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  1. Tom Sawyer

    Tom Sawyer

    By Ric Averill. Adapted from Mark Twain.

    Product Code: TH6000

    • Comedy | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 13m., 9w., 21 either gender. Doubling possible.

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    • 90 min.
    Telling the coming-of-age story of the community's most mischievous boy, this adaptation really brings to life Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A delightful introduction into the world of classic American characters. Learn More
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  2. Jane Eyre: Life at Lowood

    Jane Eyre: Life at Lowood

    By Robert Johanson. Based on Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

    Product Code: J38000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 3m., 13w, extras and/or doubling possible.

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    • 40 min.
    Jane Eyre is one of literature's most compelling heroines. This one act focuses on her difficult youth as an orphan left with uncaring relatives who eventually send her to a poor boarding school. Her experience is ultimately one of triumph and prepares her for her future as a governess. There are many wonderful roles for women, and the Lowood students can number as many as you like. Learn More
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  3. Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    By Robert Thomas Noll. Adapted from the book by Charles Dickens.

    Product Code: O61000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 21 roles to be played by a minimum of 12 actors (plus extras if desired.)
    • 85 min.
    This faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens' second novel is an exciting, fast-moving melodrama about the adventures of an orphan redeemed from a life of cruel poverty and crime by an act of unselfish courage. Filled with an atmosphere of mystery, its major characters—Fagin, Bill Sikes, Mr. Bumble, Nancy, and the Artful Dodger—are some of the most theatrically realized characters in all of literature. Learn More
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  4. Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

    By Robert Johanson. From the novel by Charlotte Brontë.

    Product Code: J31000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6m., 14w. (Doubling and extras.)

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    • 130 min.
    In the burned-out ruins of Thornfield Hall, the adult Jane Eyre recalls the disturbing events of her childhood and young adulthood. A moving story for all times and a stunning portrayal of one of the world's greatest heroines. Learn More
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  5. Nevermore! Edgar Allan Poe, the Final Mystery

    Nevermore! Edgar Allan Poe, the Final Mystery

    By Julian Wiles. Based on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe.

    Product Code: N41000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 12m., 7w. (2 boys playing 52 parts).

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    • 100 min.
    In 1847, Edgar Allan Poe is reported to have boarded a steamer for an overnight voyage to New York City. Five days later, Poe was found delirious on a Baltimore street and died soon thereafter. What transpired over those missing days has remained forever a mystery...until now. This imaginative play, utilizing Poe's macabre stories and poems, ponders what might have happened to him on the dreary nightmare voyage at the end of his life. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  6. Quazimodo!

    Quazimodo!

    By David Koren. Based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

    Product Code: Q16000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Satire | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w.

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    • 70 min.
    Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, falls for the gypsy Esmeralda, who is framed for the murder of her lover Phoebus, and tries to save her from execution by bringing her into the sanctuary, but the archdeacon allows the Parisians to hang h Learn More
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  7. Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    By Robert Johanson. From the novel by Charles Dickens.

    Product Code: G56000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 11m., 5w. (with doubling, expandable to 20m., 9w.)

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    • 130 min.
    Gripping drama, delightful humor and a true Dickensian flavor. A terrific way to introduce audiences of all ages to one of the great works of literature. Learn More
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  8. A Rose for Emily

    A Rose for Emily

    Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Based on William Faulkner's story.

    Product Code: R33000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 5m., 4w.

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    • 45 min.
    Miss Emily Grierson is the proud and very private daughter of a small southern town's now-deceased leading citizen. She lives alone in the mansion left to her by her father until, to the surprise of everyone, she takes up with a handsome man from the north who is in town briefly on a contracting job. They are seen going about together and then he is seen no more, nor is Miss Emily, who no longer leaves her mansion. As we discover what really happens, we come to a shocking climax that, in the hands of this Nobel Laureate, has great dramatic impact. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  9. Bloody Jack

    Bloody Jack

    By Tim Kelly

    Product Code: BJ5000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Community
    • 4m., 4w.

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    • 120 min.
    In the late 1800's, Jack the Ripper has murdered seven women in London. Dr. Thaddeus Sergeant is obsessed with solving these murders and looks at everyone visiting him as a suspect. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  10. The Potman Spoke Sooth

    The Potman Spoke Sooth

    By David Fulk.

    Product Code: P41000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College
    • 6m., 2w. (1 voice.)

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    • 35 min.
    Agatha Christie is spoofed hilariously as a respectable murder mystery turns into a farcical game of illusion and reality. Detective Sergeant Gallagher informs Colonel Winthrop Wiggins and his wife that a notorious "Peanut Murderer" is on the loose. Laughs abound as they engage in a zany intrigue of murders, accusations and arrests. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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