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This delightful musical play is set in a music hall on the outskirts of London at the turn of the century. There were two hundred and fifty music halls in the country at the time, and the leading performers included Harry Lauder, Dan Leno, Marie Lloyd and Vesta Tilley. All For Your Delight is not intended wholly to recreate an exact replica of a music hall performance nor to delve too deeply into social history.|7 women, 7 men

"Several years after her acquittal, Lizzie Borden is living with her sister and invites players from a touring company to reenact the circumstances of the crime. This imaginative play in style and construction enjoyed an extended professional run in Britain.6 women, 2 men

The Prime Minister and Chancellor are preparing a puritanical budget taxing amusements such as bingo, gambling and night-clubs out of existence. On the afternoon before its presentation, however, each in turn appears to be the father of the pretty Shirley, the result of a post-party conference night many years ago. In an even less expected family bombshell, it transpires that the Prime Minister's deferential Parliamentary Private Secretary, Campbell, is, in fact, his son...5 women, 4 men

The Count, newly arrived from Transylvania at Dr. Sewer's asylum, is hungry for more than Bridget's fruit cup or Constance's bloody Mary! Thwarted by a cross shaped birthmark and hounded by the Professor, the Count enlists obnoxious Rennet to help and nearly defeats the Professor and young Jonathan. But all have reckoned without Bridget's escargots.4 women, 5 men

Private View has the same irony and touch of comic absurdity as its two companion pieces in the Vanek trilogy. Invited by his ridiculous friends Michael and Vera, the mild-mannered writer, Vanek, endeavours to enthuse over their newly, pretentiously refurbished flat. But as the couple happily express the perfection of their marriage their tone gradually develops into a personal attack on Vanek.|1 woman, 2 men

A hilarious comedy which follows the life of redundant civil servant John, a bitter recipient of a 'tarnished chrome handshake'. John struggles to keep his dignity and sanity in the face of his wife's successful business, an adulterous affair, the incipient break-up of his marriage and regular visits from his mother-in-law.3 women, 3 men

With a mixture of gentle comic poignancy and dramatic tension, one of America's leading contemporary playwrights here examines the problems which arise when John, a leading playwright, returns home to ask his parent's permission to produce his latest work, a play about his family. The Cocktail Hour had a long and successful run in New York and successful tours in both the UK and Australia.2 women, 2 men

From the author of The Anniversary comes an exciting thriller. The Colonel has never got over the loss of his elder son, killed in action in Cyprus. Peter, his younger son, a corrupt solicitor, feels his father's resentment and hates him for it. When Peter becomes involved in another unethical scheme that goes badly wrong, he is forced to turn to his father for help, with unexpected and tragic results.2 women, 2 men

New York's Playwrights Horizons had a success starring Elizabeth Ashley as the legendary Isadora Duncan. The acclaimed author of Bent brings us Paris 1923, and Duncan's desperate attempts to keep herself financially solvent to realize her dream of retirement: a school in Italy to teach young dancers her art while distracted by her mercurial husband, a poet who only speaks Russian, as well as various acolytes, through whose eyes we glimpse the greatness of Isadora "when she danced".5 women, 3 men

The hole is in the road. In the depths of it workmen are working. At the top, a man with a camp stool, vacuum flask, haversack, and other necessities for a long vigil is forming the nucleus of a queue. From time to time curious folk gather round and wonder what is going on below. Each gazes into the hole and sees a different significance to the events down there. Their theories are ingenious but contradictory. With the fanaticism of the scientist, the politician and the preacher, each tries to convince the others. Produced in London with great success.2 women, 5 men

Mr Overall, the Junior Under Minister for Justice, has a special knack for finding legal loopholes. When Prisoner 604 is sentenced to death all his talent is brought to bear. Aided by the prison chaplain, he finds a way, only to be defeated by his officious assistant and the prison officer. But Overall is not quite convinced that the game is over.4 men

A pantomime with songs in two acts, dating from 1954. Ronald Parr's lively adaptations can be performed with comparatively small casts, and only modest scenery is required. The songs are mostly set to Sir Arthur Sullivan's music for the Savoy Operas.-6 women, 5 men, 7 women or men

Our Man of the title is a soldier. He gets up, has breakfast and embarks on his mission. That's it! Very straight, very simple, very uninteresting! What makes the play interesting is that 'Our Man' is actually being controlled by six people living inside his head. We see all the events from the perspective of these six characters in the control room. How he fights off the distractions of fear, hunger, exhaustion and homesickness, in an effort to stay alive. We witness all the problems faced by the control team, including all the arguments, all the accidents and all the misunderstandings between them in their running of this "lethal fighting machine".6 men

