11ComedyOACI1-3.pdf - Theatre Alberta

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Hartland, F. J.

Samuel French

roycomedy - weddingsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

A hilarious situation is created when a groom goes looking for his best man. The wedding was tobegin at noon and it is now 21 minutes after. The best man is sloshed, but the groom refuses togive up on him despite pleas from his annoyed sister to leave the guy to his vodka and come backfor the wedding.

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 10th series / COL

1985

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21A

Kling, Kevin

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - monologuesall male cast; nine charactersone male (doubling)one act

One actor portrays driver and passengers on Minneapolis bus.

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1995

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2B (or not 2B)

Reingold, Jacquelyn

Dramatists Play Service Inc.

roycomedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

suggested for high school.

What happens when Franny, heart broken and single, is seduced by a giant Bee who needs aQueen?

in - Things Between Us / COL

2005

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2B (or not 2B)

Reingold, Jacquelyn

Vintage Books



What happens when Franny, heart broken and single, is seduced by a giant Bee who needs aQueen?

in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL

2007

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2B (or not 2B) Part 2

Reingold, Jacquelyn




What happens when Franny, now a Queen Bee, goes to her ex's wedding, hoping to sting him todeath, but ends up under the gift table with the piano player?


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Abandon All Hope

Silverstein, Shel


roycomedyall male cast; two characterstwo maleone scene

'All and Benny stand before a giant portal. A sign above the portal reads "Abandon all hope, yewho enter here". Benny is more than a little frightened, but Al has no intention of abandoning hishope, as the two debate the precise meaning of the sign.'

in - Shel's Shorts / COL

2003

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Acrobats

Horovitz, Israel



open stage.

'Husband and wife acrobatic team feud, threatening to end their dependancy - while they perform.'

in - Acrobats and Line / COL

1970

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Ah! But it Sings, But It Sings, Luveena or: Blood Orange

Boutillier, Fabian

Blizzard Publishing

roycomedy - farce, sketchthree characters three maleone act

Three odd gentlemen get carried away.

in : Rhubarb-o-rama! / CCO

1998

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Alien Mice

Lazarus, John

Playwrights Guild of Canada

roy comedytwo charactersflexible castingone act

A deranged lecturer, armed with a bomb, holds the audience hostage while explaining his UFOconspiracy theory connecting the fountains at Versailles with Mickey Mouse.

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All Cotton

Silverstein, Shel


roycomedyall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone scene

'Jill is furious because the guaranteed not-to-shrink blouse she has bought shrunk six sizes inthe wash, and Rachel, the store clerk, won't give her a cash refund. But Jill, it seems, is a witch,and when she does not get satisfaction, she casts a spell on the store and everything in it.'


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All in Little Pieces

Yearly, John

Samuel French

roydramatic comedyall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

Molly's trying to sell a house to Mary, but it soon becomes apparent that Mary not there to buy.The play becomes very engaging as the women talk and get to know each other. It almost seemsas if they're made for each other, but the action twists and suddenly Molly realizes that Mary isperhaps not as stable as she seems, in fact, that she's actually rather frightening.

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (29th series) - COL

2005

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Altar Boy Talks to God, An

Durang, Christopher


roycomedyall male cast; two characterstwo malessketch

"Robert, a young man, talks in a friendly way about his days as an altar boy. He then recalls whenhis nephew got AIDS early in the epidemic and how fundamentalists claimed it was God'spunishment. Robert decides to go to heaven and ask God about this. Once there, God seems meanand ornery indeed, and professes to give AIDS to homosexuals, hemophiliacs, and Haitians in abizarrely unfocused rage. Leaving heaven, Robert feels that whom he met wasn't God but animpostor. Adapted from the 'AIDS Speech' in "Laughing Wild", and rewritten to be performed by 2

in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL

1998

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Amelia Earhart Was Not a Spy

Curran, Colleen

NuAge Editions

royromantic comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Hilary and Kevin, her homosexual roommate have been living together for five years, but thisevening Hilary has invited someone to dinner - her new fiance.'

in - Triple Play / CCO

1990

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American Century, The

Guyer, Murphy

Smith and Kraus

royabsurdist comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 interior.

Absurdist comedy about son who travels back in time to visit his yet childless parents and informthem of unexpected disasters ahead.

in - 20/20 ... / COL

1995

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American Sunset, An

Prideaux, James


roycomedythree charactersone male; two femaleone act

1 interior set.

"A deflation of the silly snobberies of the 'country club' set".

in - Stuffings and An American Sunset: Two Plays / COL

1973

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American Way, The

Mueller, Lavonne

Meriweather Publishing Ltd.

roysatire - political - U.S.A - marital relationsthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

The First Lady is having a yard sale of most everything in the White House. Originally, she toldher husband, the President, that she would sell only a few meaningless items that belonged tothem. Instead she ransacked the whole house and left their bedroom empty, while the Presidentwas mumbling to himself.

in - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL

1987

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American Welcome

Friel, Brian

Chilton Book Company

roysatire - theatreall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act 1 interior set.

"Satirical sketch. Overbearing American theatrical director explains to speechless Europeanplaywright how his new script is going to be changed 'to communicate with American audiences'."

in - The Best Short Plays 1981 / COL

1981

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Amici, Ascoltate

Leight, Warren


roysatirefive characters (doubling)two male; one femaleone act

A son's imminent departure for Iraq prompts his father to examine the fate of men in his familywhen sent to war.

in - Dark, No Sugar / COL

2007

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Amouresque

Gluck, Victor

Applause Theatre Book Publishers

roycomedy - courtshipthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

AMORESQUE and ARABESQUE are both comedies of courtship that take place during the sameweekend at Margaret Hudson's country house not far from Cambridge, Massachusetts. InAMORESQUE, a young girl has fallen in love with an absent minded philosophy professor whoteaches at a men's college ad who is too involved in his studies to notice her. She attempts toawaken his interest by offering him a philosophical proposition to solve Typical of his thinking,he deals with it just as he would one of his classroom cases.

in - The Best American Short Plays 2006-2007 / COL

2010

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Angela

Crowder, David Lloyd

Samuel French

roycomedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

interior.

"Two husbands of the same woman describe their late wife in diametrically opposite terms."

in - Revue Unique / COL

1964

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Animal

Hailey, Oliver


roymonologue - comedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

"This humorous, touching and revealing monologue is concerned with an exasperated motherwho attempts to entice her 12-year-old daughter (unseen) out of the tree (imaginary) in which shehas taken refuge. In the course of her brief recital the woman, her daughter, her late husband(who fell to his death climbing a tree) and the very nature of their lives together are revealed withstartling and affecting clarity and compassion."

in - Picture Animal Crisscross / COL

1970

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Appearances

Howe, Tina

Vintage Books

roycomedy all female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

suitable for high school performances.

Grace, the ladies fitting room guardian, shows temper when Ivy brings in an excessive number ofgarments to try on. After a rocky start, the two women gradually start to collaborate on choosingthe right dress in which to be seen by a special man. They increasingly resemble each other asboth try on dresses. The search reaches a fever pitch when they choose a white dress. Ivy kisses

in - Plays for Actresses / COL

1997

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Approaching Lavender

Crutcher, Julie Beckett


roycomedyall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

'Comedy with dramatic overtones. Tensions mount as two sisters and their soon to be step-sisterallow feelings towards parents remarriage to surface.'


1985

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Art of Dating, The

Elwell, Jeffrey Scott

Samuel French


'Two lawyers meeting for lunch to discuss their respective clients begin to take interest in eachother.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twentieth Series) / COL

1996

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At War with the Mongols

Heide, Robert

Hill and Wang

royfarce - tragedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act (six scenes)

1 interior set; music.

"Tragic farce. Couple subsist in room, avoiding Mongol invaders and come to terms with life".

in - New American Plays Volume 4 / COL

1971

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Attic, the Pearls & Three Fine Girls, The

MacDonald, Ann-Marie

Scirocco Drama

roycomedy - family relationsall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

"Three sisters return to their family home to grieve their father's death. Throughout the funeralparty, the women take refuge in the attic where they comfort and torment each other withunfinished business. The emotions rage, tempered only by the search for their mother's long lostpearls."

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Auld Lang Syne or, I'll Bet You Think This Play Is About You

Creasey, Beverly


roycomedy - recollectiontwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Two people meet on a street corner only to recognize each other as former friends/acquaintances.They begin to recollect on their past, remembering other friends and catching up on their presentsituations and niche in the world.


1987

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Aunt Dan Meets the Madwoman of Chaillot

Durang, Christopher


roycomedy - parodytwo charactersone male; one female; or two femalesketch

Aunt Dan, the title character of Wallace Shawn's 'Aunt Dan and Lemon', has a discussion withGiradoux' 'Madwoman of Chaillot'. They discuss it all."


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Author's Voice, The

Greenberg, Richard

Penguin Books

roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one femaleone act

"Smitten with her latest protege, a handsome young writer with a "special voice," a pretty editoraccompanies him to his apartment - the better to see from whence his inspiration springs, andalso to toast their new creative partnership. But while she is captivated by the writer's good looksand laid-back, low key manner, she begins, increasingly, to wonder (to the audience) at theemptiness - even banality - of his conversation. In fact the only time he isn't boring is when he isquoting poetic passages from his novel in progress."

in - Telling Tales / COL

1993

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Autograph Hound, The

Prideaux, James


roycomedy - dramathree charactersone male; two femaleone act

"The play bases its humor on human and domestic foibles. The wife in this play is a full-blowneccentric who stands for hours outside every possible celebrity gathering place to getautographs. One night when she's out, standing in the snow, her husband tears up the treasuredcollection housed in three living room filing cabinets, bests her in a strangling contest when shegets home, sends their daughter out to find her own apartment, and declares a turning point. Butwhat way will they turn? She's the one, after alll, with the 'thrill of the chase' as she expresses it.

in - Lemonade and The Autograph Hound / COL

1969

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Awkward Silence

Reiss, Jay

Samuel French

roycomedy - romancethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Comedic account of blind date.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Nineteenth Series / COL

1995

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Ayravana Flies; or, A Pretty Dish

Callaghan, Sheila

Samuel French

roycomedy - Americantwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Frazzled cook Olivia has an idea for a delicious dish, and only a fearful Elephant from an exoticland can appreciate it—and her.

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 33rd series / COL

2008

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Babel of Circular Labyrinths, The

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roydramatic comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

"An old blind writer sits in a circle of light in a dark library asking why he doesn't just sit in thedark, why a raven is like a desk and what is the nature labyrinths. He hears footsteps and smellsperfume. The intruder is a beautiful woman who may or may not be a character in a story he iswriting. She brings a knife from the labyrinth of mirrors. Someone is going to die in this unusualplay about art, time and the relationship between fiction and flesh."

in - The Great Gromboolian and Other Plays / COL

1998

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Babel Rap

Lazarus, John

Playwrights Canada Press

roycomedy - Canadian - high schoolall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

1 exterior set.

An industrious worker and a contemplative smoker are at work on the Tower of Babel. They argueabout why they're doing it and what will happen when it's finished.

in - Six Canadian Plays / CCO

1972

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Babel Rap

Lazarus, John


roycomedy - Canadian - high schoolall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

1 exterior set.

An industrious worker and a contemplative smoker are at work on the Tower of Babel. They argueabout why they're doing it and what will happen when it's finished.

in - Playing the Pacific Province / CCO

2001

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Baby

Kearsley, Julia


roycomedy - family relationsthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

'Comedy-drama exploring young English girl's reactions to the onset of puberty and strainedfamily relations.'


1984

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Bachelor Holiday

Ball, Alan


roycomedyall male cast; three charactersthree maleone act


In BACHELOR HOLIDAY a mouse, caught in a glue trap, causes three roommates to discuss themeaning of life, death, yuppiedom, karma and the harsh reality of their place on the food chain.

in - Five One-Act Plays / COL

1994

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Bad Boating

Evans, Annie

Miscellaneous


A girl and boy go on a date in a sailboat off the coast of Nantucket…and then the fog rolls in…

in - Funny Girls Coping with Boys / COL

2006

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Bake Off

Wilner, Sheri

Smith and Kraus


"Last year, the largest cash prize in Bake Off history was awarded to a man; this year, one femalecontestant will make sure that the male entrants get their just desserts..."

in - Humana Festival 2002 / COL

2002

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Ballerinas

Nigro, Don

Samuel French


Three delicate ballerinas are in the dressing room during an intermission for Swan Lake.Scheherazade smokes cigars to relax. Petroushka, who has a drinking problem, is worried abouthow many buttocks she has and would kill for a meat loaf. Both are worried about Giselle who isso convinced she is a swan that she is laying eggs. The roof leaks, they have not been paid, andGiselle is molting."


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Baltimore Waltz, the

Vogel, Paula

Theatre Communications Group

roydramatic comedythree characterstwo males; one femaleone act

"Dramatic comedy set in Baltimore, Maryland hospital. Imaginary trip to Europe shared by sisterand brother vehicle for comments on attitudes towards AIDS."

in - The Baltimore Waltz and other plays / COL

1996

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Banana Man

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roycomedy - biographicalthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

A table and some chairs. In New York, in the summer of 1964, Buster Keaton appeared in a shortexperimental film written by Samuel Beckett. In this play, set in an Italian restaurant in GreenwichVillage that summer, two gentlemen named Sam and Buster attempt to communicate with eachother, with the unlikely help of a chattery young waitress with theatrical ambitions, who mistakesBuster for Moe from the Three Stooges and Sam for his agent. A funny and moving play about thequiet, absurd heroism of two apparently very different but very great artists.

in - Banana Man & Other Plays / COL

2005

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Barbarian in Love, A

Sabath, Bernard


roybiographical - comedy - Samuel Clemens - Mark Twainthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Third in a series of Sam Clemens one acts.

The third play finds Sam in Elmira, New York (several years later) and smitten by his best friend'ssister. Proposing marriage, he finds that he must first win over her strait-laced and ratherpompous father—a task which calls on the full resources of his earthy wit and wisdom.

in - Twain Plus Plain / COL

1984

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Barry, Betty and Bill

Taylor, Renee


roycomedy - marital relationsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Estranged husband interrupts wife's date.'

in - The Best American Short Plays 1993 -1994 / COL

1995

Bologna, Joseph

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Basement, The

Schisgal, Murray


roydrama - comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 set.

"A serio-comedy study of a man who has estranged himself from his family, and given up all hopefor children, career or money, to pursue the 'noble' (and rather strange) scientific research which,in sad truth, has yielded only frustration and unhappiness".

in - Five One Act Plays / COL

1965

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Battling Brinkmires, The

Meltzer, Daniel

Samuel French

royromantic comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

1 interior set.

"Things are not always what they seem in this play about middle-aged couple in Haiti for divorce".

in - The Square Root of Love / COL

1979

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Bear, The

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

Penguin Books

royfarcethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Same as 'The Boor' and The 'Brute'.

'Landowner tries to collect debt from neighbour in Czarist Russia, but collects young widowinstead.'

in - Chekhov Plays / COL

1980

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Bear, The


Miscellaneous

roycomedy - relationshipsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

A joke in one act, revolving around love.

in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL

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Bear, The

Sherman, Jason


royCanadian - farce - relationships - romancethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

running time: 35 min.

A new version of the vaudeville by Chekhov. "Sherman’s adaptation uses modern language tore-imagine a classic battle of the sexes between a recent widow and a pugnacious creditor. WithElena Popova mourning for her philandering husband, affecting a theatrical grief that is moreposthumous defiance than genuine suffering, Grigory Smirnoff arrives to collect on a debt owed

in - Adapt or Die / CCO

2006


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Beauty

Martin, Jane

Smith and Kraus

roycomedyall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

Model and her brainy best friend switch bodies when friend finds magic lamp on a beach.

in - Jane Martin: Collected plays - Vol. 2 / COL

2001

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Beaver Effect, The

Stubbings, Mark

AU Press


Two hapless 'Ed Wood' filmmakers try to get a obtain Canadian funding to produce their sciencefiction film. The challenge: to convince Denise at the Canadian Film Society to fund the movie,even though it does not fall under her Canadian content guidelines: "Prairie, Prairie, Prairie, or asmall fishing community of some kind"; "The more wheat farmers and girls in frilly dresses thebetter."

in - Hot Thespian Action! / CCO

2008

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Because I Wanted to Say

O'Donnell, Sean

Samuel French

roycomedy - recollection - AIDStwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

'Woman recalls happy and fond memories of her best friend who dies of AIDS.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twenty-second Series) / COL

1996

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Becoming America

Nottage, Lynn

Playscripts, Inc.

roymonologue - menall male cast; one characterone maleone scene

An instructor teaches emergency response operators to speak American.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Bedtime

Gallagher, Mary

Vintage Books

roycomedyall female cast; two characterstwo female; or two girlsone act


Bedtime tells the story of two young girls coming to terms with several universal issues. It dealswith religion, God, and what forever means.


1997

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Before the Eclipse


Green Integer 140

roycomedytwo charactersvariable castone act

The sun and the moon sit above the horizon, drinking beer, discussing an eclipse.


2005


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Best Daddy, The

Silverstein, Shel

Vintage Books


Presents a darkly comic encounter between a girl and her father, whose sense of humor borderson the sadistic.


2007

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Betrothal, A

Wilson, Lanford


roycomedy - romancetwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

'A romantic tale of two lonely and frustrated flower breeders, whose disappointment andannoyance at having their creations rudely passed over at a flower show, is alleviated by themomentous realization that the cross-breeding of their two would-be champions should producean unbeatable new strain which will surely rock the horticultural world!!'

in - Best Short Plays 1987 / COL

1986

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Bible

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roycomedy-darkthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

set: a park bench.

"In this Victorian children's primer gone berserk, Papa is a Christian censor, and Mama has takenAnnabel and Harry to the park to read them passages from the Bible, and although the steamy OldTestament story of lust, incest and murder she stumbles upon is not exactly what Mama had inmind, it gradually begins to hold them all spellbound. This play will infuriate people like Papa,

in - Something in the Basement and Other Plays / COL

1989

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Black and Silver

Frayn, Michael

Samuel French

roycomedy - marital relationstwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

interior set.

"A somewhat short but very affecting scene of a husband and wife awakened in the middle of thenight by the baby, and the stumbling efforts to pacify it. They are so out of it that once thehusband panics because he cannot hear the baby breathing in the cradle, which is onlyreasonable because the wife has removed it to their double bed. Both likeable and laughable."

in - The Two of Us / COL

1970

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Black Cloud Morning New York

Nemeth, Sally


roymonologue - women - comedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

The day from hell takes a turn for the better with the discovery of what a jeans pocket holds.

in - Sally's Shorts / COL

1995

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Blueberry Hill Accord, The

Watson, Daryl

Vintage Books

roycomedy - friendshipall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

The conclusion of a friendship by two teenaged girls takes on the dimensions of the GenevaConvention.


2007

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Bohemians

Gallagher, Miriam

Society of Irish Playwrights

roycomedy - music - Irish - historicalthree characterstwo male; one female; pianistone act

no set.

"Theatrical/musical interlude celebrating Michael W. Balfe (1808-1870) and William V. Wallace(1812-1865). Both composers are conjured up by "Zigeunerin", a hopeful soprano. Highly comicand colourful joust."

in - Fancy Footwork / COL

1997

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Bomb Squad

Wright, Craig

Playscripts, Inc.


A man comes to diffuse the bomb that is Mt. Rushmore.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Bookshop Skit

Cleese, John

Nelson Canada

roycomedy - Monty Python's Flying Circustwo charactersmale or femaleskit

"An example of nonsense and exaggeration (two basic ingredients of comedy). It's about acharacter every store clerk knows only too well - the unreasonable customer who is always right.And a character every customer knows - the smug, know-it-all salesperson. John Cleese andGraham Chapman wrote this now-classic skit in the late 1960s. They were members of thelegendary British comedy troupe, Monty Python's Flying Circus."

in - In Character / CCO

1992

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Boor, The


Random House

nonroycomedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Same as 'The Bear' and 'The Brute'.

Russian landowner in financial straits visits nobleman's widow to demand repayment of loan. Sherefuses to pay him and he refuses to leave until she does. He then challenges her to a duel andfinally proposes marriage to her.A very funny piece with wild shifts of emotion.

in - Thirty Famous One Act Plays / COL

1943

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Boor, The


Gage Educational Publishing Ltd.

nonroycomedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Same as 'The Bear' and 'The Brute'.

Russian landowner in financial straits visits nobleman's widow to demand repayment of loan. Sherefuses to pay him and he refuses to leave until she does. He then challenges her to a duel andfinally proposes marriage to her.A very funny piece with wild shifts of emotion.

in - Take Ten / COL

1981

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Botticelli

McNally, Terrence


roysatire - Vietnam Warall male cast; two characters; one extratwo maleone act

1 simple set.

