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Books published by publisher Samuel French Ltd

  • Waiting for Godot

    Samuel Beckett

    Paperback (Samuel French Ltd, Sept. 9, 2016)
    In Waiting for Godot, two wandering tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, wait by a lonely tree, to meet up with Mr. Godot, an enigmatic figure in a world where time, place and memory are blurred and meaning is where you find it. The tramps hope that Godot will change their lives for the better. Instead, two eccentric travelers arrive, one man on the end of the other's rope. The results are both funny and dangerous in this existential masterpiece.
  • Witness For The Prosecution. A Play

    Michael Kanin, Fay; Kanin

    Paperback (Samuel French, March 15, 1954)
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  • The Amen Corner: A Drama in Three Acts

    James Baldwin

    Paperback (Samuel French, Inc., Nov. 19, 2010)
    Comic Drama Characters: 4 male, 10 female Compelete interior Self-anointed Harlem store front preacher Margaret Alexander is the leader of her flock and about to see her world crumble. Son David her church organist, is set on following in the footsteps of his father, jazz musician Luke. When the errant husband and father comes home to die, Sister Margaret finds herself losing everything but coming to terms with her own true sense of faith. From the author of Blues for Mr.
  • Peter Pan

    J.M. Barrie

    Paperback (Samuel French Ltd, Nov. 22, 2016)
    The everlasting classic account of two boys and a girl who follow Peter Pan and the invisible fairy, Tinker Bell, into Neverland, where children never grow old and where Captain Hook and his pirates are outwitted. Performed by Maude Adams, Jean Arthur, Mary Martin.
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  • An Inspector Calls

    J.B. Priestley

    Paperback (Samuel French Ltd, June 1, 1945)
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  • The Miracle Worker: A Play in Three Acts

    William Gibson

    Paperback (Samuel French, March 15, 1961)
    Drama / 7m, 7f / Unit set Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence. With scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism, Annie's success with Helen finally comes with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water". "Interesting, absorbing and moving." - New York Post
  • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    Glyn Robbins, C.S. Lewis

    Paperback (Samuel French Ltd, July 23, 2015)
    This enthralling adaptation of one of C. S. Lewis's Narnian stories tells the adventures of the Dawn Treader, a dragon-ship led by Caspian, King of Narnia. The story is a traditional quest and the marvels include dragons, invisible islanders and a lake that turns everything to gold. The play can be simply staged with few scenic requirements and no elaborate props.
  • Our Town

    Thornton Wilder

    Paperback (Samuel French, Inc., Feb. 6, 2013)
    Winner! 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama In an important publishing event, Samuel French, in cooperation with the Thornton Wilder estate is pleased to release the playwright's definitive version of Our Town. This edition of the play differs only slightly from previous acting editions, yet it presents Our Town as Thornton Wilder wished it to be performed. Described by Edward Albee as "...the greatest American play ever written," the story follows the small town
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  • Anne of Green Gables

    Sylvia Ashby, Lucy Maud Montgomery, L. M. Montgomery

    Paperback (Samuel French, Inc, )
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  • Bull in a China Shop

    Bryna Turner

    Paperback (Samuel French, Inc., June 15, 2018)
    Inspired by the real letters between Mary Woolley and Jeannette Marks spanning from 1899 to 1937, this fast-paced comedy asks: What is revolution? What does it mean to be at odds with the world? How do we fulfill our potential? And how the hell do we grow old together?
  • Play It Again, Sam: A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts

    Woody Allen

    Paperback (Samuel French, Inc., March 15, 1969)
    Comedy Characters: 3 male, 8 femaleInterior Set Allan Felix has this thing about Humphrey Bogart. If only he had some of Bogart's technique... Bookish and insecure with women, Allan's hero, Bogey comes to the rescue, with a fantastic bevy of beauties played out in hilarious fantasy sequences. Fixed up by friends with gorgeous women, he's so awkward that even Bogey's patience is tried. Allan mostly resembles a disheveled, friendly dog and this is what ultimately charms his best friend's wife, Linda into bed. It's a tough life, making it in the world of beautiful people but if you can't be a hero it helps to have one... "Hilarious...a cheerful romp. Not only are Mr. Allen's jokes and their follow ups, asides and twists audaciously brilliant, but he has a great sense of character."-The New York Times "A funny, likeable comedy that has a surprising amount of wistful appeal."-New York Post
  • The Wizard of Oz

    Alfred Bradley, Frank L Baum

    Paperback (Samuel French Ltd, Jan. 12, 2015)
    This version can be produced very simply. It needs no stage and may be performed on the floor of a school hall. Alternatively a more ambitious production could use back-projection, flash-boxes, and all the magic of a proscenium stage, provided all the settings are kept simple. By doubling, the cast can be reduced to a total of nine players.
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