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  1. 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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  3. 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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  4. Paper Walls

    Paper Walls

    By Jenny Laird

    Product Code: P88000

    • Drama
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 10 min.
    Listening to the neighbors argue and make up reminds a couple of their own passionate youth. Learn More
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  5. The Three Old Women's Bet

    The Three Old Women's Bet

    By R. Rex Stephenson.

    Product Code: TR3000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Middle School | High School
    • 4m., 4w., extras

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    This Blue Ridge Mountain folktale comedy is about three competitive sisters who each try to prove their husband is the most foolish. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. 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).

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    • 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
    $39.95 /script

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