
The Playwrights Database
Plays beginning with the letter Y
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Visual Performance
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play Ten Min
Short Play One act
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Music Theatre Pantomime Pantomime
Drama Ten minute play
1h 10m Solo Show Drama
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Adaptation
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Play/Drama
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Full-Length Classical Tragedy
short play One act
15-20 min Comedy
Comedy - drama - young people's theatre
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adaptation 1 act One act

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Translation
Play/Drama
screenplay
Full-Length 90 mins Play/Drama
Short Play One act
Play/Drama
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Musical
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Comedy-Drama Play/Drama
Childrens play
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Comedy One act
One act musical
Play/Drama
Childrens play
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Musical
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Play/Drama
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Play One act
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"Summer" comedy - 2 acts in verse Comedy
10 min Sketche
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Comedy
Translation
One-Person Comedy
full length Play/Drama
full length Play/Drama
One Act
Piece

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Piece
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Monologue Play
Fanatsy
Play with songs Play with Music
childrens Musical
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1h 10m Comedy Improv/Sketch/Stand-up
1h 10m Comedy Improv/Sketch/Stand-up
comedy
comedy

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Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
children's play for grades three and four. Youth Audience
Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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short play One Act
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Two acts Play/Drama
Comedy
Comedy
Comedy
Full-Length 150 mins Play/Drama
Play/Drama
for children and young adults One act
Drama/Variety/A True Story

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Play/Drama
Monologue play. - - Gay, full length
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Comedy
Black Comedy Comedy
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Comedy Drama Comedy
Play/Drama
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50Mins Piece
Piece
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Four Monologues
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Childrens Youth audience
Musical
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Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
Drama/Comedy

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Drama
Play/Drama
Short Play One Act
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Musical
Dramatic Comedy
Play/Drama
Musical
Musical
Musical

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Musical
Play/Drama
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full length Play/Drama
full length Play/Drama
Comedy
Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
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Youth drama
Play/Drama
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2h 30m Musical Comedy
2h 30m Musical Comedy
Comedy
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Play/Drama
Musical
Experimental Theatre

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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
short play One act
Fifteen minute play
Play/Drama
Film
One act
Experimental Theatre
Youth play. - - AIDS, full length
One man Show Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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musical 60 min
musical 60 min
Drama
Children's Dance Musical Musical
play Ten Min
Play/Drama
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Historical Drama
1h 5m Solo Show Drama

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Play/Drama
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One act
full length Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
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10-15 min Comedy/Drama

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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Physical/Devised Theatre Piece
Physical/Devised Theatre Piece
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
adaptation
Comedy
Play/Drama
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Lesbian, full length

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Typescript Scots play
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Comedy
Play/Drama
Youth one act
Monologue play
adaptation
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Play/Drama
adaptation
Horror
Drama 90 min

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Psychological Drama
Thriller One act
Musical
Musical
2 act Play/Drama
60Mins Piece
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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Ten minute play
Solo Play/Drama
Play/Drama

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drama
Monologue play
Adaptation
Adaptation
Sketches in Sketch
Revue Show
Translations
Translation
adaptation
Play/Drama
adaptation
Adaptation

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Adaptation
Adaptation
Translation
adaptation 90 min
Translation
Devised Piece
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5-10 min Comedy
short play
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One act
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One act
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Short Comedy One act
Play/Drama
Drama
farce One act
farce One act
farce One Act
Situation Comedy Comedy
Situation Comedy Comedy
One Act
Comedy

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Ten min
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comedy
Comedy
short play
Comedy
One Woman Multimedia performance art comedy
Comedy (realism)
Modern Drama Play/Drama
Ten Min

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Short play One act
One act
Short play (historical drama)
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12-17 min Comedy
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Devised Piece
Devised Piece
Devised Piece
Devised Piece
adaptation

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Comedy
adaptation
Monologue play
Monologue play
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Situation Comedy Comedy
Situation Comedy Comedy
One act
50-60 min Drama/Comedy
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5 min Comedy
Childrens Youth audience
Comedy
Comedy
Play/Drama
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short play
Play/Drama
One woman show
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One Act
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Play/Drama
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drama Ten Min
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Play/Drama
Adaptation
Wartime Drama One act
Piece
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Historical Didactic Play
historical pageant, full length

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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Three Acts Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
Drama
Monologue Play/Drama
Play/Drama
play Ten Min
Musical
Play/Drama

