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  1. Hoppily Ever After

    Hoppily Ever After

    By Mary Ahl.

    Product Code: H29000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School
    • 5m., 5w.
    • 30 min.
    Set in Fairyland long ago, the king and queen of Mogdnik can't stand the constant bickering of their three sons, so the King orders them to find brides and go! Learn More
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  2. The Ransom of Red Chief

    The Ransom of Red Chief

    Adapted by Brian Kral. Based on O. Henry's short story.

    Product Code: R90000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 1 boy.

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    • 45 min.
    This adaptation of O. Henry's classic story about two kidnappers who fall prey to their young victim combines historical fact and entertaining fancy. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera in play form. Dramatized by June Walker Rogers.

    Product Code: M10000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 14 m. or w., extras as desired.

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    • 45 min.
    An opera libretto simplified into an enchanting play. Follow the adventures of Prince Tamino from his rescue from the Serpent to the Temple of Sarasota where he must prove himself worthy of winning the lovely Pamina by enduring the tests of fire and water. The lovers find their happy ending with the help of a magic flute and the marvelously funny character Papageno. Easy to produce with effective staging that makes this play exciting theatre. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  4. The Little Troll Without A Soul

    The Little Troll Without A Soul

    By Herman Ammann.

    Product Code: LJ6000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 3m., 7w., extras.

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    • 40 min.
    Attempting to make the world as ugly as possible, a heartless old witch traps pretty young girls and turns them into ugly old rag dolls. When the play opens the witch is laying plans to trap Michele, a little girl that the little troll who wants a soul has had his eyes on. She's something he'd like to find under his Christmas tree—but not as an ugly rag doll! Learn More
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  5. Hopes and Words and Ordinary Things

    Hopes and Words and Ordinary Things

    By Ronald Burke.

    Product Code: H28000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 4m., 4w.
    • 45 min.
    Complete with a bum, a town cop and a local brat, this show unfolds in the park of Maple Springs, Missouri, around 1900. Painter Alison longs to take her career to the big city. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    By the modern Russian playwright Yevgeny Schwartz. Translated by George Shail.

    Product Code: L25000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 6m., 4w. (extras).
    • 45 min.
    Set in Russia, birds and rabbits help protect Red Riding Hood on her journey by the swamp. The shifting patterns of battle that emerge in this war between good and bad animals make this play extraordinary. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  7. King Arthur's Calamity

    King Arthur's Calamity

    By William Brohaugh and Dennis Chaptman.

    Product Code: K13000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 7m., 5w. (extras.)
    • 45 min.
    The old queen would like to retire but she wants her successor to be worthy and good to her people and not, if you please, the very ambitious Earl of Nasty. Merlin the Magician is instructed to determine who shall be the new king. Learn More
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  8. The Wild Flowering of Chastity or Chaste Across the Stage

    The Wild Flowering of Chastity or Chaste Across the Stage

    By Dutton Foster.

    Product Code: W33000

    • Farce | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 4m., 4w.

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    • 35 min.
    In this stylish satiric melodrama, Aunt Absinthe hopes pretty Chastity has sold enough Easter eggs to meet the mortgage payment, but business is slow and a villain is after their humble homestead. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  9. The Little Match Girl

    The Little Match Girl

    Adapted by Herman Ammann. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale.

    Product Code: LJ2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 8m., 10w., extras.
    • 30 min.
    Ragged, hungry little Maggie tries to sell matches on the icy streets of a cold city, but no one will buy them because they are so involved in their own interests that they fail to understand the needs of others. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  10. 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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