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The door in the wall

In the Middle Ages a young boy crippled by the plague has an adventurous journey from London to the castle where he becomes a page. Directions for stage settings and a list of props are included. There are parts for eighteen men and eight women.

"Now I get it!"

12 ten-minute classroom drama skits for science, math, language, and social studies
A teacher's guide that presents twelve short dramatic pieces designed to help students in grades 4-6 learn about math, science, social studies, and language; each includes a basic concept summary, suggested pre- or post-play activities, and discussion questions.

Macbeth for kids

An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers. Includes illustrations and comments by children, as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.

Sabotage stage left

2018
"Spring (musical) fever has hit the Grantleyville Middle School Drama Club! Since Ivy Mason is busy with the production, she decides to take a break from sleuthing, while Howard Wallace keeps things running smoothly with their detective agency. Then, just a few weeks before showtime, suspicious things start happening backstage: missing costumes, damaged props, and too many other mishaps to be coincidental. Ivy calls in Howard and their crew to take on the case. Howard tries to lay low and quietly sniff out the perp, but he's soon brought into the spotlight when he's framed as the saboteur! Can the team of intrepid P.I.s clear Howard's name and catch the culprit before the curtain falls on the big show?"-Publisher's description.
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Coriolanus

An adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Coriolanus" that includes text notes and discussion questions designed to help students understand the text.
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20 plays for U.S. history classes

Presents twenty reproducible plays about events, topics, and figures in U.S. history such as the Jamestown settlement, the Little Rock school crisis, and Sacagawea.
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Good masters! sweet ladies!

voices from a medieval village
A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.
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Friend or foe?

plays about bullying
Contains two readers' theater scripts, accompanied by graphic novel-style illustrations and discussion questions, designed to promote thinking and understanding about bullying.
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A midsummer night's dream

An enchanted wood is the setting for a hilarious night of confusion when four young lovers try to resolve their passions despite some meddling from the mischievous forest spirits.

The cursed stage

2017
The Fleischman Middle School drama club is supposed to be putting on a play in the school auditorium, but strange noises have convinced many of the actors that the stage is haunted--so it is up to the four friends of Snoops, Inc. to discover the cause of the disturbances and whether or not someone has it in for "Wagons West.".

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