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Last updated 08/02/06

NOTE: Even though a play is published by one of the TETA-endorsed publishers, this does NOT mean that every play on these publishers' lists is "automatically approved" for entry in the UIL One-Act Play Contest. If the play you are considering does not appear on one of the approved lists which follow, then it must be submitted to the office of the State Drama Director for the play appraisal committee's approval prior to the December 21 deadline.

Approved Publisher List

An Approved List of Short Plays for Contest

The following plays are approved provided they comply fully with Section 1033 (c) (1) (H) Standards. Directors shall eliminate profane references to a deity and obscene language or scenes from the approved production. Directors shall revise or reject all material within approved plays which in any way fails to meet these requirements. The administration of the producing school is charged with the responsibility of assuring that the director complies with these requirements and that the play does not offend the moral standards of the community. When a script and production are examined and approved by the administration of the producing school, the production is eligible for presentation at any contest site. These plays must also meet all other requirements of the One-Act Play Contest Rules. <

Title	Author, Publisher	Type		Cast
Act Three, Scene Five	Terry Ortwein, Baker	Comedy		1m-4f
Actors	Conrad Bromberg, Dram Play	Drama		2m-1f
Actor's Nightmare, The	Durang, Dram Play	Drama		2m-3f
Admirable Bashville, The	G. B. Shaw, Approved Publishers	Comedy		9m-2f
Affected Young Ladies, The	Molière, French	Comedy		6m-3f
After Midnight, Before Dawn	David Campton, French	Drama		2m-4f
Afterwards	Geraldine McGaughan, French	Drama		3m-1f
All Good Minds	Robert Wells, French	Drama		10m-2f
All In Disguise	Traylor & Elrod, Dram Pub3	Comedy		4m-2f
American Dream, The	Albee, Dram Play	Comedy		2m-3f
American Sunset, An	Prideaux, Dram Play	Comedy		1m-2f
And Jack Fell Down	Richard Weaver, Clark	Drama		2m-1f
Antic Spring	Robert Nail, French	Comedy		3m-3f
Apollo of Bellac, The	Jean Giraudoux, French	Comedy		9m-3f
April Fish	Ted Pezzulo, Dram Play	Comedy		6m-5f
Aria Da Capo	Edna St. Vincent Millay, Baker	Drama		4m-1f
As You Like It	Shakespeare, Clark	Comedy		6m-4f
Asylum	Jerome McDonough, Clark	Drama		15m/f-flex
Attempted Murder of Peggy Sweetwater, The	Ruston & Semerano, French	Comedy		7m-4f
Audition is Over, The	John Kirkpatrick, French	Drama		6f
Bald Soprano, The	Eugene Ionesco, French	Comedy		3m-3f
Banker's Dilemma, The	Cleve Haubold, French	Comedy		2m-2f
Barber of Seville, The	Beaumarchais, Clark	Comedy		6m-4f
Bathroom Door, The	Gertrude E. Jennings, French	Comedy		3m-3f
Bauble for Baby, A	E. P. Conkle, French	Comedy		1m-3f
Beauty and the Beast	Graves, Dram Play	Drama		3m-3f
Beggar's Opera, The	Knight & Jefferies, Baker	Comedy		8m-7f
Bernice Bobs Her Hair	Brooke, Dram Pub	Drama		7m-6f
Betrothed, The	Jerome McDonough, French	Drama		1m-2f
Bocon	Lisa Loomer, Dram Pub	Drama		2m-4f
Boor, The	Anton Chekhov, French	Comedy		2m-1f
Box and Cox	John Morton, French	Comedy		2m-1f
Bridal Night, The	Paul A. Mayer, Dram Play	Drama		4m-2f
Browning Version, The	Terrence Rattigan, French	Drama		5m-2f
