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
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
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
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
This macabre tale makes use of the rural New England setting and the cryptic, taciturn inhabitants of that area. Its two principal characters are kindly city people who have been visiting their same cottage by an isolated lake for several decades. Learn More
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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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
An amateur detective visits a novelist. He's noticed that the 21 murder mysteries the novelist is famed for just happen to coincide with 21 unsolved actual murders—and the novelist just happened to be in the vicinity at the time of each murder. Learn More