Miss Croft, a retired teacher, has an Edwardian house with a wonderful garden. After six months in a nursing home, following a heart attack, she returns home for a visit, fearful that her health will force her to sell her beloved home. An unexpected visitor gives her new hope that the garden will continue to bloom and she may be able to return.-2 women, 2 men

An adaptation of Rene Fauchois's Prenez Garde a la Peinture by Emlyn Williams.-4 women, 5 men

Drama Sean O'Casey Characters: 10 male, 5 female Three interior and exterior scenes This play is gripping from beginning to end. It has to do with the futile efforts of the leader of one of the Irish revolutions. He is finally killed and his wife goes mad after losing her unborn child.

A nouveau riche bourgeois gentleman makes a jackass of himself by trying to impress everyone with his importance and wealth. He will not permit his daughter to marry anyone who is not a nobleman and is quite willing to suffer an indignity providing it comes from a person of quality. He will lend money, with no hope of recovery, to anyone who claims to be on speaking terms with the king. His attempts to dress in a style suitable to his new station are ludicrous. Finally he is made the butt of a practical joke, takes part unwittingly in the marriage of his daughter to a man of her choice, and is properly initiated into the nobility by a sham ceremony that only emphasises the servility of those that pretend to greatness.-6 women, 16 men

The women are running the world. An atomic accident has resulted in the disappearance of all men. All, that is, but two who were protected in an underground shelter. The women keep these potential supermates under close guard but, spurred on by the thought of a whole world of desirable women at their disposal, the men try to escape.|7 women, 2 men

Huckleberry Finn's adventurous journey along the Mississippi is captured in this adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel. It thrives on the use of minimal set and prop devices to illustrate the many locations.

Catherine Morland lives for much of her time in a fantasy world of romance and mystery based on the Gothic novels of her time, the early 1800s. But a stay in Northanger Abbey leads her into a series of misjugdements and a farewell to her Gothic world, only to be dealt a cruel blow in the real one.

Victor Hugo's passionate and epic tale of social injustice, class conflict, love and revolt in 19th-century France is brought to theatrical life in this adaptation. The play follows its many characters through a story spanning several years.

This biographical portrait of T. E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia) begins in 1922, when Lawrence was hiding under an assumed name as "Aircraftman Ross" in the Royal Air Force, and is being disciplined by his Flight Lieutenant for alleged misconduct. When Lawrence's identity is compromised, his dreams take him back to the various figures in his life, as the play flashes back to the famed Arab Revolts, beginning during World War I, in mid-1916.21 men

A musical dramatization of the adventures of the Owl and Pussycat at sea and in the Land where the Bong Trees grow.

Eight years of macaroni and cheese for breakfast, lunch and supper...It's enough to drive a boy crazy - until a new, unexpected, and rather dangerous creature arrives on Callisto 5.|1 woman, 2 men

The year 1845 finds the Moulton Barrett family of London tight in the grip of a tyrannical father. His invalid daughter Elizabeth is gaining a brilliant reputation as a writer. Her verses reach Robert Browning who falls in love with her before they have ever met. Browning sweeps into Elizabeth's life with the invigorating force of a sea breeze and her father senses that his absolute authority is in danger. Tension mounts as Edward Moulton Barrett and Robert Browning engage in a struggle for Elizabeth's life and happiness. A big hit in London's West End.10 women, 30 men

Adapted from Sir Arthur Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells.-8 women, 10 men

Based upon Wycherley's The Country Wife, this rollicking Restoration revel throws off the shackles of Puritan austerity in a high spirited celebration of "the noblest urge bestowed on us". Ribaldry, romance and drama abound in the hilarious tale of Horner, a notorious London libertine. He charms and seduces his way into the hearts and boudoirs of society ladies, while practising elaborate deceptions so as to be trusted by the foolish husbands as a eunuch and chaperon to ladies of quality.-6 women, 8 men

A musical which provides roles for eight actors/singers, combining the work of Alan Ayckbourn with John Pattison's fully integrated score (published separately) that ranges from the operatic to pop.

This take on the traditional Victorian melodrama is aimed at young performers and is a lot sillier than most other versions. Queen Victoria is just one addition to the usual list of characters. Mrs Lovett's automated pie-making machine, a riot in the madhouse at Peckham and a police chase involving most of the cast are among the many opportunities for slapstick and physical theatre. The well-known storyline is still in there somewhere but this is more 'Carry On' than Sondheim.-Large flexible cast

Presents in a two-act play the adventures of Meg, a rather unsuccessful witch, and her mute cat, Mog, who has to communicate with mime.