Brute, The	Anton Chekhov, French	Comedy		2m-1f
Butterfly	Bijan Mofid, Anchorage2	Drama		6m-3f
Cagebirds, The	David Campton, Dram Pub	Drama		8f
Cain: A Mystery	Lord Byron, Clark	Drama		4m-4f
Candid	Michael Scanlan, Baker	Drama		3m-3f
Candida	G. B. Shaw, adapted by Aurand Harris, Baker	Comedy		4m-2f
Candle on the Table, A	Patricia Clapp, Baker	Comedy		4f
Canterbury Tale from the Wife of Bath, A	Herman Ammann, Clark	Comedy		5m-7f
Case of the Crushed Petunias, The	Tennessee Williams, Dram Play	Comedy		2m-2f
Cat's Away, The	Cleve Haubold, French	Comedy		3m-2f
Cave Cat, The	Ford Ainsworth, Dram Pub	Comedy		4m-5f
Chairs, The	Eugene Ionesco, French	Drama		2m-1f
Chamber Music	Arthur Kopit, French	Drama		2m-8f
Charity Case	Ford Ainsworth, Clark	Drama		4m-flex
Chastening, The	Richard Weaver, Clark	Drama		3m
Chee-Chee	Pirandello, French	Drama		2m-1f
Childhood	Thornton Wilder, French	Comedy		2m-3f
Clara's on the Curtains	Arthur Lovegrove, French	Comedy		10f
Clevinger's Trial	Joseph Heller, French	Comedy		6m
Comedy of Errors, The	Shakespeare, Dram Pub	Comedy		11m-5f1
Comedy of Errors, The	adapted by Cecil Pickett, Clark	Comedy		15 flex
Comedy of Errors, The	Robert Singleton, Dram Pub	Comedy		10m-5f
Conversation	Dürrenmatt, Dram Pub	Drama		2m
Cop and the Anthem, The	O. Henry, Dram Pub	Comedy		5m-7f
Crosspatch	Larry Randolph, Dram Pub	Comedy		1m-2f
Cyrano de Bergerac	Edmond Rostand, Adapt. By Clark	Drama		5m-5f
Dancers, The	Horton Foote, Dram Play	Drama		3m-7f
Dark Lady of the Sonnets, The	G. B. Shaw, French	Drama		2m-2f
Day It Rained Forever, The	Ray Bradbury, French	Comedy		3m-1f
Dear Departed, The	Stanley Houghton, French	Comedy		3m-3f
Dear Papa	Jack Blacklock, Baker	Comedy		1m-4f
Death of the Hired Man, The	Gould, Dram Pub	Drama		2m-2f
Devil and Daniel Webster, The	Benet, Dram Play	Comedy		6m-1f
Diary of Adam and Eve, The	Bucci, Dram Pub	Comedy		2m-1f
Do Not Go Gentle	Zeder, Dram Pub	Comedy		2m-4f
Doctor in Spite of Himself, A	Molière, adapted by Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Comedy		9m-10f
Doctor in Spite of Himself, The	Molière, Clark	Comedy		6m-3f
Doll's House, A	Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Albert Pia, Dram Pub	Drama		3m-3f
Double Date	Florence Ryerson, French	Comedy		3m-4f
Dracula: The Death of Nosferatu	Nichols, Dram Pub	Drama		5m-1f-flex
Dragon of the Winds	Carson Wright, Dram Pub	Comedy		9m-6f
Ed Opus (Rex)	Gleason, Dram Pub	Comedy		6m-1f-x
Eden Echo, The	Ruth Angell Purkey, Baker	Comedy		1m-4f
Egad, What a Cad	Anita Bell, French	Comedy		3m-4f
Emperor's Nightingale, The	Dan Totheroh, French	Comedy		9m-3f
Enemies	Arkady Leokum, French	Drama		2m
Episode on an Autumn Evening	Dürrenmatt, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-2f
Even the Hater	Albert Johnson, Baker	Drama		2m-1f
Evening for Merlin Finch, An	Dizenzo, Dram Play	Comedy		4m-3f
Everyman	Anonymous, Approved Publishers	Drama		11m-6f1
Everyman	Adapt. V. Egermeier, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-5f1
Farewell to Galatea	Ford Ainsworth, Clark	Comedy		2m-4f
Fashion	Anna Cora Mowatt, adapted by Aurand Harris, Baker	Drama		5m-4f
Feathertop	Maurice Valency, Dram Play	Comedy		7m-3f
Fifth Sun, The	Patricca, Dram Pub	Drama		8m-5f
Finders-Keepers	George Kelly, French	Drama		1m-2f
Five in Judgment	Douglas Taylor, Dram Play	Drama		7m-1f