"Two American soldiers in the wilds of Vietman (or any battle area) are playing an intellectualguessing game while waiting for a trapped enemy soldier to show himself. They smoke,reminisce, play their game - and wait. When the enemy soldier appears they coolly shoot himdown and then go on reciting the great names of literature, philosophy and music; their total lack

in - Apple Pie / COL

1968

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Botticelli

McNally, Terrence

Dell Publishing Company

roysatire - Vietnam Warall male cast; two characters; one extratwo maleone act

1 simple set.

"Two American soldiers in the wilds of Vietman (or any battle area) are playing an intellectualguessing game while waiting for a trapped enemy soldier to show himself. They smoke,reminisce, play their game - and wait. When the enemy soldier appears they coolly shoot himdown and then go on reciting the great names of literature, philosophy and music; their total lack

in - New Theatre for Now / COL

1971

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Brothers

Gadea, William

Samuel French

roycomedy - relationshipsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Comedy about man who meets woman through personals, but takes her home to date his brother.'


1996

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Brussels Sprouts

Kardish, Larry

Talonbooks

royCanadian - comedy - sexthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

An easy-to-take, naturalistic sex comedy about a charming menage-a-trois.

in - The Factory Lab Anthology / CCO

1974

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Brute, The


Samuel French

roycomedy - romancethree characters; extrastwo male; one femaleone act

Same as 'The Boor' and 'The Bear'.

'Landowner tries to collect debt from neighbour in Czarist Russia, but collects young widowinstead.'

in - The Brute and Other Farces / COL

1956

Bentley, Eric

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Bug Swatter

Selmeier, Joel



The couple are outside and are being annoyed and bitten by mosquitos. They then go on tocompete with each other on stupid little things. At various points they ignore each other as theyare each talking about themselves at the same time.


1987

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By a Thread

Flacks, Diane


roycomedy - monologues - womenall female castone femaleone act

'Astro-projecting', bluesy grandmothers, irrational fears, and flying paint - welcome to Rose's wayout.

in - Singular Voices / COL

1994

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Canadian Fact, The

Watson, Wilfred

AU Press

roycomedy - Canadian theatretwo characterstwo male or two femaleone act

A Canadian playwright (who no longer writes plays) and a Canadian director (who has neverdirected a Canadian play) conspire to produce a "Canadian" play about "the Americanbombardment of a lunatic asylum in Hanoi [Vietnam] while Peter Brook was directing a Canadiantelephone directory there." The play deals with themes of nationalism and the theatre whilecommenting humorously on playwrights who are too literary and directors who ignore the text.

in - Hot Thespian Action! / CCO

2008

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Cancun

Kearney, Greg


roycomedy - Canadian⌦all female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

The play concerns two irritable travel agents who try to kill and/or drive each other insane.

in - Perfectly Abnormal / CCO

2006

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Canker Sore and Other Distractions

Durang, Christopher

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - marital relationsthree charactersone male; two femalesketch

"A man and a woman, previously married, try to reconcile over dinner, but a canker sore and atalkative waitress ruin everything."

in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL

1995

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Canker Sore and Other Distractions

Durang, Christopher


roycomedy - marital relationsthree charactersone male; two femalesketch

"A man and a woman, previously married, try to reconcile over dinner, but a canker sore and atalkative waitress ruin everything."


1998

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Caracal, The

Herzberg, Judith

Aurora Metro Press

roycomedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

A comic one-woman play about a teacher whose complicated love life is revealed through a seriesof fragmentary telephone conversations.

in - A Touch of the Dutch / COL

1997

translated by Rina Vergano

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Cardinal O'Connor

Durang, Christopher


roymonologue - comedyall male cast; one characterone malesketch

"Cardinal O'Connor comes to explain briefly why birth control is always, always, always wrong."


1998

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Carolan's Cap

Gallagher, Miriam


roymusicone character; musiciansone maleone act

no set.

"Interlude celebrating Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), the great Irish Harper Composer. Carolanentertains with wit, laughter and conviviality, through all of which flows the genius of his music."


1997

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Cha-Cha-Cha

Wingfield, Garth

Playscripts, Inc.


A man and woman meet up at a high school reunion... and connect for the first time after twentyyears apart.

in - Dating Games / COL

2006

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Chance Meeting, A

Stroppel, Frederick

Samuel French

royAmerican - comedy - marital relationsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Woman and man liven up their marriage by acting out their fantasies.

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays, 15th / COL

1991

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Changing Bodies

Brooker, Blake

Red Deer College Press

royCanadian - comedyall male cast; one characterone maleone act

A surreal and humorous performance that examines personal change.

in - Ilsa, Queen of the Nazi Love Camp and Other Plays / CCO

1993

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Charlie Blake's Boat

Gillis, Graeme



Man's ex-girlfriend tries to keep him from sailing to Scotland in a boat he built himself.

in - The Best of American Short Plays 2004-2005 / COL

2008

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Charlie the Chicken

Levy, Jonathan


roytragicomedy - vaudevillethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

one set.

"Vaudeville act featuring woebegone vaudevillian and trained chicken vehicle for comment onnature of master-slave relationship".


1975

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Charming and Rose: True Love

Burke, Kelley-Jo

Blizzard Publishing

roycomedy - Canadian, fringethree charactersone male; two femaleone act

'Rose, a princess raised by wolves, discusses how she came to murder Prince Charming with herfairy godmother. The marriage is re-examined through magic, and the willing cooperation of thedefunct prince.'

in - Prerogatives / CCO

1998

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Charming and Rose: True Love

Burke, Kelley-Jo

Blizzard Publishing

roycomedy - Canadian - fringethree charactersone male; two femaleone act

'Rose, a princess raised by wolves, discusses how she came to murder Prince Charming with herfairy godmother. The marriage is re-examined through magic, and the willing cooperation of thedefunct prince.'

in - Amazing Plays / CCO

1992

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Checkers

Doerman, Dale


roycomedy - conversation - marital relationstwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

An elderly couple are playing checkers in a park and are talking about the past. Both are forgetfulbut not senile. Humorous conversation.


1987

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Cherry Blend with Vanilla

Wilhelm, Le

Samuel French

roycomedy - domestic relatonsthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

'Confession from husband's ghost helps widow over prolonged bereavement.'


1995

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Chinamen

Frayn, Michael

Samuel French

royfarcefive characters one male; one female (doubling)one act

interior set.

"She has invited a woman and her new hippy boyfriend for dinner with some other guests on thevery night he has invited the woman's deserted husband for dinner. The object is not to let theestranged husband and wife meet; how to dine in two different rooms alternately in such a way theeither husband or wife is in one or the other room at all times."


1970

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Chocolate

Stroppel, Frederick

Vintage Books

roycomedy - murdertwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Presents encounters with a policeman investigating a murder and a suspect who has some verycreative explanations for what seem to be obvious clues.


2007

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Chocolate Cake

Gallagher, Mary


roycomedy - womenall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

unit set; suggested for high school

"The play is about two secret gorgers who meet in a hotel room while attending a women'sconference. One is a simple, country mouse, married to a mechanic; the other a brassy citydweller whose husband is a wealthy businessman. Inevitably their conversation gets around thetheir favorite topic - food - but the funnier their exchanges become the more we are made

in - Win/Lose/Draw / COL

1981

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Chug

Jenkins, Ken


roycomedy - monologueall male cast; one characterone maleone act

"Humorous monologue about will to perserve by man in business of raising frogs".


1981

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Citizen Pochsy: Head Movements of a Long-haired Girl

Hines, Karen


roysatire, monologues - womenall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

'In (this play), our little muse is in the waiting room at an audit from hell.'

in - The Pochsy Plays / CCO

2004

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Civilization and its Malcontents

Taikeff, Stanley

Samuel French


A woman studying nutrition desperately needs help in a music course she is also taking. Shevisits the class whiz guy, arms laden with books, hoping to cram with him. She finds that sheknows too little; she can remember Mozart's dates of birth and death, but is totally dumb abouthis feelings toward the oboe and clarinet. He, on the other hand, has prepared a small supper forthem and gotten it all wrong, knowing nothing about nutrition. Their confrontations aredramatically spell binding and cannily illuminating about art and comestibles.


1989

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Clair De Lune

Linney, Romulus



"Clair de Lune finds an older, retired couple basking in the solitude of Florida, while reminiscing,with some regret, about their chronically hell-raising children."

in - Pops / COL

1987

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Class Conflict

Pospisil, Craig


roycomedy - relationships - childrentwo charactersone male; one femaleone act


Billy is a shy, sweet six-year old, nervous about his first day of school. His new classmate MeganDevenaux is a pint-sized lawyer, who considers herself an adult already, and is ready to take hercase to the Supreme Court and then cash in.

in - Life is Short / COL

2005

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Classyass

Jennings, Caleen Sinnette

Smith and Kraus


"A naive college DJ gets more than he bargains for when Big B arrives from the downtown women'sshelter to discuss the complexities of classical music and social responsibility."

Co-winner of the 2002 Heideman Award.


2002

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Click

Silverstein, Shel


roycomedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone scene

'Valerie is trying to relax by reading a magazine in the bathtub as Leonard irritatingly sits on thetoilet seat playing Russian roulette. He tells her the bullet he put in might be a blank. She tells himshe switched his bullet with another that may be real. She insists that he finish his game.'


2003

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Closet Madness

Schisgal, Murray


roycomedyall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

'Unsuccessful playwright decides pretending to be gay is key to success.'


1984

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Comings and Goings

Terry, Megan

Simon and Schuster

roycomedy - theatre gametwo characters; extrasone male; one femaleone act

"Comedy. A theatre game, set in cafe wherein actors involve the audience. The theme ismale-female love relationships. Singing."

in - Viet Rock and Other Plays / COL

1967

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Common Cause

Evans, Annie

Miscellaneous

roycomedy - relationshipstwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Owen and Sandy banter and battle over whether or not they're meant for each other.


2006

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Conquest of Everest, The

Kopit, Arthur

Hill and Wang

roycomedy three characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 exterior set.

"Couple blithefully scale Mount Everest with neither the proper equipment nor the technical skills".

in - The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis and Other Plays / COL

1965

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Constantinople Smith

Mee, Charles L.

Hill and Wang

royfarcethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act 1 exterior set.

"Short plotless farce about roles, symbolism, censorship, reality versus illusion, and the antiheroplay in today's theatre".

in - New American Plays Volume One / COL

1962

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Constituent, The

Thompson, Ernest


roy comedyall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

1 simple interior set.

"A toughminded, foul-mouthed old Marine curmudgeon, who is given to writing abusive letters tohis Senator, suddenly finds himself face-to-face with his nemesis. The two men, oddly enough,find much in common - but then the fur begins to fly again, with hilarious results".

in - Answers / COL

1980

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Contract With Jackie

Breslin, Jimmy

Smith and Kraus

roysatire - politicaltwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

"Short satirical piece on politics and politicians. Congressman visits wife in Atlanta hospital,1980."

in - Humana Festival '96 / COL

1996

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Contract, The

Rebeck, Theresa

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - Americanall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

"An actor wins over an agent only when he convinces him that he doesn't care about a contract."

in - Theresa Rebeck: Collected Plays v. 1, 1989 - 1998 / COL

1999

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Contribution

Shine, Ted


royfamily relations - racism - discriminationthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

1 interior.

A black grandmother sends her nervous grandson off to join a sit-in. At first it appears that sheis a quiet and aloof black woman who does not meddle with rebellious activities anddemonstrations - but the hilarious, and arresting climax of the play reveals that she has her ownmethod of helping in the struggle for her people's rights.

in - Contributions / COL

1970

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Contribution

Shine, Ted

Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company

royblack playthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

1 interior set.

"Black grandmother in Southern town helps grandson integrate drug stores, in most unorthodox,indirect way".

in - Black Drama: An Anthology / COL

1970

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Contribution

Shine, Ted


royfamily relations - racism - discriminationthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

1 interior.

A black grandmother sends her nervous grandson off to join a sit-in. At first it appears that sheis a quiet and aloof black woman who does not meddle with rebellious activities anddemonstrations - but the hilarious, and arresting climax of the play reveals that she has her ownmethod of helping in the struggle for her people's rights.

in - Black Comedy: 9 Plays / COL

1997

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Cop-Out

Guare, John

Samuel French

roysatiretwo charactersone male; one female (doubling)one act

'Satire on police power and the way it works.'

in - Cop-Out and Home Fires / COL

1968

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Cornered

Patrick, Robert

Winter House Ltd.

roysketches - skits - comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone scene

1 interior.

"Domestic comedy. Banter between husband and wife leads up to announcing her pregnancy."

in - Robert Patrick's Cheep Theatricks / COL

1972

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Cosmetic Perjury

Goode, Jeff

Baker's Plays

royAmerican - comedy - murder - mysterythree charactersone male; two femaleseven episodes

running time: 70 minutes.

The 'Dick Piston' plays are short comic murder-mysteries suitable for late-night theatre. Each playis written in 10-minute 'episodes', and each episode has a cliff-hanger ending.

"It's convention season at the Lakeview Hotel and Dick Piston goes after killer clones and topless

in - The Messy Adventures of Dick Piston, Hotel Detective / COL

2002

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Counting the Ways

Albee, Edward


roycomedy - vaudevilletwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

"In a series of blackout sketches, 'HE' and 'SHE' probe into the nature of their love for one another.Long married, but aware that time has wroght changes in their relationship, the two spar andthrust at each other in exchanges and reminiscences which are sometimes lighthearted,sometimes poignant, sometimes almost brutal. In the end a mosaic of experience is constructed,illuminating the nature of human love and pointing up the gathering indifference which can besetthose who have been perhaps too long and too closely aligned in the sharing of years".

in - Counting the Ways and Listening / COL

1976

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Cowboy Mouth

Shepard, Sam

Bantam Books

roycomedy - satirethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

"Satirical comedy. Cayale kidnaps Slim with the hope of making him a great rock and roll star whowill meet a tragic end. Ironically the speechless Lobster Man fulfills her dream. Music, singing,dancing."

in - Fool for Love and Other Plays / COL

1984

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Cowboy Mouth

Shepard, Sam

Dial Press, Inc.


music, singing, dancing.

"Satirical comedy. Cayale kidnaps Slim with the hope of making him a great rock and roll star whowill meet a tragic end. Ironically the speechless Lobster Man fulfills her dream."

in - Fool for Love and Other Plays / COL

2006

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Cowboys, Indians & Waitresses

Shurtz, Raymond King

Samuel French

roydramatic comedythree characters; extratwo male; one femaleone act

'Comic-drama about nature of war. Vietnam vet challanges Navajo Indian to drunken slug-fest.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Seventeenth Series) / COL

1993

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Crab Cakes

Lipkin, Joan


roycomedy - relationshipsthree charactersone male; one female; one male or femaleone act

Franklin feels so bad about his role in firing people that he wants to be punished. His choice ofpunishment? A little bondage, with his wife using her shoe, as long as she doesn't break the skin(or her heel). As with all things relational, Franklin's work circumstances affect his wife. Thisdeceptively light comedy asks what happens when the needs of one half of a long-termpartnership shift? Can the other understand? Can they adapt? and are there any mutual advantagesto these adaptation and change? The play is simultaneously about the challenges of the economy,

in - The Best American Short Plays - 2005-2006 / COL

2008

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Crazy Eights

Lindsay-Abaire, David


roydramatic comedy - relationshipsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

When Connie comes home late one night, she finds her parole officer waiting in her apartmentwith a torte and a long list of questions. The interrogation/courting dance that follows iscomplicated by the after-hours arrival of Connie’s charming card-playing buddy.

in - Three One Acts / COL

2006

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Crazy Eights



roydramatic comedy - relationshipsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

When Connie comes home late one night, she finds her parole officer waiting in her apartmentwith a torte and a long list of questions. The interrogation/courting dance that follows iscomplicated by the after-hours arrival of Connie’s charming card-playing buddy.


2008

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Creative Developement

Reingold, Jacquelyn


roysatiretwo characters; extrasone male; one femaleone act

1 interior.

Goddess poses as playwright and confronts creative director of film company.


2000

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Creative Developement

Reingold, Jacquelyn


roysatiretwo characters; extrasone male; one femaleone act

1 interior.

Goddess poses as playwright and confronts creative director of film company.


2005

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Creditors

Strindberg, August

Washington Square Press

roytragicomedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Psychological analysis of feminine parasitism, and of a first husband's revenge, who byimplications influences the second husbands attitude towards the wife.'

in - Strindberg's One Act Plays / COL

1969

translated by Arvid Paulson

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Creditors

Strindberg, August

Vintage Books

roytragicomedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Psychological analysis of feminine parasitism, and of a first husband's revenge, who byimplications influences the second husbands attitude towards the wife.'

in - The Plays of Strindberg Vol. 1 / COL

1964

translated by Michael Meyer

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Crisscross

Hailey, Oliver


roycomedy - Passion Playall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

"Described by the author as 'a passion play in 5 minutes', this brilliant short play depicts theconfrontation between a 'Carpenter' and his hippie-like son 'Santa' whose 'thing' is to carry anempty sack on his back, hoping to fill it and then give everything away. The father tries tounderstand his son but he cannot; and the son, in turn, is unable to condone his father's work ofbuilding crucifixes-on one of which he must then impale his own son. If only, he muses, the boycould have been a carpenter, like his father. It would have been so much simpler for everyone!"

in - Picture Animal Crisscross / COL

1970

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Crossing the Bar

Nigro, Don

Samuel French


'Two old ladies in funeral home react unexpectedly when corpse of male friend comes to life.'

in - God's Spies and Crossing the Bar / COL

1985

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Dalmatian

Bishop, Conrad


roycomedy - farce, high schoolall female cast; two charactersone female; one girlone act

There is a conversation between an assistant principal and a high school student. It is a veryfunny farce on the way in which a principal conducts his or her self.


1987

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Dance With Me

Reynolds, Jean

Smith and Kraus


Comedy about adultery and love triangles.

in - Women Playwrights the Best Plays of 1995 / COL

1996

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Daniel on a Thursday

Wingfield, Garth

Playscripts, Inc.

roycomedy - dramaall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

A guy approaches Daniel in a bar and the games begin... whether Daniel is ready or not.


2006

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Darling Family, The

Griffiths, Linda

Blizzard Publishing

roy drama - comedy - relationships two characters one male; one femaleone act

"As they face the dilemma of a unplanned pregnancy, this one couple's decision to search beyondtheir trivial self-definitions, to face every thought, every option, becomes a path to healing,courage and growth."

in - 7 Canons / CCO

1991

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Day for Surprises, A

Guare, John



"Zany and absurdist in style, this hilarious short play deals with the surprising day on which oneof the stone lions in front of New York's Public Library left its perch long enough to devour one ofthe lady librarians. The victim was also the fiancee of a fellow worker-whose grief leads to anenormously funny recounting of their brief liaison. But, as the satiated lion resumes hiscustomary perch, consolation is at hand in the form of another lady librarian, and we are awarethat still more surprises are likely to come as life goes on its upredictable way".

in - Kissing Sweet and A Day for Surprises / COL

1971

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Dead Right

Jarvik, Elaine

Playscripts, Inc.

roycomedy - relationshipstwo charactersone male; one femaleone scene

Concerns a minor crisis in a well-worn relationship when one of the wife's acquaintances not onlydies, but is also given a terrible obituary - a slight that launches a spousal argument aboutmorality, memory and proper proofreading.


2009

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Dear Kenneth Blake

Reingold, Jacquelyn



A Cambodian woman writes to a homeless man who has been sent to a farm in rural New York,where he plants tomatoes, breathes "fresh organic air" and gives vent to his hostilities. "Maybesomeday we can meet," the woman says, reading her words out loud. Suddenly, she appears at theman's barbed-wire fence, having walked 10 miles to the bus stop, bearing offerings of comfort --shoes, food for him and the rabbit he sleeps with -- and proposing marriage.


2005

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Death

Fineberg, Larry


royCanadian - comedy three characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Max, dying, determines to make his daughter confront reality. The 16 year old boy taking care ofhim watches and evaluates ways to live.

in - Four Plays By Larry Fineberg / CCO

1972

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Death of a Mouth

Wynne-Jones, Tim

Blizzard Publishing

roycomedy - sketchestwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

A janitor and a teacher discuss memory and imagination.

in - Rhubarb-o-rama! / CCO

1998

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Decadence

Berkoff, Steven

Faber and Faber

roysatirefour charactersone male; one female (doubling)fourteen scenes

Satirical portrayal of decadent life-styles of the British upper classes.

in - Steven Berkoff: Volume 2: The Collected Plays / COL

1989

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Defacing Patriotic Property

Barfield, Tanya

Playscripts, Inc.

roymonologues - maleall male cast; one characterone maleone scene

A man considers plastic surgery to look like one of the presidents on Mount Rushmore.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Delivery

Shore, Talia

Blizzard Publishing

roycontemporary - comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

The birth of a couple's first child does not go as perfectly as planned.

in - Instant Applause: Volume Two / CCO

1996

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Devil and Billy Markham, The

Silverstein, Shel


roycomedy in verseall male cast; one characterone maleone scene

'Tall tale of a man who loses bet with Devil but who ultimately outsmarts Satan himself.'


