The Open Window

Product Code: O17000

Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

The fun begins when teenager Vera decides to take revenge on her aunt's visitor, Frampton Nuttel. Seizing on the ordinary fact that a window has been left open, innocent-looking Vera spins a fantastic tale of tragedy and delusion.

Marat/Sade

Product Code: M18000

Approx. Run Time: 140 min.

"Total theatre" is the expression critics have used to describe this unique theatrical event, which is designed for production on a nearly bare stage by a large and flexible cast. The Marquis de Sade, when an inmate of the Asylum of Charenton, staged plays that were performed by fellow inmates. With this point of departure, Peter Weiss has created one of the most powerful and exciting plays of the century.

Charity Case

Product Code: CK7000

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

This play opens in a cemetery, where an orphaned boy is searching for relatives. The thing he dreads most is being returned to the "Haven," from which he has escaped. This poignant drama shows one of the major problems of our times: the impersonal institutions that are supposed to aid the helpless, the lonely and the handicapped but can't provide the needed help without depriving the individual of his freedom.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Product Code: O13000

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

The play is set simply in the one-room barracks of a Siberian concentration camp where a bare light bulb hangs and 10 men strive to maintain life and sanity in the face of incredible hardship. This one day in the life of a Soviet prison camp ends with Ivan achieving a small but cherished victory of the human spirit over crushing adversity—a trifling victory but one of such importance to the men involved that to Ivan this is..."almost a happy day!"

To Burn a Witch

Product Code: T32000

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

Two girls wait in the bare cell room for the questioning to resume. Accused of witchcraft, they are terrified. Mary refuses to lie—even to save herself—but Ruth, desperately frightened, "confesses." The questioners then turn to Mary, but she cannot bring herself to swear to this lie. Since the two girls have always been so close, the questioners are dissatisfied with the conflicting stories. To save herself, Ruth feigns a seizure in which she deeply implicates her friend Mary. Only one hope remains for Mary now, and in a scene of dramatic power she makes her final choice.