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short drama script: Audio Drama Neville Teller, 2019-02-12 Audio Drama is unique. There’s no other book like it. First it’s aimed at the vast audience for audio drama, whether in the form of traditional radio plays or as podcasts. For them, Audio Drama provides the opportunity to see how ten literary classics were dramatised for radio, and to recreate the performances for themselves as they read. Secondly, it’s for all those podcast producers who are keen to exercise their imagination and technical skills by producing audio drama for their followers. These ten scripts provide the raw material from which podcasters can craft their own drama productions. The works on which they are based are literary classics and are in the public domain. The audio dramatisations – all of which have been, or are about to be, produced and broadcast either by the BBC or across the USA – are offered to the global community of podcasters with no strings attached. An experienced dramatist and abridger, with more than 50 BBC radio dramatisations under his belt, Neville Teller not only presents 10 of his scripts, but also explains something of how a radio drama script is crafted. Audio Drama fills a niche that will appeal on both sides of the pond, and more widely in the whole English-speaking world. |
short drama script: 5-Minute Plays Lawrence Harbison, 2017 The plays in this volume of 5-Minute Plays are geared toward adults. Some are comedic, some are dramatic, some are realistic in style, while others are more unconventional. Their length makes them perfect for scene work in class. A few of the plays are written by playwrights who have established quite a reputation with their full-length plays, such as Don Nigro, Lee Blessing, Y York, and Sheila Callaghan. But most are by what I call exciting up-and-comers, such as Nicole Pandolfo, Merridith Allen, Andrew Biss, Adam Kraar, Stephanie Hutchinson, Judy Klass, John McKinney, Scott C. Sickles, Graham Techler, Eric Grant, Deanna Alisa Ableser, Kerri Kochanski, Lisa Bruna, and Grace Trotta. |
short drama script: Iris Lee's Audio Odyssey Min Kahng, 2021-10-26 When her tears from a recent breakup mingle with her earbuds, Iris Lee finds herself thrust into a hilariously strange dream universe where each moment is a send-up of a contemporary radio show genre. |
short drama script: Six Years Old Sam Silbiger, 2020-07-14 Adalaide is six years old, and she knows a few things: Her stupid babysitter Kim is stupid, her younger brother Dewey is a naked mole rat, and she does NOT like being treated like a girl. Though Kim takes Adalaide’s frustrations seriously and tries to offer support, Adalaide’s family and peers discourage her, leaving her to seek out dangerous measures in order to transform into who she was born to be (her hero, Han Solo). SIX YEARS OLD is a comic and poignant play reflecting back on the wild fantasies and serious desires of queer childhood. |
short drama script: Short Plays and Monologues David Mamet, 1981 These seven imaginative short theatre pieces by one of America's most inventive and highly regarded playwrights range widely in content, mood and style. The plays offer a stimulating challenge in terms of selecting, arranging, and mounting the diverse com |
short drama script: Random Acts of Comedy Jason Pizzarello, 2011 Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating debacle to a silly Shakespeare spoof, from a fairy tale farce to a self-hating satire, this anthology contains hilarious large-cast plays that have delighted thousands of audiences around the world. Includes the plays The Audition by Don Zolidis, Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit by Jonathan Rand, 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview by Ian McWethy, Darcy's Cinematic Life by Christa Crewdson, The Whole Shebang by Rich Orloff, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Fifth Period by Jason Pizzarello, Small World by Tracey Scott Wilson, The Absolute Most Cliched Elevator Play in the History of the Entire Universe by Werner Trieschmann, The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet by Peter Bloedel, Show and Spell by Julia Brownell, Cut by Ed Monk, Check Please by Jonathan Rand, Aliens vs. Cheerleaders by Qui Nguyen, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by Don Zolidis, 15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play by Alan Haehnel |
short drama script: Detective Sketches and Other Short Plays Douglas Post, 1997 |
