WILLIAM GLEASON
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Plays by William Gleason
$39 Man |
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| Genre: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | When Milo falls foul of the evil Dr Draino he only has $39 for the doctor to sew him back together again | |||||
All Through The House |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | Three friends have started a Shakespeare Club. It is just a front so that they can play poker without their wives knowing. On this particular evening the local vicar drops by to discuss The Bard | |||||
Breaker Calling Cinderella |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 9 |
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| Synopsis: | Poor Rose Lee her step mother makes her do all the work from scrubbing to feeding the pigs whilst she and her two daughters live a life of luxury. Rose Lee's only moments of happiness are when she is broadcasting on her CB radio | |||||
Calamityville Terror, The |
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| Genre: | - | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 7 |
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| Synopsis: | A girls High School is moving into new premises - an old manor house. Mysterious things start happening | |||||
Clumsy Custard Horror Show, The |
| 1st Produced: | Ferndale Public School, Michigan | 2005 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comdey | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 9 |
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| Synopsis: | A tale of valiant heroes, damsels in distress and cowardly villians. | |||||
Coolest Cat in Town, The |
| 1st Produced: | 23 Feb 1978 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | Music by Diane Leslie; lyrics by William Gleason | |||||
| Synopsis: | Back in the 1950s Billy Dee Bumpers was about to eclipse Elvis in popularity when he disappeared. After a performance he climbed into the theatre attic space to escape enthusiastic fans and was never seen again. Thirty years later the antiquated air conditioning system at the theatre blows up revealing Billy Dee - frozen in a block of ice in a duct | |||||
Ed Opus (Rex) |
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| Genre: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | At West Thebes High School Ed Opus is student president. An unknown stranger has done away with Teen Angel. Yo Yo Costa tries to solve the mystery of the birth marks and Ty Reesias knows what happened to Angel | |||||
Happy Daze |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 16 | Female | 17 |
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| Synopsis: | JT just wants to be popular at High School but fails. After a row with his parents he is sent to his room. He starts watching old programmes on his television set. The 1950s seem to be a much better time and JT suddenly finds himself back there and now he is popular | |||||
Hit and Misdemeanor |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 8 |
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| Synopsis: | A prime time cops show featuring two women police officers is a huge success. There are only two problems - the two women playing the police officers hate each other and someone is trying to kill them | |||||
Louder I Can't Hear You |
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| Synopsis: | People just don't listen to each other any more. | |||||
Mr Winkler's Birthday Party |
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| Genre: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | The family turn up to celebrate Mr Winkler's birthday but when will they notice that he is dead? | |||||
No Crime Like The Present |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 |
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| Synopsis: | Cassandra Dumont a news reader has clawed her way to the top - making many enemies. So when she is found dead there are an enormous number of suspects | |||||
Not Fit To Print |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 10 |
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| Synopsis: | When her father looses his job a journalism student has to get a job to support herself and her family. The only job she can find is with a sleazy tabloid | |||||
P J's Meteor |
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| Synopsis: | P J is an astronomer and she believes that there is a huge meteor heading for Earth and that everything will be destroyed when it hits. She invites her parents, sister and fiancé over for a meal and reconciliation | |||||
Perils of Lulu, The |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 |
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| Synopsis: | As Lulu skips to her Granny's house she hardly notices the things going on around her - plane crashes, fires, killer bees and terrorists | |||||
Pink Panther Strikes Again, The |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company | ISBN/ASIN | 871293846 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | Based on the screenplay by Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman | |||||
 | Dreyfus is insane and determined to kill Chief Inspector Clouseau with the aid of the Doomsday Machine | |||||
Prime Time Crime |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 8 |
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| Synopsis: | A group of television crime fighters are all at Shropshire Manor when members of the family start turning up dead | |||||
Saturday 14th |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 7 |
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| Synopsis: | Thirty years ago Camp Slippery Floors was closed down after all but one counsellor was massacred. She has not spoken since. Now there are plans to re-open the Camp. But who is that lurking in the shadows? | |||||
They Came From Somewhere |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 |
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| Synopsis: | A meteor streaks across the sky and lands near a small Texas town. The locals believe Aliens have landed and look out for Creatures. They don't realise that what they find are visitors from New York | |||||
They'd Hang You In Nashville |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | Two recent college graduates try to make it in the song writing business. Unfortunately they are no good at it | |||||
Trudy's Two Faces or Take A Schizophrenic To Lunch |
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| Synopsis: | Trudy is desperate for a date. She decides that her girl-next-door image is cramping her style. So she decides to act more like the good time girl in a television soap | |||||
Werewolf? |
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| Synopsis: | Harold is a loser. He thinks that if he becomes a werewolf things would be different - but even as a werewolf he is a looser | |||||
Worst High School Play In The World, The |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 8 |
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| Synopsis: | Whilst the King is fighting in the Crusades and looking for nice porcelain he leaves his son and brother to rule in his place | |||||