1991

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Devil and Billy Markham, The

Silverstein, Shel

Samuel French

roycomedy in verseall male cast; one characterone maleone scene

'Tall tale of a man who loses bet with Devil but who ultimately outsmarts Satan himself.'

in - Oh, Hell! / COL

1991

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Devil is in the Details; The

Hughes, Jill Elaine



The play opens with the gang assassin and his sculptor girlfriend guarding a body in anabandoned warehouse used by L.A. gangs to dump dead bodies after gang killings. As the playprogresses, though, it becomes clear that the warehouse isn't really a warehouse anymore, andthe dead body the two lead characters dragged in isn't really dead either.

in - The Best of American Short Plays 2004-2005 / COL

2008

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Devil, The

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roycomedy-darkthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

interior.

"An old woman is hired to sit with a peasant's dying mother, agreeing to take a lump sum andstay as long as the mother lives. But the mother perversely refuses to die, until the old woman,losing money by the minute, is forced to employ a strategy to help her along to heaven.Suggested by Guy de Maupasant's dark and immensely funny story, this earthy little parable about


1989

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Devotees in the Garden of Love

Parks, Suzan-Lori


royAmerican - drama - satireall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

'Satiric look at courtship, love and marriage.'

in - The American Play and Other Works / COL

1991

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Devotees in the Garden of Love

Parks, Suzan-Lori

Smith and Kraus

royAmerican - drama - satireall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

'Satiric look at courtship, love and marriage.'

in - 20/20 ... / COL

1995

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Dewey Decimal System, The

Bowden, Sarah

Miscellaneous

royrelationships - comedythree charactersone male; two femaleone act

'Relationships are discussed and discovered in a college library.'

in - Dramatics (Oct 2002) / PER

2002

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Dicks, The

Feiler, Jules

Samuel French

roycomedy - detectivesall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

"Two-time Obie Award-winner Kevin O'Connor starred in New York in this hilarious comedy abouttwo "house dicks" - slang for hotel detectives. Ed, the older one, is exasperated with his newrookie partner. The kid has no interest in doing what Ed feels is the correct job - peeping throughkeyholes, creeping out on the fire escape to take polaroids of the guests (unbeknownst to them ofcourse) and generally talking the correct lingo (women are "dames" - unless they are "dolls"). WillEd succeed in straightening out this mixed up kid?"

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Ninth Series / COL

1984

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Dimwit, or the Retired Captain, The


Green Integer 140

royvaudeville - sketchtwo charactersone male; one femaleone scene

A scenelet from a non-existent vaudeville sketch. The two discuss what the Captain wants in awife.


2005


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Dinner Party, The

Cullis, Rose

Signature Editions


The dinner party is a comedy abut the tragic necessity of loss when we make choices in our lives.Two women in a common-law relationship grapple with lost opportunitys and have an identitycrisis, while waiting for their guests to arrive for a dinner party. Can love matter enough in theshadow of regret?

in - Two Hands Clapping / CCO

2006

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Disruptive, Discursive Delusions of Donald, The

Roderick, Michael


roycomedy - Americanthree characterstwo male; three femaleone act

The theme of the play reflects that moments of indecision can breed the wackiest occurrences. Theplot finds Donald having a lot of trouble making decisions in his life, but when Bo and Dayna (twomiddlemen between heaven and hell) step into the picture, he'll have to make quick decisions ashe's thrust into a world with a dead lover, time travel, and a dominatrix obsessed with squeakytoys. As time ticks backwards Donald must decide what's most important, or lose it all.


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Ditch

Kavanagh, Geoff


roydrama - comedyall male cast; three charactersthree maleone act

"Deals with the Franklin expedition of 1845 from the perspective of two sailors left in a ditch tomake their peace with their culture, their sexuality and each other. The result is a work oftremendous contemporary resonance, emotional power, and humour."

in - Staging the North / CCO

1999

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DMV Tyrant

Durang, Christopher

Smith and Kraus

roycomedytwo charactersone male; one femalesketch

"A man goes to a woman clerk at the Division of Motor Vehicles and tries to get his licenserenewed with infuriating results."


1995

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DMV Tyrant

Durang, Christopher



"A man goes to a woman clerk at the Division of Motor Vehicles and tries to get his licenserenewed with infuriating results."


1998

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Do Not Feed the Animal

Silverstein, Shel



'Ann sits next to Vern on a park bench and notices his tiny box with a sign that reads "Do not feedthe animal". She suddenly becomes irate while wondering what is so special about this mysteryanimal to deny her permission to feed it. As she stuffs a croissant in the box, she painfully findsout.'


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Do Over

Stroppel, Frederick

Samuel French

roycomedy - romancetwo characterone male; one femaleone act

A young lady is preparing for a date. A young man awakens on her living room floor-- andfrightens her half to death. It is her date, but he's twenty minutes early, and how did he get in,anyway? To tell the truth he's not really there; he's miles and years away. He has appeared fromthe future to ask her not to keep their date. He knows that their love affair will not work out andwants to stop it before it begins. The woman disbelieves him but he tells her things that wouldotherwise be impossible for him to know. This is a contemporary love story with a marvelous


1989

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Does This Woman Have A Name?

Rebeck, Theresa

Samuel French

roycomedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act (seven scenes)

"Mel writes the dialogue for Sarah's sex chat-line. Mel hopes one day to become a publishedwriter and her scripts become more literary but this is not what Sarah's customers want to hear."


1991

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Does This Woman Have A Name?

Rebeck, Theresa

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - Americanthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act (eight scenes)

"Mel writes the dialogue for Sarah's sex chat-line. Mel hopes one day to become a publishedwriter and her scripts become more literary but this is not what Sarah's customers want to hear."


1999

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Domestic Violence

Stroppel, Frederick

Samuel French


'Perfect wife drives husband away.'

in - Single and Proud and Other Plays / COL

1993

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Don't Encourage Him

Taylor, Jason

Dramatic Publishing Company


'A hilarious autobiographical one-man show that tells the tale of growing up on a farm in Iowawith brotherly rivalry to spare.'

in - Best Student One Acts Volume 5 / COL

2000

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Dottie and Richie

Reingold, Jacquelyn



At Henny Youngman's funeral, Richie claims he's fallen for Dottie, but Dottie claims she killedHenny Youngman.


2005

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Double Murder

Klavan, Scott



A couple is trying to poison each other but the fundamental parts of their characters get in theway. The man's diffidence, the woman's assertiveness stops them just at the point of fatal success.The reason their marriage doesn't work is the reason they can't end it. At sea, in need, they shiftroles and personality traits. The confident woman gets support, the inept man gains confidence.The result is a congenial atmosphere, a brief emergence of affection. But in celebrating, drinkingtheir health, they kill themselves.


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Dough: The Politics of Martha Stewart

Burns, Lindsay

B house

roycomedy - monologues - women - Canadianall female cast; nine charactersone female (doubling)one act

DOUGH: THE POLITICS OF MARTHA STEWART exposes the lives of nine different female charactersas they serve up their recipe for modern “living.”

in - Dough: The Politics of Martha Stewart & The Vajayjay Monologues / CCO

2008

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Dr. Fritz

Ives, David


roycomedy - vaudevilletwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Vaudeville reigns as an American tourist in pain seeks medical help from a wacky souvenir sellernamed Maria who channels an even wackier German surgeon named Dr. Fritz. The comedy stepsup when the doctor recommends an operation.

in - Mere Mortals / COL

1998

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Dreamers

Silverstein, Shel



'Nick and Ritchie are plumbers trying to unclog a drain, but Ritchie's worried about a dream hehad where he slept with another man. Nick tries to calm his fears. "It's symbolic," he tells Ritchie,just like the dreams Nick had of sleeping with his wife and daughter.'


2003

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Dreamkeeper

Gallagher, Miriam


royfantasytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

no set.

"A girl's world is changed by a hermit who carries the dreams of the world in a sack. Dreamkeeperis a surrealist two hander, offering the actors a huge challenge. The play operates on two levels atthe same time: the interior world of the human psyche with its expectations of an ideal world andthe physical level where uninvited intrusions can shatter dreams."


1997

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Dreams of a Drunken Quaker

Green, Michael

AB collector publishing

roycomedy - Canadianall male cast; two characterstwo malethree parts

Absurdist comedy with surrealist version of apocalypse and debauchery.

in - Dreams of a Drunken Quaker / CCO

1992

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Drop

DeAngelis, J. Michael

Samuel French

roycomedy - friendshipall male cast; three charactersthree maleone act

Trapped at the top of a roller coaster, two old friends ponder their existence while they await theirfate.


2010

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Drowning Girls, The

Graham, Beth


roycomedyall female cast; many charactersthree female (doubling)one act

Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith,and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless bridesgather evidence against their womanizing, murderous husband by reliving the shocking eventsleading up to their deaths. Reflecting on the misconceptions of love, married life, and thenot-so-happily ever after, The Drowning Girls is both a breathtaking fantasia and a socialcritique, full of rich images, a myriad of characters, and lyrical language.

in - The Drowning Girls / Comrades / CCO

2008

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Duck

Silverstein, Shel


roycomedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone scene

'Burt warns Morgan before entering a low doorway to 'duck' - as the sign says. Little does Morganknow that there are actual ducks waiting to bite him on the other side.'


2003

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Duck Variations, The

Mamet, David

Samuel French


"This play dramatizes the old adage that people who talk the most with authority about somethingare the ones most likely to know the least about it. Two old men discuss the ways of ducks andlife, making observations that are profoundly hilarious. "

in - Sexual Perversity in Chicago and the Duck Variations / COL

1977

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Dumb Wife, The

Dezeuze, Francois

Persona Products

non-roy for educational and social service organizationsroy for otherfarce-Italian playthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

No abstract available.

in - Farces, Italian Style / COL

1978

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Dumpster Dan

Wall, Christopher

Miscellaneous

roycomedy - family relations - life change - men - mourningall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

"Sometimes you reach a point when you got to make a change. For Dan's father, it means gettingrid of his possessions and living off the land. Too bad he lives in a city... What's Dan going todo? Mom's gone. He's got no friends. So he holds his nose and dives in. It's family life. In analley."Winner of SlamBoston! 10-Minute Play Competition, 2004.

in - Dramatics Vol. 76, No. 3 / PER

2004

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Dying Breed, The

Higgins, Thomas

Samuel French

royAmerican - comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Mark and Paula have had a rather morbid history with pets—the pedigree is long and there are nosurvivors—but when it’s revealed exactly why they’ve been so intent on owning an animal andwhat happened to their most recent one, they learn something about their own breed that may betoo painful to bear.


2008

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Eat

Van Veldhuizen, Matin

Aurora Metro Press

roycomedy-blackall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

"A darkly humorous foray into food, sex and families seen through the eyes of three sisters whocome together to celebrate the anniversary of their mother's death."

in - A Touch of the Dutch / COL

1997

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Eat Cake

Van Itallie, Jean-Claude


roysatiretwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

1 interior set.

"A biting satire in which an unkempt housewife, absorbed in her TV, is visited by an eccentricrapist - whose demands are somewhat different from what might be anticipated".

in - Seven Short and Very Short Plays / COL

1973

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El Clavadista

Curran, Colleen

NuAge Editions

roydark comedyall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

'Two school teachers on vacation in Mexico await the latest tourist attraction - el clavadista (thecliff diver) - and discuss Elvis and life. A Fringe favourite.'


1990

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Election Year

Byron, Ellen


roycomedy - friendship - politicsthree characters (doubling)one male; two femalefive scenes

"A series of lunchtime get-togethers between two young, unattached 'yuppies' during the finalmonths of the Reagan-Mondale presidential campaign. Rachel, in her mid-30s and apparentlymore concerned with food than romance, is both a sharp-tongued cynic and a confirmed liberal;while her friend Wendy, an incurable romantic recovering from a painful breakup, is desperate tofind another meaningful relationship. Looking for something to do, Wendy offers her services tothe Mondale campaign, whereas Rachel, the supposedly committed Democrat, finds herself

in - Election Year and So When You Get Married... / COL

1989

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Electric Gunfighters

Wade, Bryan


royCanadian - comedy - menall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

"Pete and Bob enact Western movie cliches with a TV set's white noise in the background. Highcamp comedy about the effect of media on our lives."

in - Blitzkrieg and Other Plays / CCO

1979

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Elephant Wake

Tremblay, Joey

NeWest Press

royCanadian - comedy - French - monologueall male cast; one characterone maleone act

"Surrounded by empty beer bottles and a zoo of papier-mache animals, the village idiot of aFrench-Canadian hamlet in Saskatchewan recounts the history of his community's vanishing."

in - Ethnicities: Plays from the New West / CCO

1999

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Emer's Health

Read, Michelle

Miscellaneous

roymonologue - comedy - women - healthall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

A comedy about the health issues delivered from the point of view of Emer Fitzwilliam, a womanwith more money than sense, who has recently become aware of some of the harsher truths of life.

in - Romantic Friction and other plays / COL

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Empty Coffee Shop, An

Evans, Annie

Miscellaneous


Sally hates Valentine's Day and takes refuge from the hearts and flowers in a Mom and Pop coffeeshop.


2006

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Enchanted Mesa, The

Maguire, George

Samuel French

roycomedy - drama - marital relationstwo charactersone male one femaleone act

"Michael and Helen, a married couple in their mid-thirties, have climbed to the top of a mesaoutside Albuquerque to admire the view, camp out, picnic - and discuss their impending divorce.Former 60's free spirits, Michael still wants to live a life free from the hassle of the workadayworld, while Helen, a professional working woman who is supporting them, is proud of the factthat she has "grown up" - and embarrassed at the aging flower child she is married to. The couplestill love each other; they just can't live together anymore. Co-winner of the 9th Annual Off Off


1984

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End of I, The

Amsterdam, Diana

Lillenas Drama Resource


Description not available.

in - Sex and Death / COL

1988

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End of the Beginning, The

O'Casey, Sean

St. Martin's Press

royfarce - family relations - Irish playthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 interior set; includes song with musical score.

"Domestic farce. Irish life".

in - Five One Act Plays / COL

1958

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English Made Simple

Ives, David


roycomedy - romancethree charactersone male; one female; one male or femaleone act

"A young man and woman meet at a party, and their immediate romantic attraction is translatedinto comically unromantic grammar lessons as they struggle to free themselves from the banalconstrictions of party talk.

in - The Land of Cockaigne and English Made Simple / COL

1995

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Escapologist, The

Wilson, David Henry

Samuel French


"A world-renowned escapologist cajoles a man from Bethlehem into binding him in chains onlyto discover that he can't escape alone - or can he?"

in - Are You Normal, Mr. Norman and Other Short Plays / COL

1984

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Ex, The

Scheer, Geoffrey

Samuel French

roycomedy - relationshipsall male cast; two characterstwo femaleone scene

It’s bad enough when a girlfriend comes between two old pals…but an ex-girlfriend? See whathappens when Will and Adam’s trip to Atlantic City gets thrown off by the impending arrival ofAdam’s former love interest in this new comedy by playwright Geoffrey Scheer. This pieceexamines the nature of friendship as couched in the language of typical male arresteddevelopment. Will Adam choose lust over friendship? Can Will stop browbeating his friend longenough to get to the heart of the dilemma? And will anyone be able to survive the arrival of The

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (30th series) / COL

2006

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Exquisite Hour, The

Lemoine, Stewart


roycomedy - relationships - Canadiantwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

A couple form a relationship on a porch in the summer of 1962.

in - The Alberta Advantage / CCO

2008

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Extensions

Schisgal, Murray



1 interior set.

'Show business couple's life revolves around telephone.'


1991

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Extra Curricular Activity

Hanagan, Jay D.

Samuel French

roycomedy - satire - alienstwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

All Jenn wants, is to be left alone with her lunch and her book. So the last thing that this apparentEarthling needs is to have some alien, Xenon from the planet Argon, ask to be taken to her leader,because he has warnings of galactic importance or some other nonsense! Why does this kind ofthing always happen to her?!

in - What If? / COL

2006

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Eye of the Beholder, The

Broadhurst, Kent

Smith and Kraus

roycomedyall male or all female cast, three charactersthree male or three femaleone act


"The scene is an artist's studio, where two painters, James and Barney, are working from asemi-nude model, Leon. As the two artists are quite different in temperament and style, it isinevitable that their interpretations also differ - resulting in a progressively more heated (andfunny) debate about the meaning of art and the superiority of one approach over another. Leon

in - 20/20 ... / COL

1995

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F*cking Art

Brunstetter, Bekah

Samuel French


interior set.

A pretty cheerleader who has her heart set on goodness visits a cancer ridden classmate,determined to take his virginity.


2008

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Fairies Are Thirsty (Les Fées ont soif), The

Boucher, Denise


roycomedy - Canadian - French - serious - stereotypes - womenall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

Three women - a housewife, a whore, and the Virgin Mary - fight to break out of the stereotypesin which they've been imprisoned for years.

in - Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation / CCO

2006

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Fam and Yam

Albee, Edward


roysatireall male cast; two characterstwo maleone scene

1 interior set.

''Attack on modern American theatre in the form of interview between a young and a famousplaywright."

in - The American Dream and Other Plays / COL

1959

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Family Names

Pelonero, Edna

Samuel French

royfarceall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

'Receptionist encounters husband's mistress.'


1995

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Fast Women

Reale, Willie



"A deft and very funny study of "sexual politics" among three young collegiate athletes."

in - Many Happy Returns and Fast Women / COL

1983

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Father Clock, The

Wykes, Walter


roycomedy - theatrethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Two actors and a stage manager are abandoned by their aging director. Now, as the auditoriumbegins to fill and the lights dim, they desparately attempt to pull the show together with the helpof two items the director left behind: a prompt book that is cryptic and vague and a grandfatherclock without hands.'


2000

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Fathers and Sons

Hannah, Don

Simon and Pierre Publishing

roycomedy - family relationsthree characterstwo male; one femalefour scenes

A tender and funny evocation of one lifelong relationship captured in four movements.

in - Shoreline / CCO

1999

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February 14th

Kramer, Seth

Playscripts, Inc.


this play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.

Valentine's Day sucks, especially when you've lost your spouse or are waiting for divorce papers.Lois and Gannon, friends since kindergarten, decide to spend the day together only to discoverthat they have more between them than shared misfortune.

in - Special Days / COL

2004

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Feet of Clay

Caudle, David

Samuel French


Two men sit out a rainy day in a remote mountain cabin while their wives shop in the town.Vaughan has been a welcome benefactor to the down-on-his-luck Clay since their recent meetingat a public pool. But Vaughan's benevolence is motivated by something beyond his desire to helphis fellow man, and he just can't keep it a secret a moment longer. Will Clay have the same desire?If not, will he at least have a price? And if so, can Vaughan afford to pay it?


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Ferry, The

Hill, Ryan

Samuel French


A pick-up line ("Are you from Staten Island?") turns metaphysical as a woman from Iowa tries toexplain how the world works to an insulated Staten Island native. As she speaks, she reveals herprejudices while he, though limited in perception and worldliness, displays the ability to acceptwhat he sees and meet others on equal footing. The Ferry was commissioned by a benefit forfamilies of busboys, dishwashers and other non-salaried restaurant workers in the World TradeCenter.


2004

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Few Last Words, A


Samuel French

royduologuetwo charactersone male; one femaleone act


1964

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Fighting Fear at the Bus Stop

Lazarus, John


roy comedythree characters; voicetwo male; one femaleone act

A street scene about sexual misunderstanding between strangers.


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Final Interrogation of Ceausescu's Dog, The

Leight, Warren


roysatireall male cast, two characterstwo maleone act

Ceausescu's dog is interrogated shortly after the Romanian revolution.


2007

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Fine Coloured Easter Egg, A

Pharis Ringwood, Gwen

NeWest Press

royAlbertan - comedy - domestic relationsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 set.

'Domestic comedy set in 1950's Alberta. Ukrainian pretends suicide and hides at cousin's house.When his wife arrives, husband must explain actions.'

in - Prairie Performance 3 / CCO

1980

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Fine Coloured Easter Egg, A

Pharis Ringwood, Gwen

Borealis Press

royAlbertan - comedy - domestic relationsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 set.

'Domestic comedy set in 1950's Alberta. Ukrainian pretends suicide and hides at cousin's house.When his wife arrives, husband must explain actions.'

in - The Collected Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood / CCO

1982

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Finger food

Shengold, Nina

Penguin Books


1 interior.

Encounter between food photographer and hand model.


1993

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Flatulist, The

Schisgal, Murray



"The 'Flatulist' is a black comedy gem in which Gregory, the son of a once famous comedian,confronts his father's longtime agent, and pleads for a chance to demonstrate the rather bizarre'act' which he has perfected. As the two parry and thrust, the deep-seated antagonism whichGregory feels fo his father's exploiter is revealed, and then, in the surprising finale, suitablyavenged."

in - The Pushcart Peddlars, The Flatulist & Other Plays / COL

1980

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For Anne

Gruen, Peter

Samuel French


'While cleaning out their attic elderly couple discover things neither wanted the other to knowabout.'


