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David Foxton

DAVID FOXTON

  (1937 - )
Nationality:    British
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David Foxton is the pen name of David Wood. This site contains the only complete list of David Foxton plays available anywhere! His plays are published in the UK and usA. David Foxton's plays cover a wide range of theatrical styles from the very serious, like Rabbit, to very funny period comedy, like Caught On the Hop. He has done a huge amount of Stage Design work for Dewsbury Arts Group and for other amateur and professional companies. He has an M.A. in Drama and Theatre Arts from Leeds University.

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         29th Voyage Of Sinbad, The         After the Picnic         Alice         Ambush         Amy         B' Team, The         Beano Affair, The         Beauty And the Beast         Big Finish, The         Breakfast For One         Card Play, Or, The Truth About the Knave Of Hearts         Caught On the Hop         Chcl3         Child Buyer         Crowns the King And the Long Lost Smile         Crush         Daft         Death Of A Huntsman, The         Dream Pirates, The         Emperor's New Clothes, The         Figments         Flying Circus         Followers, The         General Mousecatcher's Last Stand         Godmother , The         Goodnight, Children Everywhere         Gunfight At Monopoly End         Hansel & Gretel         I Was A Good Little Girl, 'til         Imperial Nightingale, The         It's A Funny Way To Spend Christmas         Ivan And the Firebird         Ivan And the Firebird         Kenneth         Let's Play Soldiers         Maisie Makes Her Mark         Memory Of Lizzie, A         Mirage         Moonlighters, The         Mr Sidney         No Smoke         Office Practice         Official Secrets         One Good Turn         Oops!         Oubliette         Our Marie         Perkin And the Pastrycook         Pied Piper, The         Queen Of Spain Fritillary, The         Rabbit         Real Story Of Puss In Boots, The         Red Riding Hood And Robin         Repeat Performance         Reunion, The         Sacred To the Memory (Aka Syndrome)         Sawney Bean         Searchers, The         Showdown At Coyote Flatts         Sleeping Beauty         Sleeping Dogs         Snow Queen, The         Snow White And the Magnificent Seven         Someone         Son Of Cinderella         Tailor Of Gloucester, The         Tale Of Two Whittingtons, A         That's the Way To Do It         Think Tank         Titanic         Travellers' Rest         Treasure Island         Unsung         Up School         Upset At Pickle Fork         Victor         Victoria         Wind In the Willows, The         Witch Of Oz, The         You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

29th Voyage Of Sinbad, The

Synopsis:
Sindbad is off again . . . yet another voyage. as his mother helps him pack, a slave girl escaping from the Sultans harem takes refuge in Sindbads house - throwing herself on his mercy. the intervention of the magician, Imkah causes Sindbad, and the girl, and his servant to reduce in size . . . and ultimately disappear below the floor. the voyage is now one of their being pursued in this new world by the Sultans guards (also reduced in size). their discovery of the Sultans valuable ring (assumed stolen by the fleeing slave girl) . . . and their return to normal size brings about a happy ending. a colourful and clever plot with plenty of scope for effects and even a spot of belly-dancing.

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After the Picnic

Synopsis:
Based on unsolved mystery. Picnic outing in 1900 for Australian girl's college results in disappereance of three grls and a forth having hystErics and amnesia.

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Dewsbury Arts Group    -

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in Triad 53, New Playwrights' Network,    -

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Alice

Synopsis:
a clever adaptation of alice in Wonderland. Mr. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll himself) is attempting to take a photograph of the Liddell family. alice becomes bored and wanders off and thats when the White Rabbit shows up. all members of the Liddell family appear as characters from the story, which is kept as in the book. Finally we return to the photograph situation and the picture is taken. Plenty of opportunities for an inventive director and an enthusiastic cast.

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Ambush

Synopsis:
a group of young 'freedom fighters' take refuge in a stately home. they have been ambushed on their way to attack some kind of military outpost. they are wounded and scared. Who tipped off the authorities - is it one of their own number? and where are the owners of the house, why is there no indication of the house on their maps, who is the mysterious 'servant', why are they not being pursued? are they alive or dead?

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Amy

Synopsis:
a documentary play based on the life and achievements of amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo to Australia and a pioneer in early aviation generally. the play includes the memorable flight itself! Songs included.

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B' Team, The

Synopsis:
a schools Second Netball team (the B team) meet up, having been left school some time, to discuss their success in adult life. No-one has really made it . . . they still are very much second-raters. So together they look to new careers - as thieves, and carry out a raid on a betting-shop. Despite being more than somewhat incompetent they do ultimately make good.

