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GERALD P MURPHY |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Gerald Murphy is a high school English teacher, a playwright, composer, songwriter, singer, banjo, guitar and mandolin player, and very poor actor who has the worst memory for lines in the galaxy. He has had more than thirty plays and musicals published and has had his shows performed in over twenty countries. In his leisure time he plays in a music group called "The Celtic Cats" in his home city of Yreka, California with his wife, Nicole. He has three grown children and three (so far) grandchildren. "I just might be the luckiest and happiest man I know," reports Mr. Murphy.
Plays by Gerald P Murphy
Billy Goat Gruff | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39952 | |||
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Genre: | Children's 10 Min Comedy Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 6 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Overweight goats meet greedy troll. The troll's dinner menu changes when Billy Goat butts in. | |||||
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Cagic Mup | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39954 | |||
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Genre: | Children's 10 Min Rhyming Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 11 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Captain Spoon's family are starving. Their cow must be sold. The exchange for a magic cup provokes delight and disaster. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Death to the Drama Club! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Barrington Middle School, Barrington, RI | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101458 | |||
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Genre: | 60-70 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 12 females, 6 males, 20 either (24-60 actors possible: 12-32 females, 6-26 males) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Drama club students come to the rescue when their wickedly devious temporary principal, Mrs. Grackle, threatens to cut their struggling program to balance the school's budget. The students and their sponsor rally together to give an impassioned plea at the school board meeting. Impressed, the board decides to give the club one last chance, provided they can put an original version of Wizard of Oz together. . .in one week. The result is an uproarious, whirlwind adaptation of the modern classic, but is it enough to save their beloved drama club? | |||||
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Drama Club Must Die! | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39977 | |||
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Genre: | Children's 2 Act Musical Comedy Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 13 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 26 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The High School budget needs to be cut. The drama club is under threat from the unsympathetic principal. Can the Drama Club save themselves by creating a production of The Wizard of Oz from scratch? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gossip, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40136 | |||
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Genre: | Children's 10 Min Rhyming Comedy Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 10 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Mrs. Grey tries to stop a rumour spreading by telling everyone that it isn't true. The result is that the rumour spreads rapidly, and her daughter's wedding is ruined. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Bigfoot | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40207 | |||
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Genre: | Children's 2 Act Musical Comedy Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 13 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 24 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Camp Log-off is a summer camp for kids who need to be weaned off their computer habit. The camps owners are bankrupt and looking for ways of supplementing their income - what could be better than the reward for capturing a Bigfoot, which is rumoured to be in their area? | |||||
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Olivia Twist | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40208 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Children's 2 Act Musical Mystery Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 10 | ||
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Synopsis: | When Olivia Twist is rescued from the streets, she thinks she has met with a philanthropist, however her benefactor turns out to be a lot more sinister. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Princess on the Rocks | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40209 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Children's 1 Act Musical Comedy Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 19 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Princess Vivian doesn't want to marry the prince from the neighbouring kingdom and is packed off in a box by her wicked stepmother. Meanwhile, the prince is forced to choose a bride by the unusual method of a sleeping contest! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rhyming Pied Piper | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40210 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Children's 10 Min Rhyming Comedy Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 17 | |||||
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Synopsis: | Rats are taking over the rich town of Hamelin, so when an eccentrically dressed stranger offers to drive them away, the Mayor offers to heap him with gold. However, when the rats have disappeared, so has the Mayor's promise, till the stranger reminds the town of his musical prowess. | |||||
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Rhyming Storyteller | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40211 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Children's 10 Min Rhyming Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 12 | |||||
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Synopsis: | A group of children are bored with stories with moral endings. The Storyteller introduces the tale of the perfect girl who comes to an imperfect end. (Based on "The Story Teller" by Saki.) | |||||
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Rhyming Three Sillies | ||
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| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40212 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Children's 10 Min Rhyming Comedy Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 6 | |||||
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Synopsis: | A prince discovers that his fiancee comes from a family totally lacking in common sense. He resolves to marry her only if he can find three sets of sillier people. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Romeo Loves Juliet | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40213 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Children's 2 Act Musical Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 12 | ||
Parts other: | Minimum Cast Size 25 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The time is now and in Pub Verona the Montagues and Capulets are still feuding, only now it's an argument over who wrote the Complete Works of Shakespeare. There's trouble when Romeo and Juliet fall in love, and trouble of a different kind involving explosives and a pick-up truck. | |||||
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