1991

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For-Everett

Reingold, Jacquelyn


roy comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

A bittersweet love story. Two relationships -- in twelve minutes. On a beach.


2005

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Foul Territory

Wright, Craig

Miscellaneous

roysports - baseballtwo charactersone male; one femaleone scene

"Commissioned by Mile Square Theatre of Hoboken, New Jersey for "Seventh Inning Stretch: SevenTen-Minute Plays About Baseball", where it received its first performance in August 2003."


2005

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Foul Territory

Wright, Craig

Smith and Kraus

roysports - baseballtwo charactersone male; one femaleone scene

A man gets hit in several ways while attending a baseball game with a woman.


2005

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Fruit Salad

Duay, Grant

Bantam Books


"Men love and die between commercials in a television war".

in - The New Underground Theatre / COL

1968

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Funeral Parlor

Durang, Christopher

Smith and Kraus


"A widow is accosted at her husband's funeral by a very inappropriate guest."


1995

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Funeral Parlor

Durang, Christopher



"A widow is accosted at her husband's funeral by a very inappropriate guest."


1998

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Gallows Monologue from Sidney Ryan's: "Gunpowder and Blood", The

Berger, Glen

Vintage Books

roycomedy - monologues - maleall male cast; one characterone maleone scene

An assistant stage manager, stricken with stage fright, is thrust into the spotlight to deliver aghastly tale of disembowelment and worse.


2007

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Garbage Bags

Silverstein, Shel


roycomedy - monologue - womenall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

'In this monologue, Sarah sits between monstrous stacks of garbage bags, grocery bags andcardboard boxes. As she recites her poem of refusing to take out the garbage, the bags movecloser and closer, until she disappears.'


2003

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George Johnson is a Son-of-a-Bitch

Smiley, George


royCanadian - high school - comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

"A battle of wits develops when a high school teacher is confronted by a student."

in - The Art of Communication / CCO

1976

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Give Us a Kiss and Show Us Your Knickers

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roydark comedythree charactersone male; two femaleone act

'Young woman entertains her roommate's new boyfriend.'

in - Glamorgan and Other Plays / COL

1996

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God's Spies

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roycomedy three charactersone male; two femaleone act

'Testimonials given on live Christian television program are not quite what interviewer expected.'

in - God's Spies and Crossing the Bar / COL

1985

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Gold and Silver Waltz

Linney, Romulus



"A touching monologue about boyhood and first love in which the sole character is the authorhimself."

in - Pops / COL

1987

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Gone to Take a ...

Silverstein, Shel



'B.J. is enraged when her employee, Arthur, leaves an explicit sign informing patrons he has goneto take a ... Well, B.J. can't even say the word - until Arthur pushes his boss to the limit.'


2003

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Good Business

Gannon, Tom


roycomedy - crimeall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

'Set in Detroit, (the play) is a delightful comedy about crime gone wrong.'

in - Best Student One One Acts Volume 4 / COL

2000

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Good Neighbors

Tucker, John Bartholomew


roysatire - soap operatwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

1 interior set.

"Satirical look at television soap operas focuses on adulterous rendezvous planned by soap operaactress and her director".


1981

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Good Time For a Change, A

Meltzer, Daniel

Samuel French


1 interior set.

"About an executive and her male secretary".


1979

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Good Time, A

Thompson, Ernest


roy comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act


"A slightly kooky New York career girl is unexpectedly visited by the California highway patrolmanwho had stopped her for speeding several years earlier. In return for not giving her a ticket shehad promised him a 'good time' if he ever came to New York - and he is here to collect. However,things don't turn out quite as she fears".

in - Answers / COL

1980

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Grave Encounter, A

Ruffini, Gene

Samuel French


A young Italian American visits her father's grave every Father's Day to fill Papa in on what's beenhappening with the family. This year she is interrupted by Pasquale on his daily visit to hisfather's grave. His papa died four years ago and for the past two he has been talking back toPasquale, showing particular interest in soap operas plots. Marianna is annoyed that her papadoesn't talk to her, but she accepts that these things take time. She also takes a close look at thetimid baker and sees that she has finally found a man with whom she has something in common.


1989

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Grave, The

McKinley, Gabe

Samuel French


Forced to dig his own grave, a man must come to terms with his place in this world and beyondbefore he finishes the job.


2008

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Great to see You

Rebeck, Theresa

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - American - relationshipsthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

"A high-profile career woman visits her supposedly happily married former lover and his“ding-dong” of a wife after receiving his postcard."


1999

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Greenwich Mean

Guare, John



unit set

A and B are moving in together. As they unpack, their conversation reveals an excitement and alover's trust in the future and in each other. But when an earthquake hits and A grabs onto boxesinstead of B, new light is shed on the relationship. How long can it now last?

in - The General of Hot Desire and Other Plays / COL

1999

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Greetings from a Queer Señorita

Palacios, Monica


roymonologues - women - comedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

music, singing; 1 setting.

Performance piece combining the author's Latin lezbo comic and Confessions... a sexplosion oftantilizing tales. Depicts world of lesbian comic.

in - Out of the Fringe / COL

2000

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Guillotine

Martin, Steve

Samuel French

roycomedyfour charactersthree male; one femaleone scene

1 set.

A guillotine salesman hocks his wares to a customer who wants one for self defense. His Frenchmaid's efficiency in dusting becomes her undoing.

in - Wasp and Other Plays / COL

1998

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Half-Chinx Taking Over the World

del Rio, Bobby

Miscellaneous

roycomedytwo characters; dancerstwo male or femaleone act

"Bobby del Rio's hilarious account of bi-racial role models in the entertainment industry.'

in - Canadian Theatre Review No. 110, Spring 2002 - PER

2002

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Hanlon House

Thomey, Greg


roycomedy - family relationsall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

'This deceptively simple one act play is a modest and unassuming look at a moment in the lives oftwo very ordinary people, Gary Hanlon and his crabby father, Gus. They spend the entire playdancing around each other, avoiding conflict, trying and failing to communicate with each other.'

in - Voices from the Landwash (CCO)

1997

Hennessy, Brian

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Hard Hat Area

Silverstein, Shel



'Pauley and Ed sit on a girder in a construction site. Pauley wears a hard hat, but Ed doesn't. WhileEd eats his lunch, Pauley tries to convince him that he should take destiny into his own hands andwear a hard hat so as not to be killed accidently or he should kill himself but not just leave it tochance.'

in - Shel's Shorts (COL)

2003

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Harold

Van Itallie, Jean-Claude



1 interior set.

"Two doctors examine a patient (played dually by an actor and a dummy) methodicallydismembering the dummy to prove that it is in the best of health".

in - Seven Short and Very Short Plays / COL

1973

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Have a Nice Day

Silverstein, Shel


roycomedyall male cast; three charactersthree maleone scene

'Ben, Al and Cyrus try to take the symbols for "Peace" and "Have a nice day" and combine them -believing that both of these ideas can coexist in one symbol. Trying to accomplish this leads toconflict and a lousy day.'

in - Shel's Shorts (COL)

2003

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Health Class

Craig, David S.


roycomedy - teachersall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

Two teachers prepare a sex ed presentation for male high school students. Through theirdiscussions, their own experiences, fears and doubts about sexuality, masculinity and gendercome to the fore, engaging the audience and asking us to look at our own opinions and beliefswhen it comes to sex.

in - Ontario Playwrights / CCO

2008

Morgan, Robert

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Henrik Ibsen: On the Necessity of Producing Norwegian Theatre

Palmer, John

University of Toronto Press

roycomedy - Canadian - theatrethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

In a frenetic monologue, Ibsen speaks to "The Society for the Encouragement of NorwegianTheatre." A still-timely allegory; the need for Canadian drama is clarified and explained.

in - The CTR Anthology / CCO

1996

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Henrik Ibsen: On the Necessity of Producing Norwegian Theatre

Palmer, John


roycomedy - Canadian - theatrethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

In a frenetic monologue, Ibsen speaks to "The Society for the Encouragement of NorwegianTheatre." A still-timely allegory; the need for Canadian drama is clarified and explained.

in - Canadian Theatre Review No.14, Spring 1977 - PER

1977

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Her First Screen Test

O'Brien, Dan

Playscripts, Inc.

roycomedy - monologues - womenall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

A vaudeville actress poses for a photograph backstage.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Here We Are

Parker, Dorothy

National Textbook Company

royfarcetwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Scene: A compartment in a Pullman car.

A married couple is going on their honeymoon and have a funny discussion.

in - An Introduction to Modern One-Act Plays / COL

1992

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Here we Are

Parker, Dorothy

Doubleday


Scene: A compartment in a Pullman car.

A married couple is going on their honeymoon and have a funny discussion.

in - 24 Favorite One Act Plays / COL

1958

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Heritage, Her-i-tage & Hair-i-tage

Dawes, Adrienne

Vintage Books

roycomedyall female cast; three characters; one voicethree femaleone act

This play explores the relationship between hairstyle and cultural identity in a young biracialwoman.


2007

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Hero, The

Kopit, Arthur

Hill and Wang

roycomedy - pantomimetwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

1 exterior set.

"Humorous short pantomime with man and woman in desert".

in - The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis and Other Plays / COL

1965

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History Lesson


Playscripts, Inc.

roymonologues - womenall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

A tour guide discusses the faces on Mount Rushmore.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Homework For Men

Lazarus, John


royCanadian - drama - comedy all male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

Murray Greenspan stumbles upon an essay he wrote as a teenager in the 1960's. Through aseries of flashbacks, he reviews his relationship with his father and begins to draw parallels to hisrelatiohship with his own son.

in - Homework and Curtains / CCO

1991

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House

MacIvor, Daniel


roydramatic comedy - monologue - menall male cast; one characterone maleone act

'House' is stand up sit down one man comedy nightmare about Victor, a man on the edge.

in - One Voice / CCO

2009

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House of Glass

Martini, Clem


royCanadian - comedyfour characters (doubling)one male; two femalefive scenes

"In 'House of Glass' twelve-year-old Ellen must make amends with her obsessive neighbour Bethfor stealing condoms from her store."

in - A Three Martini Lunch / CCO

2000

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House of the Holy Moment

Pepper, Cary


roycomedy - Americanall male cast; three charactersthree maleone act

A one-act dealing with the issues of what makes a church? Who defines a church? How does itserve us? What is a church’s function? Sound heavy? Not really. This is an irreverent and wickedlyfunny play, while at the same time thought provoking. Sparse use of street language is integralnot gratuitous. ⌦Semifinalist in the 2007 Drury University One-Act Playwriting Competition.


2009

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How He Lied to Her Husband

Shaw, George Bernard

Penguin Books

roymarital relations - comedy - farcethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

A humorous and human observation about a husband, his wife, and her lover.

in - Seven One Act Plays/ COL

1958

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How Many to Tango?

Albert, Sandra J.

Samuel French


'Romantic comedy about couple who finally meet after having only talked by phone.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Eighteenth Series) - COL

1994

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Hunchback of Central Park West, The

Schisgal, Murray


roydrama - monologueall male cast; one characterone maleone act

The play reveals a 'deformed' name-recognizable playwright, for the first time in his career,tormented by an interminable spell of writer's block. He is interviewed at length by a spectralentertainment journalist in his Central Park West apartment.


2008

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I am not Batman

Ramirez, Marco

Playscripts, Inc.

royc o m e d ytwo characters (one is a drummer)one male; one male or femaleone scene

A street kid with a stomach full of grocery store brand macaroni and cheese fulfills the ultimateBatman fantasy.


2008

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I'll Be Home For Christmas

Anderson, Robert



interior.

"...maintains the light humour of the first two plays, but at the base it is serious and touching as itshows Mrs. Heckart and Balsam discussing sex education of their almost-adult children, a girland boy. Balsam is quite moving when he learns in a letter that his son is cutting adrift from theparental harbor."

in - You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running / COL

1967

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I'm Herbert

Anderson, Robert


roycomedy two charactersone male; one femaleone act

exterior.

"...about two old , old people sitting on a porch in a pair of rocking chairs and talking. Justtalking - and of course they don't know how funny they are. Each has had one or more previousmarriages and perhaps a few flings, but they are hazy as to details. In fact, they don't know whichone the other one is."

in - You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running / COL

1967

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I'm Really Here

Bantam Books

royfarcetwo characters; extrasone male; one femaleone act

1 set.

"Springtime Paris interlude between romantic young American tourist and dashing Latin guide".

in - The New Underground Theatre / COL

1968

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Ida Lupino in the Dark

Nigro, Don

Samuel French


A sofa in a darkened room. In this very funny ten minute play, Minnie sits in a darkened room, herface illuminated by the eerie glow of snow on an unseen downstage television set, surrounded byjunk assembled by her philandering artist husband, creating in her head a bizarre imaginary film,a combination of many old black and white movies with Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet,Peter Lorre, and believes that she herself is the film's heroine, Ida Lupino. Minnie's sisters, Sherryand Caitlin, attempting to understand the reasons for Minnie's apparent nervous breakdown, are

in - Banana Man & Other Plays / COL

2005

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Ideal Exam (A Short Answer to All Lengthy Questions), An


Green Integer 140

roycomedytwo charactersvariable castone act

"Condition Sine Qua Non: a very intelligent teacher and a very intelligent student. The former ismalicious and persistent, the latter is invincible. Just as the ideal fire brigade arrives half an hourprior to the fire, so is the ideal student prepared with his answers half an hour prior to thequestions. For the sake of brevity and to avoid a huge commission, I here state the essence indramatic form."


2005


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Ikke, Ikke, Nye, Nye, Nye

Wilson, Lanford



1 interior set.

"This explosively funny and ingenious farce deals with what might have been a seduction - butwhile she is all for it (despite her feeble protests) he has eyes only for her telephone. And what hecan't say to her face, floods out readily on the phone, with hilarious and devastating results".

in - The Great Nebula in Orion and Three Other Plays / COL

1973

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In Bed With Kafka/Kafka in Bed

Beber, Neena


roycomedy - farce three charactersone male; two male or femaleone act

Kafka is given 6 months to live.


2007

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In Paris You Will Find Many Baguettes But Only One True Love

Lew, Michael

Playscripts, Inc.

roycomedythree charactersone male; two femaleone scene

Follows the attempt of one brokenhearted woman to be truly happy for a friend who's found theman of her dreams - a man who happens to be a mime.


2009

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In the Spring


Green Integer 140

roymonologue - male - loveall male cast; one characterone maleone act

A tomcat describes his trials in love.


2005


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In the Yichud Room

Fishbane, Joel

Signature Editions

royCanadian - dark comedythree characterstwo male; one femalefive scenes

"A young woman mourned by a grieving father."

in - Three on the Boards / CCO

2007

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International Stud

Fierstein, Harvey

Gay Presses of New York

roycomedy - homosexualitythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

platform set; cyclorama and wings.


in - The Torch Song Trilogy / COL

1979

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Interview, An

Mamet, David

Samuel French

roycomedytwo characterstwo male or femaleone act

An oblique, mystifying interrogation. A sleazy lawyer is forced to answer difficult questions and toadmit the truth about his life and career. The why and where of the interrogation provide asurprise ending to this brilliant twenty minute comedy.Part of Death Defying Acts.

in - Death Defying Acts / COL

1995

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It's a ... Baby!

Restaino, Cara


roycomedy - monologueall female cast; many charactersone femaleone act

Having a baby without knowing you're pregnant isn't just a blessed event, it's a miracle.


2008

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It's Okay, Honey

Brown, Bertha

Samuel French


'Clueless mother attempts to have a heart-to-heart talk with her daughter about sexualpreferences.'

in - Off-Off-Broadway Festival Plays - 23rd Series / COL

1999

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Jails, Hospitals & Hip Hop

Hoch, Danny

Miscellaneous

roycomedy - monologuesall male cast; one characterone maleone act

'Series of monologues lampooning individual vanities, stereotypes and hypocrisy.'

in - American Theatre (July 98) / PER

1998

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Jane's Thumb

Burke, Kelley-Jo

Signature Editions

roycomedy - pregnancyall female cast; many characterstwo female (doubling)one act

A pregnant librarian addicted to metaphor, has a conversation with her unborn child.


2006

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Jiley Nance and Lednerg

Reingold, Jacquelyn



A frustrated actress literally fights her darkest demon during a hospital stay in this uproariouscomedy about the power of the mind.


2005

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Joe and Stew's Theatre of Brotherly Love and Financial Success

Reingold, Jacquelyn


roycomedyall male cast; three characterstwo male; one voiceone scene

Joe and Stew await the second act of a show in a community theater, only to find they've survivedan atomic bomb explosion and must now decide exactly what to do with their new world.


2001

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Joe and Stew's Theatre of Brotherly Love and Financial Success

Reingold, Jacquelyn


roycomedyall male cast; three characterstwo male; one voiceone scene

Joe and Stew await the second act of a show in a community theater, only to find they've survivedan atomic bomb explosion and must now decide exactly what to do with their new world.


2001

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John and Beatrice

Frechette, Carole


roycomedy - Canadian - love - romancetwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

"High above the city, Beatrice sits on the 33rd floor of an office tower waiting for the right man torespond to her ad. When John appears, the games begin. But if he wins, what then? A play aboutthe difficulty of connection and the meaning of love."

in - Carole Frechette: Two Plays / CCO

2007

translated by John Murrell

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Just Knots

Gorman, Christina

Samuel French

roydramatic comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

An awkward store clerk who sells ‘just knots’ finds his skills—and his principles—put to the testby a disarming young woman in a ladybug scarf.


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Just Thinking

Kravitz, Alan H.

Samuel French


'Jewish boy, not quite bar mitzvahed, fantasizes about his sexual orientation.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Eighteenth Series) / COL

1994

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Kerry and Angie

Sheridan, Gerry

Samuel French


A two character comedic play of the depressed helping the depressed…Angie is outrageouslyinappropriate while Kerry hides her embarrassment at her friend’s behavior. This play deliversrelentless laughs as two long time friends try to lend each other a helping hand.


2006

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King of the Pekinese Yellowtail

Brown, Sarah

Samuel French

roycomedyall male cast; two characters; extrastwo maleone act

'Duck hunter begins to believe wild tale of his own invention.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Sixteenth Series) / COL

1996

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Kissing Christine

Shanley, John Patrick

Smith and Kraus


'Woman recovering from horrific accident and man in troubled marriage meet for unusual firstdate.'


1996

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Kreskinned - a one act hypnotism comedy

Healey, Michael


roycomedy - marital relations - Canadiantwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

" 'Kreskinned' is a one act comedy asking the important question, what if you could hypnotizeyour partner into forgetting every time you've done something wrong?"

in - The Road to Hell / CCO

1999

Lynch, Kate

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Kyotopolis

Moses, Daniel David


royCanadian - dark comedy - monologueall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

'Who was that woman we saw riding the space shuttle last night, riding it into orbit - and theobituaries? An Indian Princess? A New Age Shamaness? Or just little Babe Fisher? Even her familyisn't sure anymore. A darkly comic fantasia about the ways we communicate and the future ofNative identity in the Global Village. Ricky Raccoon is just one of the characters she encounters."

in - Beyond the Pale / CCO

1996

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Ladies' Man

Feydeau, Georges


royfarceall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

'Young woman gives advice about men to another young woman.'

in - Feydeau, First to Last / COL

2001

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Lady of Larkspur Lotion, The

Williams, Tennessee

New Directions


1 interior.

"Two lodgers, facing eviction from rooming house in New Orleans describe their imaginary wealthand success."

in - 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays / COL

1953

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Last Dance, The

Tattersall, Clare

Samuel French


'Comedy about woman who places classified ad for a dance partner.'


1996

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Last December, The

Pospisil, Craig


roycomedy - relationships - seniorstwo charactersone male; one femaleone act


An elderly couple sit at home on a cold winter's night. The old man wants to finish watching hisfootball game, but his wife is trying to get him ready to go out on some errand. The man is angryand bitter, and he clearly doesn't want to go. His patient wife listens but gently prods. But there'smore to the old man than meets the eye, and the play ends with surprising sweetness and love.


2005

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Last Exit Before Toll

Goldstein, Carrie

Samuel French

roymonologue - woman - comedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

'Woman, unable to pay toll, leaves baby at toll booth as collateral.'


1994

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Last Laugh

Hanagan, Jay D.

Samuel French


See Patty. Patty is a hot date who likes funny men. Go Patty go. See Gordon. Gordon is a not so hotdate, but he is funny! Go Gordon go! See Patty and Gordon make their way back to Gordon'sapartment, even though it's only their first date. Way to go Gordon. Way to go Patty. You see,there's something about Gordon that Patty just can't seem to resist... he's just so gosh darnFUNNY! See Patty laugh. Laugh Patty, laugh!

in - What If? / COL

2006

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Last Straw

Dizenzo, Charles



"This antic and perceptive comedy deals with the encounter between a zany psychiatrist and theuneasy young man who comes to him for help".

in - The Last Straw and Sociability Two Short Plays / COL

1970

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Laundry and Lies

Kraar, Adam



A man obsessed with the truth encounters a woman who is unable to tell the bald truth. Patsydoesn't lie out of maliciousness or laziness; she lies in order to overcome the sad circumstancesof her existence. George's need to get at the truth so consumes him that is almost drives himcrazy. The manic sparring of these two people leads each of them to a better understanding ofhow to reconcile their obsessions with their need for a hug.


