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| Drama/One-Act Play: Short and Long Approved Plays |
For School Year 2008-2009
Last updated 08/01/08
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.
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.
| 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 |
| Calabasas Street |
Jose Cruz Gonzalez, Dram Pub |
Drama |
|
2m-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 |
Adapt. B.I. Payne, Globe Version, French |
Comedy |
|
11m-5f1 |
| Comedy of Errors, The |
Adapt. Cecil Pickett, Clark |
Comedy |
|
15 flex |
| Comedy of Errors, The |
Adapt. Robert Singleton, Dram Pub |
Comedy |
|
10m-5f |
| Comedy of Errors, The |
Adapt. Jeffries & Knight, Baker's |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Great Pandemonium, The |
Pat Cook, Dram Pub |
Comedy |
|
4m-5f |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, The |
Joseph Robinette, Dram Pub |
Drama |
|
flex |
| 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 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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4m-3f |
| Secret of Freedom, The |
MacLeish, Dram Play |
Drama |
|
9m-1f-x |
| Separate Peace, A |
Tom Stoppard, French |
Comedy |
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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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Underground Venus |
Tim Kelly, Dram Pub |
Comedy |
|
3m-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 |
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5m-7f |
| World of Sholom Aleichem, The |
Arnold Perl, Dram Play |
| Tale of Chelm, A |
|
Comedy |
|
5m-3f |
| Bontche Schweig |
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Comedy |
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7m-4f |
| High School, The |
|
Drama |
|
7m-3f |
| Yellow Boat, The (Competition Version) |
David Saar, Anchorage |
Drama |
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4m-3f |
| Yes Means No |
Howard E. Rogers, Dram Play |
Comedy |
|
3m-2f |
| Young Lady of Property, A |
Foote, Dram Play |
Drama |
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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.
An Approved List of Long Plays for Contest
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 |
| Ash Girl, The |
Timberlake Wertenbaker |
Dram Pub |
| 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 |
| Beams Are Creaking, The |
Douglas Anderson |
Baker's |
| 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 |
| Bridegroom of Blowing Rock, The |
Catherine Trieschmann |
French |
| 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 |
| Cripple of Inishmaan, The |
Martin McDonagh |
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 |
| David's Mother |
Bob Randall |
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 |
| Doll's House, A |
Ibsen, Adapt. McGuiness |
Dram Play |
| 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 |
| Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-the-Moon Marigolds, The |
Paul Zindel |
Dram Play |
| Elegy of a Lady |
Arthur Miller |
Dram Play |
| Elephant Man, The |
Bernard Pomerance |
French |
| Elizabeth the Queen |
Maxwell Anderson |
French |
| Emperor's New Clothes, The |
Charlotte Chorpenning |
French |
| Enchanted, The |
Jean Giraudoux |
French |
| Enchanted April |
Kane Campbell |
French |
| Enemy of the People |
Ibsen, Adapt. Miller |
Dram Play |
| Enemy of the People |
Ibsen, Adapt. Barefield |
Bakers |
| Enter A Free Man |
Tom Stoppard |
French |
| Ethan Frome |
Owen & Donald Davis |
Dram Play |
| Family Portrait |
Coffee & Cowan |
French |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox, The |
Sally Reid |
Dram Pub |
| Fences |
August Wilson |
French |
| Fifth Sun, The |
Nicholas A. Patricca |
Dram Pub |
