Theatre studies Books

Les Auteurs Grecs: Euripide Hippolyte (1848) est un livre qui pr�����sente une pi�����ce de th����������tre �����crite par Euripide, un dramaturge grec c�����l�����bre de l'Antiquit�����. La pi�����ce s'intitule Hippolyte et raconte l'histoire tragique...

Hannibal and Katharna: A Drama in Five Acts is a play written by John C. Fife-Cookson and originally published in 1893. The play is set in ancient Carthage and follows the story of Hannibal, the famous military commander, and his love interest, Katharna...

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Greek Dramas V2 is a book that contains four ancient Greek plays, namely Iphigeneia In Aulis, The Choephoroi, The Eumenides, and Iphegeneia In Tauris. These plays were written by renowned Greek playwrights and are considered classics in the world of...

Goethe's Iphigenie Auf Tauris: Arranged For The Use Of The German Student (1850) is a book that features the famous play by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Iphigenie Auf Tauris, which was first published in 1787. The book is specifically arranged for the use...

""Gillets Hemlighet: Comedi I Fyra Akter"" �����r en teaterpj�����s skriven av den svenska f������rfattaren August Strindberg och publicerades f������rsta g������ngen 1880. Pj�����sen handlar om en student som f������rs������ker infiltrera en hemlig...

Acting and Directing Shakespeare's Comedies: Key Lessons is an accessible book for actors, directors, students of Shakespeare, and those who want a fuller, richer awareness of the possibilities within Shakespeare's comedies and a clear, pragmatic process...

This book offers an accessible introduction to England's sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century playing industry and a fresh account of the architecture, multiple uses, communities, crowds, and proprietors of playhouses. It builds on recent scholarship...

Whether creating Broadway musicals, experimental dramas, or outrageous comedies, the performers, directors, playwrights, designers, and producers profiled in this collection have contributed to the representation of LGBTQ lives and culture in a variety...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

A great companion guide for the Hamilton movie and Broadway show! Learn all about where Hamilton happened (the man and the musical)!  A collection of facts, anecdotes and trivia related to the Broadway show Hamilton: An American Musical and the life...

ABOUT WAZOBIA REIGNS!A popular Feminist Drama, "Wazobia Reigns!" dramatizes the politics of gender and power transition with significant impact on the role and place of women in society.Anioma Kingdom has appointed the young woman Wazobia...

Ready to step your creative writing up a gear?Discover the powerful dramatic concepts used by playwrights and screenwriters to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.Transform your understanding of space, time, characters and action.Get to grips with...

From Full House sweetheart, Jodie Sweetin, to Drake Bell, star of the hit television show, Drake and Josh, Phyllis Henson has launched the careers of some of America’s most beloved child stars and thousands of other successful children, from babies to...

For every theater director who has years of experience and a hefty budget to work with, there’s another individual out there who has only a love of theater and a commitment to children as a starting place.  Whether it be an elementary school...

Winner! 2008 Tony Award, Best Revival of a PlayRevised 2008 Broadway Revival Edition. This 1960's French farce adapted for the English-speaking stage features self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancees, each...

One of Manhattan's most established play festivals, the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival fosters the work of emerging writers, giving them the exposure of publication and representation. The festival resulting in this collection was...

From the nationally recognized Educational Theatre Association's Thespian Playworks competition come four short scripts with unforgettable heroes - all created by high school-aged playwrights! Included in this volume are: The Goatman Cometh by I.B...

Genre: Comedy Characters: 9 males, 2 females (plus extras) Scenery: Interior Described as "a true and accurate account of the 1599 zombie invasion at the Globe Theatre," William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead explores the Elizabethan era of...

"Interactive mystery / 4m, 3f"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes furniture and property list, costumes and set design.

Characters: 6 male, 4 female Minimal Set From acclaimed Japanese director/playwright Toshiki Okada, Artistic Director of the internationally-lauded chelfitsch Theatre Company, comes a chronicle of post-college ennui and 21st Century relationships in...

The fourth and final volume of our popular melodramas series includes four new works from Tom Frye: FAST FOOD FRENZY - 3 male, 3 female, 1 non-gender dog / 1 Exterior & 3 InteriorThe restaurant business is booming for the Frye family of Rose Hill,...

A Slave Ship emerges out of the Hudson River in front of the Statue of Liberty sending NYC into a frenzy. Emergency is an intricately woven, urgent, witty and moving exploration of our shared humanity and what it means to be free. An explosive play where...