short drama script: Playful Plays David Farmer, 2014-10-23 David Farmer has hit gold with 'Playful Plays: Volume One', and if volumes two to ten were available I would be ordering them immediately... The selling point of the book is its simplicity. It offers teachers an off-the-shelf, ready-to-go, high-quality rehearsal process ideal for primary-aged students... The book is very well laid out and user-friendly, and is the perfect go-to for short presentation pieces that pack a punch. - Teaching Drama Magazine. This lively collection of eight short plays for children and young people is supported by inspirational drama games designed to bring creativity and fun to the rehearsal room. The stories are based on traditional folk-tales from countries including China, Ghana, Greece, Japan, Turkey and Scandinavia. The book is written in such a way that young people can easily pick it up and use it themselves. The plays can be performed by groups of children on their own, or under the direction of an adult. They feature performance techniques such as mime, mask, freeze frames, audience participation, live music and song. The author draws on his experience in the professional theatre world to provide helpful advice for the young director and actor including warm-ups, tips on line-learning and ideas for character development, as well as games to develop acting skills such as concentration, focus and working as an ensemble. |
short drama script: Short Shorts for Seniors Ludmilla Bollow, 2016-01-30 Short senior plays for readers theater and performance in senior communities |
short drama script: The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe, 2020-08-12 Ten tantalizing tales include The Fall of the House of Usher, William Wilson, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of Amontillado, The Purloined Letter, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, more. |
short drama script: Small Packages Wendy MacLeod, 2010 From the mind of the writer of The House of Yes and Juvenilia comes this exciting new collection of short plays. With characters ranging from a smooth talking salesman (Snake Oil) to a group of downtrodden college baseball players (Division III), each play features the unique wit and wordplay of celebrated playwright Wendy MacLeod. |
short drama script: The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams, 2024-01-30 Littles ones can now cherish this classic, beloved story of how one special toy becomes real in a new board book edition of The Velveteen Rabbit. Just as the boy loves the Velveteen Rabbit so much that the toy becomes real, young readers will treasure this adorable, abridged board book edition of the beloved classic by Margery Williams. Follow a beloved toy who goes from comforting his boy in sickness to being cast out into the world cold and alone to finally being turned into a real rabbit in this timeless children's story. The work of best-selling illustrator Don Daily brings this vivid retelling of the enduring classic, The Velveteen Rabbit, to life. |
short drama script: Grit Angela Duckworth, 2016-05-03 In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People). The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience that led to her hypothesis about what really drives success: not genius, but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance. In Grit, she takes us into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. “Duckworth’s ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the better” (The New York Times Book Review). Among Grit’s most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal; grit can be learned, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference. This is “a fascinating tour of the psychological research on success” (The Wall Street Journal). |
short drama script: All in the Timing David Ives, 1994-11-08 The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called Philadelphias, where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet. And a con man peddles courses in a dubious language in which hello translates as velcro and fraud comes out as freud. At once enchanting and perplexing, incisively intelligent and side-splittingly funny, this original paperback edition of Ives's plays includes Sure Thing, Words, Words, Words, The Universal Language, Variations on the Death of Trotsky, The Philadelphia, Long Ago and Far Away, Foreplay, or The Art of the Fugue, Seven Menus, Mere Mortals, English Made Simple, A Singular Kinda Guy, Speed-the-Play, Ancient History, and Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread. |
short drama script: The Brothers Size Tarell Alvin McCraney, 2013 THE STORY: In the Louisiana bayou, big brother Ogun Size is hardworking and steady. Younger brother Oshoosi is just out of prison and aimless. Elegba, Oshoosi's old prison-mate, is a mysterious complication. A simple circle defines a world that beg |
short drama script: The Subversive Copy Editor Carol Fisher Saller, 2009-08-01 Each year writers and editors submit over three thousand grammar and style questions to the Q&A page at The Chicago Manual of Style Online. Some are arcane, some simply hilarious—and one editor, Carol Fisher Saller, reads every single one of them. All too often she notes a classic author-editor standoff, wherein both parties refuse to compromise on the rights and wrongs of prose styling: This author is giving me a fit. I wish that I could just DEMAND the use of the serial comma at all times. My author wants his preface to come at the end of the book. This just seems ridiculous to me. I mean, it’s not a post-face. In The Subversive Copy Editor, Saller casts aside this adversarial view and suggests new strategies for keeping the peace. Emphasizing habits of carefulness, transparency, and flexibility, she shows copy editors how to build an environment of trust and cooperation. One chapter takes