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Beano Affair, The

Synopsis:
a comedy using many of the cartoon characters from 'the Beano' and 'the Dandy'. 'Biffo the Bear has ultimately to face Dennis the Menace' in the fight of the century.

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Beauty And the Beast

Synopsis:
Set in a Victorian/Edwardian Music Hall at which the Maynard Dodgson theatre Company is to present the Murders in the Rue Morgue. Unfortunately their star performer the Beast of the Rue Morgue escapes and the patron of the Company, alderman armitage, insists a show goes on - whatever. His daughter want to see Beauty and the Beast . . . the Company must do as she bids! Confusion and comedy . . . and songs. a lively festive pre-Christmas Show.

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Big Finish, The

Synopsis:
a team of cheerleaders was desperate for more members to complete their team and enable them to enter a prestigious competition. Two boys who are witnesses to a hold-up are on the run from the gang who did the job, and take sanctuary in the cheerleaders' headquarters. What better disguise than to become part of the team (including wigs and tights!). Will the team win with their new members?

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Breakfast For One

Synopsis:
the action of the play takes place in the apartment of Monsieur and Madame Signac in Paris, circa 1895. Not-too-early morning. Marcel Morisot arrives at the Signac home hoping for a glimpse of his beloved Marie-Celeste, a dancer. Honorine, the maid, confuses Marcel with the chimney-sweep and then confuses Claude, a marauding vagrant, with Marcel. Yvette, the lady of the house, becomes convinced Marcel is a down-and-out in need of shelter. . . the scene is set for a raucous, swifly-moving comedy of mistaken identities, shotguns, confusion with an unexpectedly happy ending for all concerned.

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Dewsbury Arts Group    -

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Samuel French, London,    -

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Card Play, Or, The Truth About the Knave Of Hearts

Synopsis:
the characters in this play are all playing cards but they are presented as though they might be a team of football players. the storyline follows the attempts by the wicked Queen of Spades (Q) to pursue a dastardly plan to steal the trophies at the forthcoming big match, aided by the Knave of Diamonds (Jack Flash). the story of the Queen of Hearts and her cookery competition for the best plate of tarts is interwoven, and the plan ultimately founders thanks to the effort of the 6 of Diamonds and the humble 2.

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Dewsbury Arts Group    -

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Samuel French, London, 1990   -

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Genre:
Childrens Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  flexible

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Caught On the Hop

Synopsis:
the action of the play takes place in a room or hall-way in a Paris apartment some time in the 1890s. Returning home unexpectedly early from a rendezvous with her lover, Sophie Fontaineau finds that her husband etienne is absent and immediately suspects him of philandering. She accidentally spills brandy on her porter's trousers; the poor man soon finds himself trouserless behind a screen, desperately worried by the return of etienne, who is disguised as the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Further complications ensue when etienne's lover, "esmeralda", appears and recognises the porter - now disguised as Sophie's aged aunt - as her husband. all is finally resolved . . . or is it? Clothilde, the long-suffering maid, provides the final twist to this delightful comedy.

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Samuel French, London, 1993   -

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Chcl3

Synopsis:
Based on the true story of Adelaide Bartlett who, allegedly, poisoned her husband with chloroform. all experts claimed it was impossible for anyone to drink chloroform, but somehow adelaides powers of persuasion over her husband were outstanding. Quite amazingly, however, Adelaide was acquitted of the crime. the play explores the character of Adelaide Bartlett and the sequence of events that lead to her trial.

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Youth audience One act

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Child Buyer

Synopsis:
a documentary piece based on the story of the celebrated 19th century journalist, W.T. Steads involvement in the campaign to end child prostitution which prompted him to actually prove it was possible to buy a 13 year old girl. the events were chronicled in his own newspaper 'the Pall Mall Gazette', and brought about both his going to prison and the raising of the age of consent to 16.

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Crowns the King And the Long Lost Smile

Synopsis:
the play tells the story of how the Crown Troupe - Thomas, Ben, Will and Sally - a strolling band of mediaeval entertainers, help the Princess Dulcinea find her Father the King, who has been kidnapped by the wicked Baron Drax, and thus regain her long lost smile. the easily staged settings encourage plenty of audience participation.

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Dewsbury Arts Group    -

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Samuel French, London, 1980   -

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Genre:
Childrens Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Crush

Synopsis:
Based on a factual story the play tells of the love that grows between two schoolgirls to the extent that in order to be continually linked they are prepared to commit murder.

