Plays
The Mind The Paint Girl
Another Pinero play from the early 1900s. With a social message about the effects of stardom on the star as well as those that love them. &q…
Princess of Elis
In the month of May 1664, Louis XIV entertained the Queen-mother, Anne of Austria, and his own wife, Maria Theresa, with a brilliant and sum…
The Vortex
Noel Coward explores the darker side of the roaring twenties in this early play. It focuses on an ageing beauty who uses affairs with younge…
The Conscious Lovers
As early as 1720 Steele spoke in the Theatre of "a friend of mine" who was lately preparing a comedy according to the just laws of…
One-Act Play Collection
Here, in our 15th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from the mid-1600s to the early 1900s, from outright farce…
The Speckled Band
The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes is a three-act play adapted by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle from his similarly title…
Hindle Wakes
Alan Jeffcote, son of Nat Hawthorn, Hindle's richest factory owner, meets Fanny Hawthorn, daughter of Nat's 'slasher' and oldest friend, in …
Don Garcia of Navarre
Nothing can be more unlike The Pretentious Young Ladies or Sganarelle than Molière's Don Garcia of Navarre. The Théâtre …
The Cabinet Minister
Mr. Pinero holds that farce should treat of probable people placed in possible circumstances, but regarded from a point of view which exagge…
The Funeral
The Funeral: or, Grief à-la-Mode, a Comedy, was written in the summer of 1701, and given to Christopher Rich, of the Theatre Royal, D…
The Squire
"Then take a word of advice—cut yourself adrift from Squire Kate's apron strings. (Gilbert turns away) When my father, John Verity, die…
The Show Off
Amy Fisher's parents can't understand what their daughter sees in Aubrey Piper, a loudmouth and braggart who pretends to be more than the lo…
One-Act Play Collection
Here, in our 18th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from a 1663 Moliere to a 1922 Percival Wilde, from "a…
Trelawny of the Wells
A theater, various actors and actresses, their admirers, financial backers, etc. The star Rose Trelawny wants to leave the stage for love, b…
The Wasters
Here we have a serious family drama by Australian playwright Arthur Adams about legacy and responsibilities, with some question about exactl…
The Wonder-Working Magician
"The Wonderful Magician" is perhaps better known to poetical students in England from the spirited fragment Shelley has left us in…
The Clandestine Marriage
A secret liaison and wedding. What will happen when they find out? - Summary by Michele Eaton Cast ListLord Ogleby: Greg GiordanoSir John …
George Dandin
"The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle having been ratified ... and peace being assured ... Louis XIV resolved to give a festival in his favori…
One-Act Play Collection
Here, in our 14th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from the farm to the courtroom to the palace throne room; …
The Times
Percy Egerton-Bompas, M.P., and Mrs Bompas have secrets in their family. Which promise grave difficulties as they try to marry off their dau…