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Scripts
Scripts in Publication
It's good to share!
We hope to eradicate some of the frustration that can build up when looking for scripts, by having an all inclusive database designed specifically for the performance, compiled by the peolpe who know best-YOU!
Over the forthcoming months, with your help, we hope to compile list of published and non-published scripts that have been written and produced in association with youth performing arts groups.
If you have devised your own script for performance or have worked with a playwright to create new work and would like to share this with other groups, click here, complete the form and help spread the word.
We would also like to hear from you if you have been involved with a text that you think is suitable for a youth theatre cast. Click here to add it to our list.
Alternatively, you can get in touch by emailing info@promoteyt.co.uk and let us know any good scrpits you have been involved with.
Script List
Title: |
Written / Devised By: |
Genre: |
Length: |
The Tree |
Colin Bradie |
Eco-Comedy |
1 hour |
First performed & at which venue: July 2004 @ the The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Cast Breakdown:
Two versions of the script exsist, one caters for a large cast of around 24, the other, a smaller cast of 16, but both versions are easily adaptable to a cast size bigger or smaller.
As all characters remain on stage so it is unsuitable for doubling but most characters can be played by both males and females.
Content only makes it suitable for older young people (14+).
Synopsis:
Written especially for Youth Theatre the play is set on the fictional 'West Island' and centers around the last tree.
The inhabitants of the island need 'the tree' for their many different daily tasks (fire making, roof repairs, boat building, paper making etc) each arguing that their need for 'the tree' is greater than that of their neighbour.
Despite the intervention of environmentalists, religion and the government everybody's greed results in a spectacularly explosive ending.
Despite the heavy topics the play has a bright and funny Pantomime style with lots of over the top characters and 'slapstick' action.
The play has previoulsy been performed by the Lyceum Youth Theatre, Perth Youth Theatre and Port Townsend High School in the USA.
