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One Act Plays

•  
  Best One-Act Plays of 1946-47
  Harrap
  various
  8
  
•  
  Best One-Act Plays of 1952-53
  Harrap
  various
  6
  
•  
  Best One-Act Plays of 1954-55 selected by Hugh Miller
  Harrap
  various
  6
  
•  
  Best One-Act Plays of 1956-57
  Harrap
  various
  5
  
•  
  Last-minute sketches
  Kenyon-Deane
  5f
  6
  
•  
  More Selected One-Act Plays
  Pitman
  various
  5
  
•  
  York Cycle of Mystery Plays
  SPCK
  various
  6
  
• Adkins, Ella
  At Rise of Curtain
  Harrap
  various
  7
  
• Adkins, Ella
  Six More One-Act Plays
  Harrap
  various
  6
  
• Albee, Edward
  American Dream
  S French
  2m 3f
  5
  
• Austin, Harry
  Chinese Pendant and Other Plays
  S French
  4m 3f
  6
  
• Austin, Harry
  Little Lights of Kimberley
  S French
  4m 1f
  7
  
• Ayckbourn, Alan
  Confusions, Five Interlinked One
  S French
  various
  11
  
• Bailey, Michele
  Going all the way
  S French
  3m 2f
  8
  
• Banister, Eve
  Margaret -a play in One-Act
  Garnet Miller
  4f
  11
  
• Baring, Maurice
  Ten Diminutive Dramas
  Heinemann
  various
  6
  
• Barrie, J M
  Shall We Join the Ladies
  Hodder
  8m 8f
  8
  
• Bate, Sam
  Head of the House
  S French
  7f
  6
  
• Bate, Sam
  Rumour - a play for women
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Bayliss, A E M
  Junior one-act plays of today 2nd series
  Harrap
  various
  4
  
• Bennett, Alan
  Say something happened
  S French
  1m 2f
  3
  
• Bent, Simon
  Bad Company - a play
  S French
  6m 2f
  8
  
• Berkoff, Steven
  Kvetch, and Acapulco
  Faber
  various
  6
  
• Bird, Constance
  Good Send Off, A Comedy in One-Act
  English Theatre Guild
  8f
  7
  
• Black, Ian Stuart
  Even less legal - a sequel to 'Nothing legal'
  Evans
  8f
  8
  
• Blythe, Richard
  Jack, the giant and the jiggery plot
  S French
  12m 2f
  7
  
• Booth, Anthony
  Costa del Packet - a farce for women
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Booth, Anthony
  Hayling report - a play for women in One-Act
  H Quekett
  7f
  6
  
• Booth, Anthony
  Ninth Day
  S French
  3m 3f
  6
  
• Booth, Anthony
  The trial
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Bowen, John
  Little Boxes, Two Plays
  S French
  various
  12
  
• Bower, Margaret
  The animal connection
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Box, Muriel
  Anti-Clockwise
  S French
  4f
  4
  
• Box, Muriel and Box, S
  Sing a song of sixpence -a play for women in One-Act
  S French
  6f
  6
  
• Brittney, Lynn
  A Different Way to Die
  Playstage
  2m 2f
  4
  
• Brittney, Lynn
  A Two Berth Life
  Playstage
  2m 2f
  5
  
• Brittney, Lynn
  As the Family
  Playstage
  2m 1f
  4
  
• Brittney, Lynn
  Have a Nice Day
  Playstage
  3m 3f
  6
  
• Brittney, Lynn
  Mixed Doubles
  Playstage
  5m 8f
  12
  
• Brittney, Lynn
  Motivation
  Playstage
  2m 2f
  5
  
• Brittney, Lynn
  Nostalgia
  Playstage
  3m 2f
  6
  
• Brittney, Lynn
  The Luvvies
  Playstage
  3m 6f
  9
  
• Brockhill, George
  Nudes in Waning Light - a comedy
  S French
  2m 5f
  7
  
• Burton, Brian J
  Cheers, Tears and Screamers
  Hanbury
  various
  6
  
• Burton, Brian J
  Face the queen - a play in One-Act
  Hanbury
  7f
  8
  
• Burton, Brian J
  Question of Profit
  Hanbury
  6f
  6
  
• Campton, David
  Cagebirds, A Play
  S French
  8f
  8
  
• Campton, David
  Do-it-Yourself Frankenstein
  S French
  9 chars.
  17
  
• Campton, David
  Everybody's Friend
  S French
  4m 1f
  5
  
• Campton, David
  Ladies' Night, Four Plays for Women
  Garnet Miller
  various
  8
  
• Campton, David
  Laughter and Fear, Nine One-Act
  Blackie
  various
  4
  
• Campton, David
  Mrs Meadowsweet
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Campton, David
  On Stage Again, Fourteen Sketches
  Miller
  various
  2
  
• Campton, David
  On Stage, Seventeen Sketches and
  Miller
  various
  2
  
• Campton, David
  Permission to cry
  S French
  f5 or m1 f4 or m2 f3
  5
  
• Campton, David
  Singing in the wilderness
  S French
  7f
  8
  
• Campton, David
  Us and them
  S French
  any number of characters
  6
  
• Campton, David
  Who calls?
  S French
  6f
  6
  
• Campton, David
  Who calls?
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Cary, Falkland l
  Husbands Supplied
  S French
  1m 7f
  13
  
