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Play. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. 11 men, 2 women, I boy, extras. Unit Set The story tells of two inspired French comedians, both popular favourites.
A beautiful woman, in love with both of them, agrees to build them
their ideal theatre. Then the rivalry begins for she agrees to marry
the "better actor." In tour-de-force roles which truly give
actors a chance to show their talents, each goes to extravagant extremes
to prove his mettle. The second act brings the deeply human awareness
that genius cannot be handed over, gift-wrapped, to another generation.
It is a fierce indictment against retirement, and offers a challenge
to continue living in the living theatre. Royce Brain : Drama 4M 6F Interior set The fascinating story of Edward VIII's abdication. Set in Marlborough
House between 1936 and 1945, this powerful play focuses on the private
family drama of Edward VIII and the Royal Family leading up to the
abdication. An engrossing and moving study of both a major constitutional
crisis and an overwhelming issue of private and public conflict. Arthur Miller : Drama 10M 10F Flexible staging This exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old
Salem is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of
our reincorporate, society. The story tells, 'how small lies - children's
lies - build and build until a whole town is aroused and 19 men and
women go to the gallows for being possessed of the Devil ... They
are good men and women, upright, hardworking, compassionate and Godfearing
... The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife and a young servant
girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The
farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie - and here in this
trial scene, is the big moment. It is a thrilling, bloodcurdling,
terrifying scene, as it depicts the monstrous course of bigotry and
deceit. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also
accused, imprisoned and condemned. Play. Paul Giovanni, based
on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Sherlock Holmes pastiche based mainly on The Sign of Four, though
with some fundamental differences (the lady in the case proves to
be far from Dr Watson's true love), and bringing in elements from
other stories. The action starts in India with the theft of the Agra
Treasure, moves forward thirty years to deal with the exciting events
resulting from the crime and concludes with a tantalising hint of
one of Watson's most famous unwritten adventures - 'The Giant Rat
of Sumatra'. Period 1857 and 1887 Play. Lynn Nottage. 1 man, 4 women. Unit set . Recently widowed Godfrey, and his daughters Ernestine and Ermina,
move from Florida to Brooklyn for a better life. Not-knowing how
to parent, Godfrey turns to religion, and especially to Father Divine,
for answers. The girls absorb their new surroundings, but not necessarily
religion. Lily, Godfrey's sisterin-law, shows up from Harlem, having
promised her sister that if anything ever happened, shed look out
for the girls. Lily, while fascinating to her nieces, stands for
everything Godfrey dislikes: communism, sexual freedom and the fight
against racial discrimination. As the racial and social issues of
the late 1950s escalate, personal issues between Godfrey and Lily
explode, prompting him to walk out. A few days later, he returns,
with a new wife - a white, German immigrant, Gerte. With Godfrey
immersed in religion, Lily claiming to be a part of the new revolution,
and quiet, stoic Gerte coming from the horrors of Germany, life in
the household gets heated. Ultimately, Lily must leave, seeing as
she's neither Godfrey's wife nor the girls' mother. Godfrey and Gerte
keep the family together as best they can, but nothing lasts forever.
Ernie, about to graduate from high school, gets a job offer from
her father, but it's not what she wants to do. Instead, as a young
woman in the dawn of a new age, she sets off for Harlem in search
of her spiritual mother, Lily, and all of the causes she supposedly
stood for during the "revolution." Drama. Mark Medoff and Phil Treon. 7 men, 3 women, 4 boys, 5 girls. Unit Set High school senior Robin Wingstrom's life is going nowhere. She's
juggling a newspaper round, schoolwork, basketball, and a would-be
boyfriend - all with little success. To make matters worse, her only
living relative, Gramps, is a senile old poop who's driving her certifiably
nuts. When Robin misses a key shot in an important basketball game,
her team loses, their coach collapses (dead on the spot), and Robin
becomes the school goat. A new coach arrives. Smooth-talking Miles
Murdock offers Robin the deal of her life - an infallible jump shot.
It's a 100% sure thing - guaranteed. She can't miss! But a price
must be paid. As Robin's jump shot earns her glory, Gramps suffers
a series of excruciating maladies. The cafeteria lady, Lily Wintergarden,
knows there is more to Coach Murdock than meets the eye, but she's
not into helping folks anymore. It's a Faustian deal Murdock has
struck with Robin, but he doesn't need any more souls; it's just
plain old human suffering he relishes. Despite Murdock's diabolical
intentions, Robin leads her team to the state championship game.
It's the biggest contest of her life, and when she and Murdock go
one-on-one, it's crunch time! Drama. David Mamet : 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy. Interior. A young, boy, John, comes downstairs to tell about his upcoming
trip with his dad to the family friend, Dell. Mother, Donnie, is
in the kitchen making tea. Soon the three are discussing the excitement
of the trip, why John can't sleep, and why Donnie's husband and John's
father, Robert, is not yet home from work. Consenting to try to sleep,
and on his way upstairs, John finds a note on the steps for Donnie:
Robert is leaving her. Over the next month Donnie finds solace with
her old friend Dell, as they try to comfort John, who becomes ill
with fever. Still not sleeping, John consistently interrupts with
his fears of not sleeping, and with questions about life and death.
While John comes in and out of the living room, Donnie quizzes Dell
about discrepancies she's noticed lately. Dell avoids her probes,
but Donnie asks about her husband's Air Force knife now in Dell's
possession. Saying Robert gave it to him on a camping trip, and finding
out Donnie knows there was no trip, Dell finally admits to allowing
his apartment to be used by Robert for an affair, with the knife
being a payoff. Thinking Donnie will forgive him, Dell is jolted
when she throws him out of her house. John still can't sleep, and
worries more about death as he is now visited by voices. Realizing
Donnie's thrown him out of her life, Dell tries once more to set
things right. He visits and begins to convey his life and decisions
he's had to make, and how he's relied on the relationship they have
all had over the years. Donnie goes further into a state of panic
and anxiety. She has been betrayed by all the men in her life and
she's not willing to forgive Dell. John all the while keeps interrupting
and telling his mother about the voices he hears and how he still
cant sleep. He needs the blanket already packed; he needs her help
to rid himself of the voices. So angry and annoyed, Donnie allows
John to carry the Air Force knife, open, upstairs to cut the string
on the box which holds the blanket. As John pleads for help to rid
himself of the voices, he goes upstairs, knife in hand, as the lights
fade. Play devised by Phil Young in collaboration
with Anthony Allen, Diana Barrett, Philomena McDonagh When Richard, who is partially sighted, meets blind Thomasina and
subsequently loses the sight of his other eye, he and Thomasina are
forced to confront the basic question of how successfully two blind
people can live in a world made for the sighted. This beautiful and
moving play enjoyed a successful run at Wyndham's Theatre in 1983,
and won Phil Young The Standard's Drama Award for Most Promising
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