Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Samuel French Inc
5 Female
$10.99
Plays by Genre - Adaptations
Volpone
Charles Jeffries & Jerry Knight from Ben Johnson
Samuel French Inc
The childless, rich trickster of the title feigns sickness to witness the groveling and sycophantic shenanigans of his court in search of his will Unbeknownst to them, Volpone is still a scheming rapacious ...
$10.99
Metamorphoses - A Play
Mary Zimmerman
Northwest University Press
This highly acclaimed play, based on Ovid's 15 volume work of tranformation myths, is constructed using both ancient and contemporary language by Chicago's own Mary Zimmerman Set in and around a large po...
$17.99
The Parasol
Frank Dunai from Chekhov's novel Three Years
AmberLane Press
8 Male 2 Female
That this stage adaptation of a Chekhov novel should read and play as if written by the master himself is a significant achievement, and the fact that the novel's insightful portrayal of fin-de-siecle bourge...
$16.99
Love by the Bolt
Georges Feydeau trans J Paul Marcoux
Dramatic Publishing
4 Male 7 Female
In a bubbly new translation of this internationally famous play, the world of "l'amour" is turned upside down Doctor Moulineaux is having an innocent affair (hoping it will "improve") with one of his mar...
$9.99
Rip van Winkle
Charlotte Chorpenning from Washington Irving
Dramatic Publishing
6 Male 8 Female
Charlotte Chorpenning's magic touch brings Rip to life with sympathetic understanding of his frailties and his deep love for his daughter A poetic picture of early America and the Dutch settlers in the ...
$9.99
Huckleberry Finn
Jane Kendall from Mark Twain
Dramatic Publishing
6 Male 8 Female
It's always Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer when there's real mischief afoot, with Old Man River in the background Here the threat is a pair of smooth-tongued crooks who call themselves the Duke and the King ...
$9.99
Therese Raquin
Pip Broughton from Emile Zola
Oberon
Emile Zola's own stage adaptation of his taut, psychological thriller An intense story of adultery, murder and revenge, streaked with social satire
$14.99
The Tempest
Craig Mason
Theatrefolk
5 Male 3 Female
Another great introduction to the world of Shakespeare! Our version of The Tempest uses only modern English The play takes place on an island. Prospero the magician uses a great storm (a tempest) to bring...
$14.99
Alice
Laura Wade from Lewis Carroll
Oberon
Wonderland as you've never seen it before! While retaining the magic of Lewis Carroll's classic tale, this adaptation breathes fresh life into the much-loved story about rabbit holes, pocket watches and tal...
$14.99
Of Mice and Men - UK WEINBERGER EDITION
John Steinbeck
Josef Weinberger
7 Male 2 Female
This is Steinbeck's Stage Adaptation of his own novel Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions of living off the "fat of the land," have just arrived at a ranch to work for enough money to...
$15.99
The Monkey's Paw
W. W. Jacobs & Louis N. Parker
Samuel French Inc
4 Male 1 Female
++ PUBLIC DOMAIN ++ This Louis N. Parker adaptation is in the Public Domain and does not require a licensing fee for performance One-act adaptation of the classic ghost story ... This cautionary tale begins...
$8.99
The Member of the Wedding
Carson McCullers
Josef Weinberger
6 Male 7 Female
Carsom McCullers has adapted this Play from her own novel of the same name ... This explores the poignant loneliness of adolescence and the strange bond between black and white in the American south Ja...
$15.99
The Canterville Ghost
Darwin Reid Payne from Oscar Wilde
Dramatic Publishing
3 Male 2 Female
An American family faces the ghost of an English manor and they're amused The eldest daughter understands the old ghost's desire to sleep and comes to his aid This play is filled with mystery, chills, ...
$9.99
The Arabian Nights
Lowell Swortzell
Dramatic Publishing
Bruno Bettelheim, in his award-winning book, salutes the story of Scheherazade as one of the world's most effective fairy tales "What greater testimony can we have to the power of fairy tales to change ...
$9.99
Jane Eyre
Charles Vance from Charlotte Bronte
Samuel French Ltd
4 Male 6 Female
Focusing on the love story between Jane and Rochester, this exciting adaptation begins as Jane arrives at Thornfield Hall to become governess to Adele Jane and Rochester fall in love, but their happiness is...
$12.99
Playing With Canons
Martin Denton - ed
New York Publications
Explosive New Works from Great Literature by America's Indie Playwrights ... 18 plays by some of indie theatre's most exciting playwrights in a single volume celebrating the enduring power and spirit of cl...
$26
David Copperfield
Thomas Hischak from Charles Dickens
Dramatic Publishing
1 Female
Young David Copperfield has a happy childhood until his widowed mother weds the stern Mr Murdstone who separates David from his caring nurse Peggotty and sends him to school far away When Mrs Copperfield ...
$9.99
X Marks the Spot - a Humorous re-working of R. L. Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'
D. Jones & John Gould
SchoolPlay Productions
Innocent Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map upon the (un?)timely death of Billy Bones and sets out - in the company of friends and pirates - to seek his fortune. More than once Long John Silver and his fello...
$8.99
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim Baker from John Steinbeck
Josef Weinberger
6 Female
Tim Baker's new adaptation of Steinbeck's classic novel is stunningly adapted for the stage More than just an epic tale of the Joad family's fated trip from the dust bowls of Oklahoma to the 'promised land...
$15.99