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American One-act Plays
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While Shakespeare Slept
1 Male, 9 Female
William Shakespeare, a budding playwright, decides to give up his career and settle down to a good steady job as a stable hand His employer, Mistress Ford, assures him he’s made a wise move,…
Whiskey
4 Male, 2 Female
The title character (who remains unseen) is the equine star of television’s longest-running and most popular show, in which he is partnered with “The Lush Thrushes,” a cowboy troupe whose…
Whisper Into My Good Ear & Mrs Dally Has A Lover
3 Male, 1 Female
Produced Off-Broadway as a double bill these plays heralded the arrival of an important American playwright, and was awarded the Vernon Rice Award Whisper Into My Good Ear is concerned with two aged and…
White Room Of My Remembering
2 Male, 4 Female
This poignant play tells the story of two women, Margaret and Jessie, who have come to Jessie's childhood home to put it up for sale While Margaret goes to find a real estate agent, Jessie has conversations…
Who Shot Willie?
3 Male, 3 Female
Lights up to reveal the suspicious corpse of Mr William Black. Upon seeing her recumbent husband, Henrietta White Black exclaims, What a pity! Now you won’t be able to go to that clambake…
Why I am a Bachelor
2 Male, 4 Female
A popular lecturer appears before the curtain and explains in a few words why he is a bachelor His talk is illustrated in a number of scenes by various persons who act out, in detail, those amusing…
Why Teachers Go Nuts - A Schoolroom Farce in One-Act - No Royalty
8 Male, 7 Female
An insane discussion of the age old problem - “Are teachers driven nuts or are teachers nuts to begin with?” Moving, unperturbed, in a veritable bedlam of a classroom, and accepting the most…
Widow’s Mite
5 Male, 4 Female
Mrs Owen is not only tired of the rundown boarding house where she has lived since her husband’s death, but she is also fed up with the nagging landlady, and sure that she cannot get…
Will Someone Please Tell Me What’s Going on Here?
2 Male, 2 Female
A wild comedy with serious undertones. It involves Harold and Lucille, a bored, middle aged couple; Florence, a spinster and neighbor; and Buckley, a confused policeman Harold shoots himself and Lucille’s…