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Daft

Synopsis:
Bradford 1858, and a maker of sweets inadvertently adds 'arsenic' to his peppermint mixture rather than 'daft' (a mixture of plaster and stone powder) which was usual. the resultant illnesses and deaths led to Government legislation on the adulteration of foodstuffs. a strong documentary piece.

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Death Of A Huntsman, The

Synopsis:
adapted from a short story by H. e. Bates. Harry Barnfield is a middle-aged city businessman with a small country estate, a shrewish wife with a liking for gin, and a fondness of horse-riding even though he has little skill at it. a meeting with a young girl rider crossing his land leads to a relationship that opens new vistas for Harry . . . the girl is the daughter of a former old flame of Harry which in turn leads to tragic consequences when the mother wants to rekindle their times together. This adaptation retains much of H.e. Bates fine descriptive writing and has been approved for performance by H.e. Bates estate.

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dream Pirates, The

Synopsis:
In a large old house, Miss ellie is kept a virtual invalid by a domineering Governess, a sinister Doctor, and the Cook. Only the kitchen maid, ada, seems to pity ellies situation - until their world is invaded by a chimney-sweeps boy, Tom, escaping from Grimes, his master. In helping Tom to escape the clutches of Grimes, ellie herself is encouraged to escape from her jailers, taking refuge up the chimneys. We learn that Miss ellie is an heiress and is deliberately being made an invalid in order to prevent her receiving her inheritance, so instead of escaping the fugitives return to face their enemies. a final battle ensures in which the master of the house, an ex-Indian army Colonel becomes involved thinking he is shooting pheasants. and who are the Dream Pirates? they live under the bed and are figments of Miss ellies imagination - until they seemingly materialise!

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Emperor's New Clothes, The

Emperor's New Clothes, The
Tom, Tink, Bell is the Town Crier - but not a very good one. Thanks to his mistake the proclamation about the forthcoming birthday of the emperor announces that there will be a birthday celebration every week! the sheer cost of it all upsets the Lord Chamberlain and the Treasurer, abacus. However, the thought delights emperor Persimmon and his wife Petronella, and positively thrills Sly and Wily - two tricksters always on the look out to make fast money. In fact some of the money they literally did make is circulating - forged money! Tink and his daughter, abigail, unwittingly possess some - and it leads to abis imprisonment. Meantime Jack sells his cow for five magic beans and his mother is irate about it. Jacks adventures up the ensuing beanstalk become interwoven with the tricksters major scheme to sell the emperor an invisible suit. Yes, it does sound complicated but the bits do fit together.

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Samuel French, London >>>   978-0573150111

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Figments

Synopsis:
Two young people let their imagination run riot in a supermarket. What if . . . you filled other peoples trolleys with items when they weren't looking, what if . . . you ate items from the shelves as you walked round, what if . . . the supermarket had a formation trolley-pushing team, what if . . . there was an alien force at work. are they all figments of their over-active imaginations? Or are there other reasons for the strange goings-on?

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Flying Circus

Synopsis:
the story of the development of aviation told in sketches and routines (some music involved) from stoneage times (the invention of the wheel) via Icarus and the early pioneers of man's attempts to fly. Fast, furious and played as a Circus performance throughout. Scope for an inventive director and an exuberant large cast. Note: add amy as a second play and there is a full evening's entertainment.

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Followers, The

Synopsis:
a stage adaptation of the story by Dylan Thomas: this adaptation has the approval of the Dylan Thomas estate. the seemingly harmless activity of following people home leads to unusual and startling revelations.

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General Mousecatcher's Last Stand

Synopsis:
Jack-in-the-Box (climbing out of his box) bemoans their situation with the Rag Doll, `the General' (an old tin soldier) and Victoria (an ageing doll) - all of them are getting older and shabbier, and they foresee a time when they will be discarded to the dustbin. their worst fears are encouraged by the superior attitude of `action' and `Sam', two more recent doll additions to the playroom. all the toys have a common enemy in 'mouse' and the way in which they all ultimately work together to thwart this enemy, and then to smarten up and repair their older comrades is the main story-line.

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Youth audience

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  extras (5 minimum)

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Godmother , The

Synopsis:
a 'spoof' gangster story of the same era as "Bugsy Malone", in which the girls ultimately take control. With songs.

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Dewsbury Arts Group    -

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in Sepia and Song, Nelson Thornes,    -

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Goodnight, Children Everywhere

Synopsis:
It is early in World War II and at the village school rehearsals are well advanced for the Nativity Play. then the evacuees arrive - and they too were rehearsing a Nativity Play prior to their being moved away from London. How can the two plays be successfully combined without creating confrontations?