on the difficult author; another speaks to writers themselves. Throughout, the focus is on serving the reader, even if it means breaking rules along the way. Saller’s own foibles and misadventures provide ample material: I mess up all the time, she confesses. It’s how I know things. Writers, Saller acknowledges, are only half the challenge, as copy editors can also make trouble for themselves. (Does any other book have an index entry that says terrorists. See copy editors?) The book includes helpful sections on e-mail etiquette, work-flow management, prioritizing, and organizing computer files. One chapter even addresses the special concerns of freelance editors. Saller’s emphasis on negotiation and flexibility will surprise many copy editors who have absorbed, along with the dos and don’ts of their stylebooks, an attitude that their way is the right way. In encouraging copy editors to banish their ignorance and disorganization, insecurities and compulsions, the Chicago Q&A presents itself as a kind of alter ego to the comparatively staid Manual of Style. In The Subversive Copy Editor, Saller continues her mission with audacity and good humor. |
short drama script: Me in Pieces D. M. Larson, 2017-11-30 Me in Pieces is a series of emotional monologues about sadness, anger and depression. Some of the monologues included in this book: Breaking Bread (page 2) The Cubicle (page 5) I Won't Come Back (page 15) Me Again (page 17) Me in Pieces (page 18) Mockery of Success (page 23) Never Meet Your Heroes (page 26) Nightwalker (page 27) Pieces of my Heart (page 31) Revolting (page 32) Second Soul (page 35) Used Up in Cubicle Land (page 39) A Way Out (page 41) With One Last Kiss (page 46) Worse Off (page 48) The Wraith (page 50) |
short drama script: Indies Unlimited: Authors' Snarkopaedia K. S. Brooks, Stephen Hise, Laurie Boris, 2013-01-17 In Volume One of the Authors' Snarkopaedia, sentences have been painstakingly crafted together using nouns, verbs and other words, bringing you paragraphs of text. These paragraphs flow into pages of expert tips, advice and insight for authors at all levels of the publication food chain. Any book can claim to offer this type of information, but they can't give you what sets the Indies Unlimited Authors' Snarkopaedia above the rest: the je ne sais squat of the high decorated staff of the Snarkology Department at the Indies Unlimited Online Academy. Their groundbreaking and empirical research over the years sheds new and snarkified light on subjects ranging from book publishing and marketing to the nuts and bolts of writing and technology. If you like information to grab you by the throat and smack you in the face, the Indies Unlimited Authors' Snarkopaedia is the reference book for you. |
short drama script: Blondes Prefer Gentlemen D. M. Larson, 2018-02-02 Blondes Prefer Gentlemen is a stage play script by D. M. Larson about two women who want to make it big in Hollywood. The script features the monologues: A Magical Place Worse Off Slay the Dragon Girls of America, Beware Peanut Butter Flavored Toothpaste Phone It In Mockery of Success This Girl Comes As Is In My Underwear Take It Easy You Slayed the Angel of my Innocence |
short drama script: The Cast List Jason Pizzarello, Rocco Natale, 2021-03-30 |
short drama script: 10-Minute Plays for Kids Lawrence Harbison, 2015 (Applause Acting Series). In 10-Minute Plays for Kids , young thespians will find terrific plays by some of our most prominent playwrights such as Sharyn Rothstein, Alex Broun, Jenny Lyn Bader, Claudia I. Haas, and Mark Harvey Levine, and by others less well known but equally terrific such as Sharai Bohannon, Suzanne Bailie, and Shirley King. The characters and situations portrayed are perfect for the kid actor. Some of the plays explore relatable tales of friendship and family, while others allow the actors to take on the personas of nonhuman characters, such as fish and chess pieces! 10-Minute Plays for Kids is ideal for theater students, youth groups, and acting classes. |
short drama script: Death of an Insurance Salesman D. M. Larson, 2015-10-15 This is a full length stage play script. |
short drama script: Flowers in the Desert D. M. Larson, 2013-12-26 Flowers in the Desert is a stage play script with monologues and scenes for teenage actors including:The Not So Perfect ChildBeauty and PerfectionPiggy PrincessFirst WordsSob StoryMess Things UpI Can't StopNew Love FoundThe BarnFarting is Such Sweet SorrowThe Meaning of LifeBefore You Punch MeWaiting on the BrideLincoln Jefferson JonesWeird |
short drama script: Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss, 2017-12-01 The laugh-out-loud classic from the iconic Dr. Seuss that inspired the Netflix series – now available in ebook, with hilarious read-along narration performed by outstanding comic talent, Adrian Edmondson. Enjoy this rhyming roller-coaster ride of mayhem anytime, anywhere! |
short drama script: The Juice Box Bully Robert Sornson, Maria Dismondy, 2014-12-05 Have you ever seen a bully in action and done nothing about it? The kids at Pete's new school get involved, instead of being bystanders.When the juice box mess becomes more than just a dirty shirt, Pete's classmates teach him about The Promise. Wil |
