While we don't have any Colonel Mustards or Mrs. Greens, we do have candlesticks, rope, and a bunch of other artifacts lying around. We also have a large assortment of plays (180+): some we've performed, others we haven't. Below is an alphabetical list of the plays SMUDS has in its Library. It not only contains the title (obviously) and author, but the genre (drama, farce, etc.), number of acts (for those who are "length adverse") and the male/female compliment* of the play.
All individual plays are shelved alphabetically in the office. Other plays, which are parts of a collection of an author (such as the complete works of Anton Chekov) are listed in the index as individual plays, but are shelved (alphabetically, by the title of the compilation) at the end of the collection. Notations have been included to indicate if the play is a part of a compilation.
Also shelved seperately is
a small assortment of reference books on lighting, costume design etc.,
as well as a few works of fiction, all of which are easily adaptable for
the stage (...like, whose got time for that?).
*NOTE: Gender compliments marked with a "+"; (i.e. female actors = 5+) means either there are more parts available; several parts can be taken on by one character, or; gender swapping can easily occur (for example, if the play occurs in the present day, a police officer could easily be played by a female).
To download the below chart into Microsoft Excel 2002 (if you want to sort by genre, number of female parts, etc.), right click HERE and select "save as..." (It may then be sorted by genre, cast compliment, etc. using the sort feature). Please note:
While many of the plays indicate their
genre, many do not. Every attempt has been made to ensure the information
is accurate. Where the genre has not been stated in the script itself,
publisher catalogues have been utilized to gleen information (such as Dramatists
Play Service, and Samuel French). These are, of course, only effective
if the plays were published by companies large enough to have a catalogue.
If genre details were still unavailable, I got the information from a web
site (and we all know how accurate they always are...).
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| All in Good Time | Naughton, Bill | Comedy | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| All Saints' Day (A is for All) | Winters, Marian | Unknown | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Animal Keepers (A is for All) | Winters, Marian | Unknown | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Anna Kleiber (The New Theatre of Europe) | Sastre, Alfonso | Drama | 3 | 10+ | 3+ |
| Anniversary, The (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | ? | 1 | 4+ | 2 |
| Arms and the Man | Shaw, Bernard | Anti-romantic Comedy | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Kesselring, Joseph | Thriller/Comedy | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Assembly Line (A is for All) | Winters, Marian | Unknown | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Babel Rap (Five Canadian Plays) | Lazarus, John | Absurdist | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Barber of Seville, The (Classical French Drama) | Beaumarchais,
Pierre-
Augustin Caron de |
Comedy | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Bat, The | Rhinehard,
Mary R. &
Hopwood, Avery |
Mystery | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Battle of Wits, A | Williams, Norman | Unknown | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Bear, The - a.k.a. "The Brute" (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | Farce | 2 | 1 | |
| Becket or, the Honour of God | Anouilh, Jean | Piecè Costumée | 4 | 34 | 5 |
| Billion Dollar Saint, The | White, Natalie | Farce | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Birthday Party, The | Pinter, Harold | Comedy | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Bishop's Candlesticks, The | McKinnel, Norman | Unknown | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Blithe Spirit | Coward, Noel | Farce | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Bloody Tenet, The (Religious Drama/1) | Schevill, James | Relgious Drama | scenes | 11 | 2 |
| Blue Window | Lewis, Craig | Comedy | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Boeing-Boeing | Camoletti,
Marc &
Cross, Beverley |
Comedy | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bonjour, La, Bonjour | Trembley, Michael | Drama | 31 scenes | 2 | 6 |
| Bound East for Cardiff (The Long Voyage Home: Seven Plays of the Sea) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Breath of Scandal, A | Stuart, Aimée | Drama | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Brecht on Brecht | Tabori, Geroge | Improvisation | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Brief Lives | Aubrey, John | Monologues/Anecdotes | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Brother Orchid | Brady, Leo | Farce | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Butterflies are Free (Plays on a Comic Theme) | Gershe, Leonard | Comedy | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Call Me Shakespeare | Endore, Guy | An Entertainment | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Caucasian Chalk Circle, The | Brecht, Bertolt | Morality | 5 | 35+ | 10+ |