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Gunfight At Monopoly End

Synopsis:
Sam Woolley, the night watchman, of Harridges Store, is a cowboy fanatic and he tends to indulge his fantasies after the store closes each night. One night he encounters a group of children who have engineered their being locked in the Store so that they can play with the Christmas toys. Together they uncover a plot by the Department Manager and her deputy to abscond with the week's takings, aided and abetted by a criminal `Santa Claus' and two accomplices. In the style of a `Western', with some detours through a Monopoly Game, the 'goodies' outsmart the `baddies'.

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Youth audience

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Hansel & Gretel

Synopsis:
Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm are working for Count Hegelstein undertaking a survey of his estates checking on witches, giants, ogres, etc., they are unaware of the presence of the witch Semolina Walpurgisnacht who has a liking for children (preferably cooked). the traditional story of Hansel & Gretel's involvement with the witch is retold with the added presence of the Grimm Brothers and some rather unpleasant Magpies (and other birds), the familiars of the Witch. as in the story the Witch ends up in the oven, but is ultimately taken out, done to a turn, and shared with the audience !

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Youth audience

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Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  1g 1b, extras

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I Was A Good Little Girl, 'til

Synopsis:
Main events in the Women's Suffrage Movement leading to their ultimate enfranchisement. With songs.

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Youth audience One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  36 Characters (doubling/trebling essential)

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Imperial Nightingale, The

Synopsis:
a latecomer to the play interrupts the announcements about the audience with the emperor of China, and in trying to sort out the seating problem both the Usher and the Latecomer become involved in the play itself. the young emperor, dominated by his Nanny, Lady Tuk-Sum, has everything he wants - except a nightingale. So the Latecomer (eh Too) and the Usher (Sit Soo) are sent with two others - How Hi (who is a Chinaman as we all know) and ah Yes (his young assistant) to find, catch and return with a nightingale and its beautiful song. Straightforward eh? No way! Lady Tuk-Sum wants the throne, the nightingale could be her bargaining power - she sends the vicious Dragon Master to follow our heroes and obtain the nightingale . . . by any means. Meantime the Mikado of Japan sends a gift of a golden nightingale. Which will prove to be the best? add to this story, chases, disguises, spies, Chinese lion-dragons, smoke, U.V. lights and, believe it or not, ultimately Widow Twankey, and there is a feast of entertainment for family audiences.

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Youth audience

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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It's A Funny Way To Spend Christmas

Synopsis:
a group of Victorian children sent to spend Christmas with their Uncle find his house ruled over by a tyrannical housekeeper and only one or two servants, with their uncle mysteriously 'not available'. Helped by the gardener, and hindered by the appearance of two suspicious chimney sweeps, alf Jiggery and Joe Pokery, the children solve the mystery and discover the whereabouts of their uncle.

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Youth audience

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Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  5c, extas if required

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Ivan And the Firebird

Synopsis:
based on Russian folktale. Czar proclaims that whoever captures firebird will be his heir

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Anchorage Press, 1992   -

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Genre:
audience participation play

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Male:  18            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Ivan And the Firebird

Synopsis:
a puppeteer and his assistant begin their performance of "Ivan and the Firebird" but switch to using the full stage when it becomes apparent that the puppets are too small for the audience to appreciate. Czar Vyslav, nagged incessantly by his wife over their country's short-comings, is overjoyed when his gardener, Simeon, produces an apple tree bearing golden fruit. Before he can use this `miracle' to his country's good the golden apples are stolen by the Firebird. Vyslav's three sons undertake to retrieve the apples, and the victor is promised that he will be heir to the throne. their adventures are chronicled by the puppeteer, who controls the action of the play throughout, frequently `freezing' the performers to change the course of the storyline. an action-filled play with considerable opportunities for audience involvement and participation.

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Anchorage Press, New Orleans, 1990   -

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Youth audience

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Kenneth

Synopsis:
We never see 'Kenneth', but in a series of short and poignant scenes the character is created by what others relate. Kenneth is a pathetic and abused child who ultimately is 'forgotten' in tragic circumstances.

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New Playwright's Network,    -

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Let's Play Soldiers

Synopsis:
Children playing soldiers and the harsh reality of World War I - these two themes are brought together in a poignant and touching manner. Much of H.e. Bates descriptive passages is retained.

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Maisie Makes Her Mark

Synopsis:
an exclusive girls boarding school takes a 'scholarship girl into their midst. It soon becomes clear that 'maisie' can perhaps teach the upper-class girls some useful 'life-skills'. a period piece in the 'angela Brazil' style.