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Gay, full length
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Musical
Youth audience
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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Comedy 10 min
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Musical
Musical
adaptation
adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation
Musical
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Comedy
Ten Min
Ritual
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Play/Drama
Musical
Play/Drama
Short play
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Full Length Comedy/Satire
piece
Play/Drama
Musical
Youth audience
Childrens musical
Childrens musical
Childrens musical
90 minutes
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
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musical theatre
Feminist Comedy
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One act. - - Lesbian, one act
comedy One Act
Piece
Monologue play
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One act
comedy Ten Min
Play/Drama
Sketches in Sketch
Play/Drama
Musical
Musical
Musical
One Woman Multimedia performance art comedy
Play/Drama
Comedy
dance theatre piece

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Play/Drama
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Full-length drama
Play/Drama
One act
Comedy One act
5 hours in length Play/Drama
Adaptation
Adaptation
adaptation

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Play/Drama
full length play, or five 1 Act plays
full length play, or five 1 Act plays
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Play/Drama
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Ten minute play. - - Gay, theme/character, one act

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Short play
Translation
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TYA drama 10 min
play Ten Min
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Musical
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Comedy
Youth audience One act
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Drama, short

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Solo Play/Drama
Comedy
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Play/Drama
Portraits
Comedy
5 min Comedy
Play/Drama
dark comedy
Play/Drama
Monologue play
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Comedy One act
comedy
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Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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musical
musical
musical
Play/Drama
Duologue One Act
Solo Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Comedy
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Adaptation
Family Musical
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Play/Drama
One act
Short play
Play/Drama

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Play/Drama
Comedy Drama, 25min One act
Play/Drama
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Ten minute play
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piece
piece
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
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short piece
piece
Full-length. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest
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musical play
musical play
Ten minute play
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monologue

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Play/Drama
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piece
short play
Youth drama
Youth drama
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Comic monologue Comedy
adaptation
Poems
Stage play 3 acts
full-length drama

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One Act
one act
Monologues
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Sociological Drama
Comedy
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Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
3 act Comedy
3 act Comedy

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Translation
Translation, 1 Act
Comedy
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Comedy drama One Act
Monologue play
play was written for 8-11 year olds
Play/Drama
Comedy
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Drama, 120 min

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Comedy, 15min One act
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Twenty minute play
Solo Play/Drama
comedy One act
Comedy/drama/morality Comedy
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length
adaptation
Musical

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physical theatre
physical theatre
physical theatre
physical theatre
physical theatre
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piece
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Comedy
Comedy
Monologue play
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Play/Drama
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Mystery
Comedy
Musical
Piece
Devised Piece
Drama
Play/Drama

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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
One act
translation
Comedy
Play/Drama
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Four 1 act Comedies One act
Murder Mystery Comedy
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Ten Min
Ten minute play
One act
Gay, full length
Short Play One act
romantic comedy
Ten Min
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Short play
Comedy
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Play/Drama

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Comedy. - - Gay, full length
20 min Piece
20 min Piece
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Comedy
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Drama
Play/Drama
satire One act
Piece
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play One Act
Play One act
Full-Length 100 mins Play/Drama
Solo Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
One act Comedy
Youth one act
Musical
Musical
Play/Drama
20-minute drama

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Short play One Act
drama, historical
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Two act black comedy Comedy
Play/Drama
Comedy
1h 15m Comedy Solo Show
Drama - Forum Theatre
short play
Comedy
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Fifteen minute play
One act
One act
75 min Play/Drama
75 min Play/Drama
Comedy
One Act Comedy
Comedy One act
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Play/Drama
Musical
Translation

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Play/Drama
Screwball Comedy Comedy. - - Gay, theme/character, full length
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90 min Play/Drama
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Play/Drama
Comedy One act
50 mins One act
short play
One act
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One act. - - Lesbian, one act
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Thriller
Musical
3 acts Comedy
Dark Comedy, 10 min Ten Min
Piece
50 min One act
Comic Monologue Comedy

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Radio play. Corrected and final typescript drafts
Comedy
Spoof
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character full length
piece
Incomplete
Childrens comedy Youth audience
Sketches in Sketch
Sketches in Sketch
Polemic
Short play
Comedy

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opera 70 min
opera 70 min
opera 70 min
opera 70 min
Comedy
Play/Drama
Courtroom Drama Play/Drama
One act
Play/Drama
piece
Play/Drama
Modern Satire

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Musical
Comedy Ten Min
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length
short play
Comedy
Play/Drama
Fantasy
Full Length Play/Drama
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Musical
Gay, full length
Play/Drama

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Drama / Comedy
Musical
piece 60 min
piece 60 min
piece 60 min
piece 60 min
piece 60 min
Drama with music
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Comedy
Comedy
One act