• Castle, Nan
  Night in Bethlehem
  Evans
  6f
  6
  
• Cavendish, Clare
  Christmas Visitor, A One-Act
  Evans
  5f
  6
  
• Charlton, James M
  Modern One-Act plays for schools book 1
  Ginn
  various
  9
  
• Charlton, James M
  Modern One-Act plays for schools book 2
  Ginn
  various
  8
  
• Charlton, James M
  Modern One-Act plays for schools book 3
  Ginn
  various
  8
  
• Charlton, James M
  Modern One-Act plays for schools book 4
  Ginn
  various
  7
  
• Charlton, James M
  More Modern One-Act Plays, Book 1
  Ginn
  various
  7
  
• Charlton, James M
  More Modern One-Act Plays, Book 2
  Ginn
  various
  8
  
• Chinn, Jimmie
  A respectable funeral
  S French
  1m 3f
  4
  
• Chinn, Jimmie
  But yesterday
  S French
  2m 3f
  7
  
• Chinn, Jimmie
  In room five hundred and four
  S French
  2m 2f
  5
  
• Chinn, Jimmie
  Interior designs
  S French
  1m 3f
  4
  
• Chinn, Jimmie
  Pity about Kitty
  S French
  1m 3f
  7
  
• Chinn, Jimmie
  Too long an Autumn
  S French
  3m 4f
  8
  
• Christie, Agatha
  Afternoon at the Seaside, A Play
  S French
  7m 5f
  10
  
• Christie, Agatha
  Patient
  S French
  5m 4f
  9
  
• Christie, Agatha
  Rats
  S French
  2m 2f
  4
  
• Churchill, C
  Blue Heart (contains the plays Heart's Desire and Blue Kettle)
  Nick Hern Books
  M2 F7 (with doubling, plus child extras)
  9
  
• Churchill, C
  Blue Kettle (SEE Blue Heart)
   
   
   
  
• Churchill, C
  Heart's Desire (SEE Blue Heart)
   
   
   
  
• Clark, Gwyn
  Anyone for Tennis? - a farce
  S French
  2m 2f
  4
  
• Clay, N L
  All Aboard and Other Plays
  Heinemann
  various
  7
  
• Cole, Giles
  Secrets
  S French
  2m 2f
  5
  
• Coles, Enid
  Once and for all
  S French
  6f
  8
  
• Coles, Enid
  Secrets
  S French
  6f
  8
  
• Constanduros, Mabel
  Little Plays About Grandma
  S French
  various
  4
  
• Constanduros, Mabel and Agg, Howard
  Cuckoo time - a country comedy in One-Act
  S French
  7f
  12
  
• Constanduros, Mabel and Constanduros, D
  Nest of saucepans / Taking the chair
  S French
  5f
  7
  
• Cook, C R
  Beastie and Beaut
  S French
  12 chars.
  9
  
• Coward, Noel
  Fumed Oak
  S French
  1m 3f
  5
  
• Coward, Noel
  Red Peppers, An Interlude with
  S French
  4m 2f
  14
  
• Cox, Constance
  Maria Marten
  S French
  5m 9f
  8
  
• Cruden, Thomas
  Doll and the Marquis
  S French
  4m 3f
  7
  
• Dahl, Roald
  Charlie and the chocolate factory adapted by R R George
  Penguin
  10m 9f
  6
  
• Dahl, Roald
  Charlie and the great glass elevator adapted by R R George
  Puffin
  17m 4f
  12
  
• Dahl, Roald
  Fantastic Mister Fox adapted by S Reid
  Puffin
  9m 7f sprs.
  13
  
• Dahl, Roald
  James and the giant peach adapted by R R George
  Penguin
  large cast
  12
  
• Dale, Adrian
  Slight misunderstanding - a light comedy
  S French
  6f
  6
  
• Davies, Andrew
  Thermal Underwear, A Comedy
  S French
  3m 3f
  6
  
• Dinner, William
  Mr Fothergill Joins the Angels
  S French
  5m 4f
  9
  
• Downing, Martin
  Demon - a thriller
  S French
  3m 4f
  17
  
• Doyle, Arthur Conan
  Four Sherlock Homes Plays
  J Murray
  various
  6
  
• Dunbar, Janet
  Five Festival Plays
  Harrap
  various
  6
  
• Durband, Alan
  Playbill 1
  Hutchinson
  various
  11
  
• Durband, Alan
  Playbill 3
  Hutchinson
  various
  19
  
• Edwards, Tony
  Return - a play
  S French
  4m 2f
  6
  
• Evans, E Eynon
  New Leaf
  S French
  4m 4f
  8
  
• Everard, Elizabeth
  Eight more One-Act plays for women
  Harrap
  various
  12
  
• Fletcher, Lucille
  Sorry, wrong number and Hitch
  Dramatists Play Services
  various
  11
  
• Fraser, Jessica
  Bodenham Romp
  S French
  3m 8f
  8
  
• Frayn, Michael
  Listen to this
  S French
  various
  5
  
• Frisby, Terence
  Seaside Postcard, A comedy
  S French
  4m 4f
  6
  
• Garstang, Jean
  Seven monologues for women
  Deane
  1f
  3
  
• Green, George Mace
  Ritual For Dolls - a play
  S French
  2m 2f
  4
  
• Green, Michael
  Coarse acting strikes back -4 more coarse plays
  S French
  various
  8
  