Flattering Word, The	George Kelly, French	Comedy		2m-3f
Flowers For Algernon	David Rogers, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-1f
Foiled By An Innocent Maid	Fred Carmichael, French	Comedy		2m-4f
Forgotten Door, The	Gregory Falls, Anchorage2	Drama		20-flex
Form, The	N. F. Simpson, French	Comedy		2m-2f
Fourteen Lines	Alan Haehnel, Dram Pub	Comedy		6m-6f
Freeway, The	O. B. Rozell, Clark	Drama		3m-6f
Friends	Arkady Leokum, French	Comedy		3m
Frogs, The	Aristophanes, Clark	Comedy		5m-5f-x
Game, A	Dennis Noble, Clark	Drama		4m or 4f
Gammer Gurton's Needle	Mr. S. Master of Arts, Clark	Comedy		5m-5f
Gazebo For My Lady, A	Bill Majeski, Dram Pub	Comedy		3m-2f
Gift of Tenyin, The	John Tumpane, Dram Pub	Comedy		2m-6f
Girl in the Mirror, The	Bruce Jacoby, Dram Pub	Drama		6m-5f
Girl Who Was Asked to Turn Blue	Ev Miller, Dram Pub	Comedy		flex
Gloria Mundi	Patricia Brown, French	Drama		2m-4f
Going To Pot	G. Feydeau, French	Comedy		3m-3f
Gold Fever	Grauer & Urquhardt, Anchorage2	Comedy		4plus-flex
Golden Grotto	Cleve Haubold, French	Comedy		4m-6f
Good-Bye to the Clown	Ernest Kinoy, French	Comedy		3m-3f
Hamlet	Adapt. Pia, Dram Pub	Drama		8m-2f
Happy Journey to Camden and Trenton, The	Thornton Wilder, French	Comedy		3m-3f
Happy Scarecrow, The	I. E. Clark, Clark	Comedy		6m-5f
Harlequin Holds the Bag	Grote, Anchorage2	Comedy		4m-2f
Her Senior Year	Cody Moree, Clark	Drama		3m-5f
Heritage of Wimpole Street, The	Robert Knipe, Baker	Drama		2m-3f
History of Tom Jones, The	adapted by Dennis Maganza & Luis Muñoz, Clark	Comedy		8m-7f
Hobbit, The	adapted by Edward Mast, Dram Pub	Drama		5m-5f
Hooray for Adam Spelvin: He is Perfect	Cleve Haubold, French	Comedy		2m-4f
Hopes and Words and Ordinary Things	Ronald Burke, Dram Pub	Comedy		4m-4f
House of Atreus	Burton Crane, Baker
Hecuba	Euripides	Drama		5m-5f
Agamemnon	Aeschylus	Drama		10m-4f
Elektra	Sophocles	Drama		3m-6f
I Never Saw Another Butterfly	Raspanti, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-7f
I Remember You	Alvin Boretz, Clark	Drama		2m-2f
I'm A Fool	Christopher Sergel, Dram Pub	Comedy		4m-4f
Importance of Being Earnest, The	Wilde, adapted by Clark	Comedy		5m-4f
Importance of Being Earnest, The	Wilde, adapted by Sliker, Baker	Comedy		5m-4f
Importance of Being Earnest, The	Wilde, adapted by Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Comedy		5m-4f
Impromptu	Tad Mosel, Dram Play	Drama		2m-2f
In the Shadow of the Glen	J. M. Synge, French	Drama		3m-1f
Inexperienced Ghost, The	Taylor, Dram Pub	Comedy		5m-5f
Infancy	Thornton Wilder, French	Comedy		3m-2f
Inner Circle, The	Patricia Loughrey, Baker	Drama		2m-2f
Inside Al	David Baker, French	Drama		3m-2f
Interview	Jean-Claude Van Itallie, Dram Play	Drama		4m-4f
Isolation	Harold J. Haynes, Clark	Drama		5m-3f
Jar, The	Luigi Pirandello, French	Comedy		8m-3f
John Turner Davis	Horton Foote, Dram Play	Drama		7m-4f
Just Another Day	Arthur Lovegrove, French	Comedy		1m-4f
Kaleidoscope	Ray Bradbury, Dram Pub	Drama		7m or 7f
Kamikaze Kate	John Summons, Dram Pub	Comedy		2m-4f
Kentucky Marriage Proposal, The	Alice H. Houstle, Dram Play	Comedy		1m-2f
La Dispute	Marivaux, trans. by Wertenbaker, Dram Pub	Comedy		5m-5f-x
Ladies in Waiting	Michele Palermo, French	Comedy		1m-4f
Ladies of the Tower	Tim Kelly, Dram Pub	Drama		9f
