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PLAYSCRIPTS and MUSICAL SCORES
LISTED HERE BY SUBJECT MATTER or TYPE
Categories are not
exclusive:
A play or musical may appear under more than
one heading
and its listing under, for example, "Human Relationships"
should not be taken to mean
that it has to be treated only on that
level.
CLICK on the page number to open that page
All shows prefixed M are musicals;
those prefixed P are plays without music
(or where
the musical items may be substitued or omitted)
* Denotes a play published within a combined volume.
| CATEGORIES LISTED A play or musical may appear under more than one heading |
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| By Subject Matter:- | HISTORICAL THEMES or SETTINGS:
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Based on factual events or
characters; Fictional but "realist" in a period setting |
| CHRISTMAS: | Musicals; Plays |
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| COMEDY | ||
| FANTASY / MAGIC | ||
| HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS | ||
| MYSTERIES / THRILLERS / "WHODUNNITS": | "Spoofs" Slightly More Serious |
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| PANTOMIME | ||
| SCHOOL SETTINGS | ||
| SCIENCE FICTION / TIME TRAVEL | ||
| SOCIAL / MORAL / ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | ||
| "WESTERNS" | ||
| By Type:- | Suggested as suitable for GCSE Drama | |
| ADAPTATIONS from other published works or well known stories | ||
| LISTS BY SUBJECT MATTER |
| HISTORICAL THEMES or SETTINGS | |||
| Based on factual events or characters | |||
| Crippen M 6 | 1910: The story of the murderer, Dr.Crippen | ||
| Holes For Us to Breathe * P 18 | 1988: The three whales trapped under ice in Alaska | ||
| King Arthur (All Shook Up) # M 57 | The story of the sword in the stone in a short up to date cantata | ||
| No Place for a Girl M 19 | 1980's: A girl wants to be accepted as a soccer player | ||
| Paved with Gold P 62 | 1860's: Adapted from Henry Mayhew's "London Labour and the London Poor" | ||
| Quill Power M 16 | The life of William Shakespeare | ||
| Siege! P 1 | The English Civil War: the siege of Reading | ||
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight P 30 | King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | ||
| The Half Crown Boy * P 48 | 1850's: An apprentice in a porcleain works | ||
| The King James Hat M58 | The Gunpowder Plot | ||
| The Powder Monkeys M 13 | The Napoleonic Wars | ||
| Thunder P 22 | 1820's: The life of the Bronte family in Yorkshire | ||
| Whale Song M 31 | 1988: The three whales trapped under ice in Alaska | ||
| Fictional but "realist" in a period setting | |||
A Day at the Sea-Side M 14 |
Edwardian England | ||
| An English Heaven * P 55 | WW1: it's effect on village life in England | ||
| Arf 'n' Arf M 33 | A Victorian boarding school setting | ||
| Blackout M 24 | WW2: an evacuation story | ||
| Bombshells M 23 | WW2: girl munition workers are also a singing quartet | ||
| Is There Honey Still? * P 55 | WW1: the life of nurses in a field station | ||
| Runaway Girl P 64 | 1980's London nightlife | ||
| "Say Goodbye to Satchwell Road" M 27 | WW2: an evacuation story | ||
| Shelter P 31 | WW2: families under bomb attack | ||
| Shirley's Song P 65 | 1960's London - swinging but dangerous | ||
| The Leaving of Liverpool M 10 | 1850's: Irish emigration plus child exploitation | ||
| Twist and Shout P 63 | 1960's - the early days of Beatlemania | ||
| Wherever There's A Dream M 48 | Victorian workhouse and family life | ||
| CHRISTMAS Musicals | |
| Christmas Carnival * M 29 | |