• Greenslade, Mary and Harvey, A
  Scenes for two - book 1 (duologues)
  S French
  2 chars.
  2
  
• Greenslade, Mary and Harvey, A
  Scenes for two - book 2 (duologues)
  S French
  2f
  2
  
• Halifax, Peggy
  Five short sketches
  Kenyon House
  4f
  5
  
• Halifax, Peggy
  Ten minute sketches
  Kenyon House
  various
  6
  
• Hayward, Jean M
  Bridal path
  Hanbury Plays
  5f
  7
  
• Hillman, Barry L
  Iron magnolias
  S French
  7f
  8
  
• Holloway, Jonathan
  The Dark
  S French
  3m 1f
  5
  
• Holloway, Jonathan
  The Monkey's Paw (adapted from the short story by WW Jacobs)
  S French
  4m1f
  5
  
• Hood, Evelyn
  Curses, foiled again - a play
  S French
  2m 3f
  5
  
• Jacobs, W W
  Monkey's Paw
  S French
  3m 2f
  5
  
• James, Stella Wyn
  All right on the night - a comedy
  Kenyon House
  6f
  6
  
• Johnson, Philip
  Late Miss Cordell
  S French
  1m 5f
  6
  
• Johnson, Philip
  No Weeds for the Widow, A Comedy
  S French
  2m 4f
  5
  
• Johnson, Philip
  World without men - a fantastical comedy
  S French
  7f
  7
  
• Jones, Graham
  Do-Gooders - a play
  S French
  4m 2f
  6
  
• Kay, Maxine A
  Octet - 8 solo numbers for women
  Kenyon Deane
  various
  3
  
• Kilgarrif, Michael
  Three Comedy Sketches, The Heir
  S French
  various
  6
  
• Kilgarriff, Michael
  Three More Melodramas
  S French
  various
  5
  
• Lang, Louisa
  Charade 2
  Kenyon Deane
  various
  6
  
• Lillington, Kennet
  Fourth Windmill Book of One
  Heinemann
  various
  6
  
• Lovegrove, Arthur
  Clara's on the curtains - a comedy for women
  S French
  10f
  10
  
• Lovegrove, Arthur
  Nasty things, murders
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Macrae, Arthur
  Living for Pleasure
  S French
  various
  5
  
• Mander, Charles
  Cup Final - a comedy
  S French
  4m 3f
  7
  
• Mander, Charles
  World premier - a comedy
  S French
  3m 4f
  8
  
• Manktelow, Bettine
  Charity Begins
  S French
  4f
  4
  
• Marriott, James W
  One-Act Plays for Today, fourth series
  Harrap
  various
  5
  
• Marriott, James W
  One-Act Plays for Today, second series
  Harrap
  various
  5
  
• Marriott, James W
  One-Act Plays for Today, sixth series
  Harrap
  various
  5
  
• Marriott, James W
  One-Act Plays for Today, third series
  Harrap
  various
  6
  
• Marriott, James W
  One-Act Plays of Today, first series
  Harrap
  various
  5
  
• McConnell, Jean
  Deckchairs 1- 5 short plays
  S French
  2f
  2
  
• McConnell, Jean
  Millie's Tale
  S French
  2m 4f
  7
  
• Morgan, John
  Kids
  S French
  2m 2f + 1 either sex
  5
  
• Mortimer, John
  Come as you are
  S French
  2m 2f
  5
  
• Mortimer, John
  Fear of Heaven
  S French
  5m 2f
  7
  
• Mortimer, John
  Knightsbridge - a play
  S French
  2m 2f
  4
  
• Nield
  Do me a favour
  Evans
  3m 2f
  7
  
• Niggli, Josephina
  Miracle at Blaise
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Oakley, William
  Rumpelstiltskin
  Hanbury
  3m 2f
  5
  
• Oliver, Reggie
  Music lovers  (adapted from "Amour et Piano" by Georges Feydeau
  S French
  1m 4f
  7
  
• Pakington, Mary
  Time and Mrs Podbury
  Deane
  7m 4f
  6
  
• Pinter, Harold
  A kind of Alaska
  S French
  1m 2f
  3
  
• Plowman, Gillian
  David's Birthday - a play
  S French
  3m 2f
  5
  
• Plowman, Gillian
  The Allotment
  S French
  5f
  6
  
• Plowman, Gillian
  The window cleaner
  S French
  1m 1f
  2
  
• Popplewell, Jack
  Mother's day out - a comedy
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Potter, Dennis
  Blue remembered hills
  S French
  5m 2f
  5
  
• Priestley, J B
  Glass of Bitter
  S French
  3m 2f
  5
  
• Raby, Derek
  We need a man - a comedy
  S French
  5f
  6
  
• Raffle, Diana
  Camp Confidence
  S French
  7f
  7
  
• Rattigan, Terence
  Browning Version
  S French
  5m 2f
  10
  
• Ready, Stuart
  I Want to be an Actor
  S French
  various
  5
  
• Ready, Stuart
  Peril at the post office - a farcical comedy
  Deane
  7f
  5
  
• Reakes, Paul
  Mantrap - a thriller
  S French
  3m 2f
  6
  
• Rensten, Mary
  The skip
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Reza, Yasmina
  The God of Carnage (translated by Christopher Hampton)
  Faber
  2m 2f
  6
  