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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
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Musical
Musical
Translation
Childrens play
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Monologue play
Historical revue

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Comedy
History/Comedy, full length
Play - Full Length, Comedy
adaptation/Biography
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Musical
Musical
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Historical
Historical
Adaptation

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Musical
Musical
Translation
Translation
Comedy Drama Comedy
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30 min drama
One act
Drama with humour and music, full length, some language
Concept Play'
Comedy

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10-15 min Play/Drama
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Comedy of Youth in three acts Comedy
Comedy
Young People's Theatre Youth audience
90-100 min Play/Drama
Childrens musical
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Childrens musical
performance work Piece. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Play/Drama
Drama One act
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Youth Musical Youth audience
comedy Ten min
Comedy
play One Act
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Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character full length
short play One act. - - Gay, theme/character one act
Comedy

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Short Play One act
Play/Drama
Musical
Musical
Comedy
Comedy
Play One act
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One act
Play/Drama
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One act Comedy

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Play/Drama
Radio play
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Three act Play/Drama
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Adaptation
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MS
Sketch
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Play/Drama

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Play One act
Comedy / Variety 65 minutes
105 min Play/Drama
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Youth play, 90 mins Youth audience
Comedy
One act
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Comedy. - - Gay, theme/character, full length
Comedy
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Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Play/Drama
drama One Act
Play One act
Adaptation
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Mystery
2 acts Play/Drama
one act Historical Drama
One act
Comedy
Comedy
comedy

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Three act Play/Drama
Drama
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Comedy
short play
one act
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Musical
Gospel Music Musical
Play/Drama
Play/Drama

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One act
Play/Drama One Act
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ironic drama Play/Drama
play Ten Min
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Play/Drama
60 min One Act
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Ten minute play
Comedy

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full legth Comedy
play One Act
50 Min One Act
genre unknown
Play/Drama
Comedy
Farce
Short play. - - Gay, one act
Piece
Piece
Piece
Piece

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Piece
60 min One act
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2 act Play/Drama
One act Youth play
play Ten Min
Youth audience
devised, multimedia
One act. - - Gay, one act
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Ten Min
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Play/Drama
plays
Play/Drama
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Comedy One act
multi-sensory devised piece
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Comedy
Ten Min. - - aIDS, one act
Autobiographical

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Autobiographical
Experimental Piece
Musical
Musical
Musical
piece
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piece
adaptation
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Ten minute play
Stage Combat

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Stage Combat, Collection / Anthology, Comedy
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Psychological comedy - short
Play/Drama
Short play
Play/Drama
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Comedy
Comedy
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Community Play
Musical

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Musical
Musical
< 5 min Comedy
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comedy/horror (30 mins) One Act
one act
Psychological Drama
One act
Gay, full length
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Play/Drama

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One act
Play/Drama
genre unknown
Comedy
Play/Drama
75 min Youth audience
Comedy Ten Min
Solo Play/Drama. - - Lesbian, full length
80 min piece
One act
comedy
Drama One act

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Comedy
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
TV Play
Play/Drama
Play/Drama
One act
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comedy
Gay, full length
Interactive, 1.5 hours; 2 for deliberation
Interactive, 1.5 hours; 2 for deliberation

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One act
short plays
short plays
Play/Drama
Comedy Drama 75 min Comedy
Comedy Drama 75 min Comedy
Comedy Drama 75 min Comedy
Comedy Drama 75 min Comedy

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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
Translation
Historical Drama
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Play/Drama
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Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest
Play/Drama
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Musical
75 min Play/Drama

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Childrens Youth audience
Piece
short play
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Short play
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10-15 min
comedy thriller One act
Short Play One Act
Play/Drama
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length
black comedy Comedy

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Play/Drama
four acts Play/Drama
Black comedy
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Drama. Youth
Drama One act
Farce
Play/Drama
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Play/Drama

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Farce
Farce
Comedy
Comedy
Comedy Monologue Comedy
Piece
Monologue play
Radio Play
2h 0m Comedy Improv/Sketch/Stand-up
2h 0m Comedy Improv/Sketch/Stand-up
Comedy

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One act
Poetry Performance, 20 min One act
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Play/Drama
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dramau fer
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Solo Play/Drama
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One Act
Play/Drama
Drama One Act
Comedy
60 min One act
Adaptation
Ten Min
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genre unknown
Play/Drama

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Play/Drama
Play/Drama
2 act 75 mins poetry music
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genre unknown
Comedy
genre unknown
Topical pantomime - egg based Pantomime
Topical pantomime - egg based Pantomime

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piece
piece
Musical
genre unknown
Comedy
three minute play
Play/Drama