2009

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Leavin' Cheyenne

Granger, Percy

Samuel French

roycomedy - westernall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

1 exterior set.

"This insightful comedy is sort of a country/western 'Waiting for Godot'. The play is set around acampfire out in the desert, where an old trailhand cook and a young cowboy in his first year withthe herd are talking and eating. Granger skillfully contrasts the tired old man who can't findanything to believe in anymore with the rambunctious kid who believes there is honor in the

in - Forbidden Copy; Leanvin' Cheyenne; and Working Her Way Down / COL

1982

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Lemonade

Prideaux, James


roycomedy - dramaall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

'Two middle-aged women, seeking respite from doldrums, sell spiked lemonade on well-travelledhighway, and exchange illusions and fantasies to brighten their dull lives.'

in - Lemonade and The Autograph Hound / COL

1969

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Lena's Car

Gladstone, Amiel

Coach House Press

royCanadian - comedy - marriageall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

A woman whose marriage is on the verge of collapse reflects on how it got to that point,harkening back to a youth when things were both more simple and more complicated.

Awarded the Sydney Risk Award for Outstanding Original Script at the Jessie Richardson TheatreAwards.

in - Hippies and Bolsheviks and Other Plays / CCO

2007

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Lesson, The

Ionesco, Eugene

Grove Press, Inc.

roycomedythree characters; extrasone male; two femaleone act

"Bizarre lesson ends with elderly teacher murdering his young student."

in - Four Plays by Eugene Ionesco / COL

1958

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Lesson, The

Ionesco, Eugene

Grove Press, Inc.

roycomedythree characters; extrasone male; two femaleone act

"Bizarre lesson ends with elderly teacher murdering his young student."

in - The Bald Soprano and Other Plays / COL

1958

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Life After Hockey

Brown, Kenneth

NeWest Press

roycomedy - monologue - men - Edmonton Fringe Festivalall male cast; one characterone maleone act


in - Five from the Fringe / CCO

1986

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Life Comes to the Old Maid

Wilhelm, Le

Samuel French

roycomedyall female cast; two charactersone female; one girlone act

'Reclusive old woman visited by young girl with startling memories.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twentieth Series) / COL

1996

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Life History of the African Elephant

Martini, Clem

NuAge Editions

royCanadian - black comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Depressed elephant keeper and accident-prone woman discover connection between their tragicpasts.'

in - Escape Acts / CCO

1989

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Light

Mahoney, Jeni


roycomedy - Americanall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

A spiritual rebirth, under the guidance of a mysterious, self-proclaimed guru, is Helena'smotivation for re-connecting with her childhood friend, and recent divorcee, Abby. But the joyousreunion is short-lived when Abby discovers that Helena's new path requires her to forget her past- including Abby.


2009

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Lights

Patrick, Robert

Winter House Ltd.

roysketches, skits-comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

1 interior.

"Conversation between artist and woman from gallery. Woman seeks deeper meaning in lightworksthan artist considered."

in - Robert Patrick's Cheep Theatricks / COL

1972

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Limonade Tous Les Jours

Mee, Charles L.

Smith and Kraus


"An odd couple? Maybe not. Both Ya Ya, a French woman who hates surprises, and Andrew, anAmerican who craves them, are in "recovery." Each has recently ended a relationship: Ya Ya withan older, controlling man; Andrew divorced his wife. They meet at a Parisian cafe. They talk,among other things, about being "damaged goods". They deny a growing attraction for each other(due mostly to their ages: she's early spring, he, midwinter). The more they argue against it, themore they fall for each other."


2002

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Lingerie

Amsterdam, Diana

Samuel French




1990

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Listeners

Martin, Jane

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - politicalthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

"A dark and jarringly comic imagining of the Bush Administration’s domestic spying programtaken to its limits as two government agents in suits and ties invade the home of Eleanor Leftwichafter technology has identified her as "a valued citizen who just might be a little cranky." Hercathartic rant after they allow her to speak directly to "he who, let us say, hears all" is a stingingenumeration of ruinous fallout from Bush policies. Cheering enthusiastically at Eleanor’s list ofgrievances, the audience senses what is foreordained for poor Eleanor after being allowed to


2007

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Little Miss Fresno

Watson, Ara


roycomedy - womenall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

unit set.

"Deals hilariously with two very competitive mothers whose daughters are in the semi-finals of alocal moppet beauty contest. One mother is a gossipy veteran who cooly keeps a score card alongwith the judges; the other, a first-timer, is anxious and ill-at-ease. When both daughters winthere is a truce between them - but the finals are still to come".

in - Win/Lose/Draw / COL

1983

Gallagher, Mary

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Little Pezidents

Dixon, Michael Bigelow

Playscripts, Inc.


A couple discusses the relations between a destroyed car, a Pez dispenser and Mt. Rushmore.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

Smith, Val

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Little Something for the Ducks, A

Toddie, Jean Lenox

Samuel French


'Two elderly people meet by duckpond.'

in - A Little Something for the Ducks and Scent of Honeysuckle / COL

1983

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Lodger, The

Schenkar, Joan


roycomedy - women - revenge fantasyall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

'In short, episodic scenes punctuated by blackouts, two amazon women, April and May, negotiateamong conflicting memories in an attempt to recapture a lost sense of their Amazon history andmythic past.'

in - Amazon All Stars / COL

1996

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Lonely Impulse of Delight, A



roycomedy - fantasyall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

1 exterior.

"Man in love with mermaid introduces her to his best friend."

in - 13 by Shanley / COL

1992

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Lost Girl, The

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roydramatic comedyall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

"Mala, a young tourist lost in a strange country with an erroneous map, sees Lara sitting on abench reading a black book. Mala manages to communicate her situation and ask Lara fordirections. Strangely, she understands Lara's foreign language more and more as the playprogresses. She senses that there is something mysterious about this place but doesn'tcomprehend what it is until it's too late." (taken from the Samuel French catalogue)


1998

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Lost Letters of a Victorian Lady, The

Read, Michelle

Miscellaneous

roycomedy - melodramaten characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Edith Lampton is an extremely naive, guileless character, who through no choice of her own,becomes embroiled in an international drug smuggling cartel, headed by the notorious Vicar ofMarmsey. Brought up in the Victorian ideal of womanhood, Edith is ill-prepared for the bizarreadventure she is drawn into, inhabited by such strange characters as Maverick, the cowboy withthe heart of gold and Master Kelly, the Irish intellectual and rebel sympathiser with a penchant fora good sing song.


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Louis and Dave

Foster, Norm

Blizzard Publishing

royCanadian - comedyall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

A young man confesses his true nature to his buddy while 'cruising for chicks' on a Saturdaynight.

in - Instant Applause / CCO

1994

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Love and Lather

Kester, Katharine

Walter H. Baker

nonroyaltyfarcethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act


in - Miniature Plays for Stage and Study / COL

1958

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Love Mouse

Rosen, Sheldon


royCanadian - comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 interior.

"Comedy of the absurd. Man and wife are trapped in apartment which is without hot water andelectricity, where the dining room is flooded, and a wolf has settled himself. Prologue."

in - A Collection of Canadian Plays, Volume 1 / CCO

1972

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Love of the Game

Leight, Warren


roysatirethree charactersone male; one female; one boyone act

A star baseball player teaches his son that how you play the game is not nearly so important aswinning.


2007

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Loveliest Afternoon of the Year, The

Guare, John


roycomedy - romancetwo charactersone male; one femaleone actsuggested for high school

'Absurdist style comedy. Park meetings between lonely girl eager to marry and strange young manlead to death.'

in - Something I'll Tell You Tuesday & The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year / COL

1967

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Ludlow Fair

Wilson, Lanford


roycomedy - relationshipsall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

'Hysterical young woman tells roommate about relationship with larcenous boyfriend.'

in - Ludlow Fair and Home Free! / COL

1993

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Ludlow Fair

Wilson, Lanford

Hill and Wang

roycomedy - relationshipsall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

'Hysterical young woman tells roommate about relationship with larcenous boyfriend.'

in - Balm in Gilead and Other Plays / COL

1965

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Lunch Date, The

Wingfield, Garth

Playscripts, Inc.


Over Cosmos in a New York City bar, Holly tells Alice the details of a recent shocking event in herlife following her breakup with a longtime boyfriend. Red meat is involved. So is another woman.


2006

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Lunch Date, The

Wingfield, Garth

Playscripts, Inc.

roycomedythree characterstwo females; one maleone act

In a dog run in New York City, dogs sniff one another... and so do humans.


2006

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M Word, The

Ball, Alan



In THE M WORD two ambitious executives decide that they are good for each other and proceed tonegotiate a future together. As they're so caught up in the corporate lifestyle, this truly is anegotiation and in the end, they agree to "merge."


1994

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Made for a Woman

Ball, Alan



The perfect young woman and her perfect young boyfriend in MADE FOR A WOMAN are perfectexamples of the image conscious society in which we live. She has everything and he does too,and they have each other. All is fine until she feels duped by a case of over-packaging, her worldfalls apart, and she decides to take matters into her own hands in a dangerous way.


1994

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Major Weir

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roydark comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

'Ghosts of brother and sister executed in Scotland in 1670 for devil worship.'

in - Glamorgan and Other Plays / COL

1996

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Make Like a Dog

Kass, Jerome


roycomedy two charactersone male; one femaleone act

1 interior set.

"Whimsical and bizarre in mood, this play deals with a childless suburban couple who take turnsmaking believe they are the dog which the husband wants but the wife won't allow in theircompulsively clean house".

in - Four Short Plays / COL

1967

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Maker of Dreams, The

Down, Oliphant

Doubleday


1 interior set.

Pierrette silently lavishes on Pierrot her love and care, but laments the fact that he does not returnher affection.


1958

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Mamet Women, The

Stroppel, Frederick

Samuel French


'Comic power scene between two women written à la David Mamet.'


1993

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Man Who Died at Twelve O'Clock, The

Green, Paul



1 interior set.

"A most interesting amusing folk comedy on Negro life. The story here has to do with a youngcouple who dress up and make the old guardian of the girl believe he has seen the devil. Afterthis, he is forced to give up the money he has been unjustly holding, which allows the couple toget married".

in - Fifteen American One Act Plays / COL

1961

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Many Happy Returns

Reale, Willie


roycomedy - romance - adolescencetwo charactersone male; one female (girl)one act

"This cleverly understated yet warmly amusing work details the not-at-all-by-chance meeting of alove-smitten young girl and the young man who had performed his clown act at her birthdayparty several years earlier."

in - Many Happy Returns and Fast Women / COL

1983

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Marriage Proposal, A


National Textbook Company

roycomedy - farcethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Adapted from a Russian story. This little farce is very popular and one of the funniest ever written.The story tells of the efforts of a nervous and excitable man who starts to propose to an attractiveyoung woman, but who gets into a tremendous quarrel over a boundary line.

in - An Introduction to Modern One-Act Plays / COL

1992

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Samuel French

roycomedy - romance, farcethree characterstwo male; one female one act



1956

Hoffman, Theodore

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New American Library



In - The Mentor Book of Short Plays / COL

1969

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Doubleday


Adapted from a Russian story. English version by Hilmar Baukhage and Barrett H. Clark. This littlefarce is very popular and one of the funniest ever written. The story tells of the efforts of anervous and excitable man who starts to propose to an attractive young woman, but who gets intoa tremendous quarrel over a boundary line.


1958

Baukhage, Barrett

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Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy

Wingfield, Garth

Playscripts, Inc.

roycomedytwo charactersone male; one female (cast may be expanded to twenty-three males)one act

Mary just broke up with this guy she's been seeing for six years. Welcome to the next year of herlife -- as she goes through a bazillion dates from hell.


2006

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Matador Love

Brebner, Morwyn


royCanadian - comedy - datingtwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

The blind date from hell.

in - Summerworks / CCO

2009

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Mathematics

Alianak, Hrant



"A play for and about objects, without characters or dialogue, in which a man who comes homefrom the office and a woman who has been doing housework get into bed."

in - Return of the Big Five / CCO

1974

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Mathematics

Alianak, Hrant



"A play for and about objects, without characters or dialogue, in which a man who comes homefrom the office and a woman who has been doing housework get into bed."

in - Western & Mathematics / CCO

1973

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Mere Mortals

Ives, David




'Mere Mortals' eavesdrops on a lunch hour on a girder 50 stories over the street, as threeconstruction workers share increasingly amazing secrets of their past.


1998

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Mere Mortals

Ives, David



Suggested for high school.

'Mere Mortals' eavesdrops on a lunch hour on a girder 50 stories over the street, as threeconstruction workers share increasingly amazing secrets of their past.

in - Long Ago and Far Away and Other Short Plays / COL

1999

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Mexico City

Moscovitch, Hannah


royCanadian - comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

A comedy about a suburban Canadian couple on holiday in Mexico City in the 1970s. They havebrought everything with them from Mississauga – cameras, Hawaiian shirts, and their frustrationswith each other – but the city gradually works its transformative magic on them.

in - The Russian Play and Other Short Works / CCO

2008

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Meyer's Room

Rosen, Sheldon



1 interior.

"Mixture of horror and comedy of the absurd. Three men occupy single claustrophobic shabbyroom, two of whom cannot leave. Only Meyer (the 'blind' beggar) is free."

in - A Collection of Canadian Plays, Volume 1 / CCO

1972

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Mineola Twins, The

Vogel, Paula

TCG Books

roycomedy - political satiresix characters; extrasone male; two female (doubling)six scenes

The Mineola Twins is an outrageous political satire set on suburban Long Island.

in - The Mammary Plays / COL

1998

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Mineola Twins, The

Vogel, Paula

Miscellaneous

roycomedy - political satiresix characters; extrasone male; two female (doubling)six scenes

The Mineola Twins is an outrageous political satire set on suburban Long Island.

in - American Theatre (Feb 97) / PER

1997

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Miss You

Auburn, David

Vintage Books

roycomedyfour charactersone male; one female (doubling)one act

Two couples rearrange via call-waiting.


2007

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Missing Marisa


Smith and Kraus


'Two men discuss woman who loved and abandoned them both.'


1996

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Mission, The

Montoya, Richard


roycomedy - Latinoall male cast; three charactersthree maletwo acts

"Three out of work performers living in San Francisco's Mission District kidnap Julio Iglesias in adesperate attempt to gain national recognition. "

in - Culture Clash / COL

1998

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Mistaken Identity

Cooper, Sharon E.

Vintage Books


Set in a pub in Leicester, England, a Hindu lesbian and a disarmingly clueless American discusstheir needs and desires.


2007

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Mommy (Maman)

Dussault, Louisette


royCanadian - comedy - monologues - womenall female cast; seventeen charactersone female (doubling)one act

On a bus, halfway between Montreal and Québec City, a "mommy" accompanied by her 3 year oldtwins whose exuberance is obviously disturbing the other passengers. She decides to reject herrole as mother-cop. This comedy takes a scathing look at the traditional roles foisted uponmothers. All the characters, including the twin daughters and the other passengers, are played byone woman.

in - Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation / CCO

2006

translated by Linda Gaboriau

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Money

Calhoun, Matthew


roycomedy - conversationall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

If you wholeheartedly accept the off-the-wall, improbable comic style of Money, you will findyourselves with a real success on your hands. It takes place in an empty store, where one mantries to convince the other that the bank does exist, even though it is invisible (for safetyreasons). Crazy plot and conversation.

In - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL

1987

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Mother Figure

Ayckbourn, Alan

Samuel French


"A mother unable to escape from baby talk".

in - Confusions / COL

1977

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Mother's Love, A

Pospisil, Craig


roydark comedy - monologue - women - parenthoodall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

In a darkly comic monologue, Melissa calmly explains her reasons for taking a parent's naturaldesire to protect her child a little too far.


2005

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Mr. And Mrs.

Myatt, Julie Marie

Playscripts, Inc.

roydark comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone scene

During their first dance as husband and wife, the bride reveals that she married the groom forhis money and the groom admits that he married the bride for her looks. It's all downhill fromthere.


2008

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Mr. Biggs

Barlow, Anna Marie

Hill and Wang


1 interior set.

"Two eccentric old sisters living together deliberately continue to house body of dead tenant".


1965

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Mr. Foot

Frayn, Michael

Samuel French

roysketchtwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

interior set.

"A tour de force for an actor and actress - and a foot. Seems the man's foot jiggles uncontrollablyat various moments; and the woman enjoys discussing this with a little man who isn't there. Anamusing sketch."


1970

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Mr. Morton Waits for His Bus

Leight, Warren



An anxious rookie cop babysits a corpse in a studio walk-up on a fourth of July weekend.


2007

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Mrs. Dally Has a Lover

Hanley, William


roydrama - comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

"It has something of the quality of a Dorothy Parker sketch with its keen observations and deftportrait of a woman in love, knowing that this love cannot last. Mrs. Dally is well into her thirties,married to a man she despises and carrying on an affair with the teenaged son of a family living inthe same tenement building. Despite its theme and its 'kitchen sink' locale, there is nothing sordidabout Mr. Hanley's play. It has humour and an equal share of pathos."

in - Whisper Into My Good Ear & Mrs. Dally Has a Lover / COL

1963

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Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning

Tasca, Jules

Samuel French


'Dramatization of Mark Twain's story about woman with obsessive fear of thunder and lightningand her long suffering husband.'

in - Five One Act Plays by Mark Twain / COL

1976

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Mrs. Sorken

Durang, Christopher

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy, monologueall female cast; one characterone woman one act

Humorous monologue about theatre.


1995

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Mrs. Sorken

Durang, Christopher


roycomedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

"Mrs. Sorken, a middle aged suburban matron is scheduled to give a lecture on the meaning oftheatre, but has lost her notes. Relying on her memory, her comments are dotty, but definitelyendearing."

in - Durang/Durang / COL

1996

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Ms Canada

Williamson, Hector

Hillhurst Press

roycomedy - identitythree charactersone male; two femaleone act

In the tradition of the Theatre of the Absurd. A play about schizophrenic Peggy, as Ms. Canada,who is confused about who she really is in our modern world.

in - The Burning of the Cruise: Three one act plays / CCO

2005

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My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry

Shamas, Sandra

Mercury Press

roymonologue - women - comedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

One woman's experiences and thoughts on life, laundry and men.

First performed at 1986 Edmonton Fringe Festival.

in - Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances / CCO

1997

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My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry: The Cycle continues

Shamas, Sandra

Mercury Press

roymonologue - women - comedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

A continuation of 'My Boyfriends Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry'. A woman's uniqueperspective on the events in her life.


1997

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My Husband's an Angel

Couturier, Gracia


roycomedy - monologue - menall male cast; one characterone maleone act

'The ironic underpinning of (the play) is evident from the first appearance of Tarzan Mazerole,middle aged and bearded, "dressed in his wedding suit, shakily playing the wedding march on aharmonica" and showing the unmistakeable silhouette of advanced pregnancy! Tarzan, who isdescribed as "your average guy", explains why he let himself get pregnant, in vitro, in order to lethis opera star wife, Jane, pursue her singing career. . . The result is a lighthearted, ironic look atwhat motherhood is all about, what being a parent is all about.'

in - Angels & Anger / CCO

2002

translated by Glen Nichols

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Naomi in the Living Room

Durang, Christopher

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - satirethree charactersone male; two femaleone act

"Bizarre scene of son and daughter-in-law's visit with mother."


1995

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Need for Brussels Sprouts, A

Schisgal, Murray



1 interior set; background music.

"Confrontation between hardboiled, disillusioned police woman, and lonely down-at-heels actor".


1981

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New-Found-Land

Stoppard, Tom

Samuel French

roycomedy - Britishall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

1 interior set.

"Two Home Office officials consider case of American seeking British citizenship".

in - Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land / COL

1976

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Next

McNally, Terrence


roysatire two characters; extrasone male; one femaleone act

one simple set; suggested for high school.

"Set in an Army Induction Center, where an overweight, over-age, and overwrought draftee hasreluctantly reported for his physical. Confronted by an Amazon-like female sergeant, he triesevery evasion he can think of to disqualify himself, but is ultimately shattered by the realizationthat nothing will stave off the inevitable. His final monologue, a harrowing exposure of bitterness


1968

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Night Out

Kuruvilla, Sunil

Playscripts, Inc.


A man and a woman search for his keys in the snow, in the dark.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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No Dogs Allowed

Silverstein, Shel



'Mr. and Mrs. Q are relaxing on a beach at an exclusive club, where a sign clearly "No DogsAllowed". Mr. Wills, the manager of the club, confronts Mrs. Q, asserting that Mr. Q is really a dog.Mrs. Q counters with various fantastical reasons to explain his hairy face, big black nose andhabit of barking.'