• Robertson, A S
  Luck of the draw
  S French
  3m 1f
  4
  
• Rook, Robin
  Play ten - 10 short plays
  E Arnold
  various
  10
  
• Russell, Willy
  Our day out and other plays
  Thomas
  various
  11
  
• Shaffer, Peter
  Black Comedy, A Comedy
  S French
  5m 3f
  9
  
• Shirley, Rae
  What shall we do with the body?
  Baker
  1m 2f
  3
  
• Simpson, N F
  A resounding tinkle
  S French
  1m 2f
  3
  
• Smith, Leo
  Whence - a play
  S French
  1m 1f
  2
  
• Snelgrove, Michael
  Hidden Meanings - a comedy
  S French
  4m 5f
  10
  
• Stayton, Frank
  Tree, A Play in One-Act
  English Theatre Guild
  7f
  8
  
• Stewart, Hugh
  Room in the tower
  S French
  4f
  9
  
• Stoppard, Tom
  After Magritte - a play
  S French
  3m 2f
  5
  
• Stoppard, Tom
  Albert's Bridge
  S French
  10m 2f sprs.
  12
  
• Stoppard, Tom
  Real Inspector Hound
  S French
  5m 3f
  8
  
• Summers, David
  Straight to DVD
  Playstage
  3m 2f
  6
  
• Taylor, A R
  Hiss the Villain, or Foiled and counterfoiled
  S French
  5m 2f
  17
  
• Thain, Paul
  Stone Soup - a modern fable
  S French
  12m 8f sprs.
  12
  
• Tristram, David
  Last Tango in Little Grimley/Joining the club
  Flying Ducks
  2m 2f
  4
  
• Turner, Margaret
  Beginners please - a comedy in One-Act
  Deane
  6f
  5
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Ah, cruel fate!
  S French
  5m (extras) 4f
  8
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Albert Laddin
  S French
  4m 6f
  21
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Ali's Barbara
  S French
  6m 7f
  25
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Ask a silly question
  S French
  12 f + extras
  11
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Cock Robin Hood
  S French
  Various
  15
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Little Red Whittington
  S French
  large cast
  8
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Puss in slippers
  S French
  4m 6f
  10
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Space-woman
  S French
  4f min.
  10
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Speeches and cream
  S French
  10f + extras
  12
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Spring song singers
  S French
  10 chrs.
  11
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Unhand me, Squire
  S French
  4m 4f + f extras
  13
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Way out west!
  Evans
  6m 4f + extras
  12
  
• Uhry, Alfred
  Driving Miss Daisy
  Dramatists Play Services
  2m 1f
  3
  
• Wade, Martyn
  Did you know it was Christmas time?
  Belton
  4m
  6
  
• Wandor
  Plays by Women - vol 1
  Methuen
  various
  5
  
• Wandor
  Plays by Women - vol 2
  Methuen
  various
  5
  
• Warburton, Nick
  The last bread pudding
  S French
  3m 4f or 2m 5f
  7
  
• Weldon, Fay
  The reading group
  S French
  2m 5f
  7
  
• Williams, Tennessee
  Mister Paradise and other one-act plays
  S French
  various
  8
  
• Wood, Margaret
  Double Dealers
  S French
  4m 2f
  6
  
• Wood, Margaret
  Edward
  Evans
  7f
  16
  
• Wood, Margaret
  Fishy Business
  S French
  6m 4f
  10
  
• Wood, Margaret
  King and the Quaker
  S French
  1m 4f
  6
  
• Wood, Margaret
  Person of No Consequence
  S French
  8f
  8
  
• Wood, Margaret
  Top table - a satirical comedy
  S French
  8m sprs.
  7
  
• Wood, Patricia
  Captain Blackboot and the Wallamagrumba
  S French
  16m 7f sprs.
  11
  
• Wood, Patricia
  Captain Blackboot's island
  S French
  14m 6f sprs.
  13
  
• Wood, Patricia
  Dandelion time - a fantasy
  S French
  25m 19f sprs.
  12
  

Female Cast

•  
  Last-minute sketches
  Kenyon-Deane
  5f
  6
  
•  
  Quintet: Monolgues and Duologues for women only
  Deane
  3f
  3
  
• Aron, Geraldine
  The Donahue sisters
  S French
  3f
  11
  
• Banister, Eve
  Margaret -a play in One-Act
  Garnet Miller
  4f
  11
  
• Bate, Sam
  Head of the House
  S French
  7f
  6
  
• Bate, Sam
  Rumour - a play for women
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Bird, Constance
  Good Send Off, A Comedy in One-Act
  English Theatre Guild
  8f
  7
  
• Black, Ian Stuart
  Even less legal - a sequel to 'Nothing legal'
  Evans
  8f
  8
  
• Black, Muriel
  Crisis and confidence
  S French
  10f
  14
  
• Booth, Anthony
  Costa del Packet - a farce for women
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Booth, Anthony
  Hayling report - a play for women in One-Act
  H Quekett
  7f
  6
  
• Booth, Anthony
  Ladies, this is war!
  S French
  6f
  6
  
• Booth, Anthony
  None the Wiser: A comedy
  S French
  7f
  7
  
• Booth, Anthony
  The trial
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Bower, Margaret
  The animal connection
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Box, Muriel
  Anti-Clockwise
  S French
  4f
  4
  
• Box, Muriel and Box, S
  Sing a song of sixpence -a play for women in One-Act
  S French
  6f
  6
  
