 Winsome Manor is in financial difficulties and, with a heavy heart, the widowed Lady Winsome needs to fire long-standing servants Joe the gardener and James the chauffeur However, unbeknown to L...

$12.99

Designer Genes

Kent R. Brown

Dramatic Publishing

1 Male 2 Female

It is the not-too-distant future - Dolly the Sheep is old news and gene enhancement is all the rage ... Seven years ago, Wesley and Marian's son, beset with a multitude of inherited maladies, died a tra...

$10.95

The Scarecrow and His Servant

Simon Reade from Philip Pullman

Oberon

Outrageously zany and filed with non-stop surprises, Simon Reade's theatrical adaptation of Philip Pullman's children's book The Scarecrow and His Servant, is an enchanting play for young readers and perform...

$14.99

Brighten the Corner

John Cecil Holm

Dramatists Play Service

4 Male 5 Female

An absent-minded bachelor spends his life inventing things and going to school, but he never finds time to learn everything he wants to know He is interested also in his young nephew and the nephew's wif...

$13

Sunday Sunday

Sandra Fenichel Asher

Dramatic Publishing

0 Male 3 Female

"Other days," Mildred says, "are chock full of busy work Psychiatric therapy. Occupational therapy. Recreational therapy On Sunday, there's nothing - nothing. Time and space and us. Deprivation therap...

$9.99

Don Quixote

Anne Ludlum & David Quicksall from Miguel de Cervantes

Dramatic Publishing

7 Male 3 Female

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza ride again! Here they are guided by their creator, Miguel de Cervantes, in person In this "buddies on the road" saga, the intrepid Don Quixote and his loyal squire, Sancho Pan...

$10.99

Rouge Atomique

N. Richard Nash

Dramatists Play Service

0 Male 2 Female

There are two characters, the Wife and the Woman, who love the same man and who sit chatting pleasantly over teacups. They would speak of kind and gentle matters and would be civilized above all But war ...

$13

Cotton Girls

Scott Tobin

Samuel French Inc

0 Male 3 Female

Can three girls survive their graduation night stuck on a Ferris wheel? Set in 1959, the Dream Wheel breaks down with Miss, Berry, and Colleen at the very top The girls are forced into states of sheer terr...

$8.99

Greater Tuna

Jaston Williams & Joe Sears & Ed Howard

Samuel French Inc

2 Male 0 Female

What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye and Rev. Spikes have in common? They are among the upstanding citizens of Tuna Texas' third smallest town in this hilarious send ...

$10.99

Uncle Snake

Israel Horovitz

Dramatists Play Service

Although filled with modern references and a sense of present day attitudes, the pageant deals essentially with the accomplishments of the Second Continental Congress, and the singular, dynamic men who le...

$13

Tartuffe

Charles Jeffries & Luis Muñoz From Moliere

Samuel French Inc

8 Male 7 Female

So virtuous is Tartuffe that every form of pleasure is an abomination to him Orgon, a rich merchant, is completely duped by the ruse and watches approvingly as the cunning Tartuffe "reforms" his whole famil...

$10.99