2003

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No More Medea

Porter, Deborah


royCanadian - comedy womenall female cast; two characterstwo female one act

"Medea meets the Virgin Mary in the afterlife - they embark on a stormy friendship and a whirlwindtour of life on Earth as it exists for women now. The shopping is better, but has anything elsechanged in 5,000 years?"

in - Flowers and No More Medea / CCO

1990

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No Problem

Butterfield, Catherine

Samuel French


Paula, a goofy aspiring actress, arrives late for a lunch date with her friend Terry. Whereas Paulais a nervous wreck, Terry is the picture of the cool businesswoman-- until the waiter takes toolong to bring back the steak she returned to the kitchen to be recooked. Terry goes into a frenzythat makes Paula look positively serene.


1989

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No Skronking

Silverstein, Shel



'After reading a sign at the lunch counter counter that prohibits "skronking". Arnold becomesabscessed and relentlessly interrogates Bertha, a waitress, for its definition. The conversationgoes in circles until Bertha suspects Arnold of having the dangerous potential of being a"skronker" - whatever that is.'


2003

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No Soliciting

Silverstein, Shel



'Ed, a sign salesman with a sign for every occasion, tries to convince Nellie to purchase one. Hesuggests that Nellie and her husband select a sign for every number of occasions. Ed discoversthat Nellie has a lot of issues regarding her husband and he may not have all the signs she'slooking for.'


2003

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Noble Savage, Savage Noble

Amstrong, Bob


roycomedyall male cast; three charactersthree malethirteen scenes

Voltaire, Rousseau and a trapper named Pierre le Breton are plunked into the Canadian westernwilderness of 1757.

in - The West of All Possible Worlds / CCO

2004

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Nocturne

Gallagher, Miriam


roymusic - lovetwo charactersone male; one female; pianistone act

no set.

"Interlude celebrating John Field (1782-1837) creator of the Nocturne. His father, Robert Field,meets Ehkaterina Karaminskova, a capricious beauty, in love with John Field. Dreamy andenigmatic."


1997

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Noonday Demons

Barnes, Peter

Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.

roysatireall male cast; two characters, extrastwo maleone act

'Satire about pride. Two 4th century ascetic monks challenge each other's holiness andself-depreciation.

in - Collected Plays / COL

1981

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Norm-Anon

Leight, Warren




At last there's a support group for adult children of normal parents.


2007

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Not To Hong Kong

Bullock, Michael

Alive Press Limited

royCanadian - comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

Interior representative set; exterior rep set.

"Bella and Mendel discuss the ownership of a coat, help their son read a book that hasn't beenwritten, and discuss the swimming abilities of their invisible dog."

in - Dialogue & Dialectic: A Canadian Anthology of Short Plays / CCOTitle:

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Notes on Akiba

Kushner, Tony


roycomedy - Jewishall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

1 interior.

Two gay Jewish men prepare a Passover seder, with a tongue-in-cheek rabbinical commentary.

in - Death & Taxes / COL

2000

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Nothing in Common

Fell Hayes, Jennifer

Samuel French


'Successful businesswoman offers to adopt baby born to young woman abandoned by boyfriend.'


1995

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Now Departing

Mearns, Robert

Samuel French

roycomedy - male comaraderieall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

"This amusing co-winner of the Ninth Annual Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival in NYC is set inthe front seat of a flashy cadillac. Frank, who owns the car, is taking his buddy Tommy out to theairport. Tommy is flying out to see his girlfriend, and Frank proceeds to give him hilarious tipsabout how to deal with women. And, he plants seeds of doubt in Tommy's mind - doubt that thegirl cares as much for him as he for her. This hilarious look at male comaraderie is, to coin aphrase, 'Mamet-esque'."


1984

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Objects in the Mirror are Stranger Than They Appear

Albert, Lyle Victor

NeWest Press

roycomedy - monologues - menall male cast; one characterone maleone act

This play sees "Vic" jamming all of his earthly possessions in the back of his 1996 Honda Civicand setting off on a perilous 1000-mile journey through the Rocky Mountains, in search of a newlife in Vancouver, BC. He may not know where he's going, but he sure knows what he's leavingbehind.

in - Scraping the Surface / CCO

2000

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Ogre

Tremblay, Larry

Talonbooks

roysatire - monologue - menall male cast; one characterone maleone act

In this biting media satire; a thoroughly odious character's actions become ever more disgustingas he begins to believe a hidden camera is recording his every move.

in - Talking Bodies / CCO

2001

translated by Sheila Fischman

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Oh, Baby: Pochsy's Adventures by the Sea

Hines, Karen


roymonologues - women - satireall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

'Pochsy is at the Last Resort, on holiday from her job packing mercury.'

in - The Pochsy Plays / CCO

2004

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On Lincoln's Head

Jensen, Julie

Playscripts, Inc.


A young woman throws firecrackers of Lincoln's head at Mt. Rushmore.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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On the Edge

Pospisil, Craig




There's a party inside, but Gene, seventeen, stands on the ledge of an apartment building.Distraught because the girl he loves is making out with someone, Gene is ready to jump. Sammy,a classmate, discovers Gene on the ledge, but, seemingly unconcerned, mocks him for beingmelodramatic. But as Sammy realizes Gene's pain runs deeper than a girl, will she pull Gene back


2005

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On the Injuriousness of Tobacco (1st Version)


Green Integer 140

roymonologues - men - smoking - comedyall male cast; one characterone maleone act

A lecture on the evils of smoking?


2005


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On the Injuriousness of Tobacco (6th & final version)


Green Integer 140

roycomedy - monologues - men - smokingall male cast; one characterone maleone act

A lecture on the evils of smoking?


2005


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On the Moon


Green Integer 140

roycomedytwo charactersvariableone brief scene

A scene which did not make it into Lentovsky's fairy-play "A Voyage to the Moon". Twoastronomers observe a bright light on Earth.


2005


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On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning

Dremann, Alex

Playscripts, Inc.


10 minute play.

Spy vs. spy, mother vs. daughter, twist-a-minute comedy.


2009

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One Minute Play

Durang, Christopher

Smith and Kraus


"Written for a 1-minute play festival at American Repertory Theatre. A young man tells his suicidal,disparing thoughts to a cheerful woman who chooses to ignore them."


1995

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One Minute Play

Durang, Christopher



"Written for a 1-minute play festival at American Repertory Theatre. A young man tells his suicidal,disparing thoughts to a cheerful woman who chooses to ignore them."


1998

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One Naked Woman and a Fully-Clothed Man

Amsterdam, Diana

Samuel French

roycomedy; monologuestwo characters; extrasone male; one femaleone act

A woman's musings on a date at the movie theatre.


1990

Title:

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Open Meeting, The

Gurney,A. J.


royavante garde comedythree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 interior set.

'Fate of missing participant of meeting is revealed in surprise ending.'


1992

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Our Father

Brebner, Morwyn


royCanadian - comedy - family relationsfour charactersone male; one female (doubling)one act

Siblings journey to the dying father who abandoned them.

in - Summerworks / CCO

2009

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Out of the Flying Pan

Campton, David


roycomedy - Theatre of the Absurd - politicsall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

Amid fanfares and popping flash bulbs, two diplomats (A and B) meet to engage in a bout ofinternational bargaining. Their rapid-fire dialogue, while composed largely of outlandishdoubletalk and windy pronouncements, has chilly overtones of the "real thing," as do theirinevitable disagreement and estrangement. Angrily they tear apart the treaty they have signed, andturn their backs on one another. Sirens wail, guns rattle, and then a cosmic-sizedexplosion—followed by a sudden, heavy silence. In the stillness B stalks off the stage, but then a

in - Little Brother: Little Sister / Out of the Frying Pan / COL

1966

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Outsourced

Shaine, Laura



Max is completely maxed out on all of his credit cards but he is desperate for more cash. Hetelephones his latest card supplier to extend his credit and reaches that dreaded modernphenomenon, the Call Centre. Which country is he calling? Is there a happy end to his crisis?


2009

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Outsourced

Cunningham, Laura Shaine

Vintage Books


This may be the first play incorporating that staple of modern life, Kimberly the subcontinentalcall center operator.


2007

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Outsourced

Shaine, Laura

Vintage Books


Max is completely maxed out on all of his credit cards but he is desperate for more cash. Hetelephones his latest card supplier to extend his credit and reaches that dreaded modernphenomenon, the Call Centre. Which country is he calling? Is there a happy end to his crisis?


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Overlaid

Davies, Robertson

Clarke, Irwin and Company

roycomedy - Canadianthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 interior set.

"This comedy is concerned with 'intellectual and cultural starvation'. Pop, an 'op'ry' buff,unexpectedly receives a large amount of money and he decides to live extravagantly in New York.His daughter considers this selfish and he gives her the money to buy a gigantic tombstone forthe family plot."

in - At My Heart's Core & Overlaid / CCO

1966

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Overlaid

Davies, Robertson

Methuen & Co


1 interior set.

"This comedy is concerned with "intellectual and cultural starvation". Pop, an opera buff,unexpectedly receives a large amount of money, and he decides to live extravagantly in New York.His daughter considers this selfish and he gives her the money to buy a gigantic tombstone forthe family plot."

in - Encounter: Canadian Drama in Four Media / CCO

1973

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Overlaid

Davies, Robertson



1 interior set.

"This comedy is concerned with 'intellectual and cultural starvation'. Pop, an op'ry' buff,unexpectedly receives a large amount of money and he decides to live extravagantly in New York.His daughter considers this selfish and he gives her the money to buy a gigantic tombstone forthe family plot."

in - Ten Canadian Short Plays / CCO

1975

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Package Deal

Stroppel, Frederick

Samuel French

roycomedy - theatreall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

'Battle of wits between film actress and conniving agent.'


1993

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Parading with Nell

Evans, Annie

Miscellaneous

roycomedy - Alzheimer'sall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

George visits her grandmother with some big news and finds grandma wearing a pot on her head.


2006

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Park your Car in Harvard Yard

Horovitz, Israel

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - serioustwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

"Comic drama about last year in life of ailing Gloucester teacher who hires former student, who heflunked, as housekeeper."

in - New England Blue / COL

1995

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Parrot, The

Wilhelm, Le

Samuel French

royromantic comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone scene

This nostalgic comedy portrays the complicated courtship between two Southern teenagers: apreacher's son who skips church to meet the daughter of an often drunk, unwed mother. Patsy'smom has a new pet, an exotic parrot, and Kevin wants to see it. More than that, he wants to bewith Patsy.

in - Off-off Broadway Festival Plays - 27th Series / COL

2003

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Pasquini the Magnificent

Ingraffia, Sam

Samuel French


'Encounter with troubled housewife gives has-been magician new confidence.'


1994

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Patter for a Floating Lady

Martin, Steve

Samuel French

roycomedythree charactersone male; two femaleone act A magician levitates his female assistant, a former lover. He uses magic to give her the freedom hewas unable to bestow when they were together. The trick has an unexpected result: she splits intwo and reveals her utter contempt for him.

in - Wasp and Other Plays / COL

1998

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Perfect Plastic

Snukal, Sherman



"A window dresser and a security guard meet in a deserted shopping plaza. As she arranges hermannequins and her maintains his official posture the barriers between them crumble, but towhose benefit?"

in - Perfect Plastic and The Whispering Time / CCO

1980

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Perfect Relationship, The

Hughes, Jill Elaine


roycomedy - American - relationshipsall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

Three Chicago women attending their weekly New Age relationship support group discover thatthey are all involved with the same man. A wacky comedy about the search for the elusive perfectrelationship.


2009

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Philadelphia, The

Ives, David



"A young man in a restaurant has fallen into 'a Philadelphia', a Twilight-Zone state in which hecannot get anything he asks for. His only way out of the dilemma? To ask for the opposite of whathe wants."

in - All In the Timing / COL

1994

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Phyllis and Xenobia

Durang, Christopher


roycomedyall female cast; two characterstwo femalesketch

"Two strange sisters bicker about who did or didn't kill their mother, and who or who doesn't likepudding."


1998

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Phyllis and Xenobia

Durang, Christopher

Smith and Kraus

roycomedyall female cast; two characterstwo femalesketch

"Two strange sisters bicker about who did or didn't kill their mother, and who or who doesn't likepudding."


1995

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Physical Therapy

Reynolds, Jean

Samuel French


'Comedy about woman who persuades friend to get certain type of physical therapy.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twenty-fourth Series) / COL

2000

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Piece for an Audition

Tenney, Steven Mark

Samuel French

roymonologue - auditiontwo characters one male (non-speaking); one femaleone act

Bare stage.

"The fact that this was performed in NYC by an extraordinary actress named Theresa Marsh hadnothing to do with why this piece was chosen a co-winner of the 9th Annual Off-Off BroadwayShort Play Festival. The writing is richly, brilliantly, entrancingly and poetically evocative of thehelplessness actors must feel at the hands of those who can make, or break, their careers. Here, a


1984

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Pigeons

Osgood, Lawrence

Hill and Wang

royfarceall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

1 exterior set; singing.

"Two old women accuse each other of following a third woman. All three squabble like old birds".


1963

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Pile, The

Moore, Mavor

Talonbooks

roycomedy - menall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

"An engineer and a businessman buy a pile of something - that lies where the audience sits - andtry to find a use for it."

in - Six Plays by Mavor Moore / CCO

1989

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Pillow Talk

Tolan, Peter


roycomedy - friendship - menall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act


In PILLOW TALK, two heterosexual men, Aaron and Doug, are forced to share a bedroom and abed in the mobile home of Aaron's dotty old grandmother. Hampered by Doug's phobic fear ofphysical intimacy, the characters are forced to examine their feelings about friendship and eachother. As the battle lines are drawn, they get little sleep and a night full of surprises.

in - Stay Carl Stay, Best Half Foot Forward, Pillow Talk / COL

1991

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Pink Cadillac Nightmare, A

Wilhelm, Le

Samuel French


'Over-extended Mary Kay representative gives a hapless friend a facial and a sales pitch.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - Twenty-fifth Series / COL

2001

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Pith!

Lemoine, Stewart

NeWest Press


'1931. An epic tale of travel and adventure told with the most economical means. An itinerantsailor leads a grieving society widow and her stoic housekeeper on an exhilarating andtreacherous journey into the heart of the South American jungle, without ever taking them out ofthe living room. With only four chairs and a phonograph, Jack Vail propels Virginia Tilford andNancy Kimble from Providence, Rhode Island to New Orleans, Panama, and Ecuador, wherehilarious encounters with explorers, shysters, gigolos, natives, and all manner of tropical wildlife

in - A Teatro Trilogy / CCO

2004

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Play for Germs

Horovitz, Israel



'Having become comfortably ensconced in his victims body, Socrates (a gonorrhea germ) resentsthe sudden intrusion of Aristotle (a syphilis germ). Their confrontation becomes a boasting matchas they trade the names of their many famous conquests, but an ominous note is sounded whenthey realize how many of their fellow germs have fallen prey to modern medicine. And, whileAristotle launches a frenzied attack on his latest would be conquest, so do they, as clouds oflethal "penicillin" billow in, making them choke their last breath.'

in - Shooting Gallery and Play for Germs / COL

1973

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Please Have a Seat and Someone Will Be With You Shortly

Wingfield, Garth

Vintage Books


Two strangers whose psychiatrists share the same waiting room finally break the ice and share theimages they have constructed of each other's life.


2007

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Plumber's Apprentice, The

Stein, Mark



"A wryly humorous and often touching examination of what happens when a young apprentice(female) is assigned to work with a crusty older plumber (male). Especially recommended forschool and contest use."

in - The Groves of Academe and The Plumber's Apprentice

1982

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Pochsy's Lips

Hines, Karen

Miscellaneous

roymonologues - femaleall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

'Writer and performer Karen Hines presents Poschy, a contemporary antidote to the pain andsuffering of living.'

in - Canadian Theatre Review - No.75, Summer 1993 / PER

1993

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Pochsy's Lips

Hines, Karen


roymonologues - female - satireall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

'Writer and performer Karen Hines presents Poschy, a contemporary antidote to the pain andsuffering of living. In this play, Poschy's in the hospital, convinced she's sick because there's asquid where her heart should be.'

in - The Poschy Plays / CCO

2004

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Poochwater

McPhaden, Mike

Signature Editions


A man finds a wallet in a park and tries to return it to its owner - who is suffering with amnesia.


2006

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Poodles

Cale, David

Vintage Books

roycomedy - monologues - menall male cast; one characterone maleone act

A part of his solo show "A Likely Story", the story displays the marital tribulations which ensuewhen one partner becomes obsessed with dogs.


2007

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Poof!

Nottage, Lynn

Vintage Books

roycomedy - deathall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

suitable for High School performances.

What's that heap of smoking ash where her husband used to be. . .a magic trick, the wrath of Godor evil mojo maybe? As two friends work out the boundaries of personal rights and socialconsequence, this surprising comedy raises a novel question: Is spontaneous combustion illegal?


1997

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Poor Beggar and the Fairy Godmother, the

Allais, Alphonse


roytragic farcethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Tragic farce set in turn of century Paris. Sketch of beggar's state of mind before during and afterencounter with fairy godmother.'

in - A Flea in Her Rear (or Ants in Her Pants) / COL

1994

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Pops

Sanchez, Edwin

Vintage Books

roycomedy - men - monologuesall male cast; one characterone maleone scene

A man reflects on his father's life and his attachment to I Love Lucy.


2007

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Porch

Heifner, Jack


roydramatic comedy - small town lifeall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act


"In 'Porch', the two characters are an ill and crotchety old woman and her restless, spinsterdaughter. As they sit on their ramshackle front porch complaining of the heat, the meanness ofthe mother and the aching frustration of the daughter are made vivid through dialogue which,while frequently funny, is also unerring in capturing the quiet desperation which beset them

in - Patio/Porch / COL

1978

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Post-its (Notes on a Marriage)

Dooley, Paul

Vintage Books


An updated version of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, substituting Post-its for Gurney's moretraditional missives.


2007

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Prague Summer

Orloff, Rich



Summer 1992: When two Czech men deal with an American corporate woman sporting six legsand feelers, one finds her fascinating but the other is bugged.


2001

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Prelude to Thirty-five

Kramer, Seth

Playscripts, Inc.



Rae would rather endure nine hours at a train station in a snowstorm with no coat than spend onemore minute at Jay's parents' house. Jay botches the job of running after Rae, and ends up with abloody nose. All in all, a strange way to kick off an engagement...


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Prettiest Girl in Lafayette County

Milligan, Jason

Samuel French


interior setting.

"A young woman named Misty is setting up a display of St. Patrick's Day cards in her shop in asmall town in Mississippi when a young man saunters in looking to buy a Valentine's Day Card. Since it is the day after Valentine's Day, they are all at half price. He chooses his card andpresents it to the abashed salesgirl. Turns out, his buddies have bet him Fifty Dollars that he

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Twelfth Series / COL

1987

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Price You Pay, The

Hutton, Arlene

Samuel French

roydark comedyall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

'Dark comedy about two boastful women, whose world is turned upside down by a stranger.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twenty-fourth Series) / COL

2000

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Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots

Mojica, Monique

Miscellaneous

royparody - native issuesall female cast; large casttwo female (doubling)one act

'A cynical, parodic and historical overview of the experience of Native women in the Americas.'

in - Canadian Theatre Review No.64, Fall 1990 / PER

1990

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Mojica, Monique

Women's Press

royparody - native issuesall female cast; large casttwo female (doubling)one act


in - Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots / CCO

1991

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Mojica, Monique


royparody - First Nationsall female cast; many characterstwo female (doubling)one act


in - Staging Coyote's Dream v. 1 / CCO

1990

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Proposal, The


Green Integer 140

roycomedy - romance three characterstwo male; one femaleone act

"A joke in one act."


2005


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Proposal, The


Penguin Books


1 exterior set; same as 'The Marriage Proposal'.

"Hypochondriacal suitor quarrels with the girl he wants to marry, but she accepts him."

in - Chekhov Plays / COL

1980

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Pushcart Peddlers, The

Schisgal, Murray


roysatire - immigrantsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 exterior set; singing; dancing.

"Satire on immigrant success stories. Two recent arrivals, sitting on the New York waterfront, talktheir way into capitalist enterprise and true love for the poor flower girl whom they will catapultinto Broadway stardom".


1980

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Pushcart Peddlers, The

Schisgal, Murray


roysatire - immigrantsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

1 exterior set; singing; dancing.

"Satire on immigrant success stories. Two recent arrivals, sitting on the New York waterfront, talktheir way into capitalist enterprise and true love for the poor flower girl whom they will catapultinto Broadway stardom".

in - The Pushcart Peddlars, The Flatulist & Other Plays / COL

1980

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Put Your Best Foot Forward

Brown, Kent R.


roycomedy - senior adult theatreall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

A mother and her cleaning woman pass some time playing with her daughter's shoes.

in - Short Stuff: Ten- to Twenty- Minute Plays for Mature Actors / COL

1998

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Pyg

Condo, Rose

Scirocco Drama

roycomedy - monologues - womenall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

'"pyg" tells the funny and touching story of one woman's struggle with loneliness and therelentlessly impossible ideals our culture's media imposes on us.'

in - Breakout - CCO

2004

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Quick Tour of the Monument, A

Wright, Craig

Playscripts, Inc.

roymonologues all male cast; one characterone male one scene

A guide describes Mount Rushmore.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Radio: 30

Earle, Chris

Miscellaneous


'A sinister comedy about crumbling confidence.'