"From the nationally recognized Educational Theatre Association's Thespian Playworks competition come four short scripts with unforgettable heroes-- all created by high school-aged playwrights!"--P. [4] of cover.

Characters: 2 male, 4 femaleComedyWinnie is nearly nine. Her mum, Laverne, is second-generation Afro-Caribbean and heavily pregnant but continues with her cleaning job since her husband left while she dreams of moving the family back to Martinique...

Characters: 3 male, 3 female Interior With the kids away, three married couples get together for an evening of relaxation and laughs. But as the liquor flows and secrets are revealed, trust is tested and boundaries are broken. It's Just Sex is a comedic...

This year's edition in our Exceptional Monologues series features a wide range of selections from some of our most recent publications. Hand selected by the Samuel French editorial staff and complete with play and scene synopses to help contextualize the...

Characters: 3 male, 3 femaleUnit SetA tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the...

Various Authors One of Manhattan's most established play festivals, the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival fosters the work of emerging writers, giving them the exposure of publication and representation. The festival resulting in this...

Characters: 4 male, 1 femaleA father weaves a magic tale for his daughter to justify his unlicensed plastic surgery practice, tracing the origins of cosmetic surgery to craftsman in medieval Europe. The hero of this tale is Gavin, a young orphan rescued...

Characters: 1 male, 3 femaleSingle Set On a secluded Greek island, an American ex-pat pursues his passions: winemaking and his breathtaking young wife. Then, on the eve of Reagan's inauguration, the first tasting of the new wine is interrupted by the...

Birthday Characters: 1 male, 1 female Simple Set In Birthday, an anxious young woman slips away from a unwelcoming birthday party in a bar only to discover a stranger sitting in the other room. Confiding old secrets and past mistakes as the party rages...

Comedy Characters: 3 male, 3 female, flexible castingChained to his desk in the basement of customer service hell, Segis suddenly finds himself set free in the CEO's penthouse-but is it a dream? This raucous reinvention of Pedro Calder�n de la Barca's...

A possibly rogue G-man stalks a stalled-out artist with a suspicious affinity for accident victims. Traps are set, traps are sprung, and everyone gets caught.

Characters: 4 male, 3 female, expandable to 7 male, 6 female See Rock City & Other Destinations is a contemporary musical about connections missed and made at tourist destinations across America.A wanderer believes his destiny is written on rooftops...

MusicalCharacters: 10 male, 7 female, Cast can be expanded for large groupsThis abridged, 90-minute version, is perfect for school groups.Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! Happy days are here again with Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and the unforgettable...

Musical Comedy3 m, 2 fToo Old for the Chorus is a smart, funny musical revue about men and women who find themselves suddenly 50! Set in their neighborhood retro coffee shop, five characters express in 18 musical numbers the gamut of their frustrations...

Dramatic ComedyCharacters: 1 male, 1 femaleInterior SetEdward is smart, shy, and quirky, while Allison is sexy, dramatic, and vulnerable. Embraceable Me is a comic and passionate "He said - She said" that traces the twenty-year journey of these unlikely...

First produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company in Philadelphia, Pa., on March 19, 2010.

Full Length, Comedy / Characters: 3m, 2f / Interior set / A super-macho business executive suddenly has problems in the bedroom with his long-term wife and mother of his grown children. Failure in any part of his life has never been an option for him. So...

Characters: 8 male, 2 femaleAcclaimed playwright Matt Pelfrey's adaptation of John Ball's In the Heat of the Night based on the award-winning book that inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series.It's 1962. A hot August night...

Comedy / Casting: 4m, 3f An incisive look at sex, love, bullfights, big-game hunting, and intimate apparel. Large Animal Games takes a skewed but razor-sharp look at relationships by examining the romantic lives of several couples and the man who...

Carlo Colletti Sr. is the patriarch of a politically prominent Long Island family. He is also a Vietnam Veteran, a widower, a heavy-drinker, binge eater, and has pretty much lost the respect of his son, Carlo Jr., an assemblyman and Congressional...

Drama / 10m, 3f -casting may vary / Simple Set Winner of the 2008 Keene Prize for Literature Winner of the 2008 David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award Elephant's Graveyard is the true tale of the tragic collision of a struggling circus and a tiny...

Neighbors in a New York City high-rise apartment think they witness a murder across the courtyard.

"Based on the Paramount Pictures television series 'Happy days' created by Garry Marshall."

Winner of the 2008 Keene Prize for Literature Winner of the 2008 David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award Characters: 10m, 3f, flexible casting (Roles may be played by any race or gender except when specified.) / Drama Elephant's Graveyard is the true...