• Burton, Brian J
  Face the queen - a play in One-Act
  Hanbury
  7f
  8
  
• Burton, Brian J
  Question of Profit
  Hanbury
  6f
  6
  
• Campton, David
  Cagebirds, A Play
  S French
  8f
  8
  
• Campton, David
  Mrs Meadowsweet
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Campton, David
  Permission to cry
  S French
  f5 or m1 f4 or m2 f3
  5
  
• Campton, David
  Singing in the wilderness
  S French
  7f
  8
  
• Campton, David
  Who calls?
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Campton, David
  Who calls?
  S French
  6f
  6
  
• Castle, Nan
  Night in Bethlehem
  Evans
  6f
  6
  
• Cavendish, Clare
  Christmas Visitor, A One-Act
  Evans
  5f
  6
  
• Churchill, Caryl
  Top girls
  S French
  7f with trebling
  7
  
• Coles, Enid
  Once and for all
  S French
  6f
  8
  
• Coles, Enid
  Secrets
  S French
  6f
  8
  
• Constanduros, Mabel and Agg, Howard
  Cuckoo time - a country comedy in One-Act
  S French
  7f
  12
  
• Constanduros, Mabel and Constanduros, D
  Nest of saucepans / Taking the chair
  S French
  5f
  7
  
• Dale, Adrian
  Slight misunderstanding - a light comedy
  S French
  6f
  6
  
• Everard, Elizabeth
  Eight more One-Act plays for women
  Harrap
  various
  12
  
• Garstang, Jean
  Seven monologues for women
  Deane
  1f
  3
  
• Greenslade, Mary and Harvey, A
  Scenes for two - book 2 (duologues)
  S French
  2f
  2
  
• Halifax, Peggy
  Five short sketches
  Kenyon House
  4f
  5
  
• Halifax, Peggy
  Ten minute sketches
  Kenyon House
  various
  6
  
• Hare, David
  Breath of life
  S French
  2f
  2
  
• Harling, Robert
  Steel magnolias
  S French
  6f
  6
  
• Hayward, Jean M
  Bridal path
  Hanbury Plays
  5f
  7
  
• Hillman, Barry L
  Iron magnolias
  S French
  7f
  8
  
• James, Stella Wyn
  All right on the night - a comedy
  Kenyon House
  6f
  6
  
• Johnson, Philip
  World without men - a fantastical comedy
  S French
  7f
  7
  
• Kay, Maxine A
  Octet - 8 solo numbers for women
  Kenyon Deane
  various
  3
  
• Lang, Louisa
  Charade 2
  Kenyon Deane
  various
  6
  
• Lovegrove, Arthur
  Clara's on the curtains - a comedy for women
  S French
  10f
  10
  
• Lovegrove, Arthur
  Nasty things, murders
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Manktelow, Bettine
  Charity Begins
  S French
  4f
  4
  
• McConnell, Jean
  Deckchairs 1- 5 short plays
  S French
  2f
  2
  
• McConnell, Jean
  Deckchairs 4
  S French
  2f
  2
  
• McGillivray, David
  Haunted through lounge and recessed dining
  S French
  6f or 1m 5f
  11
  
• Niggli, Josephina
  Miracle at Blaise
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• Pielmeier
  Agnes of God
  S French
  3f
  5
  
• Plowman, Gillian
  The Allotment
  S French
  5f
  6
  
• Popplewell, Jack
  Mother's day out - a comedy
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Raby, Derek
  We need a man - a comedy
  S French
  5f
  6
  
• Raffle, Diana
  Camp Confidence
  S French
  7f
  7
  
• Ready, Stuart
  Peril at the post office - a farcical comedy
  Deane
  7f
  5
  
• Reid, Georgina
  Ladies of spirit - a comedy
  Evans
  9f
  6
  
• Rensten, Mary
  The skip
  S French
  5f
  5
  
• Stayton, Frank
  Tree, A Play in One-Act
  English Theatre Guild
  7f
  8
  
• Stewart, Hugh
  Room in the tower
  S French
  4f
  9
  
• Turner, Margaret
  Beginners please - a comedy in One-Act
  Deane
  6f
  5
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Ask a silly question
  S French
  12 f + extras
  11
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Space-woman
  S French
  4f min.
  10
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Speeches and cream
  S French
  10f + extras
  12
  
• Wood, Margaret
  Edward
  Evans
  7f
  16
  
• Wood, Margaret
  Person of No Consequence
  S French
  8f
  8
  

Playsets for a male cast

• Beckett, Samuel
  Waiting for Godot, A Tragicomedy
  S French
  5m
  7
  
• Bennett, Alan
  Beyond the fringe - a revue
  S French
  5m
  10
  
• De Filippo, Eduard
  Filumena
  S French
  6m
  10
  
• Eliot, T S
  Murder in the Cathedral
  Faber
  9m sprs.
  5
  
• Firth, T
  Neville's island - comedy
  S French
  4m
  5
  
• Jerome, Jerome K
  Three men in a boat adapted by Jim Sperinck
  Jasper Publications
  3m
  3
  