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Memory Of Lizzie, A

Synopsis:
the gruesome, true story of Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering both her parents, told by a group of schoolchildren, including Lizzie herself, through a series of "flashforwards" in time.

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Mirage

Mirage
a comedy of manners set in the late 1920s, Mirage takes place at the country house party of Gerald and evadne Fairfax. Newlyweds Pamela and Desmond Borage arrive first, followed by the caddish Dinsdale Morton who swiftly closets himself in the gun room to hide from Pamela, who can't stand the sight of him - or his ukulele. Pamela and Gerald are embroiled in a steamy affair while gin-loving evadne is hystErical after being disturbed in a state of undress by an "intruder" who turns out to be Desmond. He, meanwhile, is preoccupied with the fact that he has inadvertently signed up for the Foreign Legion. the Fairfaxes' deadpan butler, Butters, oversees proceedings with a cup of whisky-laced tea to fortify himself.

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short comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Moonlighters, The

Synopsis:
at the 'monster Club' well-known film monsters bemoan being type-cast so often. they would really like the opportunity to try different roles - perhaps even starring in a Western. the resulting scenes exploit some lesser-known difficulties that beset the early days of film-making.

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Mr Sidney

Synopsis:
based on the story of the Duke of Windsor as observed by his Bahamian valet, Sidney Johnson

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Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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No Smoke

Synopsis:
a sequence of events based around a young married couple and their personal and financial problems. Centred on a housing estate where petty crime flourishes, teenagers enjoy the excitement of arson, and older people feel vulnerable and unable to fight back.

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Office Practice

Synopsis:
an enigmatic play that revolves around management games and role-playing exercises happening within a large industry.

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One act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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Official Secrets

Synopsis:
an old General is being interviewed by a young enthusiastic reporter about his First World War exploits. His memory is somewhat erratic but it is clear that his promotion from the ranks owed much to chicanery and double dealing . . . little wonder that he claims he was a personal friend of Mata Hari. a humorous little story with many delightful characters and a whole host of spies.

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One Good Turn

Synopsis:
the action of the play takes place in the Parisian house of M. edouard Marchand and his wife. Spring 1898. edouard Marchand's young wife, Yvette, disenchanted with her mundane life, takes advantage of her husband's cold to pack him off to a solitary bed with a drugged nightcap so that she can entertain Jean-Claude, a young philanderer she has met at a local bistro. edouard awakes earlier than anticipated and becomes aware of an unexpected 'visitor' in his house. Yvette insists that the visitor is in fact a doctor brought in to treat her husband's cold. Victorine, the maid, suggests he is an entertainer. after all, it is edouard's birthday - perhaps he is a magician. Jean-claude's attempts to live up to everyone's expectations lead to a frantic series of comic situations.

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One act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Oops!

Synopsis:
Brutus Gallipot is a prolific but totally inept inventor. amazingly he is chosen to represent his country at a Grand Inventors Tournament that will determine the future ruler of that country. there is obviously skulduggery afoot, Brutus has been chosen because everyone knows he will lose - but why? Helped by an unwilling assistant Spot and a friendly witch, Brutus battles his way to success. a fine selection of baddies and goodies, a wealth of special effects and comedy situations.

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Youth audience

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Oubliette

Oubliette
as the present-day guides theorise to the visitors about the historical use of the door-less, window-less room, we see in flashback what happened there back in the 12th(?) century; how the female servants were forced to steal to order,how the Lord fell in love with a girl who was accused of witchcraft, how plague struck the village and how the Lord's brother sealed him, his devoted servant anne and the girl into the oubliette where they subsequently died. anne's ghost links the past to the present in this atmosphEric and moving play.

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Samuel French, London >>>   978-057312188-3

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Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  5 m/f

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Our Marie

Synopsis:
the story of the rise to stardom of the Music Hall favourite Marie Lloyd and the main events in her colourful, though regrettably short life. Several of her songs are included.

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full length Youth audience

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Perkin And the Pastrycook

Synopsis:
This play continues the story of `the emperor's New Clothes'- after all what did happen to the two confidence tricksters who persuaded the emperor to wear an invisible suit? the story is that Perkin, the odd job man, and Wat the Pastrycook were entrusted with the task of guarding the two rogues; unfortunately they escaped and Perkin and Wat had then the task of recapturing them - not easy when you consider how inept Wat was. the play chronicles their adventures and their ultimate success.

