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  1. The Invisible Dragon

    The Invisible Dragon

    By Patricia Clapp.

    Product Code: I27000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 3m., 2w. (1 storyteller, extras.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Everyone was happy - except the princess. She wasn't happy because all she could think about was herself. A visiting prince isn't happy either because he wants is to slay a dragon and there just aren't any around. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  2. Flowers For Algernon One-Act Cover F28000

    Flowers for Algernon

    Adapted by David Rogers. From the classic novel by Daniel Keyes.

    Product Code: F28000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 4m., 1w. (one of the male roles may be played by a woman.)
    • 35 min.
    This is the approved one-act cutting of the compelling story of Charlie, a mentally retarded man, and the strange interweaving of his life with that of Algernon, a mouse. Experimental surgery has been performed on Algernon increasing his intelligence fourfold. The operation is tried on Charlie, whose intelligence rapidly increases to that of a genius. As Charlie approaches the peak of his brilliance, Algernon shows frightening symptoms of regression. The play becomes a race against time in which Charlie tries to keep his new intelligence long enough to save himself. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  3. The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    From the Shakespeare classic. Adapted by Luella McMahon.

    Product Code: T12000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 5m., 3w. (variable.)
    • 40 min.
    Petruchio decides that Kate, the beautiful girl with the awful temper, will make a wonderful wife once she's tamed. Kate wants nothing to do with any suitor. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  4. The Timid Dragon

    The Timid Dragon

    By Tim Kelly.

    Product Code: T30000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 4m., 9w. (extras.)

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    • 40 min.
    All is well in the tiny kingdom despite the threat of a fierce dragon prowling outside the walls. Then the princess discovers that the dragon is really lonely and brings him inside the walls. Only the wise queen understands how to resolve all the problems. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

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  5. A Fair Affair

    A Fair Affair

    By Daria Polatin.

    Product Code: F77000

    • Drama
    • College
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 30 min.
    Based on Chekhov's short story "The Lady With the Pet Dog," this bittersweet love story explores the "backwards" relationship of two secret lovers. Learn More
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  7. Gammer Gurton's Needle

    Gammer Gurton's Needle

    Adapted by I. E. Clark.

    Product Code: GB2000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | TYA
    • 5m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    The play is a rollicking farce laid in a 16th-century English hamlet. Among its often-patched, seldom-washed inhabitants is Gammer Gurton, a jolly old gossip whose most precious possession is a steel needle. But, alas!—Gammer loses her needle, and the entire village finds itself in a turmoil. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  8. In Search Of The Golden Teardrop

    In Search Of The Golden Teardrop

    By Betty Havens.

    Product Code: IC6000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 10 to 25 actors, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    Two brave subjects set out on a quest to find and return a golden teardrop lost by a princess. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  9. The Clock That Went Meow

    The Clock That Went Meow

    By Betty Marrapodi.

    Product Code: CL9000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 3m., 3w., extras.
    • 30 min.
    A clockmaker creates a beautiful clock selected by the King as a gift for the Queen. Trouble arises when the clock "meows" instead of "cuckoos." Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  10. The Wolf and Its Shadows

    The Wolf and Its Shadows

    By Sandra Fenichel Asher.

    Product Code: WD8000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 1w., with doubling, or up to 18 (2m., 1w., 16 either gender).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    In the forest at night, Wolf and Dog encounter stories from around the world contrasting wolf images in legend and nature. By dawn, she and Dog understand the high price of freedom. With respect for one another, they choose their separate ways. Learn More
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