| Flowering Peach, The |
Clifford Odets |
Dram Play |
| Flowers for Algernon |
David Rogers |
Dram Pub |
| Foreigner, The |
Larry Shue |
Dram Play |
| Fortinbras |
Lee Blessing |
Dram Play |
| Gammer Gurton's Needle |
Mr. S. Master of Arts |
Approved Publishers |
| Gap in Generations, A |
Jerry Blunt |
Dram Pub |
| Ghost of Mr. Penny, The |
Rosemary Musil |
Anchorage* |
| Gint |
Romulus Linney |
Dram Play |
| Girl in the Mirror, The |
Bruce Jacoby |
Dram Pub |
| Glass Menagerie, The |
Tennessee Williams |
Dram Play |
| Golden Boy |
Clifford Odets |
Dram Play |
| Golden Goose, The |
June Walker Rogers |
Dram Pub |
| Golden Years |
Arthur Miller |
Dram Play |
| Good Woman of Setzuan, The (non-musical) |
Bertolt Brecht |
French |
| Grapes of Wrath, The |
Frank Galati |
Dram Play |
| Grass Harp, The |
Truman Capote |
Dram Play |
| Great Catherine |
G. B. Shaw |
French |
| Great Cross-Country Race, The |
Alan Broadhurst |
Anchorage* |
| Green Grow the Lilacs |
Lynn Riggs |
French |
| Greensleeves' Magic |
Marian Jonson |
Dram Pub |
| Gulliver's Travels |
Lowell Swortzell |
Anchorage* |
| Hadrian The Seventh |
Peter Luke |
French |
| Hansel and Gretel |
Various Dramatizations |
Approved Publishers |
| Harvest Moon |
Jose Cruz Gonzalez |
Dram Pub |
| Harvey |
Mary Chase |
Dram Play |
| Hasty Heart, The |
John Patrick |
Dram Play |
| Heaven Can Wait |
Harry Segall |
Dram Play |
| He Who Gets Slapped |
Leonid Andreyev |
French |
| Hedda Gabler |
Henrik Ibsen, adapt.,John Osborne |
Dram Pub |
| Heiress, The |
Goetz |
Dram Play |
| History of Tom Jones, The |
Dennis M. Maganza |
Clark |
| Hobbit, The |
Tolkien, adapt. Gray |
Dram Pub |
| Honorable Urashima Taro, The |
Coleman Jennings |
Dram Pub |
| House at Pooh Corner, The |
A. A. Milne |
Dram Pub |
| House of Bernarda Alba, The |
Federico Garcia Lorca, Lujan |
French |
| House of Bernarda Alba, The |
Federico Garcia Lorca, Adapt. Mann |
Dram Play |
| How the Chicken Hawk Won the West |
Gifford W. Wingate |
French |
| Huckleberry Finn |
Various Dramatizations |
Approved Publishers |
| I Hate Hamlet |
Paul Rudnick |
Dram Play |
| I Never Sang For My Father |
Robert Anderson |
Dram Play |
| I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
Celeste Raspanti |
Dram Pub |
| I Remember Mama |
John van Druten |
Dram Play |
| I'm Not Rappaport |
Herb Gardner |
French |
| Ice Wolf, The |
Joanna Kraus |
New Plays |
| Idiot's Delight |
Robert E. Sherwood |
Dram Play |
| Importance of Being Earnest, The |
Oscar Wilde |
Approved Publishers |
| Imaginary Invalid, The |
Moliere, adapt. Merritt Stone |
French |
| Imaginary Invalid, The |
Moliere, adapt. Malleson |
French |
| Imaginary Invalid, The |
Moliere, adapt. Turner |
Dramatic |
| In the Middle of Grand Central Station |
Nancy Pahl Gilsenan |
Dram Pub |
| Incident at Vichy |
Arthur Miller |
Dram Play |
| Indian Captive, The |
Charlotte Chorpenning |
Anchorage* |
| Indians |
Arthur Kopit |
French |
| Inherit the Wind |
Lawrence & Lee |
Dram Play |
| Innocents, The |
William Archibald |
French |
| Insanity of Mary Girard |
Lanie Roberts |
French |
| J.B. |
Archibald MacLeish |
French |
| Joan of Lorraine |
Maxwell Anderson |
Dram Play |
| John Lennon and Me |
Cherie Bennett |
Dram Pub |
| Johnny Belinda |
Elmer Harris |
Dram Play |
| Johnny Moonbeam and the Silver Arrow |
Joseph Golden |
Anchorage* |
| Joined at the Head |
Catherine Butterfield |
Dram Play |
| Jungalbook |
Edward Mast |
Anchorage* |
| Juno and the Paycock |
Sean O'Casey |
French |
| Kentucky Cycle: Fire in the Hole |
Robert Schenkkan |
Dram Play |
| King Patch and Mr. Simpkins |
Alan Cullen |
Anchorage* |
| King Stag, The |
Carlo Gozzi |
French & Baker |
| Knight of the Burning Pestle |
Francis Beaumont |
Approved Publishers |
| Ladies of the Camellias |
Lillian Garrett-Groag |
Dram Play |
| Lady Precious Stream |