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Samuel French, London, 1990   -

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Comedy of errors Youth audience

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Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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Pied Piper, The

Synopsis:
the old fable (and poem) told from the Rats' viewpoint. Not many people realise that the Rats were actually summoned to Hamelin by the evil Mayor and Mayoress, who wanted to drive all the citizens out and confiscate their property and the city's treasure. Led by Monty and Rommel, the Rats make their invasion and are amazed that the humans can actually be bigger `rats' than they are themselves. Meanwhile the search for a ratcatcher goes on and ultimately the one least likely to succeed is appointed - after all who can possibly `charm' rats away ? But it works; then the Mayor goes back on his agreement with the devastating results to the City that we are all familiar with. This is an unusual adaptation in which actors (actresses) must play the Rats both as glove puppets and on human scale. Some music is included.

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Youth audience

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Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  Children 5 (one must be F) + extras (doubling required)

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Queen Of Spain Fritillary, The

Synopsis:
adapted from the short story by H. e. Bates. In her late middle age Laura looks back to a period of her youth when a mild flirtation with an older man led to unforeseeable consequences.

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One act

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Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Rabbit

Synopsis:
a pathetic group of children who survived a nuclear attack attempt to make a life and a community for themselves with little sophistication of language and communication and the continual threat and fear of intruders and illness.

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Dewsbury Arts Group    -

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Samuel French, London, 1989   -

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Childrens Play Youth audience

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  15 characters

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Real Story Of Puss In Boots, The

Synopsis:
the story of Puss in Boots is ingeniously combined with that of CinderElla in this hilarious new show. Humble Colin Miller, who is terrorized by his half-brother Caleb, undergoes his own Cinderella-like transformation into Prince Charming, with the aid of Puss in Boots. Pusss original owner, the magical Martha Winterhedge, is enlisted as Cinderellas Fairy Godmother and helps her to become the beautiful Princess Priscilla, despite the meddlings of her stepsisters Drusilla and Blusilla. Once a not-so-wicked Ogre has been subdued, Prince Charming and Princess Priscilla can marry, thus providing happy endings for both their stories. Outrageous characters, a wealth of jokes and a fast-paced plot make this a hugely likeable show, which can be performed by a small cast without songs, thus being eminently suitable for any scale of production.

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Samuel French, London, 1997   -

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Youth audience

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Red Riding Hood And Robin

Synopsis:
Red Riding Hood is perhaps a rather thinstory - after all why doesnt the Wolf just eat her up in the forest rather than doing all the Grandma impersonation stuff? This version actually has two wolves - a good guy and a bad guy - in fact the bad guy is really the Big Bad Wolf (of Three Little Pigs fame). This leads to quite a lot of mistaken identity business. Not only that but Reds basket of goodies for Grandma is actually loot from various robberies undertaken by Father Hood (aided by Mother Hood) which are to be fenced by the Big Bad Wolf! Nor are Red, and her young brother Robin actually the true children of the thieving Hoods - they were in fact discovered asleep under a pile of leaves in the forest - is that who the Woodcutter is looking for? add, for good measure - and confusion - Goldilocks who is on a Treasure Hunt looking for a cottage and three bears, her parents who are suitably concerned, two Jailers (one of whom is a pig) and Robins imaginary gang, and there is ample content for a play to share with, and among, a young audience.

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Youth audience

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Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Repeat Performance

Synopsis:
a young girl, jilted by her boyfriend, has an encounter in a graveyard with a girl from the past. This fellow 'spirit' has a strange story to tell in which her modern-day counterpart becomes actively involved. a mystery is revealed and the strands of the story, which seem separated by time, are ultimately brought together in a surprising way.

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Reunion, The

Synopsis:
Morris Bedford has only recently left school and already he feels lost and inadequate. If only he could have another try at the lost time . . . enter his old school friend, andy, who is on a Youth Training Scheme, training to be a 'Fairy Godmother'. andy offers Morris the chance to relive some of his lost opportunities . . . especially those involving girls!

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Sacred To the Memory (Aka Syndrome)

Synopsis:
a young boys pre-occupation with death leads ultimately to his joining the army. He is sent to the Middle east and on his return is considerably changed, the syndrome leading to tragic events.

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Sawney Bean

Synopsis:
the legend of the Scottish cannibal 'sawney Bean'. Sawneys career as thief and cannibal is explored in a series of lurid scenes that portray his family's life style and their ultimately being brought to justice. a gruesome tale.

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Searchers, The

Synopsis:
a chance meeting brings about a search to find and reunite members of a childhood gang - a sort of Famous Five. Where are they all now? Will they welcome being sought out? What is the disconcerting news there is to tell about one of their number?

