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HOUSE ON THE CLIFF George Batson Mystery-comedy-3 acts Samuel French, Inc. 4 women, 2 men	The House on the Cliff is rumored to be last stop of Civil War Underground Railroad. The lovely heiress is wheelchair bound, hopefully can walk again. Then there's a violent murder and a chilling climax.
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES Alan Ayckbourn Drama-2 acts Samuel French, Inc. 3 women, 3 men	Three couples, husbands work at same firm. One husband is having an affair with another's wife. They explain a late night return as helping the third couple, whose story is completely different.
THE HUNGERERS William Saroyan Short American Fable Samuel French, Inc. 2 women, 3 men	The hunger is not for bread alone, but for immortality, which comes about when human beings rid themselves of all world-imposed absurdities and foolishness of pride.
THE IMAGINARY INVALID Miles Malleson Drama-3 acts (Paris 1674, Moliere's Play Samuel French, Inc. 4 women, 8 men	A hypochondriac wants his daughter to marry a doctor, who is very stupid. His brother and the maid try to dissuade him. His wife wants daughter to be a nun, so wife can inherit everything. Trickery runs wild.
I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER Robert Anderson Drama-2 acts Dramatists Play Service 4 women, 7 men	A grown son wants to remarry and move to Calif., but has to deal with the father he never loved when his beloved mother dies. His outcast sister wants no part of it. A very moving drama of family relationships.
INHERIT THE WIND (uncut) Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Drama in 3 acts, 4 scenes Dramatists Play Service 11 female 19 male	He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind. (Proverbs 11:29) Inherit the wind is not history but the play takes place in Dayton, Tennessee, July 1925 are the genesis of this play, of the famous scopes Monkey trial with the adversaries-William Jennings Bryan and Clarance Darrow. It does not pretend to be journalism. It is Theatre.
INHERIT THE WIND (cut) Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Cut for play festival 1 act Dramatists Play Service 20 townspeople, jurors etc.
IT'S MURDER IN THE WINGS! Pat Cook Mystery Comedy Dramatic Publishing 9 women, 4 men	Ever throw a party 1 hour after the host has been murdered? It happens just before a contract-signing party to save the business. The murderer is there, the body shows up, cameras are filming.
JABBERWOCK Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee A play in 3 acts Improbabilities lived and imagined by James Thurber Samuel French, Inc. 17 female 25 male	It takes place in the Thurber home which is three stories tall. It is the zaniest play, off key humn to the pertinence and the impertinence of nonsense, a psalm of life as experienced by a teenage non-conformist.
JANUS Vera Caspary, George Sklar Mystery drama, int set Samuel French, Inc. 2 women, 3 men	Respectable wife of a tycoon leads double life; every summer she joins her lover in N.Y. to write a novel published under pen name, Janus.
JUST DESSERTS Pat Cook Comedy 1 act Baker's Plays (Samuel French) 5 female, 3 male	Desmond Clairborn is now deceased and it is time to read his last will and testament.
KNOCK KNOCK Jules Feiffer's Comedy 3 acts Samuel French, Inc. Script is complete & cut for festival in the same book) 1 female 3 male 2 voices	These two old Jewish recluses are soon faced with 'Everyman' and Joan of Arc who desires to whisk them off to the moon.
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Neil Simon Comedy -3 acts Samuel French, Inc. 3 women, 1 man	Barney Cashman at 47 wants to join the sexual revolution before it's too late. But a gentle sober soul, married 23 years, fails miserably in his 3 attempted seductions.