S. I. Hsiung |
French |
| Lady Windermere's Fan |
Oscar Wilde |
Approved Publishers |
| Land of the Dragon, The |
Madge Miller |
Anchorage* |
| Lark, The |
Jean Anouilh |
Dram Play |
| Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia, The |
Preston Jones |
Dram Play |
| Last Night of Ballyhoo, The |
Alfred Uhry |
Dram Play |
| Last of Mrs. Lincoln, The |
James Prideaux |
Dram Play |
| Last Yankee |
Arthur Miller |
Dram Play |
| Learned Ladies, The |
Molière, adapt. Freyda Thomas |
French |
| Les Misérables |
Tim Kelly |
Dram Pub |
| Life With Father |
Lindsay & Crouse |
Dram Play |
| Life With Mother Superior |
Trahey & Reiter |
Dram Play |
| Light Up The Sky |
Moss Hart |
Dram Play |
| Lights are Warm and Colored, The |
William Norfolk |
French |
| Lilies of the Field |
William E. Barrett |
Dram Play |
| Liliom |
Ferenc Molnar |
French |
| Little Foxes, The |
Lillian Hellman |
Dram Play |
| Little Red Riding Hood |
Charlotte Chorpenning |
Anchorage* |
| Little Women |
Various Dramatizations |
Approved Publishers |
| Livin' de Life |
Ed Graczyk |
Anchorage* |
| Liza and the Riddling Cave |
John Urquhart |
Anchorage* |
| Look Homeward, Angel |
Ketti Frings |
French |
| Love of the Nightingale, The |
Timberlake Wertenbaker |
Dram Pub |
| Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander |
Preston Jones |
Dram Play |
| Lute Song |
Irvin & Howard |
Dram Pub |
| Luther |
John Osborn |
Dram Pub |
| Madwoman of Chaillot, The |
Jean Giraudoux,adapt. Maurice Valency |
Dram Play |
| Magician's Nephew, The |
C. S. Lewis/Aurand Harris |
Dram Pub |
| Major Barbara |
G. B. Shaw |
French |
| Man Called Peter, A |
John McGreevey |
Dram Pub |
| Man-Child, The |
Arnold Rabin |
Baker |
| Man for All Seasons, A |
Robert Bolt |
French |
| Man Who Came To Dinner, The |
Kaufman & Hart |
Dram Play |
| Man Who Killed Time, The |
Arthur Fauquez |
Anchorage* |
| Man Who Had All the Luck |
Arthur Miller |
Dram Play |
| Many Moons |
James Thurber |
Dram Pub |
| Marriage of Bette & Boo, The |
Christopher Durang |
Dram Play |
| Marvin's Room |
Scott McPherson |
Dram Play |
| Mary of Scotland |
Maxwell Anderson |
French |
| Mary Stuart |
Friedrich von Schiller |
Approved Publishers |
| Masque of Beauty and the Beast, The |
Michael Brill |
Anchorage* |
| Me, Candido |
Walt Anderson |
Dram Play |
| Medea |
Euripides/Robinson Jeffers |
French |
| Meet Me in St. Louis |
Christopher Sergel |
Dram Pub |
| Mill on the Floss |
Adapt. Helen Edmundson |
Dram Pub |
| Miracle Worker, The |
William Gibson |
French |
| Miser, The |
Moliere, adapt. Kerr |
Dramatic |
| Miser, The |
Moliere, adapt. Malleson |
French |
| Miss Firecracker Contest, The |
Beth Henley |
Dram Play |
| Mister Roberts |
Heggen & Logan |
Dram Play |
| Monday After the Miracle |
William Gibson |
Dram Play |
| Mother Courage and Her Children |
Bertolt Brecht |
French |
| Mouse That Roared, The |
Christopher Sergel |
Dram Pub |
| Mrs. McThing |
Mary Chase |
Dram Play |
| Murder in the Cathedral |
T. S. Eliot |
French |
| My Heart's in the Highlands |
William Saroyan |
French |
| My Sister Eileen |
Fields & Chodorov |
Dram Play |
| My Three Angels |
Sam & Bella Spewack |
Dram Play |
| Mystery of the Ming Tree, The |
Masters |
French |
| Nerd, The |
Larry Shue |
Dram Play |
| Niccolo and Nicolette |
Alan Cullen |
Anchorage* |
| Night Is My Enemy, The |
Fred Carmichael |
French |
| Night Must Fall |
Emlyn Williams |
French |
| Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The |
Lawrence & Lee |
French |
| 1984 |
George Orwell |
Dram Pub |
| Noah |
Andre Obey |
French |
| Noises Off |
Michael Frayn |
French |
| Of Mice and Men |
John Steinbeck |
Dram Play |
| Oldest Living Graduate, The |
Preston Jones |
Dram Play |
| Oliver Twist |
Muriel Browne |
Anchorage* |
| On Borrowed Time |
Paul Osborn |
Dram Play |
| On Golden Pond |