| Charley's Aunt | Thomas, Brandon | Comedy | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Cherry Orchard, The (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | Comedy | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Cid, The (Classical French Drama) | Corneille, Pierre | Tragicomedy | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Cock-a-Doodle Dandy | O'Casey, Sean | ? | 3 scenes | 14 | 4 |
| Come Away, Death | Kirkpatrick, John | Mystery | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Comeback, The | Gurune (Jr.), A.R. | Comedy | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Company of Wayward Saints, A | Herman, George | Comedy | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Corruption in the Palace of Justice (The New Theatre of Europe) | Betti, Ugo | Drama | 3 | 3 to 7 | 2 to 6 |
| Courting of Marie Jenvrin, The | Ringwood, Gwen P. | Comedy | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Cowboy Island (Five Canadian Plays) | Shein, Brian | Unknown | 13 scenes | 2 | 1 |
| Crimes of the Heart | Henley, Beth | Drama | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Rostand, Edmond | Comedy | 5 | 12 | 10 |
| David (Religious Drama/1) | Lawrence, D.H. | Relgious Drama | scenes | 6 | 4 |
| Day They Shot John Lennon, The | McLure, Dames | Drama | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Days Ahead (The Rimers of Eldritch & Other Plays) | Wilson, Lanford | Monologue | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Death of a Salesman | Miller, Arthur | Drama | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Desire Under the Elms (The Complete Text of Three of Eugene O'Neill's Greatest Plays) | O'Neill, Eugene | Tragedy | 3 | 4+ | 1+ |
| Desperate Hours, The | Hayes, Joseph | Crime Drama | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Diary of Anne Frank, The | Goodrich,
Frances &
Hackett, Albert |
Drama | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Dirty Work at the Crossroads; or Tempted, Tried and True | Johnson, Bill | Gay | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Doctor in the House | Willis, Ted | Comedy | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Dora, the Beautiful Dishwasher: or the Heroine who Cleaned Up! | Albert, Ned | Melodrama/Comedy | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Dream Play, A (Six Plays of Strindberg) | Strindberg, August | Fantasy | 1 prologue | 25+ | 10+ |
| Easter (Six Plays of Strindberg) | Strindberg, August | Drama | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Enter Laughing | Stein, Joseph | Comedy | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| Epitaph for George Dillon | Osborne,
John &
Creighton, Anthony |
Drama | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Exit the Body | Carmichael, Fred | Farce | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Family Portrait | Coffee,
Lenore &
Cowen, Wm. Joyce |
Drama | 3 | 18 | 11 |
| Father Malachy's Miracle | Doherty, Brian | Comedy | 3 | 12+ | 4+ |
| Father, The (Six Plays of Strindberg) | Strindberg, August | Tragedy | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| First Legion, The | Lavery, Emmet | Drama | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Firstborn, The (Religious Drama/1) | Fry, Christopher | Relgious Drama | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| For the Time Being (Religious Drama/1) | Auden, W.H. | Christmas Oratorio | scenes | 3+ (choir) | 3+ (choir) |
| Fortune and Men's Eyes | Herbert, John | Drama | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Game of Love and Chance, The (Classical French Drama) | Marivaux, Pierre de | Comedy | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| George and Margaret | Savory, Gerald | Comedy | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| George Washington Slept Here | Hart,
Moss &
Kaufman, George S. |
Comedy | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| Ghost Sonata, The (Six Plays of Strindberg) | Strindberg, August | Chamber Play | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Ghost Train, The | Ridley, Norman | Terror/Drama | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Golden Boy | Odets, Clifton | Drama | 3 | 17 | 2 |
| Good Woman of Setzuan, The | Brecht, Bertolt | Morality | 10 | 13+ | 10+ |
| Happiest Days of Your Life, The | Dighton, John | Farce | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Happiest Millionaire, The | Crichton, Kyle | Comedy | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Harvey | Chase, Mary | Comedy | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Heroes (Five Canadian Plays) | Mithcell, Ken | Satire | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Hole, The | Simpson, Neil F. | Unknown | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Homecoming, The | Pinter, Harold | Drama | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Hostage, The (2 Plays by Brendan Behan) | Behan, Brendan | Tragicomedy | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Hurray for Johnny Canuck (Five Canadian Plays) | Gass, Ken | Satire | 17 scenes | 5 | 1 |
| Ile(The Long Voyage Home: Seven Plays of the Sea) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Importance of Being Ernest, The | Wilde, Oscar | Comedy | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| In the Zone (The Long Voyage Home: Seven Plays of the Sea) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Inherit the Wind | Lawrence,
Jerome &
Lee, Robert E. |
