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One Act Plays


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The Kid Nobody Could Handle

Adapted by Christopher Sergel. Based on the story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Product Code: K17000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 4m., 3w. (extras as desired.)

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

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Cain: A Mystery

Adapted by I. E. Clark. Based on the story by Lord Byron.

Product Code: CK1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Praise Group
Cast Size: 5m., 3w., or 4m., 4w

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A modern adaptaion of Lord Byron's story about the sons of Adam and Eve.

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The Court Martial of Billy Budd

By James M. Salem. Based on Herman Melville's short novel.

Product Code: C34000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 11m.

Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Simple, kindhearted Billy Budd is an object of hatred for Claggart, the Petty Officer and Master-At-Arms. The Captain is convinced that Billy is innocent of plotting mutiny. Billy, stunned by the sudden charge of Claggart, strikes out with his fist, and Claggart falls and dies. The Captain is confronted with the evidence of which the penalty is death. This dramatic play about justice in wartime deals with the appalling problem of the untutored and unlettered man who responds with violence to an injustice.

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Flowers for Algernon

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

Product Code: F28000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 4m., 1w. (one of the male roles may be played by a woman.)

Approx. Run Time: 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.

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The Necklace

Adapted by Jay Reid Gould. Based on the story by Guy de Maupassant.

Product Code: N10000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 3w.

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Mathilde is the wife of a junior clerk and yearns for all that wealth can buy. When she is invited to an important ball, her pride impels her to borrow a valuable necklace. Her triumph turns to despair when she realizes the necklace is missing.

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The Steadfast Tin Soldier

By Herman Ammann. Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen.

Product Code: S1A000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 5m., 6w., extras.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

While the birthday girl sleeps, the toys around her cake come alive and act out Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about the handicapped tin soldier who loved a dancing paper doll.

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The Gift of a Star

By Leonard Wibberly.

Product Code: G85000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 7m., 2w., extras.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

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The Birthday Present

Product Code: B21000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 1m., 2w.

Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A psychiatrist arranges a meeting between a woman and her ex-husband as of part of the ex-wife's therapy.

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The Taming of the Shrew

From the Shakespeare classic. Adapted by Luella McMahon.

Product Code: T12000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 5m., 3w. (variable.)

Approx. Run Time: 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.

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The Doctor in Spite of Himself

Adapted by I. E. Clark from the story by Molière.

Product Code: DD7000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 6m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

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