short drama script: Writing 45-Minute One-Act Plays, Skits, Monologues, & Animation Scripts for Drama Workshops Anne Hart, 2005-03 Here's a guide book on how to write 45-minute one-act plays, skits, and monologues for all ages. Step-by-step strategies and sample play, monologue, and animation script offer easy-to-understand solutions for drama workshop leaders, high-school and university drama directors, teachers, students, parents, coaches, playwrights, scriptwriters, novelists, storytellers, camp counselors, actors, lifelong learning instructors, biographers, facilitators, personal historians, and senior center activity directors. Guide young people in an intergenerational experience of interviewing and writing skits, plays, and monologues based on the significant events and experiences from lives of people. Learn to write skits, plays and monologues based on historical events and personalities. What you'll get out of this book and the exercises of writing one-act plays for teenage actors and audiences of all-ages audience, are improved skills in adapting all types of social issues, current events, or life experience to 45-minute one-act plays, skits, or monologues for teenage or older adult drama workshops. How do you write plays and skits from life stories, current events, social issues, or history? Are you looking for the appropriate 45-minute, one-act play for high-school students or other teenagers, for community center drama workshops, or even for home school projects or for events and celebrations? Are you seeking one-act plays for older adults drama workshops? Use personal or biographical experiences as examples when you write your skit or play. If you want a really original play, write, revise, and adapt your own plays, skits, and monologues. Here's how to do it. |
short drama script: Stereotype High Jeffrey Harr, 2013 |
short drama script: Why Can't I Fly? Rita Golden Gelman, 1992 |
short drama script: The Bottom of the Lake Steven Stack, Theatrefolk, 2012 |
short drama script: Scared Silly Peter Bloedel, Christa Crewdson, Hillary DePiano, Jonathan Dorf, Patrick Greene, Alan Haehnel, Ian McWethy, Ed Monk, Becca Schlossberg, Don Zolidis, 2017-06-16 We challenged ten playwrights to bring us their funniest takes on the fearsome in this collection of ten-minute plays. Designed to be flexible for your evil plans, these plays can be performed in any combination. Every spooky tale in this collection has a twist, whether it's what detention looks like in a school for the supernatural (The Midnight Club), what happens when a slasher-movie junkie tries to track down a killer (It's You!), the incredible secret of the trick-or-treater dressed normally who wants candy anyway (The True Meaning of Halloween), or the only thing that scares ghosts (In the Waiting Room at the Ghost Placement Agency). |
short drama script: The Star Counter Paul Antokolsky, 2020 |
short drama script: THESE ARE MY PLAYS JOHAN JAAFFAR , 2014 |
short drama script: The Builders of Chinese Drama Ronghua Wang, 2025-05-23 This book provides a comprehensive overview of influential and popular Chinese drama actors and actresses, innovative directors, and emerging playwrights. It also offers insights into the features of Chinese stage design and the most prominent theatres in China, highlighting their role in the development of Chinese drama. Additionally, it provides a detailed description of Chinese audiences and their interactions with theatres. Furthermore, it provides a comprehensive overview of the major debates and discussions within the critical community surrounding Chinese drama. |
short drama script: Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare, 1973 The tragedy of Romeo and juliet - the greatest love story ever. |
short drama script: Progression in Secondary Drama Andy Kempe, Marigold Ashwell, 2000 This text uses practical strategies and lesson ideas to show teachers how to help students progress. It also contains a section on using drama effectively to improve students' literacy. |
short drama script: You Do Love Me, Don't You? Claire Demmer, 2017-02-09 A girl brings her boyfriend to dinner, but he has a deadly secret. A comedy cum thriller. |
short drama script: Theatre of the Mind Don Kisner, 2007 |
short drama script: AISTSSE 2018 Martina Restuati , Herbert Sipahutar, Juniastel Rajagukguk, 2019-10-04 This book contains the proceedings of the The 5th Annual International Seminar on Trends in Science and Science Education (AISTSSE) and The 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture (ICIESC), where held on 18 October 2018 and 25 September 2018 in same city, Medan, North Sumatera. Both of conferences were organized respectively by Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Research Institute, Universitas Negeri Medan. The papers from these conferences collected in a proceedings book entitled: Proceedings of 5th AISTSSE. In publishing process, AISTSSE and ICIESC were collaboration conference presents six plenary and invited speakers from Australia, Japan, Thailand, and from Indonesia. Besides speaker, around 162 researchers covering lecturers, teachers, participants and students have attended