Ernest Thompson |
Dram Play |
| Once Upon a Clothesline |
Aurand Harris |
Baker |
| Ondine |
Jean Giraudoux |
French |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Dale Wasserman |
French |
| One to Grow On |
Brian Kral |
Anchorage* |
| Ordinary People |
Nancy Gilsenan |
Dram Pub |
| Our American Cousin |
Tom Taylor |
Dram Pub |
| Our Hearts Were Young and Gay |
Jean Kerr |
Dram Pub |
| Our Lady of The Tortilla |
Luis Santeiro |
Dram Play |
| Outsiders, The |
Christopher Sergel |
Dram Pub |
| Over the River and Through the Woods |
Joe DiPietro |
Dram Play |
| Passing Through |
Peter Bailey |
Dram Play |
| Pearl, The |
John Steinbeck |
Dram Pub |
| Pegora The Witch |
Carol L. Wright |
Anchorage* |
| People Next Door, The |
Ruth Lorak |
French |
| Peter Rabbit and Me |
Aurand Harris |
Anchorage* |
| Phyllis: A Life of Phyllis Wheatley |
Martha Hill Newell |
New Plays |
| Picnic |
William Inge |
Dram Play |
| Pinocchio |
Various Dramatizations |
Approved Publishers |
| Pinocchio Commedia |
Johnny Simmons |
I.E. Clark |
| Play Called Noah's Flood, The |
Suzan Zeder |
Anchorage* |
| Playboy of the Western World, The |
J. M. Synge |
French |
| Playing for Time |
Arthur Miller |
Dram Pub |
| Pocahontas |
Aurand Harris |
Anchorage* |
| Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The |
Jay Presson Allen |
French |
| Prince and the Pauper, The |
Travis Tyre |
New Plays |
| Prodigious Snob |
Molière, Apat. Malleson |
French |
| Proof |
David Auburn |
Dram Play |
| Punch and Judy |
Aurand Harris |
Anchorage* |
| Pygmalion |
G. B. Shaw |
French |
| Quiet in the Land |
Ann Chislett |
Dram Play |
| Radium Girls |
D.W. Gregory |
Dram Pub |
| Rags to Riches |
Aurand Harris |
Anchorage* |
| Rainmaker, The |
N. Richard Nash |
French |
| Raisin in the Sun, A |
Lorraine Hansberry |
French |
| Ralph Roister Doister |
Nicholas Udall |
Approved Publishers |
| Real Women Have Curves |
Josefina Lopez |
Dram PUb |
| Reckless |
Craig Lucas |
Dramatists |
| Red Shoes, The |
Robin Short |
French |
| Red Shoes, The |
Hans Josef Schmidt |
Dram Pub |
| Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker |
Liam O'Brien |
French |
| Remember My Name |
Joanna Halpert Kraus |
French |
| Reynard the Fox |
Arthur Fauquez |
Anchorage* |
| Revenge of the Space Pandas |
David Mamet |
Dram Pub |
| Rimers of Eldritch, The |
Lanford Wilson |
Dram Play |
| Rivals, The |
Richard B. Sheridan |
Approved Publishers |
| Rivers and Ravines, The |
Heather McDonald |
French |
| Robe, The |
John McGreevey |
Dram Pub |
| Romancers, The |
Edmond Rostand |
Approved Publishers |
| Roomful of Roses, A |
Edith Sommer |
Dram Play |
| Roosters |
Milcha Sanchez-Scott |
French |
| Roots in a Parched Ground |
Horton Foote |
Dram Play |
| Rope Dancers, The |
Morton Wishengrad |
French |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead |
Tom Stoppard |
French |
| Royal Gambit |
Herman Gressieker |
French |
| Rumpelstiltskin |
Various Dramatizations |
Approved Publishers |
| Runner Stumbles, The |
Milan Stitt |
Dram Play |
| Sabrina Fair |
Samuel Taylor |
Dram Play |
| Saint Joan |
G. B. Shaw |
French |
| Sara Crewe |
R.N. Sandberg |
Dram Pub |
| Scapino! |
Molière/Dunlop & Dale |
Dram Pub |
| Scenes and Revelations |
Elan Garonzik |
French |
| School for Scandal |
Richard B. Sheridan |
Approved Publishers |
| Sea Gull, The |
Chekov, Adapt. Van Italie |
Dramatists |
| Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild, The |
Paul Zindel |
Dram Play |
| Secret Garden, The |
Pamela Sterling |
Dram Pub |
| Servant of Two Masters, A |
Carlo Goldoni |
Approved Publishers |
| Servant of Two Masters, A |
Carlo Goldoni, Adapt. Tom Cone |
French |
| Servant of Two Masters, A |
Carlo Goldoni, Adapt. Jeffrey Hatcher |
Dram Play |
| Shadow Box, The |
Michael Cristofer |
French |
| Shayna Maidel, A |
Barbara Lebow |
