drama

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Inherit the wind

1960
A play loosely based on the events which took place in Dayton, Tennessee during the Scopes Trial in July of 1925. Called the trial of the century, the main focus is on the two lawyers, Bryan and Darrow.

Actor's choice

monologues for teens
2008
A collection of more than seventy monologues appropriate for teenagers.

Ali

the movie and the man
2001
Discusses the making of the film "Ali," with photographs and text that highlight the parallels between the movie and the life of champion boxer Muhammad Ali in the years between 1964 and 1974, and features the complete screenplay of the 2001 movie "Ali," starring Will Smith.

Folk tale plays round the world

a collection of royalty-free, one-act plays about lands far and near
1982
Sixteen one-act plays based on the folklore, customs, and national characteristics of various countries including China, Greece, Holland, Spain, and Poland.

The April foolers

a play
1978
In their attempt to play a practical joke on April Fools' Day, a group of children become the victims themselves.

The importance of being Earnest

1990
Jack Worthing creates a fictitious brother Earnest who lives in London to escape his dull country routine, but finds the lie backfiring when he falls in love.

A streetcar named Desire

a play in three acts
1981
Presents in three acts the famous play by Tennessee Williams about Blanche DuBois, a woman whose romantic illusions cause her to lose touch with reality.

"Master Harold"-- and the boys

2009
"Master Harold," or Hally, learns that his alcoholic father is to be released from the hospital and struggles with his emotions during a confrontation with the two black men who help in the family's restaurant in 1950s South Africa.

Romeo und Julia

2005
Romeo and Juliet, two teens from opposite sides of feuding families in medieval Verona, spark a tragic chain of events when they fall in love and secretly marry.

The women

play in two acts
1995
Presents the script of the 1937 play about a group of women trying to play their respective roles in an artificial society.

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