Winner - 2001 Chalmers award for best new play - Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding new play in the Independent Theatre Division

in - Canadian Theatre Review No. 108, Fall 2001 / PER

2001

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Raft: An Interlude, The

Leacock, Stephen


roysatire - romancetwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

exterior set.

"Satire of romantic adventures. A 'story tale adventurer -- rafts, rescues and other specialties',fishes a girl out of the sea and acts in true gentlemanly fashion despite the close quarters towhich they are confined."

in - Ten Canadian Short Plays / CCO

1975

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Rattle In The Dash

Anderson, Peter


roydrama - comedy - menall male cast; three charactersthree maleone act

"Carl and Brandon are two young guys who set out on a cross-country car trip from Detroit toVancouver in pursuit of a woman, but before long mystery and doubt turn their journey into avery strange adventure."

in - Rattle in the Dash / CCO

1988

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Raunchy Dame in the Chinese Raincoat, The

Noonan, John Ford



Two down-and-out roommates - ugly Gino and dapper Harry - compete for the attentions ofMarla, a flashy blonde who enters their shabby lives bound and gagged inside a rolled-upOriental rug. Marla, of course, makes a beeline for Gino.


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Real Life


Samuel French


1 interior.

"Mother whose son has embezzled ten thousand dollars tries to help him."


1964

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Red Carnations

Hughes, Glenn



1 exterior set.

"A dainty little satire, written with wit, humor and distinction. A boy and a girl and a man engagein a very amusing trialogue near a park bench. Very easily produced and for light comedy, wellworth doing".

in - Fifteen American One Act Plays / COL

1961

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Relationtrip

Rothstein, Sharyn

Samuel French

roycomedy - relationshipsfour characterstwo male; two femaleone act

Carrie and her sister Julie board a train bound for a cousin’s wedding with Carrie’s boyfriend ofover two years, Eric. The train has just left the station when their cousin’s friend from college,Owen, introduces himself and, at Julie’s insistence, joins the group. Good-natured flirtations andeasy-going conversation about marriage, love and relationships turn more personal andincreasingly more intense as Carrie and Eric discover that each has a very different concept ofcommitment and Julie and Owen discover they both enjoy Italian food. By the trip’s end, one

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 31st series / COL

2007

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Reservations for Two

Goodman, Lori

Samuel French

roycomedy - datingtwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Jim met Anne at a party and has asked her out to dinner. As they are finishing their dessert hemakes his move. Anne appreciates his honesty, but launches into a progressively more out ofcontrol (and hilarious) tirade against the way men-- in general, of course-- try to seduce women.She gets so carried away that Jim (not that bad a guy, actually) decides he's having dinner with acrazy and abruptly ends the date, as well as what could have been a promising relationship--


1989

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Reverb-ber-ber-rations

Spiderwoman Theatre


roycomedy - Canadian - First Nationsall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

Deals with the persistence of memory across generations.

in - Staging Coyote's Dream v. 1 / CCO

1992

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Rex Morgan, M.D.

Shein, Brian

Pulp Press Book Publishers


Experimental play satirizing comic strip Rex Morgan, M.D.

in - Theatrical Exhibitions / CCO

1975

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Ringrose the Pirate

Nigro, Don

Samuel French


1 interior set.

1916. The writer Henry James, confined to his bed after a stroke, continues to dictate to his loyalyoung typist, Theodora Bosquanet, although much of what he comes up with at this point is abizarre and funny parody of his labyrinthine later style that dances on the edge of gibberish. Butsuddenly - Eureka! - the great man begins pouring out something entirely unexpected and

in - The Gypsy Woman and Other Plays / COL

1992

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Riverside Drive

Allen, Woody

Samuel French

roycomedy - marital relationsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

"Companion play to Old Saybrook, Woody Allen's other half of Writer's Block. These absurdistplays take on marital infidelity, in this instance on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where FredSavage, a homicidal, paranoid, schizophrenic vagrant ex-copywriter, has been stalking ascreenwriter for weeks, convinced that his prey stole his idea - in fact, his life - to create asuccessful movie plot."

in - Writer's Block / COL

2003

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Rock Scissors Paper

Margolin, Deb

Playscripts, Inc.

roymonologues - womenall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

A woman rants about her mother.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Role of Della, The

Wooten, John J.

Vintage Books

roycomedy - auditionsall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act


An eager young actress has her eye set on the role of Della, but can she convince a cold, sarcasticdirector that she's right for the part? A riveting and riotous look at the contemporary auditionprocess, giving new meaning to the term "stealing a scene."


1997

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Romance in A Flat

Feydeau, Georges



'Parisian society lady meets her rather odd new piano teacher.'

in - Feydeau, First to Last / COL

2001

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Romantic Friction

Read, Michelle

Miscellaneous

roycomedyfour charactersone male; two female (doubling)one act

Anna has moved to Ireland in order to write a 'proper' novel but she's hardly off the boat beforeshe's met a man, fallen in love and been jilted. The play is set as Anna wakes up in a drunkenstupor to find two of the characters from her latest 'bodice ripper' large as life in her living room.The ensuing discussion with the chirpy, cockney maid servant Minnie Crabtree and the dashingly,heroic Lord Beaston, helps Anna to get her life, not to mention her plotlines, back into shape.


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Roosevelt Cousins, Thoroughly Sauced, The

Lew, Michael

Samuel French


It’s during prohibition, FDR and Eleanor are still fairly young, stuck in Georgia at a Polio clinicand getting drunk on illegal moonshine. As they imbibe, Eleanor tries to convince FDR to run foroffice. The more drunk they get, the more their comments become absurd and anachronistic, theauthor’s voice entering the text making for a very silly romp.

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 32nd series / COL

2008

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Rosa's Eulogy

Strand, Richard

Vintage Books

roycomedy - monologue - womenall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

A woman delivers a moving eulogy for what she believes to be a stray cat.


2007

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Safe Sex

Fierstein, Harvey


roycomedy - homosexualityall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

'Second play in trilogy entitled Safe Sex is comic arguement between two male lovers one of whombelieves the other's safe sex stance is attempt to avoid intimacy.'

in - The Way We Live Now / COL

1990

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Sale, The

Alex, David


roycomedy - senior adult theatretwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

A teacher gives her new pupil a lesson in life and algebra.


1998

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Scene at Mt. Rushmore

Long, Quincy

Playscripts, Inc.

roycomedyal male cast; two characterstwo maleone scene

In this beautiful, humorous family drama, brothers Bobby and Did contemplate stone-facedpresidents and their momma's memory.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Scent of Honeysuckle

Toddie, Jean Lenox

Samuel French

roycomedy - family relationsall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

'Three generations of women struggle with need for independence.'

in - A Little Something for the Ducks and Scent of Honeysuckle / COL

1983

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Scribe's Paradox, or: The Mechanical Rabbit

Feingold, Michael


roydrama - theatrefive charactersthree male; two femaleone act

Drama about theater set in 1895 paris. Playwright is criticized for taking new direction.


1997

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Sealwoman and the Fisher, The

Gallagher, Miriam


royfolk talestwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

no set.

"The God of Christianity and the old Seagod struggle for a fisherman's soul. The Sealwoman andthe Fisher uses an old Scottish Folk Tale which lends itself to a magical composition where thetheatrical illusion is created by dance, music and mime."


1997

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Senior Prom

Mearns, Robert

Samuel French

roycomedy - high schooltwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

On Prom night a couple sit on the terrace. The guy is a young actor from New York who becamefriends with the girl when his theatre company played in the town. He once had one line on apopular soap opera-- which makes him a celebrity at the prom. He is embarrassed-- and reluctantto tell her that he is not really a star. When he finally does, it doesn't matter. She loves himanyway. This sensitive, amusing look at young love is perfect for college and high schoolproductions.


1985

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Seven Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse

Frechette, Carole



'Play within a play. Earnest, unemployed young man invites public to witness scenes from his life.'

in - Carole Frechette: Three Plays / CCO

2001

translated by John Murrell

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Sex with the Censor

Rebeck, Theresa

Smith and Kraus


" 'Sex With the Censor' is about a prostitute’s psychologically complex encounter with a client.Gender and power relations, yes, but with a sharp emotional edge and a comic inevitability."


1999

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She With a Capital Ess

Hanagan, Jay D.

Samuel French


A simple man with girl problems has a little chat with God about those problems. What do you sayto God? How do you say it? Doesn't He already know the questions? Doesn't He already know theanswers? And what makes Him such an expert?

in - What If? / COL

2006

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Shooting Gallery

Horovitz, Israel


roycomedy - avant gardethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act


"Young man in amusement park shooting gallery has spent all his money, neglected his children,and exhausted wife in effort to hit a mechanical bear, thereby winning goldfish for wife."

in - Shooting Gallery and Play for Germs / COL

1973

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Shoulder Pads

Ravel, Aviva

Gage Educational Publishing Ltd.

roycomedy - family relationsthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

'The new rebellious spirit of the sixties and the beginnings of the modern women's liberationmovement are presented in the character of a domineering mother who pretends to be a part ofthis spirit. In reality, however, she retains her deeply-ingrained old-fashioned values that focuson material possessions and social status. She has systematically imposed these values on hertimid, over-protected daughter and hen-pecked husband. In a comic reversal, the tide turns onthe mother, as her daughter and fiancé leave their repressive homes to lead independent lives,

in - Cues and Entrances / CCO

1993

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Sid and Elsie

Poulten, Bernari


roydramatic comedy - communismthree characterstwo male; three femaleone act

'Sid and Elsie are television actors, writers and comedians during the McCarthy era. Sid writes ashow that forces the network to cancel the series, and is forced to appear before McCarthy'sSenate committee.'


2001

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Sin-Eater, The

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roycomedy - darkthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

"This intense, darkly comic short play tells of an outcast whose life's work is to eat a symbolicmeal off the chests of the dead to take their sins upon himself before they are buried. When hissister asks him to perform this ancient Welsh custom for a girl he desperately loved, he can'tresist doing a bit more. But his beloved is not really dead and she is equally terrified of beingburied alive and of being kissed by the filthy sin-eater. "


1998

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Sinners Three

Lemoine, Stewart

Playwrights Union of Canada

roy comedy - black comedythree charactersone male; two femaleone act

"Brief and psychotic comedy of forbidden love in the gutters and drawing rooms of the Austriancapital."

in - The Vile Governess and Other Psychodramas / CCO

1986

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Sir Herbert is Deeply Touched

Stevens, H.C.G.

Kenyon-Deane Ltd.

nonroycomedyall male cast; three charactersthree maleone act


in - Sir Herbert is Deeply Touched-This Marathon Business-'Hamlet'.../ COL

1931

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Smell of Burning, A

Campton, David


roycomedy - relationshipsthree characters; offstage voicetwo male; one femaleone act

simple interior.

'Satire with symbolism. British married couple at breakfast continue to be absorbed in domestictrivialities while in the distance explosives are heard and a mysterious gentleman from thegovernment performs some sinister actions.'

in - A Smell of Burning and Then... / COL

1969

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Social Event, A

Inge, William

Random House

roysatirethree charactersone male; two femaleone act

'Uninvited, snubbed Hollywood couple plan to attend star's funeral.'

in - Summer Brave and Eleven Short Plays / COL

1962

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Something in the Basement

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roycomedy - drama - marital relationstwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

interior.

"A young married couple move into an old house where their nights are troubled by the youngwife's reluctance to allow the husband to touch her, and her growing insistence that there issomething making increasingly bizarre noises in their dark basement, and gradually their fearturns into an obsessive struggle and a strange erotic triangle the third member of which lurks


1989

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Something to Eat

Rhodes, Norman L.

Samuel French


"A young urban couple, the proverbial 'Yuppies', just can't seem to settle on where to go out toeat. Every place that he suggests, she's against. Of course, she doesn't have any suggestions ofher own - she just won't go along with any of his suggestions. Then, she finally agrees tosuggest a restaurant - and every place she suggests does not appeal to him. Eventually, ofcourse, they are able to make the vital, crucial, earth-shattering decision of where to go getsomething to eat. A hilarious outlook at a contemporary 'relationship'."


1984

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Sort of Holiday, A

Curran, Colleen

NuAge Editions


'An unlikely romantic comedy about two strangers who clash one afternoon in a small collegelibrary. The spirit of Stephen Leacock, which permeates this play, gently leads the two charactersto a surprising reconciliation.'


1990

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Speak Now

Kramer, Seth

Playscripts, Inc.



It's the biggest day of Casey's life and she's locked on a roof across the street from the churchwhere her wedding just started. Harold, the guy who got them into this mess, must come up witha plan to save the day or face the fact that he just ruined Casey's wedding.


2004

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Specter

Nigro, Don

Samuel French

roydark comedy - ghost storiestwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

On a rainy night a young professor drives on a twisted road through the woods near Princeton,swerves into a ditch to avoid a girl in a white dress, and finds himself stuck in his car with anoutrageous and possibly demented young lady who might want to murder or make love to him, orboth. This ancient ghost story is retold as a funny and frightening play about the relationship ofdesire to danger and the perils of relying on the kindness of strangers.

in - Green Man and other plays / COL

1991

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Spelling Bee, The

Vassallo, Philip

Samuel French


'Encounter between two young men, one black and one white, each victimized by same crime.'


1995

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Square Root of Love, The

Meltzer, Daniel

Samuel French


1 interior set.

"Two college geniuses discover more to life than intellectual pursuits".


1979

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St. Nicholas

McPherson, Conor


royblack comedy - Irishall male cast; one characterone maleone act

'Black comedy about obsession, seduction and entrapment. Jaded London theatre critic falls forbeautiful actress.'

in - Weir and Other Plays, The / COL

1999

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Starman, Wish me Luck

Burton, Nicole J.


roycomedy - senior adult theatretwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

A couple of odd characters and a conversation on a park bench.


1998

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Starter Home

Koller, Katherine

Signature Editions

royCanadian - comedythree charactersone male; two femaleseven scenes

"Vanessa and Wayne are in love and want to move in together. They find the perfect starter homefor rent, but they're not so sure about the landlady."

in - Three on the Boards / CCO

2007

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Statue of Bolivar

Lane, Eric

Vintage Books


Sets an encounter between a self-possessed eighth-grader and a woman of a certain age near thestatue of Simon Bolivar in New York's Central Park.


2007

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Streak

Smith, Tommy

Vintage Books

roycomedy - baseballall male cast; two characters - voicetwo maleone act

Presents an on-field encounter between a Hispanic third baseman and an American baseballcoach.


2007

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Strife Faces Jan


Samuel French

roysatirethree charactersone male; two femaleone act

1 interior.

"Satire on radio and television serial drama."


1964

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Stronger, The

Strindberg, August

Vintage Books

roycomedy - womenall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

1 interior.

"Social comedy. Wife vs. other woman."

in - The Plays of Strindberg Vol. 1 / COL

1964

translated by Michael Meyer

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Student, The

Hoverman, Matt

Samuel French


A two-character holiday comedy about a burnt-out, adult education writing teacher whorediscovers his passion in one of the strangest student-teacher conferences of all time.


2010

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Stuff

Bustamante, Nao


roysatire - revuethree characters; extrasone male; two femaleone act

audience participation; music, singing, dancing.

Satirical revue about Latin women, food, and sex - cultural consumption, as practiced by NorthAmericans and Europeans.

in - Out of the Fringe / COL

2000

Fusco, Coco

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Stuffings

Prideaux, James



1 interior set.

"Dowdy lady taxidermist forced to choose between love and her career".

in - Stuffings and An American Sunset: Two Plays / COL

1973

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Sturm und Drang

Berkoff, Steven

Faber and Faber

roycomedy - Britishthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

No description available.

in - Steven Berkoff: Plays One / COL

1994

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Success

Kopit, Arthur


royblack comedy three charactersone male; two femaleone act

1 interior set.

'Author of best seller about depression commits suicide during promotional tour.'


1991

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Summer in the Country


Samuel French

roydramatic comedy - death - suicideall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

Depressed man begs friend for revolver to end his life but his request goes humorouslyunheeded.


1956

Bentley, Eric

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Summer Morning Visitor

Sabath, Bernard


roybiographical - comedy - Samuel Clemens / Mark Twainthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

First in a series of Sam Clemens one acts.

A young man of Southern background but Northern sympathies agonizes over which side to joinin the growing conflict that will become the Civil War. Befriended by a young Missouri womanwhose husband is with the Union forces, he (young Sam Clemens) is introduced to a nosyneighbor as a long-absent brother and, in this guise, he sends his new friend a witty letter after

in - Twain Plus Plain / COL

1984

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Supermarche, Le

August, Ian

Samuel French

roycomedy - relationshipsthree charactersone male; one female; one male or femaleone act

It starts with a Girl, and then adds a Boy. They meet amidst the colorful aisles of Le Supermarché.They blend well and marry, and move to a little cottage in the country. But the Girl begins tocurdle in her milquetoast life, and returns to the market to find comfort and peace. Instead shefinds a strange old man, who offers her a recipe for change; a delicious but dangerous solutionto her marital woes. A Fairy Tale in Foodspeak, LE SUPERMACHÉ is the story of cream coloredromance and frosty revenge, wrapped in wit and warmth and topped with bits of bacon.

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 31st series / COL

2007

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Support Your Local Police

Tasca, Jules

Samuel French

roycomedy - satireall male cast; three charactersthree maleone act

'Adaptation of Mark Twain's story of elephant that roams New York City creating havoc and themaniacal police chief who cannot catch it.'

in - Five One Act Plays by Mark Twain / COL

1976

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Suppressed Desires

Glaspell, Susan

Random House


1 interior.

"Psychoanalysis. Husband and wife."

in - Thirty Famous One Act Plays / COL

1943

Cook, George Cram

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Sure Thing

Ives, David



"...is a classic of contemporary comedy: two people meet in a cafe and find their way through aconversational minefield as an off-stage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas onthe way to falling in love."


1994

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Sure Thing

Ives, David

Penguin Books


"...is a classic of contemporary comedy: two people meet in a cafe and find their way through aconversational minefield as an off-stage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas onthe way to falling in love."


1993

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Surprise

Levine, Mark Harvey

Vintage Books

roycomedy - relationshipsthree charactersone male; two femaleone act

A psychic young man finds the perfect mate.


2007

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Surviving Fad

Kramer, Seth

Playscripts, Inc.



Bob and Gloria are two prehistoric lungfish in love, with just one major problem -- evolution. Willthe two fish survive a momentous journey onto land, or will this mean the end of theirrelationship, and possibly their very species?


2004

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Sweet Room, The

Ramos, Brandon

Samuel French

roycomedy - family relationsthree charactersone male; two femaleone scene

This play explores the relationship of two young sisters living in New York City as they navigatethe economies and moralities of their lives. What begins as a tale of a lurid date quickly turns intoa quirky debate as Hannah and her older sister Madeline struggle and wise-crack throughwould-yous and could-yous. Hannah defends a free-spirit's yearning to experience her life to thefullest while Madeline seeks to ground herself in her scholastic work and even-keel approach.Both women's positions are put to the test when an unexpected pizza delivery lays their


2006

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Tales of an Urban Indian

Dennis, Darrell


royCanadian - dark comedy - Aboriginallarge castall male cast; one male (doubling)nineteen scenes

A one-person play that follows the trials and tribulations of Simon Douglas, a young Native manwho moves from his rural reservation to the big city of Vancouver. This dark comedy examinesthe issues of race, identity, and assimilation that drive young, native males to self-destruction.

in - Darrell Dennis: Two Plays / CCO

2005

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Tarantino Variation

Kramer, Seth

Vintage Books

roycomedy - movies all male cast or; all female cast; three charactersthree male or three femaleone act

Stages a holdup scene replete with references to the director's movies.


2007

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Tears of a Dinosaur

Brooker, Blake


royCanadian - comedy - family relationsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

A taut, mischievous meditation on the modern family with mom, pop, adopted son and numerousdinosaurs.

in - Ilsa, Queen of the Nazi Love Camp and Other Plays / CCO

1993

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Tempting Fate, A

Stoller, Brad



'A husband and wife discover the relief of turning their life over to fate by using first a coin andthen dice until their quixotic oracle turns them inside out.'