Dram Play |
| She Stoops to Conquer |
Oliver Goldsmith |
Approved Publishers |
| Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife, The |
Federico Garcia Lorca |
French |
| Show-Off, The |
George Kelly |
French |
| Sleep of Prisoners, A |
Christopher Fry |
Dram Play |
| Snow Queen, The |
Various Dramatizations |
Approved Publishers |
| Some Kind of Love Story |
Arthur Miller |
Dram Play |
| Song of Bernadette, The |
Jean & Walter Kerr |
Dram Pub |
| Stalag 17 |
Bevan & Trzcinski |
Dram Play |
| Staring Match, The |
Jerry McNeely |
Dram Play |
| Steadfast Tin Soldier |
Various Adaptations |
Approved Publishers |
| Steel Magnolias |
Robert Harling |
Dram Play |
| Step On A Crack |
Suzan Zeder |
Anchorage* |
| Summer Brave |
William Inge |
Dram Play |
| Sylvia |
A.R. Gurney |
Dram Play |
| Taking Leave |
Nagle Jackson |
Dram Play |
| Tartuffe |
Molière, Adapt. F. Thomas |
French |
| Tartuffe |
Molière, Adapt. Malleson |
French |
| Teach Me How To Cry |
Patricia Joudry |
Dram Play |
| Teahouse of the August Moon, The |
John Patrick |
Dram Play |
| Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon |
D. D. Brooke |
Dram Pub |
| Tevya and His Daughters |
Arnold PerI |
Dram Play |
| Thieves' Carnival |
Jean Anouilh |
French |
| Thousand Clowns, A |
Herb Gardner |
French |
| Threads |
Jonathan Bolt |
Dram Play |
| Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, The |
Robert Bolt |
French |
| Time of Your Life, The |
William Saroyan |
French |
| Time Out for Ginger |
Ronald Alexander |
Dram Play |
| Tingalary Bird, The |
Mary Melwood |
New Plays |
| To Be Young, Gifted, and Black |
Robert Nemiroff |
French |
| To Kill a Mockingbird |
Christopher Sergel |
Dram Pub |
| To See The Stars |
Cynthia Mercati |
Dram Pub |
| Toby Show, A |
Aurand Harris |
Anchorage* |
| Tom Jones |
David Rogers |
Dram Pub |
| Tom Sawyer |
Various Dramatizations |
Approved Publishers |
| Torch-Bearers, The |
George Kelly |
French |
| Traveling Lady, The |
Horton Foote |
Dram Play |
| Treasure Island |
Aurand Harris |
Anchorage* |
| Trial of Tom Sawyer, The |
Virginia G. Koste |
Anchorage* |
| Trip To Bountiful, The |
Horton Foote |
Dram Play |
| Twelve Angry Men/Women/Jurors |
Reginald Rose |
Dram Pub |
| Two Pails of Water |
Aad Greidanus |
Anchorage* |
| Uncle Vanya |
Chekov, Adapt. Van Italie |
Dramatists |
| Uncle Vanya |
Chekov, Adapt. Friel |
Dramatists |
| Under the Sycamore Tree |
Samuel Spewack |
Dram Play |
| Unwicked Witch, The |
Madge Miller |
Anchorage* |
| Up the Down Staircase |
Bel Kaufman |
Dram Pub |
| Vanities |
Jack Heifner |
French |
| View from the Bridge, A |
Arthur Miller |
Dram Play |
| Voice of the Prairie, The |
John Olive |
French |
| Volpone |
Ben Jonson |
Approved Publishers |
| Wait Until Dark |
Frederick Knott |
Dram Play |
| Wake of Jamey Foster, The |
Beth Henley |
Dram Play |
| Watch on the Rhine |
Lillian Hellman |
Dram Play |
| What I Did Last Summer |
A. R. Gurney, Jr. |
Dram Play |
| Where the Lilies Bloom |
Celeste Raspanti |
Dram Pub |
| Whose Life Is It Anyway? |
Brian Clark |
Dram Pub |
| Wind in the Willows, The |
Joseph Baldwin |
Dram Pub |
| Wings |
Arthur Kopit |
French |
| Winterset |
Maxwell Anderson |
Dram Play |
| Witch's Lullaby, The |
Martha B. King |
Dram Pub |
| Wizard of Oz, The |
L. Frank Baum |
Approved Publishers |
| Women of Lockerbie, The |
Deborah Brevoort |
Dram Play |
| Wonderful Adventures of Don Quixote, The |
Conrad Seiler |
Dram Play |
| World We Live In, The |
Joseph Capek |
French |
| You Can't Take It With You |
Kaufman & Hart |
Dram Play |
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Dram Pub = Dramatic Publishing
Dram Play = Dramatists Play Service
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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.
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