Social/Moral Drama | 3 | 23 | 7 |
| Inspector General, The | Gogol, Nikolai | Farce | 3 | 16 | 3 |
| Intellectual Ladies, The (Classical French Drama) | Molière, J.B.P. | Comedy | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| It's Called the Sugar Plum | Horovitz, Israel | Tragicomedy | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Belinda | Harris, Elmer | Drama | 3 | 14 | 7 |
| Journey's End | Sherrif, R.C. | War Drama | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jumpers | Stoppard, Tom | Comedy | 2 | 4 to 8 | 3 to 8 |
| King Stag, The (The Classic Theatre: Volume 1: Six Italian Plays) | Goldoni, Carlo | Fairy Tale | 3 | 12+ | 4+ |
| Lady Winermere's Fan | Wilde, Oscar | Comedy | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Laura | Caspary,
Vera &
Sklar, George |
Mystery | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Long Voyage Home, The (The Long Voyage Home: Seven Plays of the Sea) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Look Back in Anger | Osborne, John | Social/War Drama | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Lost Horizon | Hilton, James | Fantasy/Morality/Drama | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Love from a Stranger | Vosper, Frank | Melodrama | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Luther | Osborne, John | Historical | 3 | 13+ | 1+ |
| Macbeth | Shakespeare, W. | Tragedy | 4 | 23+ | 6+ |
| Madness of Lady Bright, The (The Rimers of Eldritch & Other Plays) | Wilson, Lanford | Drama | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Man for All Seasons, A (also available in The New Theatre of Europe) | Bolt, Robert | Historical | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Man In the Bowler Hat, The | Milne, A.A. | Melodrama/Comedy | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Man Who Came to Dinner, The | Hart,
Moss &
Kaufman, George S. |
Comedy | 3 | 27 | 9 |
| Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, The | France, Anatole | Comedy | 2 | 14 | 4 |
| Mandrake, The (The Classic Theatre: Volume 1: Six Italian Plays) | Machiavelli, Niccolo | Comedy | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Mary, Mary | Kerr, Jean | Comedy | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Masks of Angels(The New Theatre of Europe) | Peryalis, Notis | Drama | 1 | 3 to 7 | 3 to 7 |
| Matchmaker, The | Wilder, Thornton | Farce | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Mirandolina (The Classic Theatre: Volume 1: Six Italian Plays) | Goldoni, Carlo | Comedy | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Miss Julie (Six Plays of Strindberg) | Strindberg, August | Tragedy | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Moon of the Caribbees (The Long Voyage Home: Seven Plays of the Sea) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| Mother Courage and Her Children | Brecht, Bertolt | Historical/War | 12 scenes | 20+ | 10+ |
| Mourning Becomes Electra: Haunted, The (Trilogy Part 3) (The Complete Text of Three of Eugene O'Neill's Greatest Plays) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Mourning Becomes Electra: Homecoming (Trilogy Part 1) (The Complete Text of Three of Eugene O'Neill's Greatest Plays) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Mourning Becomes Electra: Hunted, The (Trilogy Part 2) (The Complete Text of Three of Eugene O'Neill's Greatest Plays) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Mouse that Roared, The | Sergel, Christopher | Comedy | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| Oedipus the King | Sophocles | Tragedy | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| On the Harmfulness of Tobacco (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | Monologue | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| On the High Road (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | Study/Dramatic | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Once in a Lifetime | Hart,
Moss &
Kaufman, George S. |
Comedy | 3 | 15+ | 15+ |
| Pantagleize (The New Theatre of Europe) | Ghelderode, Michel de | Farce | 3 | 15+ | 1 |
| Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, The (a.k.a. "The Marat/Sade") | Weiss, Peter | Theatre of Cruelty (Drama) | 2 | 9+ | 3+ |
| Peter Pan | Barrie, J.M. | Fantasy | 5 | 7+ | 7+ |
| Petrified Forest, The | Sherwood, Robert E. | Facist Allegory | 3 | 18 | 3 |
| Phaedra (Classical French Drama) | Racine, Jean | Tragedy | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Philadelphia, Here I Come | Friel, Brian | Dilemma/Comedy | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Physicists, The | Durrenmatt, Friedrich | Mystery | 2 | 16 | 4 |
| Play it Again, Sam | Allen, Woody | Romantic Comedy | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Plaza Suite | Simon, Neil | Comedy | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The | Allen, Jay P. | Drama | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Private Ear, The | Shaffer, Peter | Comedy | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pygmalion | Shaw, Bernard | Drama | 5 | ? | ? |
| Quare Fellow, The (2 Plays by Brendan Behan) | Behan, Brendan | Tragicomedy | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Rats | Horovitz, Israel | Drama | 1 | 2 Rats | 1 Baby |
