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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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One set, the living room of a suburban house.

Lorraine's son, Ross, is on trial, accused of murdering his two year old daughter. The world has judged him guilty and only Lorraine believes he is innocent. Day One of the trial has been horrendous, with the prosecution's opening speech making him seem like the devil incarnate. Afterwards, she escapes the press by going to her mother's home. When Lorraine's estranged daughter, Petra arrives to see her grandmother, tensions between her and Lorraine surface. Petra wants to be a child minder and her prospects are damaged by the press coverage of Ross' trial. She wants him to plead guilty and minimize the damage caused to his family, which of course, Lorraine opposes. As they argue, the truth about what really happened to the little girl finally begins to emerge, and is not what anyone expects.

Mount Ayr Community School, Mount Ayr, Indiana

2005

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Eldridge Publishing, 2005/06

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derived from the German myth Germelshausen

Three men on an outward bound weekend find themselves lost on Ashdown Forest. They stumble into a village where things are as they were 250 years ago. . . A community drama

All Saints Church, Crowborough, England

2008

Mark One Drama, Crowborough

Eldridge Publishing, 2008

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religous play

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This play needs no scenery and very few props, but does need lighting

Jacob is a guard at the temple in Jerusalem. He is a decent, family man trying to get on but when his wife and daughter get mixed up with a maverick preacher, Jesus, his career prospects are damaged. He is on duty the night Jesus is arrested. All his frustration boils over and for the first time in his life, Jacob mistreats a prisoner. He then has to live with himself afterwards.

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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The story of John Newton, the slave trader turned abolitionist who wrote Amazing Grace

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these are minimum m/f. 3 others can be either

A Christian play written for the Hope 2008 initiative

The Mayor of Muddleby, William Green, wants to make money by helping the developer, Claude Deville, buy the town Church, which has no congregation and seems surplus to requirements. Green doesn't know that Claude is really the devil, and not only does he want the Church, he wants Green's soul as well. Green is scheduled to die in six months, and if he dies without turning to God, he becomes Claude's. Things start to go wrong when Joe Ketchall comes at the new vicar. Joe is keen and eager for revival. Worse, he's praying for Green. Claude sends his best operative, Evelyn to ensure Green does not change sides. He also sends a trainee, Harry. Harry is young and mischievous, somewhat an innocent abroad; Evelyn calls him more of a hindrance than a help. But it is imperative to Claude that Harry damns at least one soul as soon as possible. Will Green fall foul of Claude's plans, or will he be saved by the power of Joe's prayers? Will revival happen or will the empty Church die? And why is Claude so keen for Harry to damn someone?

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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community drama

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play and lyrics by Hilary Mackelden, music by Andrew Smith. It's a community drama with myriad parts for men and women. It is a Christian play, telling the story of the early church as told in the Book of Acts from chapter one to chapter 13. It has not, as yet, been published or produced. Copyright in the lyrics and play belongs to St Richard's Church, Alderbrook, Crowborough, and copyright in the music belongs to Andrew Smith.

Jesus has been crucified and the powers that be think that is the end of the matter. But a new church is rising, its followers bold and confident in their belief that he was and is the son of God. This angers a young Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus, who makes it his life's work to stamp out this new religion. After being involved in the arrest and murder of Stephen, he begins to persecute and terrorise the church, scattering the people as they look for safety. Hearing that the leader, Peter, may be in Damascus, Saul sets off for that city with an army, meaning to bring him to justice. However, on the road, Saul's horse is frightened by bright lights and the voice of Jesus. Saul is thrown, and when he gets up again, he discovers he has been blinded. Helpless, frightened, abandoned by his soldiers, Saul is taken into Damascus, where he is visited by Ananias, a follower of Jesus. Ananias heals Saul, looks after him and helps him come to terms with the fact that Jesus really is the son of God. After his baptism, Saul preaches the gospel as passionately as he once tried to destroy it, until his former colleagues plot to kill him and he has to flee the city. He returns to Jerusalem, persuades the disciples to trust him and preaches there. Once more forced to flee, he sets off to tell people in the wider world about Jesus. The play ends as Saul heads out on his first missionary journey to bring the good news to the whole world.

Crowborough, England

2007

Mark One Productions

Limelight Scripts, 2007

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Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England

2004

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Eldridge Publishing, 2005

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Nativity play

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aka Behind the Headlines

The TV chat show host is finding out about the special birth by interviewing those who came into contact with the Holy Family - the gossip in Nazareth, the Roman Official who wouldn't exempt Mary from travelling, the profiteering inn keeper in Bethlehem, the guest who took the last bed, Herod's spin doctor, the Egyptian who doesn't want Israelite asylum seekers. As they justify their treatment of the family, we are confronted by our attitudes today

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Designed for primary schools and Sunday Schools, it takes as many or as few children as you have to perform this. Minimum named parts 22, but some can be doubled. There are also chorus parts. Play includes six songs, music by Marilyn Williams

Zedekiah is a cat living in an inn in Bethlehem. At the time of the census, he is thrown out to make room for guests, and he goes in search of a warm, comfy bed. He has little sympathy for the young couple on a donkey who are put in the stable. He tries to stay with his friend, Shep, the sheepdog, but just before Zedekiah arrives, Shep and the shepherds are visited by an angel and they rush off to Bethlehem to see a new king. Zedekiah tries to stay with some travelers and their camels but they are keen to go to Bethlehem and see the new king. Zedekiah has just finished telling them he came from Bethlehem and he didn't notice any king, when the star comes from behind a cloud and leads the travelers on. Intrigued, Zedekiah follows, and finally finds his way to the stable.