Last Act Is a Solo, The	Robert Anderson, French	Drama		2m-1f
Last of Sherlock Holmes, The	Tim Kelly, Baker	Comedy		2m-3f
Lesson, The	Eugene Ionesco, French	Drama		1m-3f
Let Me Hear You Whisper	Zindel, Dram Play	Drama		5f-flex
License, The	Pirandello, French	Comedy		6m-1f
Lie, The	Vaughn McBride, adapted from Kurt Vonnegut, Dram Pub	Drama		3m-1f
Lily Daw and the Three Ladies	Perry, Dram Pub	Drama		3m-7f
Limbo	Jerome McDonough, Clark	Drama		6m-7f
Little Match Girl, The	Herman Ammann, Clark	Drama		8m-12f1
Little Princess, The	Nancy Seale, Anchorage2	Drama		5m-18f
Long Christmas Dinner	Thornton Wilder, French	Comedy		5m-7f
Long Road Home, The	Earl Reimer, Baker	Drama		4m-4f
Long Stay Cut Short, The	Williams, Dram Play	Drama		1m-2f
Look Who's Playing God	Albert Johnson, Baker	Comedy		2m-2f
Lottery, The	Brainerd Duffield, Dram Pub	Drama		8m-5f
Louder, I Can't Hear You	Gleason, Dram Pub	Comedy		3m-3f
Love is a Hot Fudge Sundae	Stephen Hotchner, Dram Pub	Comedy		5m-6f
Love Knot, The	Michael McFaden, Clark	Comedy		4m-3f
Lovers In Midsummer, The	McMahon, Dram Pub	Comedy		5m-4f
Magic Flute, The	Jane W. Rogers, Dram Pub	Drama		24-flex
Magic Well, The	Herman Ammann, Clark	Comedy		6m-8f
Magician's Nephew, The	C. S. Lewis, dramatized by Aurand Harris, Dram Pub	Drama		3m-3f
Man in the Bowler Hat, The	A. A. Milne, French	Comedy		4m-2f
Maria	Jules Tasca, Baker	Drama		4m-2f
Marriage of Figaro, The	Beaumarchais, Clark	Comedy		6m-4f
Marriage Proposal, A	Anton Chekhov, French	Comedy		2m-1f
Marvelous Playbill, The	Tim Kelly, Dram Pub	Comedy		4m-8f
Medicine Show, The	Virginia G. Koste, Anchorage2	Comedy		5m-flex
Merry Wives of Windsor, The	Jefferies & Knight, Baker	Comedy		6m-5f
Mice Have Been Drinking Again, The	Haubold, French	Comedy		2m-2f
Midnight Caller, The	Horton Foote, Dram Play	Drama		2m-5f
Midsummer Night's Dream, A	adapted by Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Comedy		4m-9f
Midsummer Night's Dream, A	adapted by Cecil Pickett, Clark	Comedy		4m-9f
Midsummer Night's Dream	adapted by Henry Thomas, Baker	Comedy		13-flex
Mimsy Were the Borogoves	C. C. Taylor, Dram Pub	Drama		2m-3f
Minuet, A	Louis Parker, French	Drama		2m-1f
Miser, The	Molière, Anchorage2	Comedy		10m-4f
Mr. Flannery's Ocean	Carlino, Dram Play	Drama		3m-5f
Much Ado About Nothing	Jerome McDonough, Baker	Comedy		7m-7f
Narrenschneiden, The	Hans Sachs, Clark	Comedy		2m-1f
Nasty Things, Murders	Arthur Lovegrove, French	Drama		5f
Necklace, The	Jay R. Gould, Dram Pub	Drama		1m-3f
Neighbors, The	Zona Gale, Baker	Comedy		2m-6f
'No Count Boy, The	Paul Green, French	Comedy		2m-2f
No Fading Star	Celeste Raspanti, Dram Pub	Drama		3m-4f
Noah and the Great Auk	Bix L. Doughty, Anchorage2	Drama		1m-5 animals
Noodle Doodle Box	Anita & Alex Page, Baker	Comedy		3-flex
Now That April's Here	James Reach, French	Comedy		2m-4f
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An	Christopher Sergel, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-3f
Of Poems, Youth, and Spring	John Logan, French	Comedy		4m-5f
Of Winners, Losers, and Games	O. B. Rozell, Clark	Drama		7m-7f
Oil Well, The	Horton Foote, Dram Play	Drama		5m-3f
Old Beginning, The	Horton Foote, Dram Play	Drama		7m-4f
Old Lady Shows Her Medals, The	J. M. Barrie, French	Comedy		2m-4f
Open Window, The	James Fuller,Dram Pub	Comedy		1m-3f
