Looking for Drama scripts?
Here are all of our Drama and Theatre Scripts from some of the best new writers in theatre today. Browse our scripts for Theatre Groups, Drama Clubs, Schools, Colleges, Professional Theatre, Classroom use and Youth Groups in one place for you to browse, read in full online and download instantly in both PDF and Docx formats. They are all straight dramas with various themes. Length and number of characters can vary so you might find it easier to go here and use the search engine on the right of that page to narrow down your search.
These are Full Length, One-act and Short Form Drama Scripts for Stage.
(Narrow the scripts down by run-time, number of characters etc. by using our search engine. Or to find something completely different!)
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The Raven
£ 0.99 – £ 4.99 Select optionsEdgar Allen Poe’s most famous poem adapted for stage. (1M, 1E)
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Tell-tale Heart
£ 1.99 – £ 5.99 Select optionsEdgar Allen Poe’s tale of murder and guilt. (5E)
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The Masque of the Red Death
£ 1.99 – £ 5.99 Select optionsEdgar Allan Poe’s tale of inescapable mortality. (2M, 1F, 2E)
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
£ 1.99 – £ 6.99 Select optionsEdgar Allen Poe’s short story about the afterlife. (1M, 6E)
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Hop-frog
£ 1.99 – £ 5.99 Select optionsEdgar Allen Poe’s short story about humiliation and revenge. (2M, 1F, 5E)
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Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Black Cat’
£ 1.99 – £ 5.99 Select optionsEdgar Allan Poe’s demon cat sends its owner into madness and murder. (2M, 2F, 3E)
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The Man in the Moon
£ 2.99 – £ 4.99 Select optionsA radio ham accidentally contacts a stranded cosmonaut and makes plans to get him back to earth. (3F, 6M)
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Archie the Activist
£ 2.99 – £ 4.99 Select options12-year-old Archie finds purpose protesting the destruction of a local park. (6F, 7M, 12E)
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Shade
£ 2.99 – £ 4.99 Select optionsWhat happened to William Hare after the notorious Edinburgh murders? (2F & 3M)
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The Other Woman
£ 2.99 – £ 4.99 Select optionsInfidelity, blackmail and murder abound in this one act drama with a twist. (4F & 1M)
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About Dad
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsHenry’s father is trying to make amends with his son, from beyond the grave. (5M, 2F)
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Free Birdie
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsAn exotic stranger turns a widower’s life upside-down. (2M, 3F)
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Slice of Life
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsA local reporter interviews Lucifer who presents her with a moral choice. (4F, 3M, 1E)
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
£ 3.99 – £ 6.99 Select optionsPoe’s detective, Dupin, solves the gruesome murders in the Rue Morgue. (1M, 1F, 4E)
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The Thief of Time
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsSuspicion and fear arise when 11 days are lost overnight in this play for all the family. (2M, 1F, 7E)
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The Monkey Paw
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsAn enchanted Monkey Paw causes tragedy with a twist in this one act play. (2M, 1F, 2E) 👂
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Smoke
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsAn explosion in a Utah mine in 1893 turns many lives upside down in this dramatic play (4F, 2M)
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The Vote
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsThe story of Jeannette Rankin’s first term as the US’s first woman to hold federal office. (2M, 3F)
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsA modern re-telling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, though not as you remember it. (4F, 9M and 4E)
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Ride North, Odessa
£ 3.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsAn American Western re-telling of the Greek Epic ‘The Odyssey’ (11F, 19M – Doubling Possible)
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Raven About Poe
£ 4.99 – £ 8.99 Select optionsA collection of the scariest, funniest and most entertaining tales by Edgar Allan Poe. (2M, 1F, 10E – 13 roles with doubling)
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Michael Armstrong, the factory boy
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsThe story of a factory boy who is at first rescued by a wealthy benefactor but who is later returned to the mills. (13M, 13F (16 actors with doubling))
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Dark Heart
£ 4.99 – £ 14.99 Select optionsGothic rhyming musical love story featuring Vampires, Witches and Wizards. (6M, 6F, 3E)
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Held
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsA dramatic and authentic portrayal of Mother-Daughter relationships. (4F)
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Big School
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsSix parents face big life choices before their children get into big school. (5F, 1M)
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Bountiful Gifts
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsCan Rosemary host a successful Thanksgiving for her dysfunctional family? (3M, 6F)
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If you go down to the woods
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsLove, murder, suicide and bird watching combine in this darkly funny 2-act comedy. (5F, 6M, 2E)
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Heroes
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsJamie writes stories of heroes for his best friend Megan but soon realises she is the hero in his own life story (6M, 7F, 2E with doubling)
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An Apple in May
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsConcerning a 19th century pioneer of refrigeration, love, endeavour, industry, Queen Victoria – and an apple. (4F, 14M)
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Lady Susan: Jane Austen’s Distinguished Flirt
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsA scheming aristocrat arrives at the country estate of her dead husband’s brother, eager to ingratiate herself to the family’s favour (5F, 3M)
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Eager Beavers
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsThe manager of a ramshackle charity shop re-evaluates her life after the trustees convert it into a boutique called ‘Eager Beavers’ (12F, 3M and 6)
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Out of Bounds
£ 4.99 – £ 9.99 Select optionsAn all male golf club is being forced to accept female members, with hilarious consequences. (4F, 4M)
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