• Pinter, Harold
  Caretaker
  Methuen
  3m
  3
  
• Pinter, Harold
  Caretaker
  S French
  3m
  3
  
• Pinter, Harold
  Dumb Waiter
  S French
  2m
  3
  
• Reza, Yasmina
  Art
  Faber
  3m
  3
  
• Rose, Reginald
  Twelve angry men
  S French
  14m
  10
  
• Sherriff, R C
  Journey's End
  S French
  11m
  11
  
• Wade, Martyn
  Did you know it was Christmas time?
  Belton
  4m
  6
  
• Wood, Margaret
  Top table - a satirical comedy
  S French
  8m sprs.
  7
  

Plays for children

• Adams, P H and Carter, C
  Jack and the beanstalk - a basic pantomime
  S French
  4m 5f sprs.
  9
  
• Alcott, L M
  Little women adapted by M De Forest SEE De Forest, Marian
  S French
  5m 7f
  6
  
• Astell, Betty
  Aladdin - a pantomime
  S French
  9m 3f sprs.
  11
  
• Ayckbourn, Alan
  Callisto 5
  S French
  3m 1f or 2m 1f
  4
  
• Ayckbourn, Alan
  Invisible friends
  Faber
  4m 3f
  7
  
• Ayckbourn, Alan
  Mr A's amazing maze plays
  S French
  6m 2f
  8
  
• Barrie, J M
  Peter Pan, A fantasy in five acts
  S French
  large cast
  12
  
• Bayliss, A E M
  Junior one-act plays of today 2nd series
  Harrap
  various
  4
  
• Bennett, Alan
  Wind in the willows adapted from the book by Kenneth Grahame
  Faber
  12m sprs.
  8
  
• Blythe, Richard
  Jack, the giant and the jiggery plot
  S French
  12m 2f
  7
  
• Bolt, Robert
  Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew
  Heinemann
  9m 1f
  9
  
• Bradley, Alfred
  Scatterbrained scarecrow of Oz
  S French
  9m 7f min 9
  10
  
• Bradley, Alfred
  Wizard of Oz from the book by Baum
  S French
  6m 7f
  10
  
• Bradley, Alfred and Bond, M
  Adventures of a bear called Paddington
  S French
  5m 3f sprs.
  10
  
• Brecht, Bertolt
  Mother Courage and her Children trans. Willett
  Methuen
  large cast
  9
  
• Broadhurst, Alan
  Great cross-country race, or the hare and the tortoise
  Anchorage
  14m 6f
  6
  
• Carter, Margaret
  Puss in Boots - pantomime
  S French
  15m 8f sprs.
  8
  
• Carter, Margaret
  Sleeping beauty - pantomime
  S French
  20 chars.
  13
  
• Carter, Margaret
  Snow White and the seven dwarfs
  S French
  14m 9f
  11
  
• Chapman, John
  Chicken run
  Heinemann
  11m 6f
  5
  
• Charlton, James M
  Modern One-Act plays for schools book 1
  Ginn
  various
  9
  
• Charlton, James M
  Modern One-Act plays for schools book 2
  Ginn
  various
  8
  
• Charlton, James M
  Modern One-Act plays for schools book 3
  Ginn
  various
  8
  
• Charlton, James M
  Modern One-Act plays for schools book 4
  Ginn
  various
  7
  
• Cullen, Alan
  Hans,the witch and the gobbin
  S French
  7m 6f
  14
  
• Dahl, Roald
  Charlie and the chocolate factory adapted by R R George
  Penguin
  10m 9f
  6
  
• Dahl, Roald
  Charlie and the great glass elevator adapted by R R George
  Puffin
  17m 4f
  12
  
• Dahl, Roald
  Fantastic Mister Fox adapted by S Reid
  Puffin
  9m 7f sprs.
  13
  
• Dahl, Roald
  Giraffe and the Pelly and me
  S French
  6m 1f
  7
  
• Dahl, Roald
  James and the giant peach adapted by R R George
  Penguin
  large cast
  12
  
• Dahl, Roald
  Witches
  S French
  4m 6f sprs.
  9
  
• Dickens, C
  Christmas Carol adapted by S Sutton
  S French
  23m 15f
  12
  
• Durband, Alan
  Playbill 1
  Hutchinson
  various
  11
  
• Durband, Alan
  Playbill 2
  Hutchinson
  various
  15
  
• Durband, Alan
  Playbill 3
  Hutchinson
  various
  19
  
• Ellison, Les
  Space Junk - a play for children
  S French
  various
  12
  
• Ellison, Les
  Utter garbage
  S French
  7 chars. 5 sprs.
  10
  
• Foxton, David
  Card play, or, the truth about the knave of hearts
  S French
  16 chars.
  12
  
• Foxton, David
  Crowns, the king and the long lost smile
  S French
  12m 4f sprs.
  10
  
• Gardiner, John
  Dracula spectacular
  S French
  24 chars.
  12
  
• Gardiner, John and Coleman, F
  Mr Macaroni and the exploding pizza pie
  S French
  4m 3f sprs.
  10
  
• Gavin, Bill
  Land of Kerfuffle - a play for Christmas
  S French
  12m 3f sprs.
  12
  
• Gray, Nicholas S
  Beauty and the beast
  OUP
  4m 3f
  6
  
• Gray, Nicholas S
  Imperial nightingale
  OUP
  9m 4f sprs.
  5
  
• Gray, Nicholas S
  Princess and the swineherd
  OUP
  4m 6f
  5
  
• Greenslade, Mary and Harvey, A
  Scenes for two - book 1 (duologues)
  S French
  2 chars.
  2
  