Orphans, The	Nancy Camche, French	Drama		3m-3f
Other Side of the Wall, The	Nolan, Dram Pub	Drama		6m-6f
Other Son, The	Pirandello, French	Drama		5m-6f
Out of Control	Michael Scanlan, Baker	Drama		3m-2f
Outcasts of Poker Flat, The	Edwards, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-3f
Overtones	Alice Gerstenberg, Baker	Comedy		4f
Pandora and the Magic Box	I. E. Clark, Clark	Drama		4m-11f
Party, The	Robert Flaherty, French	Drama		1m-3f
Passing of An Actor	Willard Simms, Dram Play	Comedy		3m-1f
Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction	G. B. Shaw, French	Comedy		4m-2f
Patchwork Quilt, The	Rachel Field, French	Comedy		2m-5f
Persephone	Ford Ainsworth, Clark	Drama		9m-6f
Phaedra	Jean Racine, Clark	Drama		3m-5f
Phony Physician, The	Thomas Hischak, Baker	Comedy		5m-3f
Picnic on the Battlefield	Fernando Arrabal, French	Drama		5m-1f
Pinballs, The	Betsy Byars, dramatized by Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Drama		3m-2f
Pink Lemonade for Tomorrow	Ruth A. Purkey, Baker	Drama		2m-2f
Point Of View, A	David Campton, Dram Pub	Comedy		5f
Pot Boiler, The	Alice Gerstenberg, Clark	Comedy		5m-2f
Potman Spoke Sooth, The	David Fulk, Dram Pub	Comedy		6m-2f
Proposin'	Richard Slocum, Baker	Comedy		1m-2f
Quazimodo!	Adapt. David Koren, Dram Pub	Drama		3m-3f
Quiet, Please	Howard Bauermann, Dram Play	Comedy		3m-4f
Rabbit Who Wanted to Be a Man, The	Tasca, Baker	Comedy		4m-2f
Ralph Roister Doister	Nicholas Udall, Clark	Comedy		2m-4f-flex
Rebuttals	Joseph Fedorko, Baker	Comedy		3m-1f
Requiem	Jerome McDonough, Clark	Drama		4m-3f-x
Rest in Peace	Pat Cook, Dram Pub	Comedy		4m-3f
Riders to the Sea	John Millington Synge, Baker	Drama		1m-3f-x
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi	Susan Carle, Dram Pub	Comedy		4m-4f-flex
Rhinoceros	Ionesco, French	Comedy		11m-6f
Rise and Shine	Elda Cadogan, Baker	Comedy		2m-2f
Riverview, Tape 23	Colleen Newman, Dram Pub	Comedy		3f
Robin Goodfellow	Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Comedy		6m-6f
Rocking Horse Winner, The	Fuller, Dram Pub	Drama		5m-4f
Room, The	Harold Pinter, Dram Play	Drama		4m-2f
Rose For Emily, A	Joseph Robinette, Dram Pub	Drama		5m-4f
Rude Mechanicals, The	Ed Graczyk, Anchorage2	Comedy		9m-1f
Saga of Katy	Ronald Burke, Dram Pub	Comedy		4m-5f
Sandbox, The	Edward Albee, Dram Play	Drama		3m-2f
Scapino!	Frank Dunlop & Jim Dale, Dram Pub	Comedy		6m-3f
School for Husbands, The	Molière, Clark	Comedy		7m-3f
Scrimmages	Joseph Fedorko, Baker	Comedy		2m-1f
Second Best Bed	Tim Kelly, Dram Play	Comedy		8f
Second Shepherd's Play, The	adapted by Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Comedy		4m-3f
Secret of Freedom, The	MacLeish, Dram Play	Drama		9m-1f-x
Separate Peace, A	Tom Stoppard, French	Comedy		2m-4f
Shall We Join the Ladies?	J. M. Barrie, French	Drama		8m-8f
She Stoops to Conquer	Goldsmith, adapted by Clark	Comedy		6m-3f
She Stoops to Conquer	adapted by Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Comedy		6m-4f
She Stoops to Conquer	adapted by Robert Singleton, Dram Pub	Comedy		7m-4f
Sheep Thief, The	Ford Ainsworth, Clark	Comedy		4m-3f-x
Shining Mountains, The	Dale Wasserman, French	Comedy		9m-1f
Short Walk After Dinner, A	Cleve Haubold, French	Drama		1m-2f
Shut and Bar the Door	Tom Gray, Baker	Comedy		4m-2f
