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Plays Index

We all know how hard it is to find plays suitable for the various age groups which we teach. This is an attempt to make a difficult job a bit easier! Here is a list of plays by a variety of people from all over the world - all in English.

Please note: this list is provided as a service to visitors. I have not read all the plays here, nor can I vouch for their quality. I do not have copies of them, so if you are interested in one of them, please contact the author/publisher, not me - I can't help!

52nd Street Project: a varied selection of plays

Christmas plays by Barry Marsh

Classics on Stage (all ages)

Comedies by Randall Lewton (suitable for secondary)

Deadly Deals by Bernard Hoyle / Paul Zdanowicz (secondary)

Dear Madam City Attorney McLean by Rick White (suitable for secondary: US-based)

Jon Dorf - plays for secondary and above

Egyptian plays by El-Sayed Hafez (many suitable for children)

Fox Plays (plays for secondary and musicals for any age)

Gnometales No 1 - Percy Gnome and the Flowers (primary)

Jeannette Jaquish (youth theatre and puppet plays)

Kids 4 Broadway (ages 7-14)

Plays by Mary Krell-Oishi (ages 17-21)

The Midwich Cuckoos by Ian McShane, based on the novel by John Wyndham (secondary and over)

A Millennium Concert for primary schools

Morph - a teenage musical

Mossy Cape by Rosemary Poole-Carter (secondary and youth theatre)

Musicals by Jack Dyville (suitable for strudents or adults)

Musicline Publications UK (all ages) (More details here)

New Playwrights

The Night the Floor Fell In (John McCabe) (youth theatre)

Noah's Park by Richard Percy (secondary and older)

Orpheus - a children's musical

Plays by Dr Sybill Odom, director of the All Children's Theatre of Gainesville, Florida (top primary/lower secondary)

Plays for primary schools by Robert Smith

Kjartan Poskitt - comedy musicals on historical themes

Primary/Elementary School Plays by Leslie White

Radio Plays by Gareth Davies (secondary and up)

The Railway Children (musical)

Belinda Roberts (various age groups)

Romeo Loves Juliet by Gerald Murphy (secondary)

SchoolPlay Productions Ltd (all ages)

Plays by Caroline Small (ages from primary to 18)

Bill Springer (plays for chidlren's theatre)

Spellbound, a musical play on words, written by Mindy Manley Little

Spirits of the Oregon Trail by James M. Tompkins (secondary)

Stage Kids - The Edutainment Company

Stage Struck! (musical) (secondary and above)

Starshine Music (all ages)

Plays by Paul Thain (various ages)

Plays by Mark Wheeller (secondary and upwards)

 

 

©Peter Lathan 2003