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Showdown At Coyote Flatts

Synopsis:
Spoof 'Western' in the best 'B' movie tradition. all the usual happenings - gunfights, Indians, saloon girls, gold-prospectors, good guys, bad guys, drunken doctors, corrupt sheriffs, girls with hearts of gold.

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Sleeping Beauty

Synopsis:
This must be one fairy-tale that everyone knows. at the Christening of a baby Princess an uninvited guest, who happens to be a Bad Fairy, curses the child to die by pricking her finger - and in later life the pricking happens but the Princess in fact sleeps for one hundred years only to be ultimately woken by a kiss from a handsome Prince. This particular Dramatisation of the story aims to fill out this basic plot. We meet the Pinsmith and his wife whose plans to become the Royal Supplier of Safety Pins and similar goods take a tumble after the curse is made. We meet Tom Bream who is responsible for the non-delivery of the vital invitation to the Bad Fairy. these three become a force determined to protect the Princess from fatal pinpricks, and foil all the Bad Fairys scheming. the King and Queen and their Court all play their part in protecting the Princess and convoluting the plot.

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Sleeping Dogs

Synopsis:
a new girl, Julie, arrives at school. It soon becomes clear to her classmates that she is sparing with the truth, and her boasting and her exaggerating coupled with the blatant lying lead to antagonism and resentment - especially when she deliberately implicates one of the class and brings about an exclusion. But how much of what she says is actually true, can anything be believed? In taking steps to ensure that Julie is punished, the class adopts a plan that has chilling results.

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Snow Queen, The

Synopsis:
When the Snow Queens special mirror is broken a small sliver of glass enters the heart of the boy K and some glass dust goes in his eye. the way he sees things and the feelings he has change so that he now recognises only the ugly side of things. He rejects his life-long friend, Gerda, and is tempted away by the icy Snow Queen. Gerda pursues K, keen to see him become his old self once more. In her search she is aided by Ichabod Weatherbee, who is a friendly weather planner and organiser. Through Ichabod, Gerda meets up with Jack Frost (and his infernal sneezes), the Snow Queens aides - Hail and Sleet (a pathetic duo) and the Foglady from Lapland who knits fog! as her quest progresses, Gerda has to contend with the wicked activities of the robbers - the bearded Boris, and his equally wicked wife - the even more bearded Olga - and their spoilt brat of a daughter, Natalya, together with the villainous Ivan and Vlad. When Gerda finally faces the Snow Queen she realises that to reassemble the mirror means removing glass from Ks heart - can it be done? and what of the reindeer? and the weather doors? and global warming?

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Snow White And the Magnificent Seven

Synopsis:
the well-known story of Snow White versus the Wicked Queen . . . who has an aversion, if not a phobia about small people. Thats where the Seven come in. the usual talking mirror, and the handsome prince plus a selection of lesser-known servants and travelling performers who become vital to the unravelling of the well-loved tale.

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Someone

Synopsis:
Why were the pyramids built? Who was 'Jack the Ripper'? Who actually wrote Shakespeares plays? Who was the 'man in the Iron Mask'? Someone knows the answer to these questions. What if that 'someone' was an alien with a part to play in all these stories?

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Son Of Cinderella

Synopsis:
CinderElla married Prince Charming and they had a son - who is left in the loving care of his two ugly aunties - auntie Macasser and auntie Phlogistene. Needless to say he is forced to dress as a girl and do all the dirty work around the house. and then there's a fairy godmother . . . a re-working, with considerable licence, of the CinderElla tale . . . involving other fairy-story, nursery rhyme characters (who are looking for work).

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Tailor Of Gloucester, The

Synopsis:
In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta - there lived a tailor in Gloucester. So begins Beatrix Potters celebrated Christmas story - the story of the poor tailor and the way he aimed to make his name and his fortune by making a very special coat and waistcoat for the Mayor of Gloucester. all looked to be going favourably for him until he fell ill and could not carry on his work . . . but the mice who lived beneath his floors remembered his kindness to them and lent a helping hand. In this free adaptation we meet not only the tailor and his family, but also the mice.