• Hall, Willis
  Christmas crackers
  S French
  7m 2f
  18
  
• Hall, Willis
  Kidnapped at Christmas
  S French
  7m 2f
  10
  
• Hall, Willis
  Right Christmas caper
  S French
  7m 2f
  10
  
• Hall, Willis
  Wind in the willows- A musical based on the story by Kenneth Grahame
  S French
  15ch sprs
  12
  
• Harding, Margaret
  Sea king's daughter
  S French
  20m16f sprs
  12
  
• Hay, Ian
  Crimson coconut
  S French
  4m 2f
  6
  
• Horitz, Toby
  Good king Wenceslas and the chancellor of Bohemia
  S French
  5m 2f sprs.
  8
  
• Hutchins, Pat
  Curse of the Egyptian mummy
  S French
  5m 4f +7m 1f child
  12
  
• Jackson, Elizabeth
  Alice in Wonderland from the book by L Carroll
  Heinemann
  large cast
  6
  
• Kipling, Rudyard
  Jungle book adapted by J Hartoch
  S French
  24m 5f
  9
  
• Lewis, Clive Staples
  Lion, the witch and the wardrobe adapted by G Robbins
  S French
  11m 6f
  12
  
• Lewis, Clive Staples
  Magician's nephew adapted by G Robbins
  S French
  16m 5f
  10
  
• Lewis, Clive Staples
  Voyage of the Dawntreader adapted by G Robbins
  S French
  24m 5f
  10
  
• Lloyd, Richard
  Treasure Island - the panto
  S French
  19 chars.
  12
  
• Milne, A A
  Winnie-the-Pooh adapted by G Robbins
  S French
  7m 4f
  11
  
• Milne, A A
  Winnie-the-Pooh, a play in three acts dramatised by K Sergel
  Dramatic
  13 chars.
  8
  
• Mitchell, Adrian
  Tom Kitten and his friends - a play with songs based on the stories by Beatrix Potter
  S French
  18 chars.
  9
  
• Morgan, Verne
  Dick Whittington - pantomime
  S French
  15m 3f
  10
  
• Morgan, Verne
  Old King Cole / King Cole in Space - pantomime
  S French
  6m 5f sprs.
  12
  
• Morley, John
  Wind in the willows - musical play adapted from the book by Kenneth Grahame
  S French
  22 chars.
  12
  
• Murdoch, Helen and McCracken, E
  Alan and the king's daughters - a musical play
  S French
  1m 9f sprs
  10
  
• Nicol, Ron
  Snow Queen
  S French
  32 chars.
  12
  
• Oakley, William
  Rumpelstiltskin
  Hanbury
  3m 2f
  5
  
• O'Gorman, Denis
  Shepherd's story - a Christmas musical play
  Grail
  large cast
  6
  
• Pratchett, Terry
  Wyrd sisters
  Corgi
  8m 5f
  12
  
• Pullman, Philip
  Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse horror
  Nelson
  8m 3f
  9
  
• Reakes, Paul
  Little Jack Horner - a pantomime
  S French
  7m 6f sprs.
  11
  
• Robbins, Norman
  Ali Baba and the forty thieves - a pantomime
  S French
  10 chars. sprs.
  11
  
• Roberts, B
  Angelica and the monstrous monster of the deep
  S French
  10m 4f
  10
  
• Ruskin, Sheila and Wood, D
  Owl and the pussycat went to see - a musical play
  S French
  9m 8f
  12
  
• Russell, Willy
  Our day out and other plays
  Thomas
  various
  11
  
• Smith, Dodie
  Hundred and one dalmations
  S French
  9 chars. sprs.
  18
  
• Thackeray, W M
  Rose and the ring - pantomime adapted by H Deans
  S French
  various
  9
  
• Thain, Paul
  Stone Soup - a modern fable
  S French
  12m 8f sprs.
  12
  
• Thurber, James
  Thirteen clocks adapted by F Lowe
  S French
  13m 2f
  10
  
• Toksvig, Jenifer
  Curious quest for the sandman's sand
  S French
  11 chars. sprs
  12
  
• Toksvig, Jenifer
  Shake, ripple and roll
  S French
  13 chars.
  12
  
• Tristram, David
  Inspector Drake and the perfekt crime
  Flying Ducks
  3m 2f
  6
  
• Tristram, David
  Inspector Drake and the time machine
  Flying Ducks
  5-9 chars.
  10
  
• Tristram, David
  Inspector Drake's last case
  Flying Ducks
  7m 4f (or 7m 5f)
  12
  
• Waterhouse, Keith
  Children's Day
  S French
  3m 4f
  6
  
• West, Trudy
  Beauty and the beast - a basic pantomime
  S French
  5m 4f sprs.
  10
  
• West, Trudy
  Mother Goose - a basic pantomime
  S French
  10m 8f sprs.
  12
  
• West, Trudy
  Sleeping Beauty - a basic pantomime
  S French
  9m14f sprs.
  10
  
• Whelan, Peter
  Accrington pals
  S French
  5m 5f
  10
  
• Williams, Simon
  William Golding's Lord of the flies adapted by N Williams
  Faber
  14m
  12
  
• Wood, D
  Pied piper - a musical play
  S French
  5m 4f & 20 chars.
  8
  
• Wood, D
  Rupert and the green dragon
  S French
  16 chars.
  12
  
• Wood, David
  Babe the sheep-pig
  S French
  10 chars. sprs.
  11
  
• Wood, David
  Babes in the magic wood - a family musical
  S French
  8m 4f sprs.
  10
  