| Christmas Every Day M 40 | |
| Christmas Present * M 30 | |
| Kids' Nativity * M 29 | |
| Last Stop Before Bethlehem M 46 | |
| One Little Boy * M 28 | |
| Shepherd Boy * M 30 | |
| Starbright M 18 | |
| The Lonely Shepherd M 35 | |
| The Most Absurd Xmas Musical in the World . . . Ever! M 53 | |
| Wherever There's A Dream M 48 | |
| CHRISTMAS Plays | |
| A Happy Christmas * P 17 |
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| Bethlehem P 25 | |
| Christmas Is Cancelled * P 15 | |
| Is It Time Yet, Dad? P 26 | |
| Little Donkey Rumba P69 | |
| The Christmas Cracker * P 56 | |
| The Oxen P 23 | |
| Who Is Welcome? * P 56 |
| COMEDY without "serious overtones" or "underlying messages" |
| An Evening at Grange Manor * P 5 |
| Bermuda Tangle * P 50 |
| Bertie's Genius M 12 |
| Close Encounters of the Nurd Kind * P 42 |
| Drink? * P 47 |
| Four "Victorian" Melodramas P 36 |
| Going, Going, Gone * P 41 |
| Imperial Nosh * P 5 |
| Little Donkey Rumba P69 |
| Olive! M 1 |
| Robin Hood and the Borrowed Gold * P 9 |
| Robin Hood's Sherwood Shenanigans P 6 |
| Runaway Girl P 64 |
| Shirley's Song P 65 |
| Some Treasure Island! P 38 |
| Spud Ferret and the Case of the Stolen Diamonds P 34 |
| Spud Ferret and the Case of the Missing Hypergyrocopter P 57 |
| Start of Term at Grunge Hill * P 42 |
| The Angel of Death * P 41 |
| The Butler Did It * P 42 |
| The Chumleigh Towers Trilogy * P 29 / The Gymslip * P 29 |
| The Dastardly Deeds of Lord Swindleham * P 45 |
| The Final Frontier P 72 |
| The Love for Three Oranges P 43 |
| The Miller's Daughter * P 37 |
| The Quest for the Holy Pael * P 9 |
| The School Play M 38 |
| The Shoemaker * P 37 |
| The Show's The Thing P 28 |
| The Ten O'Clock Angel P 33 |
| The Ultimate Olympus P 4 |
| The Valheil World P 61 |
| The Zoron P 58 |
| Twist & Shout! P 63 |
| Up The Odyssey M 25 |
| Where is Florrie? * P 48 |
| Witches M 11 |
| X Marks the Spot M 54 |
| Young Scarlett Hood P 59 |
| FANTASY /
MAGIC (Other titles may be found under PANTOMIME or SCIENCE FICTION / TIME TRAVEL) |
| Bookworms and Bunions P 2 |
| Hit & Run * P 19 |
| King Arthur (All Shook Up) # M 57 |
| The Dastardly Deeds of Lord Swindleham * P 45 |
| The Final Frontier P 72 |
| The Love for Three Oranges P 43 |
| The Miller's Daughter * P 37 |
| The Shoemaker * P 37 |
| The Ten O'Clock Angel P 33 |
| The Ultimate Olympus P 4 |
| Trouble with Brother * P 15 |
| HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS (Humour also features strongly in many of these plays) |
| 3's Company P68 |
| Anonymous * P 19 |
| Blushes * P 17 |
| Broadway Blues P 24 |
| Care * P 54 |
| Déjà Vu M 44 |
| Full Circle M 4 |
| Head to Head P 49 |
| Hopes P 60 |
| I Was Adored Once Too P 13 |
| Last Day of Term * P 35 |
| Lumpy Custard M 5 |
| Meet The Family * P 41 |
| Parallel Lines M 43 |
| Postman's Knock M 47 |
| Puppets * P 20 |
| Remember, Remember P 12 |
| Rodge! P 51 |
| Romeo Loves Juliet - OK? P 53 |
| Runaway Girl P 64 |
| The Railway Children M56 |
| Shirley's Song P 65 |
| Sandgran * P 20 |
| Shelter P 31 |
| Siege! P 1 |
| Spanner in her Pocket * P 20 |
| Sweet Dreams M 8 |
| The Damn Fine Road * P 18 |
| The Half Crown Boy * P 48 |
| The Masque of the Red Death P 3 |
| The Popping of the Grand Balloon P 10 |
| The Ratbusters * P 45 |
| The School Inspection P 46 |
| The Schoolroom * P 35 |
| The Visit P 8 |
| Thunder P 22 |
| Trouble in Toyland * P 5 |
| Trouble with Brother * P 15 |
| Twist & Shout! P 63 |
| Urban Cycles P67 |
| We'll Be Home Tomorrow P 16 |
| Why Can't I Be a Teenager in Love? * P 50 |
| MYSTERIES / THRILLERS / "WHODUNNITS" |
| "Spoofs" |