Sicilian Limes	Pirandello, French	Drama		2m-3f
Sing To Me Through Open Windows	Kopit, French	Drama		3m
Sisters McIntosh, The	Richard Corson, French	Comedy		1m-2f
Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil	Walker, French	Comedy		9m-2f
Slave with Two Faces, The	Mary C. Davis, French	Drama		3m-4f
Small World of Millie Mclvor, The	Ronald Burke, Dram Pub	Comedy		3m-4f
Some of My Best Friends Are Smiths	David Campton, Dram Pub	Drama		5f
Sparkin'	E. P. Conkle, French	Comedy		1m-3f
Stages	Jerome McDonough, Clark	Drama		10-flex
Steadfast Tin Soldier, The	Herman Ammann, Clark	Drama		5m-6f
Still Stands the House	Gwen P. Ringwood, French	Drama		2m-2f
Story of Chelm, A	Linda Gaye Shapiro, French	Comedy		11m-5f1
Stranger With Roses	John Jakes, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-2f
Summer People, The	Duffield, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-3f
Summons of Sariel, The	Kessie, Dram Pub	Drama		9f
Sunday Costs Five Pesos	Josephine Niggli, French	Comedy		1m-4f
Sunny Morning, A	Quintero, French	Comedy		2m-2f
Suppressed Desires	Susan Glaspell, Baker	Comedy		1m-2f
Tale That Wagged the Dog, The	Kelly, Dram Pub	Comedy		1m-4f
Taming of the Shrew, The	Shakespeare, Dram Pub	Comedy		5m-3f
Taming of the Shrew, The	Charlotte Brown, Clark	Comedy		11m-4f
Tartuffe	Molière Adapt by Burleson, Dram Pub	Comedy		5m-5f
Tartuffe	Molière Adapt by Jeffries & Munoz, Baker	Comedy		8m-7f
Tell-Tale Heart, The	McMahon, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-2f
Terezin Promise, The	Celeste Raspanti, Adapt. F. Thomas, Dram Pub	Drama		4m-4f
Terrible Meek, The	Charles Kenedy, French	Drama		2m-1f
They're None of Them Perfect	Sophie Kerr, French	Comedy		6f-x
This Way to Heaven	Douglas Parkhirst, French	Comedy		2m-2f
Thousand Cranes, A	Kathryn Schultze-Miller, Dram Pub	Drama		2m-3f
Three Pills in a Bottle	Rachel Field, French	Comedy		4m-4f
Ticket to the City, A	Donald Elser, French	Drama		4m-3f
To Burn A Witch	James Bray, Dram Pub	Drama		4f
To Destroy You Is No Loss	Dorothea Bonneau, adapted from Joan Criddle, Dram Pub	Drama		6m-12f
Toby Show, A	Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Comedy		3m-4f
Tom Jones	Charlotte Brown, Dram Pub	Comedy		8m-7f
Tricks of Scapin	adapted by Aurand Harris, Anchorage2	Comedy		7m-3f
Trifles	Susan Glaspell, Baker	Drama		3m-2f
Trysting Place, The	Booth Tarkington, Baker	Comedy		4m-3f
Twelfth Night	adapted by Cecil Pickett, Clark	Comedy		5m-2f-x
Twelve-Pound Look, The	J. M. Barrie, French	Drama		2m-2f
Two Bottles of Relish	Edward Darby, Dram Pub	Comedy		2m-2f
Two Crooks and a Lady	Eugene Pilot, French	Drama		3m-3f
Two Fools Who Gained a Measure of Wisdom	Tim Kelly, Dram Play	Comedy		1m-3f
Ugly Duckling, The	A. A. Milne, French	Comedy		4m-3f
Unknown Soldier, The	Warren Frost, Dram Pub	Drama		3m-3f
Up The Rent	Tim Kelly, Dram Pub	Comedy		3m-8f
Valiant, The	Hall and Middlemass, Baker	Drama		5m-1f
Victoria at 18	Tim Kelly, Dram Pub	Drama		2m-7f
Voices	Richard Lortz, Baker	Drama		2m-3f
Volpone	B. Johnson adapt. by Jeffries & Knight, Baker	Comedy		7m-5f
Waiting for the Bus	Ramon Delgado, Baker	Drama		2m-2f
Wall Hanging, The	Barbara Milne, Dram Pub3	Drama		1m-2f
Welcoming, The	Mary Bill, French	Comedy		10f
When Altars Burn	Kay Arthur, French	Drama		4f
When the Fire Dies	Romona Mather, French	Drama		1m-4f