| Ready When You Are, C.B.! | Slade, Susan | Comedy | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Reclining Figore | Kurnitz, Harry | Comedy | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Rhineoceros | Ionesco, Eugene | Absurdist Satire | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| Rimers of Eldritch, The (The Rimers of Eldritch & Other Plays) | Wilson, Lanford | Drama | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| Rinse the Blood Off My Toga (Plays on a Comic Theme) | Wayne,
Johnny &
Shuster, Frank |
Comedy | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Romanoff and Juliet | Ustinov, Peter | Comedy | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Rope, The (The Long Voyage Home: Seven Plays of the Sea) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead | Stoppard, Tom | Comedy | 3 | 14+ | 2+ |
| Ruzzante Returns from the Wars (The Classic Theatre: Volume 1: Six Italian Plays) | Beolco, Angelo | commedia dell' arte | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sea Gull, The (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | Comedy | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| See How They Run | King, Philip | Farce | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Servant of Two Masters, The (The Classic Theatre: Volume 1: Six Italian Plays) | Goldoni, Carlo | commedia dell' arte | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate | Cohan, George S. | Farce | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Shadow of a Gunman | O'Casey, Sean | Tragedy | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| She Stoops to Conquer | Goldsmith, Oliver | Comedy | 3 | 19 | 4 |
| Simple Truth, The | Allensworth, Carl | Comedy | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Solid Gold Cadillac, The | Kaufman, George S. | Comedy | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| Spider's Web | Christie, Agatha | Mystery | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Spiral Staircase, The | Leslie, F. Andrew | Mystery/Drama | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Stalag 17 | ? | Melodrama/Comedy | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| Strange Interlude (The Complete Text of Three of Eugene O'Neill's Greatest Plays) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Streetcar Named Desire, A | Williams, Tennesse | Drama | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Stronger, The (Six Plays of Strindberg) | Strindberg, August | Monologues | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tartuffe | Molière, J.B.P. | Comedy | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| That Is the Rill Speaking(The Rimers of Eldritch & Other Plays) | Wilson, Lanford | Play for Voices | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| They Do it to Rats | Mattson, Jean M. | Satire | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Thousand Clowns, A (Plays on a Comic Theme) | Gardner, Herb | Comedy | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Three Cuckolds, The (The Classic Theatre: Volume 1: Six Italian Plays) | Anonymous | commedia dell' arte | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Three Sisters (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | Tragicomedy | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Three to Get Married | Hill, Kay | Comedy | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Three Wise Fools | Strong, Austin | Comedy | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Thurber Carnival, A | Thurber, James | Sketches / Comedy | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Tight Little Island | Sergel, Sherman L. | Comedy | 3 | 7+ | 5+ |
| Trial of the Contonsville Nine, The | Berrigan, Daniel | Drama | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Twain by the Tale | Snee, Dennis | Revue | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Twelve Angry Men | Rose, Reginald adapted by S.L. Sergel | Drama | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Twin Sinks of Allan Sammy (Five Canadian Plays) | Hubert, Cam | Dilemma/Drama | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Uncle Vanya (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | Tragicomedy | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Under Milk Wood | Thomas, Dylan | Play for Voices | 1 | 20+ | 20+ |
| Visit, The | Duerrnmatt, Friedrich | Drama | 3 | 30+ | 8+ |
| Wait Until Dark | Knott, Frederick | Horror/Suspense | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Wandering (The Rimers of Eldritch & Other Plays) | Wilson, Lanford | A Turn (Drama) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Wedding, The (Nine Plays of Chekhov) | Chekhov, Anton | Farce | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| What the Butler Saw | Orton, Joe | Farce | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Where the Cross is Made (The Long Voyage Home: Seven Plays of the Sea) | O'Neill, Eugene | Drama | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Who Am I This Time | Sergel, Christpher | ? | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Will the Real Jesus Christ Please Stand Up? | Marmorstein, Malcolm | Comedy | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Wisdom of Eve, The | Orr,
Mary &
Denham, Reginald |
Drama | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Christie, Agatha | Murder Mystery | 3 | 10+ | 5+ |
| Zeal of Thy House (Religious Drama/1) | Sayers, Dorothy | Relgious Drama | scenes | 15+ (choir) | 1+ (choir) |