| An Evening at Grange Manor * P 5 |
| Crippen M 6 |
| Going, Going, Gone * P 41 |
| Hit & Run * P 19 |
| Murder at St. Barnabas * P 47 |
| Spud Ferret and the Case of the Stolen Diamonds P 34 |
| Spud Ferret and the Case of the Missing Hypergyrocopter P 57 |
| The Angel of Death * P 41 |
| The Beasts of St. Bozo's M 26 |
| The Butler Did It * P 42 |
| The Zoron P 58 |
| Where is Florrie? * P 48 |
| Slightly More Serious |
| Big Yellow Taxi P 21 |
| Head to Head P 49 |
| Hit & Run * P 19 |
| Shadow in the Glen P 40 |
| Shadows * P 54 |
| PANTOMIME (or which can lend themselves to the genre) |
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| Georgina and the Dragon P 27 | |
| Little Red Riding Hood M 52 | |
| Meg M 36 | |
| Sleeping Jack Whittington and the Seven Bears P 7 | |
| The Princess and the Dragon M 34 | |
| The Most Absurd Xmas Musical in the World . . . Ever! M 53 |
| SCHOOL
SETTINGS (at least in part) |
| A Day at the Sea-Side M 14 |
| Arf 'n' Arf M 33 |
| Bookworms and Bunions P 2 |
| Broadway Blues P 24 |
| Cultured Rebels P 32 |
| Idea From A Friend M 3 |
| I Was Adored Once Too P 13 |
| Last Day of Term * P 35 |
| No Place for a Girl
M 19 alternatively written as: Sweet F.A. [SchoolPlay PLUS] P 14 |
| Start of Term at Grunge Hill * P 42 |
| The Beasts of St. Bozo's M 26 |
| The Chumleigh Towers Trilogy * P 29 / The Gymslip * P 29 |
| The King James Hat M58 |
| The School Inspection P 46 |
| The School Play M 38 |
| The Schoolroom * P 35 |
| SCIENCE FICTION / TIME TRAVEL |
| Bermuda Tangle * P 50 |
| Billy The Silicon Kid M 22 |
| Captain Tellus and the Crystal Folk M 39 |
| Close Encounters of the Nurd Kind * P 42 |
| Jason and the Astronauts P 39 |
| Mehuja! M 9 |
| Out of the Blue M 20 |
| The Final Frontier P 72 |
| The King James Hat M58 |
| The Starfish Centre Prize M 49 |
| The Valheil World P 61 |
| The Visit P 8 |
| Thought-Catcher P66 |
| Turn of the Tide M 41 |
| Watch This Space M 42 |
| SOCIAL / MORAL /
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (Humour also features strongly in many of these plays) |
| Big Yellow Taxi P 21 |
| Blushes * P 17 |
| Care * P 54 |
| Cultured Rebels P 32 |
| Head to Head P 49 |
| Holes For Us to Breathe * P 18 |
| Hopes P 60 |
| I Was Adored Once Too P 13 |
No Place for a Girl M 19 alternatively written as: Sweet F.A. [SchoolPlay PLUS] P 14 |
| The Piper of Dreams * M 28 |
| Remember, Remember P 12 |
| Red Socks M 2 |
| The Damn Fine Road * P 18 |
| The School Inspection P 46 |
| Trouble in Toyland * P 5 |
| Urban Cycles P67 |
| Whale Song M 31 |
| "WESTERNS" |
| Gunfight at the Deadwood Doomstone Saloon M 55 |
| Gunslinger M 7 |
| Injuns M 15 |
| LISTS BY TYPE |
| Suggested as suitable for GCSE Drama | ||
| In some instances it may be appropriate to take extracts from the play or musical in isolation for GCSE work | ||
| PLEASE be sure to contact SchoolPlay Productions Limited before ANY performance is given | ||
| PLAY or MUSICAL | Details of complete work | |
| Cast Size | Length (minutes) | |
| 3's Company P68 | 4 | 30 |
| A Happy Christmas * P 17 | 11 | 11 |
| An English Heaven * P 55 | 10 | 35 |
| An Evening at Grange Manor * P 5 | 9 | 20 |
| Anonymous * P 19 | 5 | 20 |
| Blushes * P 17 | 7 | 18 |
| Care * P 54 | 9 | 40 |
| Drink? * P 47 | 6 | 25 |
| Four "Victorian" Melodramas P 36 | 6 or 7 in each | 12 - 15 each |
| Going, Going, Gone * P 41 | 7 | 15 |
| Holes For Us to Breathe * P 18 | 3 | 45 |
| Hopes P 60 | 35 (5 principals) | 75 |
| Imperial Nosh * P 5 | 12 | 20 |
| Is It Time Yet, Dad? P 26 | 4 (19 parts) | 35 |
| Is There Honey Still? * P 55 | 9 | 35 |
| Little Donkey Rumba P69 | 10 | 30 |