When You're By Yourself, You're Alone	McKinney, French	Comedy		4m
White Room of My Remembering	Jean L. Toddie, French	Drama		2m-4f
Wiley and the Hairy Man	Suzan Zeder, Anchorage2	Drama		3m-1f-x
Wishin' Tree, The	Haubold, French	Comedy		8f
Wooing of Lady Sunday, The	Pezzulo, Dram Play	Comedy		5m-7f
World of Sholom Aleichem, The	Arnold Perl, Dram Play
Tale of Chelm, A		Comedy		5m-3f
Bontche Schweig		Comedy		7m-4f
High School, The		Drama		7m-3f
Yellow Boat, The (Competition Version)	David Saar, Anchorage	Drama		4m-3f
Yes Means No	Howard E. Rogers, Dram Play	Comedy		3m-2f
Young Lady of Property, A	Foote, Dram Play	Drama		3m-6f

x	Extras
1	Double casting necessary as per Section 1033 (c) (2) (C)
2	Reduced royalty not available
3	These plays are still available for production, though they are no longer listed in the Dramatic Publishing Company catalogue.
4	Out of print - available in manuscript.

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Note: In addition to those listed, all other plays written by Chekhov, Ibsen, Molière, Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus (translations only), and Shakespeare (cuts from original text only) are approved. This blanket approval does not include any adaptations of these authors' works unless they appear on the Approved List as such.

Dramatic monologues (any play that is written for only one onstage actor) are not eligible for entry in the one-act play contest. [Section 1033 (c) (1) (F).].

Permission must be obtained from the League to make "off-stage voices" judgable characters in the One-Act Play Contest (e.g., The Shadow Box, Voices, Voice of the Prairie, etc.), and they will be approved only if such characters appear in view of the audience. Adding or changing characters listed in the acting edition of an approved play is restricted by Section 1033 (c) (2) (C). Permission usually cannot be obtained to produce scenes from or acts of any full-length play by Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Ketti Frings, David Mamet, Eugene O'Neill, Elmer Rice, Peter Shaffer, Neil Simon and Peter Weiss. The same is true of Thornton Wilder, V. Glasgow Koste and Eugene Ionesco except those on the approved short list which are under review.

Scenes from the following plays are approved provided directors receive written permission from the publisher or author to cut copyrighted materials. All scenes must comply fully with Section 1033 (c) of this HANDBOOK. Groups wishing to acquire rights for the One-Act Play Contest from any publisher should make their inquiries by letter. Section 1033 (c) (1) (H) Standards: "Directors shall eliminate profane references to a deity and obscene language or scenes from the approved production. Directors shall revise or reject all material within approved plays which in any way fails to meet these requirements. The administration of the producing school is charged with the responsibility of assuring that the director complies with these requirements and that the play does not offend the moral standards of the community. When a script and production are examined and approved by the administration of the producing school, the production is eligible for presentation at any contest site." These plays must meet all requirements of the One-Act Play Contest Rules.

