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  1. A Tale of Two Spectators

    A Tale of Two Spectators

    By Peter Manos.

    Product Code: TW8000

    • Comedy
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 20 min.
    In a park, a man and a woman secretly watch their respective spouses carry on an affair. As time goes on we realize they have been meeting like this to watch their spouses for quite some time and have even developed something of a bond with each other, despite their predicament. And perhaps they have discovered a little more about themselves and their lives, as well. This show can be performed virtually or onstage. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  2. Just Desserts

    Just Desserts

    By Norma Cole and Naneki Elliott.

    Product Code: J35000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Professional
    • 2w. (3, may be expaned to 5 w.)
    • 45 min.
    Set in a rural Kentucky home near the end of the 19th century, this poignant drama recalls the era after the Civil War when women in Kentucky took action against the injustice of English common law regarding property rights, wages, and possessions. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. Ring of Lead

    Ring of Lead

    Adapted by Ken Pickering. From Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould's short story The Leaden Ring.

    Product Code: RC2000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 3w.

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    • 25 min.
    Based on a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. A young woman endures the memory of a suitor who committed suicide and is ultimately trapped by his revenge. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  4. Suspect to Change

    Suspect to Change

    By Will Humble.

    Product Code: S1D000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 3w.

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    • 35 min.
    It's a case of mistaken identity when a woman is taken to the hospital after a car accident. Confusion reigns as everyone attempts to sort out what crimes may have been committed and by whom. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. The Haunted Carousel

    The Haunted Carousel

    By Ruth Angell Purkey.

    Product Code: HD2000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 6m., 8w.
    • 30 min.
    Perhaps there are dimensions in time, mysterious and unexplored, where the past moves into the present and back again, revolving like the spinning of a carousel. This is the theme of this drama, which centers on the polar bear of a carousel where a woman left her little boy in the 1890s. He disappeared and she has spent her entire life looking for him. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. Sharing

    Sharing

    By O.B. Rozell.

    Product Code: SY2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 4m., 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    A family copes with the loss of their wife and mother at holiday time. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  7. The Gondoliers

    The Gondoliers

    Adapted by I. E. Clark. Based on the operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan.

    Product Code: GC1000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 5m., 5w., extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    Two Venetian gondoliers, Giuseppe and Marco Palmieri, marry two pretty maidens. And they live happily ever—whoa! This pleasant scene is suddenly interrupted when it is revealed that Giuseppe and Marco are not brothers after all ... one of them is the long-lost heir to the throne of Barataria. But no one except the prince's former nurse, who is now the wife of a pirate in a faraway land, knows whether Giuseppe or Marco is the king! Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  8. Ralph Roister Doister

    Ralph Roister Doister

    Adapted by I. E. Clark. Based on the play by Nicholas Udall.

    Product Code: RB6000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 4w., extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    Ralph thinks he is a lady's man and chooses Dame Custance as the lady. But she can't stand the conceited nincompoop. Their tempestuous courtship, complicated by a mischievous meddler and Custance's cute servant girls, rocks the stage in this historically important play. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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