| Meet The Family * P 41 | 6 | 15 |
| Murder at St. Barnabas * P 47 | 7 | 20 |
| Parallel Lines M 43 | 17 (51 parts) | 70 |
| Puppets * P 20 | 6 | 20 |
| Remember, Remember P 12 | 13 | 35 |
| Runaway Girl P 64 | 18 | 75 |
| Sandgran * P 20 | 6 | 30 |
| Shadow in the Glen P 40 | 8 | 30 |
| Shadows * P 54 | 9 | 30 |
| Shelter P 31 | 8 | 40 |
| Shirley's Song P 65 | 3 | 60 |
| Spanner in her Pocket * P 20 | 4 | 15 |
| Sweet F.A. [SchoolPlay PLUS] P 14 | 5 (18 parts) | 60 |
| The Angel of Death * P 41 | 4 | 15 |
| The Butler Did It * P 42 | 9 | 30 |
| The Chumleigh Towers Trilogy * P 29 | 12 - 25 in each | 15 - 20 each |
| The Damn Fine Road * P 18 | 6 | 30 |
| The Dastardly Deeds of Lord Swindleham * P 45 | 17 | 35 |
| Twist & Shout! P 63 | 32 | 90 |
| We'll Be Home Tomorrow P 16 | 4 (17 parts) | 45 |
| ADAPTATIONS from other published works or well known
stories Those marked @ in the Origin column are particularly "free" adaptations! |
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| Play or Musical | Title of earlier work | Origin of earlier work |
| Daniel and the Beastly Babylonians P 44 | The Book of Daniel | Holy Bible |
| I Was Adored Once Too P 13 | I Was Adored Once Too | Jan Mark |
| Jankyn's Gold P 52 | The Wife of
Bath and The Pardoner |
Chaucer |
| King Midas M 32 | King Midas | Greek legend |
| Little Red Riding Hood M 52 | Red Riding Hood | Fairy story |
| Robin Hood and the Jewish Gold * P 9 | Robin Hood | @ Traditional story |
| Robin Hood's Sherwood Shenanigans P 6 | Robin Hood | Traditional story |
| Rock A-Round Robin M 21 | Robin Hood | Traditional story |
| Romeo Loves Juliet - OK? P 53 | Romeo and Juliet | W. Shakespeare |
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight P 30 | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | 14th century poem |
| Some Treasure Island! P 38 | Treasure Island | @ R. L. Stevenson |
| The Love for Three Oranges P 43 | The Love for Three Oranges | Italian story / Prokofiev |
| The Masque of the Red Death P 3 | The Masque of the Red Death | Edgar Allen Poe |
| The Miller's Daughter * P 37 | Rumpelstiltskin | Fairy story (J. & W. Grimm) |
| The Oxen P 23 | The Oxen | Thomas Hardy |
| The Popping of the Grand Balloon P 10 | The Little Rooster & the Diamond Button | Hungarian folk tale |
| The Prince and the Pauper P70 | The Prince and the Pauper | Mark Twain |
| The Ratbusters * P 45 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Traditional story |
| The Rover's Return M 51 | The Prodigal Son | Holy Bible |
| The Shoemaker * P 37 | The Elves and the Shoemaker | Fairy Story (J. & W. Grimm) |
| The Truth About George M 50 | St. George and the Dragon | @ Traditional story |
| Up The Odyssey M 25 | The story of Ulysses | Greek legend |
| X Marks the Spot M 54 | Treasure Island | R. L. Stevenson |
| TANGENTIAL CONNECTIONS Where characters or extracts from other works form part of the plot |
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| Play or Musical | Title of earlier work | Origin of earlier work |
| Bookworms and Bunions P 2 | Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel, Hamlet, Alice in Wonderland | Fairy Stories (J. & W.
Grimm), W. Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll |
| I Was Adored Once Too P 13 | Twelfth Night | W. Shakespeare |
| Jason and the Astronauts P 39 | Jason and the Argonauts | Greek legend |
| Sleeping Jack Whittington and the Seven Bears P 7 | Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Dick Whittington, Snow White, Rapunzel, Alice in Wonderland | Fairy stories and other pantomimes |
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