• Wood, David
  Meg and Mog show based on the books by H Nicoll and J Pienkowski
  S French
  8m 5f
  12
  
• Wood, David
  Selfish shellfish
  Amber Lane
  4m 3f
  8
  
• Wood, David and Ruskin, S
  Larry the lamb in Toytown - a musical play
  S French
  7m 3f
  6
  
• Wood, Patricia
  Captain Blackboot and the Wallamagrumba
  S French
  16m 7f sprs.
  11
  
• Wood, Patricia
  Captain Blackboot's island
  S French
  14m 6f sprs.
  13
  
• Wood, Patricia
  Dandelion time - a fantasy
  S French
  25m 19f sprs.
  12
  
• Wood, Patricia
  Wizard of wobbling rock
  S French
  37 chars.
  12
  

Christmas plays and pantomimes

• Adams, P H and Carter, C
  Jack and the beanstalk - a basic pantomime
  S French
  4m 5f sprs.
  9
  
• Allen, Janet
  Three Medieval plays
  Heinemann
  various
  6
  
• Astell, Betty
  Aladdin - a pantomime
  S French
  9m 3f sprs.
  11
  
• Barrie, J M
  Peter Pan, A fantasy in five acts
  S French
  large cast
  12
  
• Bolt, Robert
  Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew
  Heinemann
  9m 1f
  9
  
• Carter, Margaret
  Dick Whittington - a pantomime
  S French
  19 chars.
  12
  
• Carter, Margaret
  Puss in Boots - pantomime
  S French
  15m 8f sprs.
  8
  
• Carter, Margaret
  Sleeping beauty - pantomime
  S French
  20 chars.
  13
  
• Carter, Margaret
  Snow White and the seven dwarfs
  S French
  14m 9f
  11
  
• Castle, Nan
  Night in Bethlehem
  Evans
  6f
  6
  
• Cavendish, Clare
  Christmas Visitor, A One-Act
  Evans
  5f
  6
  
• Deans, Harris
  The rose and the ring: Thackeray's fireside pantomime adapted by Harris Deans
  S French
  large mixed cast
  9
  
• Dickens, C
  Christmas Carol adapted by S Sutton
  S French
  23m 15f
  12
  
• Gavin, Bill
  Land of Kerfuffle - a play for Christmas
  S French
  12m 3f sprs.
  12
  
• Hall, Willis
  Christmas crackers
  S French
  7m 2f
  18
  
• Hall, Willis
  Kidnapped at Christmas
  S French
  7m 2f
  10
  
• Hall, Willis
  Right Christmas caper
  S French
  7m 2f
  10
  
• Harding, Mike
  Comfort and Joy
  S French
  6m 6f
  12
  
• Horitz, Toby
  Good king Wenceslas and the chancellor of Bohemia
  S French
  5m 2f sprs.
  8
  
• Kay, M
  Jeremiah's Christmas, A Comedy
  S French
  5m 4f
  9
  
• Lloyd, Richard
  Treasure Island - the panto
  S French
  19 chars.
  12
  
• Lloyd, Robert
  Christmas Cavalier - a pantomime
  S French
  8m 5f sprs.
  11
  
• McGillivray, David
  Farndale  Avenue Housing Estate - Christmas Carol
  S French
  1m 4f sprs.
  14
  
• Mcloughlin, Patrick
  Cinderladdin, A Pantomime
  S French
  7 chars.
  7
  
• Morgan, Verne
  Dick Whittington - pantomime
  S French
  15m 3f
  10
  
• Morgan, Verne
  Old King Cole / King Cole in Space - pantomime
  S French
  6m 5f sprs.
  12
  
• Nicol, Ron
  Snow Queen
  S French
  32 chars.
  12
  
• Niggli, Josephina
  Miracle at Blaise
  S French
  6f
  7
  
• O'Gorman, Denis
  Shepherd's story - a Christmas musical play
  Grail
  large cast
  6
  
• Reakes, Paul
  Little Jack Horner - a pantomime
  S French
  7m 6f sprs.
  11
  
• Robbins, Norman
  Ali Baba and the forty thieves - a pantomime
  S French
  10 chars. sprs.
  11
  
• Robbins, Norman
  The white cat
  S French
  15
  12
  
• Sutton, Shaun
  Christmas Carol
  S French
  large cast
  12
  
• Thackeray, W M
  Rose and the ring - pantomime adapted by H Deans
  S French
  various
  9
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Albert Laddin
  S French
  4m 6f
  21
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Ali's Barbara
  S French
  6m 7f
  25
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Cock Robin Hood
  S French
  Various
  15
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Forty Winks Beauty- a potted pantomime
  S French
  5m 7f
  12
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Puss in slippers
  S French
  4m 6f
  10
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Snow White Special - a dwarf pantomime
  S French
  large cast
  11
  
• Tydeman, Richard
  Who's bean stalking?
  S French
  Various
  12
  
• Wade, Martyn
  Did you know it was Christmas time?
  Belton
  4m
  6
  
• West, Trudy
  Beauty and the beast - a basic pantomime
  S French
  5m 4f sprs.
  10
  
• West, Trudy
  Mother Goose - a basic pantomime
  S French
  10m 8f sprs.
  12
  
• West, Trudy
  Sleeping Beauty - a basic pantomime
  S French
  9m14f sprs.
  10