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The play is 45 to 50 minutes long. One continuous scene, a bench on the pier at Eastbourne

Dolly is on a coach trip to Eastbourne, as are Mo and Babs. The three do not know each other before the play begins. Dolly is depressed and sits on the pier writing her suicide note, but is stopped by the arrival of bossy, uncompromising Mo, then good time gal, Babs. As they talk, and unlikely friendships form, they begin to let their guards down, talking of regret, loneliness, "the path not taken and the path you can't turn back on".

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Eldridge Publishing, 2009

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comedy drama

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a two act play, a Christian Christmas play, a bitter sweet comedy-drama. There are 9 parts altogether, 3 male parts and 3 female and three which could be either gender (although written as females, simply because am dram is majority female.)

Lucy Farr and her assistant Bea L. Zaybub are worried about the President of the Chamber of Commerce in Goston, Pauline Salmon. Pauline is a hard bitten woman, and one of Lucy's finest subjects, but the new vicar in town has been praying for her. She needs protecting from him, but with a week to go to Christmas, all demons are completely snowed under with work and cannot take on more. Meanwhile, the local bad boy, Jamie, is trying to turn over a new leaf. Pauline treats him badly and in retaliation, he steals from her shop. Escaping, he is run down by the mall's Santa sleigh and ends up on life support in hospital. Lucy comes to him and tells him that he is technically dead and must now spend five hundred years in the fire pits. However, she will waive this if he agrees to keep Pauline from succumbing to the vicar's efforts between now and Christmas Eve. As Jamie tries to do the job he learns that not everything is as simple as he thought, and he is forced to face a few home truths of his own until, on Christmas Eve, he must finally make the decision - ensure Pauline's damnation, or accept the fire pits as his own fate.

Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England

2002

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adapted from the book by CS Lewis

community drama

Crowborough, England

2007

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adapted from the book by CS Lewis

community drama

Crowborough England

2009

Mark One Drama

Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009

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he corrupt Mayor of Hamelin cuts back dustbin collections to save the tax payers' money so he can use it to fund his own lifestyle. The cut backs bring rats and a mysterious piper offers to get rid of them - for a price. When the Mayor doesn't pay up, the piper takes the town's children as well. Meanwhile, the elections are coming and the challenger, Mercedes van Hire, looks as if she will win. The mayor decides to stop her. When he learns that married women cannot stand for election in Hamelin, he tries to woo her. . . His henchmen, Herr Rinse and Herr Kutt hinder him more than they help, and the incompetent army officer, Major Incident keeps losing his men - when they aren't trying to shoot him. And just who is the mysterious stranger in rags, collecting aid for the flooded town of Bremen?

Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England

2004

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Limelight Scripts, 2007 (out of print)

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a modern adaptation of the book by John Bunyan, which stays true to the original story

community drama

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Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009

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play is being considered for benefit performance by a charity organisation involved in the Make Poverty History Campaign. adapted into a screenplay

In the fictional African country of Tukulrimi, a family of three women have survived the onslaught on their village by Government backed militia and have taken refuge in a camp. They have received food aid, but it needs cooking and the wood which will feed the cooking fires is outside the camp, where the milita roam, looking for victims. Meanwhile, people in the west find it is not in their interests to help these victims. . .

Crowborough England

2008

Mark One Drama

Limelight Scripts, 2007

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based on the traditional children's story by the Brothers Grimm.

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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original pantomime

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Crowborough, England

2006

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Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008

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Winner of the Sussex Playwrights Club National Playwriting Competition 2004

about a family who have a child with learning difficulties. It examines the impact it has upon them and the ways in which they react.

Rainbow Drama Group, Crowborough, England

2006

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Limelight Scripts, 2007 (out of print)

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a new adaptation of the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen

community drama

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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When you are a Christian, you know that God has forgiven you all your sins. But how do you feel when someone who has wronged you and got away with it becomes a Christian and therefore forgiven?

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Lazy Bee Publishing, 2009

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Cardinal Richelieu has kidnapped all the musketeers except Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who are away on holiday. The king is now in danger, and the only ones who can save him are a trio of girl singers who pretend to be the musketeers, their crooked manager, Charlie, a greenhorn kid called D'Artagnan,a Parisian washerwoman called Fleur de Leece, and D'Artagnan's valet, Billy Doo. Ranged against them are the Cardinal, a gold digging Milady and her two accomplices, who Milady thinks are soldiers but who are, in fact, can-can dancers trying to sneak into England. Yes folks, this is pantomime.

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2 Act

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Prue, Denny and Brenda are mature women who work in a charity shop. Things are fine until the charity's new Managing Director decides he wants a younger image, and the older workers will have to go. . .