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Random Acts of Comedy

Author : Jason Pizzarello

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 49,44 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Drama

ISBN : 9780981909974

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Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating debacle to a silly Shakespeare spoof, from a fairy tale farce to a self-hating satire, this anthology contains hilarious large-cast plays that have delighted thousands of audiences around the world. Includes the plays The Audition by Don Zolidis, Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit by Jonathan Rand, 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview by Ian McWethy, Darcy's Cinematic Life by Christa Crewdson, The Whole Shebang by Rich Orloff, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Fifth Period by Jason Pizzarello, Small World by Tracey Scott Wilson, The Absolute Most Cliched Elevator Play in the History of the Entire Universe by Werner Trieschmann, The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet by Peter Bloedel, Show and Spell by Julia Brownell, Cut by Ed Monk, Check Please by Jonathan Rand, Aliens vs. Cheerleaders by Qui Nguyen, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by Don Zolidis, 15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play by Alan Haehnel



New One-act Plays for Acting Students

Author : Deb Bert

Publisher : Meriwether Publishing

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 46,75 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Drama

ISBN :

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This latest volume in a series of short play anthologies compiled by Deb and Norman Bert provides roles for almost any mix of students in an acting class. The plays range in mood from serious and heavy to dark or satiric comedy to farce. The heart of the book includes fifteen scripts for two actors. Also included are five monologues and five three-character plays. The playwrights are icons of the American avante garde, writers who have contributed much to regional theatre over recent years. An excellent resource for classrooms and festival competition use.



Modern One-Act Plays for Schools

Author : James Mervyn Charlton

Publisher : Ginn

Page : 76 pages

File Size : 17,44 MB

Release : 2005-09-05

Category : Children's plays

ISBN : 0602206774

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Essential skills practice for better reading and writing



Night Train to Bolina

Author : Nilo Cruz

Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Page : 44 pages

File Size : 15,33 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Drama

ISBN : 9780822219798

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THE STORY: The play is set in Latin America in the mid-eighties, in an unidentified country, during the guerilla warfare. Threatened by starvation and abuse, two children flee their rural village for the city. Dancing on a fine line between innoc



Introduction to Modern One-act Plays

Author : Marsh Cassady

Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Glencoe

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 35,78 MB

Release : 1991

Category : Drama

ISBN :

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The one-act play occupies a special niche in the history of modern theatre, attracting major talents like Eugene O'Neill and Susan Glaspell, Terence Rattigan, James M. Barrie, and J. M. Synge, Dorothy Parker and George S. Kaufman. In this collection, 'An Introduction to Modern One-Act Plays, ' Marshall Cassady, veteran writer and teacher, has assembled seventeen complete one-acters by these and other famous writers.



Twelve Classic One-Act Plays

Author : Mary Carolyn Waldrep

Publisher : Courier Corporation

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 46,11 MB

Release : 2012-03-12

Category : Drama

ISBN : 0486112527

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This collection of royalty-free plays contains classics by well-known playwrights: Glaspell's Trifles, Synge's Riders to the Sea, Strindberg's The Stronger, plus works by Aristophanes, Chekhov, Yeats, Barrie, and others.





One-act Plays for Acting Students

Author : Norman A. Bert

Publisher : Meriwether Publishing

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 37,37 MB

Release : 1987

Category : Drama

ISBN : 9780916260477

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23 short length plays for a cast of one, two, or three. 5 minutes acting time for each character. Performance times vary from 8-15 minutes.



Modern One-act Plays for Schools

Author : James Mervyn Charlton

Publisher : Ginn

Page : 68 pages

File Size : 10,96 MB

Release : 1973

Category : Education

ISBN : 0602206766

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Essential skills practice for better reading and writing



Play it Again!

Author : Norman A. Bert

Publisher : Meriwether Publishing

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 16,76 MB

Release : 1993

Category : Drama

ISBN :

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Twenty-five contemporary one-act plays by nationally known playwrights designed to fit many needs. Includes plays for one, two, or three actors with a playing time of 10 to 15 minutes with about 5 minutes acting time per character. Each play is a complete work--no cuttings-- and are of contest caliber.