Plays by Publisher - Samuel French Inc

Beethoven's Tenth

Peter Ustinov

Samuel French Inc

6 Male 3 Female

This comedy is about an acidic music critic who is writing a book about what Beethoven's tenth symphony might have been like Ludvig himself appears and wanders around the living room muttering in German unt...

$10.99

Midsummer Nights

Bryan D Leys & Kevin Kuhn

Samuel French Inc

6 Male 8 Female

Here is Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream crossed with Grease and Beach Blanket Bingo to create a wacky musical that is narrated by beach bum Puck. He is backed up by a chorus of three girls in bikinis...

$10.99

A Thurber Carnival

James Thurber

Samuel French Inc

5 Male 4 Female

This is a revue for those with no musical talent created by America's beloved humorist These sketches of tumbling American life include The Night the Bed Fell, Gentlemen Shoppers, The Secret Life of Walter ...

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The Cage

Mario Fratti

Samuel French Inc

5 Male 3 Female

Cristiano is an intelligent young devotee of Chekhov, but he has misunderstood Chekhov's philosophy. He refuses all outside contacts and lives in a cage His realistic family all with a healthy sense of humo...

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Raindance

M Ribalow

Samuel French Inc

5 Male 1 Female

In a metaphysical wild west saloon are gathered a Black man named Jim Crow, gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, Sitting Bull, arch capitalist J.P. Standard and wicked Falina, the Mexican saloon girl There has be...

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Nightlight

Kenneth Brown

Samuel French Inc

3 Male 2 Female

An old Italian lady dwells in her almost shabby apartment holding court for those who come through her unlocked door. Her husband had deserted her 15 years ago Then one day, a purposeless, not very bright ...

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Head Over Heels

William S. Kilborne Jr & Albert T Viola

Samuel French Inc

3 Male 2 Female

Harlequin, Columbine, Pierrot and Punchinello people this whimsical tale of love and magic "A musical romp brimming with innocent charm ... A jewel of a musical" ~ Gannet Papers "A confection" ~ N.Y. Times

$10.99

Kiss of the Spider Woman - Script

Terence McNally & John Kander & Fred Ebb

Samuel French Inc

3 Female

Based on the novel by Manuel Puig, Kiss of a Spider Woman takes a story of political persecution and torture and produces a unique and compelling musical

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Kudzu - A Southern Musical

Jack Herrick & Doug Marlette & Bland Simpson

Samuel French Inc

3 Female

Kudzu is the story of a boy who comes of age against the changing face of the American South. Like the comic strip from which it is adapted, this musical celebrates the values, humor and original characters ...

$10.99

The Lower Depths

Maxim Gorky trans Alex Szogyi

Samuel French Inc

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James A Michener's Sayonara

William Luce & George Fischoff & James A. Michener

Samuel French Inc

5 Male 6 Female

A best selling novel, a Hollywood hit and a lavish musical in the grand tradition of American theater, Sayonara premiered at Houston's Theatre Under the Stars and has toured major cities The classic tale re...

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The Black Duck

Bill Svanoe

Samuel French Inc

5 Male 3 Female

Can a soap opera star whose character has been written out of the show find happiness as the proprietor of a greasy spoon in Woods Hole? Hal's brother Andy, an investment counselor, thinks not. But Hal pers...

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In 25 Words Or Death

Newt Mitzman & William Dalzell

Samuel French Inc

4 Male 6 Female

No trick of the mystery writer's art has been neglected in this play. There is the supposedly deserted inn, stormy weather, a Peter Lorre type, a Frankenstein, closets with built in bodies, a love story, and...

$10.99

Leaving Home

David French

Samuel French Inc

4 Male 3 Female

The Mercer family's cohesiveness is being torn asunder. The subtle threads of mutual understanding, confidence and trust have come unraveled The key character is the patriarchal father, Jacob, a man obsesse...

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Red in the Morning

Glyn Jones

Samuel French Inc

4 Male 3 Female

A truly Grand Guignol play, with rapacious servants, venomous Dobermans, meat hooks and mutilations. In a gothic mansion in England lives a grand dame with three servants and, on this occasion, a small grand...

$10.99

Father's Been to Mars

William Dalzell & Newt Mitzman

Samuel French Inc

3 Male 8 Female

After years of blasting through outer space on his TV show, Larry Gibson finds it difficult to change each evening to husband and father His habit of wearing his space outfit at home is a source of constant...

$10.99

The God of Isaac

James Sherman

Samuel French Inc

3 Male 3 Female

This hilarious and heartwarming play tells the story of a young man in search of spiritual identity Isaac begins by informing the audience that "things may go a little differently tonight because my mother ...

$10.99

Greetings!

Tom Dudzick

Samuel French Inc

3 Male 2 Female

Andy has a sweet Catholic mother, a sour Catholic father and a severely retarded younger brother named Mickey When he brings his Jewish atheist fiance to meet the folks on Christmas Eve, his worst fears abo...

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Madison Avenue

Gary Cherpakov & Paul Streitz

Samuel French Inc

2 Male 3 Female

Here is a light hearted musical romp through the world of high powered advertising that follows the antics of ad executive J. Quinby IV, his secretary Honeydew Plushbottom and his wacky staff as they strive ...

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Nymph Errant

Steve Mackes & Michael Whaley

Samuel French Inc

1 Male 7 Female

This famous "lost" musical, a hit in London in the thirties and later a triumph for Gertrude Lawrence and Elizabeth Welch, was recently restaged to bravos in London. Its whimsical story follows innocent Evan...

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