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Classical Plays/Easily Staged
Classical Plays/Easily Staged
You've always wanted your company to do a classical play, but the lengthy run times with multiples settings and uneven casts have made it impossible. In the list below, popular classical plays written by such powerhouses as William Shakespeare, Moliere, Anton Chekhov, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan are abridged and adapted in a "cut-to-the-chase" fashion for brisk length, easier staging and more balanced casting. Your favorite period pieces are now within reach!
Scroll down to find a play that suits your company.
Agatha Christie’s, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
adapted from the novel by Steve Cleberg
7 men; 5 women. Variable set.
Royalties: $50 first performance; $30 each additional
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare
12 players, flexible casting – Single set
Runs approximately one hour without intermission
Royalties: $30 first performance, $15 each additional
Abridged and adapted by Steve Cleberg
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All the World's a Stage – William Shakespeare
18 players, flexible casting - Single set
Runs approximately 30 minutes without intermission
Royalties: $20 first performance, $10 each additional
Abridged and adapted by Steve Cleberg
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The American Parade – Steve Cleberg
4 Men, 6 Women – Single set
Approximately 2 hour running time with intermission
Royalties: $50 first performance, $35 each additional
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A Ruckus in the Country – Steve Cleberg
Based on plays of Anton Chekhov
6 Men, 4 women, flexible - Single unit set
Full length, under two hours
Royalties: $30 first performance, $15 each additional
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The Go-Betweens – Steve Cleberg
Based on the plays of Moliere
7 men, 7 women – single set
Full length, under two hours
Royalties: $30 first performance, $15 each additional
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Ghosts of the Bartley River Mine - Steve Cleberg
4 men; 9 women – Single unit set
Full length; Approx. two hours
Royalties $50 first performance; $35 each additional
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Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
Abridged and adapted by Steve Cleberg
4 men, 5 women
Full length, under two hours
Royalties: $30 first performance. $15 each additional
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Rivals – Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Abridged and adapted by Steve Cleberg
5 men, 4 women - Single set
Full length, under two hours
Royalties: $30 first performance, $15 each additional
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Rosies: The Women Who Riveted the Nation - Amber Frangos
1 man, 6 women (one of the women is a youth)
Full length, Approximately two hours
Royalties: $65 per performance
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School for Scandal – Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Abridged and adapted by Steve Cleberg
8 men, 9 women – Single set
Full length, under two hours
Royalties: $30 first performance, $15 each additional
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The Tempest – William Shakespeare
9 men; 5 women, flexible casting – Single set
Full length (abridged) with intermission
Royalties: $30 first performance, $15 each additional
Abridged and adapted by Steve Cleberg
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Uncle Vanya – Anton Chekhov
Abridged and adapted by Steve Cleberg
3 Men, 4 Women – Single set
Royalties: $30 first performance, $15 each additional
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Thomas Doyle’s School for Wives - Steve Cleberg
Based on Moliere’s The School for Wives
4 men, 5 women – Single set
Approximately 2 hours with intermission
Royalties: $50 first performance, $35 each additional
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The Women of Shakespeare - Steve Cleberg
Based on the plays of William Shakespeare
20 players, flexible casting - Single unit set
Full length, under two hours
Royalties: $30 first performance, $15 each additional
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