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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
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  5. The Death and Life of Larry Benson

    The Death and Life of Larry Benson

    By Reginald Rose.

    Product Code: D12000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 8w.

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    • 75 min.
    The whole town is excited about Larry Benson's homecoming. More than that, they're astonished because Larry was reported missing in action on a distant battlefield more than three years ago. Learn More
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  6. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    By Charlotte Chorpenning. From Mark Twain.

    Product Code: A43000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 9m., 5w. (5 boys, 1 girl, extras as desired.)

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    • 110 min.
    This Mark Twain novel adapted by Charlotte Chorpenning, provides an especially good look at traditional U.S. values. Tom Sawyer's attempt to avoid them, keeping the familiarity of the tale alive. Learn More
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  7. The Ghost of Mr. Penny

    The Ghost of Mr. Penny

    By Rosemary G. Musil.

    Product Code: G93000

    • Comedy
    • Community
    • 4m., 2 boys, 2 girls.
    • 60 min.
    Playing with her friends in the abandoned stable of the old Penny estate, Sally discovers an easygoing tramp. Her nimble imagination conceives him to be the long-lost Mr. Penny. Learn More
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