in this conference. The researchers come from Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Palembang, Jambi, Batam, Pekanbaru, Padang, Aceh, Medan and several from Malaysia, and Thailand. The AISTSSE meeting is expected to yield fruitful result from discussion on various issues dealing with challenges we face in this Industrial Revolution (RI) 4.0. The purpose of AISTSSE is to bring together professionals, academics and students who are interested in the advancement of research and practical applications of innovation in education, science and culture. The presentation of such conference covering multi disciplines will contribute a lot of inspiring inputs and new knowledge on current trending about: Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics Education, Physical Sciences, Physics Education, Biological Sciences, Biology Education, Chemical Sciences, Chemistry Education, and Computer Sciences. Thus, this will contribute to the next young generation researches to produce innovative research findings. Hopely that the scientific attitude and skills through research will promote Unimed to be a well-known university which persist to be developed and excelled. Finally, we would like to express greatest thankful to all colleagues in the steering committee for cooperation in administering and arranging the conference. Hopefully these seminar and conference will be continued in the coming years with many more insight articles from inspiring research. We would also like to thank the invited speakers for their invaluable contribution and for sharing their vision in their talks. We hope to meet you again for the next conference of AISTSSE. |
short drama script: The Screenwriter's Handbook Barry Turner, 2008-01-08 Encompassing thousands of entries that cover every aspect of the screenwriter's trade, a valuable resource features articles, essays, advice, and insider's tips from leading scriptwriters on topics including British and U.S. film and TV companies, agents, contracts, copyrights, markets, and more. Original. 20,000 first printing. |
short drama script: Scriptwriting for the Screen Charlie Moritz, 2013-12-02 'If I was setting out as a screenwriter, this is the book I would read first and keep by me'– Melanie Harris, Producer, Crosslab Productions 'An excellent resource for students and teachers alike'– In the Picture '...a valuable addition to every screenwriting bookshelf' – Screentalk 'This is one of the best guides to help screenwriters think visually that I have ever read' – Creative Screenwriting 'The inventive exercises in Scriptwriting for the Screen give it the potential for revitalizing the experience of even experienced scriptwriters' – ' Scope’ Online Journal of Film Studies Scriptwriting for the Screen is an accessible guide to writing for film and television. It details the first principles of screenwriting and advises on the best way to identify and formulate a story and develop ideas in order to build a vivid, animated and entertaining script. Scriptwriting for the Screen introduces the reader to essential skills needed to write effective drama. This edition has been updated to include new examples and an entirely new chapter on adaptation. There are examples of scripts from a wide range of films and television dramas such as Heroes, Brokeback Mountain, Coronation Street, The English Patient, Shooting The Past, Spaced, Our Friends In the North and American Beauty. Scriptwriting for the Screen includes: advice on how to visualise action and translate this into energetic writing how to dramatise writing, use metaphor and deepen meaning tips on how to determine the appropriate level of characterisation for different types of drama practical exercises and examples which help develop technique and style a section on how to trouble-shoot and sharpen dialogue a guide to further reading |
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SHORT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
He is short for his age. the shortest day of the year Life's too short to worry about the past. The movie was very short. You have done a lot in a short space of time. a short burst of speed I've …
Short note 7 Little Words - 7LittleWordsAnswers.com
4 days ago · Since you already solved the clue Short note which had the answer QUAVER, you can simply go back at the main post to check the other daily crossword clues. You can do so …
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SHORT definition: 1. small in length, distance, or height: 2. used to say that a name is used as a shorter form of…. Learn more.
Short - definition of short by The Free Dictionary
short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"
short - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun Linguistics A short syllable, vowel, or consonant. noun A brief film; a short subject. noun A size of clothing less long than the average for that size. noun Short trousers extending to the …
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short /ʃɔrt/ adj., -er, -est, adv., n., v. having little length or height: the shortest boy in class. extending only a little way: a short path. brief: a short time. abrupt: surprised by his short reply. …