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Confusion ensues when Marcel Morisot arrives at the Signac home hoping for a glimpse of his beloved Marie-Celeste, a dancer. Set in 19th-century France, this is a raucous, swiftly-moving comedy of mistaken identities, shotguns and confusion, with an unexpectedly happy ending for all concerned.

Two one-act plays provide a double feature more hilarious than any presented in Hollywood's heyday: the first, a salute to the Golden Age of film musicals; the second, a rambunctious Marx Bros. farce. Winner of two Tony Awards in the hit Broadway production directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune.4 women, 3 men

A musical which provides roles for eight actors/singers, combining the work of Alan Ayckbourn with John Pattison's fully integrated score (published separately) that ranges from the operatic to pop.

Long, long ago humans ruled the world, but they made a terrible mess of it. Wars and pollution nearly destroyed all of them. Now the animals are in charge, and they have started a worldwide campaign to save humans from extinction.Large flexible cast

Eight years of macaroni and cheese for breakfast, lunch and supper...It's enough to drive a boy crazy - until a new, unexpected, and rather dangerous creature arrives on Callisto 5.|1 woman, 2 men

Presents in a two-act play the adventures of Meg, a rather unsuccessful witch, and her mute cat, Mog, who has to communicate with mime.

This biographical portrait of T. E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia) begins in 1922, when Lawrence was hiding under an assumed name as "Aircraftman Ross" in the Royal Air Force, and is being disciplined by his Flight Lieutenant for alleged misconduct. When Lawrence's identity is compromised, his dreams take him back to the various figures in his life, as the play flashes back to the famed Arab Revolts, beginning during World War I, in mid-1916.21 men

Huckleberry Finn's adventurous journey along the Mississippi is captured in this adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel. It thrives on the use of minimal set and prop devices to illustrate the many locations.

Liz Burns, a psychoanalyst, receives a visit from Nicki, a troubled young woman who in her dreams is tormented by a bearded devil. She immediately recognizes a case of child abuse and as the clues mount up her own husband becomes a suspect. However, Nicki and her brother are only out for revenge.

In a tatty provincial theatre "Fecund" is being staged. This comedy introduces us to those involved: from the stage manager (with a blinding hangover); to the leading actors (from the bitter to the plain incompetent) and others. The second act focuses on the audience, an equally mixed group.

Seven guests sit and chat, gradually discovering that each has been invited for a totally different reason. Peter analyses the reasons for their presence: each is guilty of one of the seven deadly sins. Salvation arrives for four of them as the coach comes to take everyone home.5 women, 2 men

Young Alfie Ruffcut, a known spoilsport and bully, has a chance to learn about the real meaning of Christmas.

The story of a camp in Europe and after the war, where the dispossessed still live in a stateless and hopeless condition.-1 woman, 3 men

In Usher, his great country house, aging horror star Romney Marsh gathers a group to read a new play. When the last guest arrives, Romney unleashes the guard dogs and, with a moat full of piranha, he has his visitors trapped. Someone has been sending him newspaper clippings about the suicide thirty years ago of Mabel Monk, an actress and Romney''s lover. He intends to find out who is responsible, but first one of his quests is found with her throat cut...|6 women, 4 men

Roland, formerly of the Kindly Mutual Insurance Co., runs a health farm with his wife Julia, bought with the proceeds of a hefty insurance payout on the demise of her first husband Sidney. But on the day Sidney decides to resurrect himself, the wife of Roland's ex-boss checks in for a visit!

It's 1958 - a time of rock and roll, and great hope for a bright future. But, trouble is brewing at the Whitney Ellis Private School For Girls. Only days away from the opening night of the end of term musical, "Rocket Girl", the leading lady is knocked unconscious with a sandbag. Now, it is up to our teenage sleuth, Brenda Bly to solve the crime.

This take on the traditional Victorian melodrama is aimed at young performers and is a lot sillier than most other versions. Queen Victoria is just one addition to the usual list of characters. Mrs Lovett's automated pie-making machine, a riot in the madhouse at Peckham and a police chase involving most of the cast are among the many opportunities for slapstick and physical theatre. The well-known storyline is still in there somewhere but this is more 'Carry On' than Sondheim.-Large flexible cast

Based upon Wycherley's The Country Wife, this rollicking Restoration revel throws off the shackles of Puritan austerity in a high spirited celebration of "the noblest urge bestowed on us". Ribaldry, romance and drama abound in the hilarious tale of Horner, a notorious London libertine. He charms and seduces his way into the hearts and boudoirs of society ladies, while practising elaborate deceptions so as to be trusted by the foolish husbands as a eunuch and chaperon to ladies of quality.-6 women, 8 men

"Based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"--Cover.

Adapted from Sir Arthur Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells.-8 women, 10 men

The year 1845 finds the Moulton Barrett family of London tight in the grip of a tyrannical father. His invalid daughter Elizabeth is gaining a brilliant reputation as a writer. Her verses reach Robert Browning who falls in love with her before they have ever met. Browning sweeps into Elizabeth's life with the invigorating force of a sea breeze and her father senses that his absolute authority is in danger. Tension mounts as Edward Moulton Barrett and Robert Browning engage in a struggle for Elizabeth's life and happiness. A big hit in London's West End.10 women, 30 men

"If only I had my life over again." We all say it, but what would we really do differently if we had the chance? The hero of this play gets that chance. At the point of his death, he revisits himself as a teenager, a young man, as a disgruntled middle-aged husband and as a newborn child.

Victor Hugo's passionate and epic tale of social injustice, class conflict, love and revolt in 19th-century France is brought to theatrical life in this adaptation. The play follows its many characters through a story spanning several years.

Catherine Morland lives for much of her time in a fantasy world of romance and mystery based on the Gothic novels of her time, the early 1800s. But a stay in Northanger Abbey leads her into a series of misjugdements and a farewell to her Gothic world, only to be dealt a cruel blow in the real one.

A study of three families - the Bertrams, the Crawfords and the Prices - in which Jane Austen uses the unlikely heroine, Fanny Price, to explore the social and moral values by which these families' lives are ordered.

One of the funniest plays in dramatic literature, this modern version abounds with laughter. Th e son and daughter of the miser fall in love and are about to declare their intentions when the miser announces his own wedding plans: he, to the girl with whom his son is in love, and his wealthy friend, to his daughter. Aft er a few rollicking laps around the block in which the miser's hidden treasure figures, it is revealed that the rich friend is the long lost father of the boy who loves the miser's daughter and of the girl who is loved by the miser's son.-3 women, 11 men

Mr Love is an organised person. He knows what he wants and he gets it - marrying vulnerable women and stealing their nest-eggs. Adelaide works in a hat shop off the Edgware Road, has a diamond brooch Auntie Myra left her, and a dream of better things. This is the story of what happens when they find one another.-1 woman, 1 man

All the tragic majesty of Thomas Hardy's celebrated novel is captured in this arresting and theatrically exciting adaptation, narrated by a masked Chorus in the style of Greek tragedy (Hardy's favoured form of theatre) and using songs to counterpoint and underline the action. Michael Fry's adaptation provides a clear and thrilling experience and an enlightening and fascinating re-evaluation of a familiar text.Large flexible cast