Title	Author	Publisher
Admirable Crichton, The	J. M. Barrie	French
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The	Various Dramatizations	Approved Publishers
After the Fall	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp	Various Dramatizations	Approved Publishers
Alchemist, The	Ben Jonson	Approved Publishers
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Wadeeha Atiyeh	Anchorage*
Alice in Wonderland	Various Dramatizations	Approved Publishers
All Because of Agatha	Jonathan Troy	Dram Play
All My Sons	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
All The Way Home	Tad Mosel	French
Amber Waves	James Still	French
Amen Corner, The	James Baldwin	French
American Clock, The	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
And A Nightingale Sang	C. P. Taylor	Dram Pub
And The Tide Shall Cover the Earth	Norma Cole	Anchorage*
And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson	Jim Leonard, Jr.	Dram Play
Androcles and the Lion	Aurand Harris	Anchorage*
Androcles and the Lion	G. B. Shaw	French
Angel Street	Patrick Hamilton	French
Anne Frank and Me	Cherie Bennett	Dram Pub
Anne of Green Gables	Joseph Robinette	Dram Pub
Anne of Green Gables	Sylvia Ashby	Baker
Anne of Green Gables	Alice Chadwick	French
Anne of Green Gables	R.N. Sandberg	Anchorage*
Anne of the Thousand Days	Maxwell Anderson	Dram Play
Antigone	Jean Anouilh, Trans. Galantiere	French
Antigone	Sophocles,Trans. Sams	French
Appleseed	Ed Graczyk	Anchorage*
Archbishop's Ceiling	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
Arkansaw Bear, The	Aurand Harris	Anchorage*
Arms and the Man	G. B. Shaw	French
Arsenic and Old Lace	Joseph Kesselring	Dram Play
Auntie Mame	Lawrence & Lee	Dram Play
Bad Seed	Maxwell Anderson	Dram Play
Barber of Seville, The	Beaumarchais	Approved Publishers
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The	Rudolph Besier	Dram Play
Becket	Jean Anouilh	French
Black Angel	Michael Cristofer	Dram Play
Black Elk Speaks	Christopher Sergel	Dram Pub
Blithe Spirit	Noel Coward	French
Blood Wedding	Lorca,trans. Lujan & OConnel	French
Blood Wedding	Lorca,trans. Groag	Dramatists
Bloody Jack	Tim Kelly	Clark
Boy Who Stole The Stars, The	Julian Wiles	Dram Pub
Boy Who Talked to Whales, The	Webster Smalley	Anchorage*
Boys Next Door, The	Tom Griffin	Dram Play
Brave Little Tailor, The	Aurand Harris	Anchorage*
Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code	Lavonne Mueller	Dram Play
Broken Glass	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
Bury the Dead	Irwin Shaw	Dram Play
Bus Stop	William Inge	Dram Play
By the Bog of Cats	Marina Carr	Dram Play
Caesar and Cleopatra	G. B. Shaw	French
Caucasian Chalk Circle	Brecht	French
Cave Dwellers, The	William Saroyan	French
Charley's Aunt	Brandon Thomas	French*
Charlotte's Web	Joseph Robinette	Dram Pub
Cheaper By The Dozen	Christopher Sergel	Dram Pub
Children of a Lesser God	Mark Medoff	Dram Play
Children's Hour, The	Lillian Hellman	Dram Play
Cinderella	Various Dramatizations	Approved Publishers
Cinderella Waltz	Don Nigro	French
Close Ties	Elizabeth Diggs	Dram Play
Code Breaker, The	Pauline C. Conley	Anchorage*
Company of Wayward Saints, A	George Herman	French
Corn Is Green, The	Emlyn Williams	Dram Play
Court Martial of Billy Bud, The	Salem	Dram Pub3
Courtship	Horton Foote	Dram Play
Cover of Life, The	R.T. Robinson	French
Cradle Song	John Garrett Underbill	French
Craig's Wife	George Kelly	French
Creation of the World	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
Cricket on the Hearth, The	Marian Jonson	Dram Pub
Crimes of the Heart	Beth Henley	Dram Play
Crucible, The	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
Curate Shakespear's As You Like It, The	Don Nigro	Dram Play
Curious Savage, The	John Patrick	Dram Play
Cyrano de Bergerac	Edmond Rostand	Approved Publishers
Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got the Will?)	Del Shores	French
Dancing at Lughnasa	Brian Friel	Dram Play
Dancing Donkey, The	Erik Vos	Anchorage*
Danger: Memory	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
Dark of the Moon	Richardson & Berney	French
David and Lisa	James Reach	French
Dear Brutus	J. M. Barrie	French
Dearly Departed, The	Bottrell & Jones	Dram Play
Death and Life of Larry Benson, The	Reginald Rose	Dram Pub
Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch, The	James Rosenberg	Dram Play
Death of A Salesman	Arthur Miller	Dram Play
Diary of Anne Frank, The	Goodrich & Hackett	Dram Play
Diary of Anne Frank, The	Goodrich & Hackett, Adapt. Kesselman	Dram Play
Dinny and the Witches	William Gibson	Dram Play
Dino	Kristin Sergel	Dram Pub
Diviners, The	Jim Leonard, Jr.	French
Don Juan	Molière, adapt. Porter	Dram Play
Don Quixote of La Mancha	Arthur Fauquez	Anchorage*
Driving Miss Daisy	Alfred Uhry	Dram Play
Edith Stein	Arthur Giron	French