2002

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Ten Ways to Abuse an Old Woman

Clark, Sally

Coach House Press


"A black-hearted look at the relationship between a fifty-year-old woman and her mother."

in - Canadian Brash / CCO

1990

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Ten Ways to Abuse an Old Woman

Clark, Sally



"A black-hearted look at the relationship between a fifty-year-old woman and her mother."

in - Playing the Pacific Province / CCO

2001

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Tender Offer

Wasserstein, Wendy


roycomedytwo charactersone male; one girlone act

"TENDER OFFER focuses on a distant father and his nine-year-old daughter. When he arrives lateto pick her up from dance class, they discuss their lack of communication and why he missed herdance recital.

in - Seven One-Act Plays (Wasserstein) / COL

2000

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Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, The

Camp, Jennifer

Samuel French


Lillian and Ben are attracted to one another. The only trouble is they've never met. Or evenspoken, for that matter. They've only seen each other in the lobby of the Museum of NaturalHistory where each, for their own reasons, has been drawn. Once they notice each other, theunexpected possibility of love begins to take shape as they work up the nerve, over the course offour weeks, to speak to the other person. Through the use of monologues, imaginaryconversations and a shared dream, this unlikely duo - a video game designer and a literature


2005

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Thrift of the Magi

Weisman, Annie

Playscripts, Inc.


A couple look for clothes to wear to the evening's party.

in - Snapshot / COL

2003

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Ties that Bind

Coble, Eric

Vintage Books


Portrays the trials and tribulations of modern life as embodied in a Houdini-like magic act.


2007

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Tiger, The

Schisgal, Murray


roysatire - relationships - self realizationstwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

suggested for high school

Suburban housewife and nonconformist make love after exchanging clichés about conformity andhuman communication.

in - The Typists and The Tiger / COL

1963

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Time Flies

Ives, David



In 'Time Flies', two lonely but sweet young mayflies meet at a pond and really hit it off.Unfortunately, Horace and May watch a nature program on this first night out and discover theyhave a lifespan of only one day - and their lives are half over.


1998

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Time Flies

Ives, David

Miscellaneous


In 'Time Flies', two lonely but sweet young mayflies meet at a pond and really hit it off.Unfortunately, Horace and May watch a nature program on this first night out and discover theyhave a lifespan of only one day - and their lives are half over.


1998

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Tinka's New Dress

Burkett, Ronnie

Miscellaneous

roycomedy - puppet playmany charactersone male; puppetsone act


in - Canadian Theatre Review No. 95, Summer 1998 - PER

1998

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Tinka's New Dress

Burkett, Ronnie


roycomedy - puppet play - monologues - menmany charactersone male; puppetsone act


in - Alone, on Stage / CCO

2008

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Tongue, Tied

Cooper, Thomas

Playscripts, Inc.

roycomedysix charactersone male; one female; four puppetsone scene

A couple give in to their sock puppets' baser desires (and find a little something in it forthemselves).


2009

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Total Body Washout

Carnwath, Drew


roydark comedyall male cast, one characterone maleone act

'A play which charts one man's journey to the edge of modern madness - and back again -complete with post cards, x-rays, dreams and large antlered animals.'

in - Johnnyville: An Official Secrets Act; and, Total Body Washout / CCO

1998

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Tough Choices for the New Century

Anderson, Jane

Smith and Kraus

royblack comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Black comedy about disaster preparedness seminar.


1995

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Tough Choices for the New Century

Anderson, Jane

Smith and Kraus

royblack comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Black comedy about disaster preparedness seminar.

in - 20/20 ... / COL

1995

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Tour

McNally, Terrence


roysatire three characters; extrastwo male; one femaleone act

1 simple set.

"An American couple being chauffeured through Italy, imagine themselves to be ambassadors ofgood will despite their fatuous, patronizing chatter. Mixed in with their inane comments, to theirdriver and others, are references to their son in Vietnam and to the carnage there; but somehowthey remain unable to comprehend the reality of the world they live in - and to be comfortable


1968

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Toys for Men

Blessing, Lee



1 exterior set.


in - Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music and Toys for Men / COL

1982

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Tragic Man Despite Himself, A


Green Integer 140

royfarceall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

A man requests a favor from a friend.

in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays - COL

2005


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Traveler, The

Connelly, Marc

Doubleday

roysatireall male cast; three charactersthree maleone act

1 interior set.

Scene: The smoking compartment of a Pullman Car. Subway rider breaks travel pattern by takingrailroad train.

in - 24 favorite One Act Plays / COL

1958

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Tremulous

Wilhelm, Le

Samuel French

roytragicomedyall female cast; two characterstwo girlsone act

'Tragicomedy about two teenage girls who talk about life while planning their suicides.'


1996

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Trick of Fate, A

Tremblay, Larry

Talonbooks

roymonologues - menall male cast; one characterone maleone act

A man loses a tooth eating a chocolate eclair, then all his teeth, his tongue, a finger, and finallyhis head, as his body increasingly abandons its "ordinary" place in the world.

in - Talking Bodies / CCO

2001

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Tridget of Greva, The

Lardner, Ring

Doubleday


1 interior set.

All three men are seated in three small flat-bottomed boats. they are fishing.


1958

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Trio, The

Silverstein, Shel


royrelationships - comedytwo characters; extrasone male; one femaleone act

1 interior.

Maestro and cellist meet in restaurant to discuss their relationship, both personal andprofessional.


2000

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Twinkle, Twinkle

Thompson, Ernest




"A bored housewife who has written a seductive fan letter to her favorite soap opera actor isdumb-founded to find her hero on her doorstep. Once she (and her husband) have recoveredfrom their shock (and her husband has gone bowling) their relationship takes on a hilarioussee-saw nature, with the possibility of promised delights left in the balance".

in - Answers / COL

1980

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Twister

Heifner, Jack



"Betty and Roy are apparently the only survivors of a tornado that has destroyed their tiny Texastown and all their worldly goods. After the initial shock wears off Roy sets about trying to restorethings to what they were, while Betty, suddenly freed from all the junk she owned, wants to moveon and start over. The resulting debate is both hilarious and revealing, as Roy resists the notionthat what they had was nothing great while Betty pours out all her hopes and frustrations thathave been bottled up for years. In the end it is the dream that triumphs."

in - Natural Disasters / COL

1985

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Two Candidates at a Debate What For to Be the President of the U.S.A.

Collective, The

Miscellaneous

roycomedy - politicalthree characterstwo male; one flexibleone act

A political sketch about the stupidity of elected officials and the sham of the public politicalprocess.


2004

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Uncle Lumpy Comes to Visit

Klavan, Laurence



'Embittered wife and her perpetual loser brother-in-law find both solace and loss in each other'scompany causing strains on her marriage.'

in - Uncle Lumpy Comes to Visit and No Time / COL

1986

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Under Duress

Durang, Christopher


roycomedythree characterstwo male; one femalesketch

Chris and his friend Stephanie debate global warming. Stephanie's pretentiousness irritates Chris,but they make up, and Chris composes a letter to the President about the subject. Realizing hehas to go to the post office to buy a stamp, Chris is overwhelmed, but he gathers courage andgoes."


1998

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United

Leight, Warren



A young woman meets her brother's new boyfriend who turns out to be her ex-boyfriend.


2007

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Universal Language, The

Ives, David


roycomedy - relationshipstwo characters one male; one femaleone act

"...brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher ofUnamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display ofhilarious verbal pyrotechnics - and, of course, true love."


1994

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Universal Language, The

Ives, David


roycomedy - relationshipstwo characters one male; one femaleone act

"...brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher ofUnamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display ofhilarious verbal pyrotechnics - and, of course, true love."


1994

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Unseen, The

Wright, Craig

Playscripts, Inc.

roydark comedy - prisonall male cast; three charactersthree maletwo scenes

Imprisoned by a totalitarian regime and mercilessly tortured for unknown crimes, Wallace andValdez live without hope of escape or release. When an enigmatic new prisoner arrives and beginscommunicating in code, both men develop new relationships to each other, their captors andthemselves. A darkly humorous examination of faith in an uncertain world.


2008

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Unveiling

Havel, Vaclav

University of British Columbia

roysatire - Czechthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Variant title: "Private View". Television satire. Dissident Czech playwright is urged by materialisticfriends to redirect his supposedly futile life.'

in - The Vanek Plays / COL

1987

Novak, Jan, * translator

Title:

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Unveiling

Havel, Vaclav

Grove Press, Inc.

roysatire - Czechthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

'Variant title: "Private View". Television satire. Dissident Czech playwright is urged by materialisticfriends to redirect his supposedly futile life.'

in - The Garden and Other Plays / COL

1975

translated by Jan Novak

Title:

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Up on the Roof

Martini, Clem


royCanadian - comedy - relationshipsthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

"An unwitting Robert is placed on a rooftop with a dueling couple who must come to terms withtheir disintegrating lives and an uncertain future."

in - A Three Martini Lunch / CCO

2000

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Uranium

Hunt, Pamela

Samuel French

royabsurdist comedytwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

'Girl wants father to return from desert where he wanders in search of wealth.'


1996

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Vajayjay Monologues, The

Burns, Lindsay

B house

roycomedy - women - monologues - Canadianall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

A satire of Ensler's famous work that questions the role played by The Vagina Monologues in howand where women see themselves today.

in - Dough: The Politics of Martha Stewart & The Vajayjay Monologues / CCO

2008

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Valedictorian, The

Smiley, George


royCanadian - comedy - high schoolthree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

"A high school valedictorian finds herself trapped in the men's washroom in a bus station."

in - The Art of Communication / CCO

1976

Title:

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Valerie of Now, The

Hedges, Peter

Vintage Books

roycomedy - monologues - womenall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

A 12-year-old girl celebrates her menarche.


2007

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Valley Forgery

Montley, Patricia


roysatire - farceall female cast; three charactersthree femaleone act

Marie Antoinette and Martha Washington converse and begin to fight among themselves, unawareof exactly who the other one is. It is Fanny Howe who makes the connection for the two.


1987

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Variations On the Death of Trotsky

Ives, David



"...shows us the Russian revolutionary on the day of his demise, desperately trying to cope withthe mountain-climber's axe he's discovered in his head."


1994

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Victoria Station

Pinter, Harold


roycomedy all male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

"A brilliantly funny yet eerily chilling dialogue between a bewildered taxi driver (who may havegone mad) and the exasperated dispatcher who is trying without success, to direct him to awaiting fare. The driver, who says he has fallen in love with the passenger who is asleep (orperhaps dead) on his back seat, doesn't seem to know his own location, much less that of VictoriaStation."

in - Other Places / COL

1984

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Village Wooing

Shaw, George Bernard

Penguin Books

roycourtship - adult - comedytwo characters; extraone male; one femaleone act

'Eager young woman's successful pursuit of an uninterested man.'

in - Seven One Act Plays / COL

1958

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Visions of Grandeur

Nemeth, Sally


roymonologues - women - comedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

She becomes herself filming herself. Her life in black and white.

in - Sally's Shorts / COL

1995

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Waiting For To Go

Meltzer, Daniel

Samuel French


1 interior set.

"Retired plumber who thinks his life is over meets recent widow on plane".


1979

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Water Music

Howe, Tina



The ancient pools of mythic yore reflected the temperaments of the gods and concealed theirunfathomable deeds. Similarly, an Upper West Side health club whips up from its scabby sedimentand detrital depths a palpable figment of an English teacher’s disoriented dream. Straight from hertwelfth grade class, behold! ’Tis Ophelia, Hamlet’s occasional beloved. Equally out of joint inevery age, Ophelia humanizes the chlorinated waters, leavens the teacher’s cynical rage withexotic poesies, and reminds the lifeguard, Jesus, of the extravagant depths inside his gene pool.


2006

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Way of All Fish, The

May, Elaine

Vintage Books


The first part of Power Plays by Elaine May and Alan Arkin, portrays a shift in the balance of powerbetween a female executive and her secretary.


2007

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Way to Miami, The

Steele, Donald



The Way to Miami is the bitingly funny and brilliantly written tale about the wife of a retired couplehaving second thoughts about selling up and moving to Miami on the morning the movers aredue to show up.


2001

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Wedding Bell Hell

Shamas, Sandra

Mercury Press

roymonologues - women - comedyall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

One woman's observations about marriage and her own experiences during her wedding.


1997

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Wedding Duet

Wilson, Lauren

Vintage Books


Presents the first marital spat of a newlywed couple, literally on the threshold of their new lifetogether.


2007

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Western

Alianak, Hrant



"A story of love, violence and survival, the dialogue is composed of names of Western movies andstars."

in - Return of the Big Five / CCO

1974

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Western

Alianak, Hrant



"A story of love, violence and survival, the dialogue is composed of names of Western movies andstars."

in - Western & Mathematics / CCO

1973

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What Do You Save From a Burning House

Farmiloe, Dorothy

Alive Press Limited

royCanadian - farcethree characterstwo male; one femaleone act

interior representative set.

"A conservative student and his radical wife argue over a demonstration. An analogy for Englishand French Canada."

in - Dialogue & Dialectic: A Canadian Anthology of Short Plays / CCOTitle:

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What I Did Wrong

Leight, Warren


roysatire - monologue - relationshipsall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

A single woman obsesses about the mistakes she made that ended her relationship with a jerk.


2007

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What is Making Gilda so Gray? Or, It is Just Depends on Who You Get

Eyen, Tom

Samuel French

roytragicomedytwo characters; extrasone male; one femaleone act (as part three of trilogy)

'Tragi-comedy in Black-comedy vein. Boy meets girl in satire on marriage, which projects it as justa sad compromise, not the fantasies hoped for.'

in - Tom Eyen: Ten Plays / COL

1971

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What We're Up Against

Rebeck, Theresa

Smith and Kraus


"Two male colleagues rail against a female co-worker."


1999

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What's a Girl to Do?

Hansen, Jim

Samuel French


Jill has just found out she is pregnant by her boring boyfriend Jack. Mary advises her to marry thetwit, but she is not so sure. When Jill tells Mary she is not going to have an abortion, Jack realizeswhat is upsetting Jill and, in his awkward, nerdy way, he proposes. Jill turns him down, deniesshe is pregnant, and tells him to get lost. Heartbroken and embarrassed, Jack leaves Jill with noone to talk to but her unborn child.


1989

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Whatever

Pospisil, Craig



This sly riff on Poe's "The Raven" finds Jessica hallucinating that a talking pigeon has flown intoher apartment. Her friend Liz tries to talk her down, but eventually realizes Jessica isn't sufferingfrom a combination of too much wine and Benedryl but from her inability to let go of arelationship that has ended.


2005

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When Something Wonderful Ends

Kramer, Sherri

Playscripts, Inc.

roymonologues - women - dramatic comedyall female cast; one character; one Barbieone femaleone act

After the death of her mother, Sherry's family home goes up for sale. Sifting through memoriesof a seemingly simpler time as she packs up her baby-boom childhood, Sherry begins to connectthe dots between her Barbie collection and America's place in the rest of the world. A touching,funny, deeply personal and daringly global one-woman, one-Barbie play.


2008

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White Elephants

Martin, Jane

Smith and Kraus

roycomedy - monologues - women - politicalall female cast; one characterone femaleone scene

Quick monologue about Republican heaven.

in - Jane Martin: Collected plays - Vol. 2 / COL

2001

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White Liars, The

Shaffer, Peter

Samuel French


"Produced in London and on Broadway as a companion piece to 'Black Comedy'. It featuredGeraldine Page as a fortune-teller to whom a youth comes with his 'buddy' in tow. He doesn't wanthis fortune told, but he wants to pretend it's been told. What he really wants is to bribe thefortune-teller to frighten his 'buddy' so he will relinquish his girl to him. But the 'buddy' seesthrough the ruse. All the false biography he had planted with the other fellow comes back throughthe fortune-teller, and both he and the fortune-teller make a discovery about love."

in - The White Liars and Black Comedy / COL

1968

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Who's Looking After the Atlantic?

Graves, Warren


roycomedytwo characters two male or femaleone act

"A comic encounter between a psychiatrist and a mildly insane millionaire."

in - Who's Looking After the Atlantic? & The Proper Perspective / CCO

1982

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Whole Thruth, The

Boyle, Viki

Samuel French


'Two women jurors sequestered in hotel room discuss trial.'


1996

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Whoppers

Wilhelm, Le

Samuel French


'Husband and wife engaged in ridiculous arguement while fishing.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twenty-first Series) / COL

1997

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Widows

Grecco, Stephen


roycomedy - women- recollectionall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

Two women meet at a park bench, and discover that they both are widows. They begin torecollect on their past lives with their husbands.


1987

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Wild Abandon

MacIvor, Daniel


royCanadian - comedyall male cast; one characterone maleone act

A young man's blackly humorous and static observations about life, the universe and his realmother.

in - See Bob Run and Wild Abandon / CCO

1988

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Winning Number, The

Brown, Sarah

Samuel French

roycomedyall female cast; two characters; extrastwo femaleone act

'Elderly Texas grandmother is obsessed with playing bingo.'


1996

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With or Without You

Jannuzzi, Luigi

Samuel French


'Woman reluctantly meets devoted admirer in restaurant.'

in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twenty-first Series) / COL

1997

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Woman Stand Up

Durang, Christopher

Smith and Kraus

roymonologues - dramaone characterone femaleone act

"A sensitive woman trying to do stand-up comedy has to bring her own laugh track, just in case.Her self-depreciating jokes turn out to be all too real, as is her pain when she senses the truth."


1995

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Woman Stand Up

Durang, Christopher


roymonologues - dramaone characterone femaleone act

"A sensitive woman trying to do stand-up comedy has to bring her own laugh track, just in case.Her self-depreciating jokes turn out to be all too real, as is her pain when she senses the truth."


1998

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WOMBmanWARs

Jackson, Judith Alexa


roysatire - women - monologueall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

'Satirical one woman show addresses issues raised by Anita Hill / Clarence Thomas hearings.'

in - Moon Marked and Touched by Sun / COL

1994

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Wooed and Viewed

Feydeau, Georges



'Husband alone while his wife visits her mother, is approached by neighbor to make love in frontof her jealous husband.'

in - Feydeau, First to Last COL

2001

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Words, Words, Words

Ives, David



"...recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing into infinity will sooner or laterproduce 'Hamlet', and asks: what would the monkeys talk about at their typewriters."


1994

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Work of Art, The

Dawe, Victoria


roycomedy - friendship - arttwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

Neighbours Frank and Annie assemble a found object sculpture in Frank’s backyard and in themeantime discuss life, love and everything in between. At the end of the day, could it be that whatthey’re looking for has been next door all along?

in - Ontario Playwrights / CCO

2008

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Workout

Wasserstein, Wendy

Vintage Books

roycomedy - monologues - femaleall female cast; one characterone femaleone act

"In the course of a single WORKOUT, an exercise instructor writes on a novel, opens a chain ofdepartments stores, learns to unravel the double helix, and announces her husband's candidacyfor governor."


1997

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Yankee Doodle

Linney, Romulus



"Yankee Doodle finds a tipsy Jesse Grant, son of President Grant, at Windsor Castle and faced witha humbling slight from Queen Victoria."

in - Pops / COL

1987

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Yes and No

Greene, Graham

Penguin Books

roycomedy - theatreall male cast; two characterstwo maleone act

'Young actor auditions for eminent director.'

in - The Collected Plays of Graham Greene / COL

1985

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Yesterday

Chang, Pao-hua and Ho Ching-chih

University of London Press

roycomedy - recollection - Chinatwo characterstwo male or femaleone act

'Comic dialogue comparing life before "liberation" with life afterward.'

in - Modern Drama from Communist China / COL

1970

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Yodellers - a one act comedy in eighteen scenes

Healey, Michael


roycomedy - Canadian - relationshipstwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

"'Yodellers' is a one-act comedy in which a male golf reporter falls in love with a lesbianprofessional golfer. Will they build a relationship, or will things just turn 'caddy'? "

in - The Road to Hell / CCO

1999

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You Can't Trust the Male

Noojin, Randy



1 interior set.

'Woman discovers that her mailman has been reading her mail and is romantically interested inher.'


1991

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You're Him

Lazarus, John



Also a street scene about the sexual misunderstandings between strangers.


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Young Love

Hanagan, Jay D.

Samuel French

roycomedy - datingall female cast; two characterstwo femaleone act

It's been a long time since thirty-nine year old Constance has been on a date, and there seem tobe so many rules! What do you eat? What don't you eat? What do you wear? It's a good thing she'sgot her sixteen-year-old daughter Sandra there to help with any questions she might have about,well, you know... boys!

in - What If? / COL

2006

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Your Mother's Butt

Ball, Alan



YOUR MOTHER'S BUTT focuses on a therapist desperately searching for clues to help her seriouslydisturbed young patient. As the patient rattles on about shoes and belts, he recalls a dream hehad about his mother, and the therapist thinks she's got her answer.


1994

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Your Mother's Butt

Ball, Alan

Vintage Books


YOUR MOTHER'S BUTT focuses on a therapist desperately searching for clues to help her seriouslydisturbed young patient. As the patient rattles on about shoes and belts, he recalls a dream hehad about his mother, and the therapist thinks she's got her answer.


2007

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Zipless

Thompson, Ernest


roysatire - romance - marriagetwo charactersone male; one femaleone act

'Second part of Valentines for two trilogy. Satirical exploration of contemporary marriage.'


1995

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