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Question: Scripts for school play!?!?
my drama class will be doing a play soon and we're still looking for a script! anyone know of one that would suit 10-15 characters, grade 11 kids - but preferably no swearing or anything in it to keep it family friendly :) it needs to be kinda short as well, maybe like half and hour, forty five minutes or something!.
scripts or links to scripts would be muchly appreciated!!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Most standard plays are going to run between 90 minutes to 2 hours, quite similar to a movie!. Unfortunately (no offense to the woman above me), most Shakespeare plays will run even longer without significant cuts!.

If you are willing to do a full-length show, there are innumerable ones with large casts that would be family friendly:

- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Anything by Kaufman & Hart (the writers for the Marx brothers)!.!.!. they typically involve fast-paced comedy with an old-school flair, and many characters!.!.!. titles from them include:
- You can't take it with you
- The man who came to dinner
- Once in a lifetime (my personal favourite!.!.!. brilliant!)
- Many Neil Simon plays:
- Biloxi Blues I think has a large(r) cast
- Rumors is a commonly done highschool show

If you are really set on doing a shorter play, then you're best bet is a One Act, and there are millions of one acts in circulation!.!.!. Quite a few of them are continually performed in Highschools:

- The Actor's Nightmare (comedy) - published by http://www!.groveatlantic!.com/, search on Christopher Durang and select "Christopher Durang Explains It All For You"

-The Lottery (drama) - I actually directed this one in highschool and it's a wonderful script with a large cast, but I can't remember the publisher!. It's based on Shirely Jackson's short story!. The only info I could find on it was here, but I'm sure there's a publisher for it somewhere: http://www!.theactingcompany!.org/educatio!.!.!.

- 15 minute Hamlet - brilliant short adaption of Hamlet from Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love)!. I think total running time is around 25 minutes of memory serves!. Available through Amazon http://www!.amazon!.com/Fifteen-Minute-Ham!.!.!.

Alternatively, you can go direct to the Publishers!. The 2 main publishers are:
http://www!.samuelfrench!.com/ - bad website, not easily searchable
http://www!.dramatists!.com/ - brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!. You search through there entire catalogue by length, number of men, number of woman and read a short description of each play!. Highly recommended!.

Hope that helps, good luck!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

look at Shakespeare plays!. Macbeth is short we are doing that in school next month!. :P Www@QuestionHome@Com