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Dramatic Plays

Guides for dramatic plays including detailed plot summaries, character breakdowns, video examples, scenes and monologues.

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The Mousetrap

A timeless tale of “whodunnit,” Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap strands seven strangers at...

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Silent Sky

Silent Sky tells the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, the astronomer ahead of her time. It is 1900, ...

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

This play is a retelling of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story, taking place in Victorian London....

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Things I Know to be True

Bob and Fran Price have four adult children: Pip, Mark, Ben, and Rosie. Each child has his or her...

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The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters is the third of Anton Chekhov’s four major plays, and maybe the most perfect...

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Tribes

Tribes is the story of Billy, the only deaf member of a loving yet comically dysfunctional...

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Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

When his beloved beagle is destroyed after a rabid rampage, CB is plunged into such a depression...

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The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson is the fourth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. It takes place in 1936 and ...

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Summer and Smoke

One of Tennessee Williams’ most subtle and tender works, Summer and Smoke explores the conflict...

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True West

True West follows the story of two estranged brothers, Austin and Lee. Austin is has a successful...

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Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya spends his time idling around the country estate of his brother-in-law, Serebryakov, a...

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Amongst the rubble of a bombed out village in the Caucasus Mountains, in the Soviet Republic of...

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