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Tale Of Two Whittingtons, A

Synopsis:
Puss, a lively commentator, recounts the story of one of his/her nine lives, the one that features Dick Whittington. Dick, an orphan, leaves his relatives home under a cloud but with his cat - and is pursued by his distant and non-too-bright cousin, Lancelot. On the road to London (Down South) he manages to save alderman Fitzwarren and his attractive daughter, alice, from the incompetent clutches of three highway robbers. the alderman rewards Dick with a job, and the thwarted robbers team up with Lancelot to have their revenge on Dick. In London Dick discovers that working for Sarah, the alderman's cook, is not all fun and he decides to leave his new employ only to be summoned back by the sound of Londons bells and the hint of rewards to come. On his return he is sent on a sea-voyage to an eastern country where his trusty cat does wonders in ridding the place of its rats. the result is riches for Dick, a triumphant return, marriage to alice, and guess who becomes Lord Mayor of London.

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That's the Way To Do It

Synopsis:
Mr. Punch has run away - he can't stand the pace any longer - a replacement has to be found - the Clown and the Ghost persuade the local Milkman to stand in. a 'Punch & Judy' show is performed by actors playing the glove-puppets and during the show a fiendish plott is uncovered whereby Jack Ketch (both Hangman and manager) conspires with Judy to swindle the company out of their takings. Thanks to the efforts of the new Mr. Punch and the other characters - including the Policeman, the Sausages and the Crocodile - the villains receive their due desserts.

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Think Tank

Synopsis:
a group of script writers have to come up with a new idea for a science fiction television series. as they throw ideas about the script room becomes the flight deck of a space-ship and the writers the predictable characters. the tension builds as their ship is attacked only to be broken by a phone call from the sponsors to say theyve lost the slot and what is needed now is a childrens programme. they must rethink . . . Needs a director with inspiration and a cast with commitment.

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Titanic

Synopsis:
the story of the "Titanic", its conception and its ill-fated maiden voyage. With songs.

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Travellers' Rest

Synopsis:
Halloween and two travellers calling at a remote pub are told a disturbing story. When one of them disappears the locals claim no knowledge of her, indeed their own identities seem changed. Is there any truth in the implied 'devil worship, and the legend surrounding the Old Hall?

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Treasure Island

Synopsis:
adapted from Stevenson's classic story, the play follows the action of the book closely with the scenes, planned for an open stage presentation, flowing easily from one to the other. there is a provision for songs to be included; and the introduction of a grown-up `Jim Hawkins' gives a nice twist to the end of the play.

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Unsung

Synopsis:
`Barry Wakefield' never wanted to be an engine driver, or a spaceman, or a footballer - he always wanted to be a `hero'. But parents, schoolteachers, and careers officers just don't understand . . . until one day, as a soldier in Northern Ireland. . .

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Up School

Synopsis:
a pastiche of the `angela Brazil' - type girls' school story, in which St. Javelin's Girls School is infiltrated by a group of four boys intent on getting the school a bad name and having it closed - their plans backfire outrageously.

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in "Foster, J.L., Drama 1" Macmillan, 1987   -

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Upset At Pickle Fork

Synopsis:
Spoof Western in the best B movie tradition. all the usual happenings - gunfights, Indians, saloon girls, gold-prospectors, good guys, bad guys, drunken doctors, corrupt sheriffs, girls with hearts of gold.

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Victor

Synopsis:
Victor has always had an invisible friend, Sam - he's his twin brother, he claims. It's quite charming when he's little, but as he grows up and the belief persists it's little wonder that his parents, teachers, and others, begin to become a little alarmed at Victor's insistence on Sam's presence.

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in "Foster, J.L., Drama 3" Macmillan,    -

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Victoria

Synopsis:
a documentary of the reign of Queen Victoria. Colourful characters, sketches and songs of many of the events in her illustrious reign.

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Wind In the Willows, The

Synopsis:
an ingenious adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's original story. the well-known antics of that likeable rogue Mr. Toad are related together with the attempts of his friends Mole, Rat and Badger to restrain and reform him. However in this version the presence of the villainous Ferrets, Weasels and Stoats is far more apparent so that the final confrontation at Toad Hall is a real battle of good versus evil, with Mr. Toad redeeming himself. (Note: directors of this play may be pleased to know that alfred the Horse does not appear !).

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  all the animal Characters which can be either sex

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Witch Of Oz, The

Synopsis:
the school play is auditioning - a production of the Wizard of Oz. Hecate OSullivan is determined that the part of Dorothy will be hers. Is she really a witch or are the events that follow her not getting the part she wants purely coincidental? Will the show ever go on?

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You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

Synopsis:
the advent of sound on the silent movie industry. Owing much in essence to Singing in the Rain, the play contains all the problems of the development of talking pictures . . . as it affects a particularly unsuccessful film-maker and his galaxy of stars.

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