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Serge Sharrinovsky · 5 June 2013
New Song Release Planet Earth Lyrics it's time for change cause the world has gone insane and i'm racking my brain cause mother nature shes in pain we're over fishing the seas we're burning down our t…
Read more →bedpanner · 4 June 2013
Nine Male Dramatization of the french perspective (in english) about the 'miracle of the marne', a decisive battle involving British and French armies which halted the German advance toward Paris and…
Read more →bedpanner · 4 June 2013
nine male and seven female and four either (possibility for doubling) Children's comedy: A play of fancy and fact in three acts. Eleanor gates was an astonishing woman. Survivor of two marriages, she…
Read more →bedpanner · 4 June 2013
Four players of any gender Tragi-comedy in one act For those of you bought up outside the pantomime tradition, this is a good introduction. The language is a little antiquated. Ancient pantomime was o…
Read more →bedpanner · 3 June 2013
Musical Comedy by AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR five male, four female and Orchestra Roughly on the story of Ali-baba and the forty thieves (open sesame). One of the longest initial runs in history, with over 200…
Read more →bedpanner · 2 June 2013
Five Female Seven Male Side-splitting slapstick. A farcical comedy about a couple visited by a monster-in-law and her entourage. Her arrival soon turns the home into anything but peaceful. Features ex…
Read more →bedpanner · 2 June 2013
Despite the fame of this title, I lost interest in transcribing it for several reasons. The relaxed attitude to slavery and the arms trade are problematic. The setting seems a bit irrelevant to our co…
Read more →bedpanner · 2 June 2013
Is it really possible for published stage play scripts to vanish? Works out-of-copyright are also out-of-print as publishers lose interest and ownership fades. Libraries keep lending copies only until…
Read more →bedpanner · 2 June 2013
Four Female Six Male (some flexibility) More Comedy thriller than melodrama. Plot revolves around the executors and inheritance of heirs to an eccentric millionaire at his creepy old isolated mansion.…
Read more →bedpanner · 1 June 2013
Copyright law is changing all the time - check the latest from Australian copyright council. Instrumental backing tracks for songs under an open license are quite rare. This is a list of music resourc…
Read more →bedpanner · 31 May 2013
six female, seven male two box sets, a drawing and bed room. "The last of Mrs Cheney" (1925) by Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954) was a hit running over 500 performances in the initial run. It was filmed…
Read more →bedpanner · 30 May 2013
Nine Male, Four Female (Minor roles can be any gender - more like 4M:9F) Politically incorrect, if hearing Italian-Americans calling each other 'Wop' makes you squirm. This play is hilarious. A heart-…
Read more →bedpanner · 29 May 2013
Comedy Nine Male Six Female Four sets (Two sets minimum with revolve, drop or red curtain scene) Some reviewers comment that Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) was a prolific playwright who wrote only two com…
Read more →Logos · 28 May 2013
Spotlight Theatre Co are looking for someone to review there next play for Theatre Australia. If you are a registered member of this web site (no Walter Plinge's please) and would like to review this…
Read more →bedpanner · 27 May 2013
George Calderon was English, but many Australians will instantly identify with his Rugby college up-bringing and comic style. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915, Lest we forget. Set in the R…
Read more →bedpanner · 26 May 2013
"Baby in a Box" by Paul McCann Three female, five male - with a large number of extras, Drama. Drug theme. Paul McCann is a passionate poet, playwright and contributor of cultural commons living and w…
Read more →bedpanner · 24 May 2013
"The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (1930) by Rudolph Besier (1878-1942) twelve male four female Rudolph was born to a dutch family in Java and this was his only stage success. Filmed twice in 1934 and 1…
Read more →The Actors Pulse · 23 May 2013
MONOLOGUE. NIGHT; when put together in a sentence, these two words can turn a group of actors into nervous wrecks. The actors who stepped onto the stage of our New York Theatrette were anything but. A…
Read more →The Actors Pulse · 23 May 2013
The vision for The Actor's Pulse has always been something that goes beyond the craft of acting. Without a craft for acting, surviving the industry would be close to impossible, if not impossible for…
Read more →The Actors Pulse · 23 May 2013
Drift opened in cinemas nationwide on May 2nd 2013, and we are so proud of our Graduate and Teacher Aaron Glenane for his brilliant performance. “Set in a remote town on Western Australia’…
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